Every picture tells a story - Sue Stone
'Double Take' photo Sue Stone
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Look at different ways to tell a story using your own images, symbols and anecdotes to convey ideas, thoughts and memories. |
Sue Stone is a UK based textile artist who studied fashion at St Martins School of Art and the embroidery at Goldsmiths College in London. She is former chair and an exhibiting member of the 62 Group of Textile Artists and a Fellow of the Society of Designer Craftsmen.
Self-portrait with Fish on a Washing Line 2016 photo sue stone
Built in layers, Sue’s mixed media compositions contrast the slow building of an image in hand stitch with the spontaneity of free machine stitch and paint. Disparate images of the real are combined with the imagined, the remembered, and sometimes the nonsensical to create a partial narrative with a slightly surreal sense of humour which the viewer is invited to complete.
In this workshop you will look at different ways to tell a story using your own images, symbols and anecdotes to convey ideas, thoughts and memories. The aim is to encourage exploration and experimentation with different ways of combining of hand and machine stitch, figurative images and text.
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After a short digital presentation you will be taken through how to use your own drawings or photographs as a starting point and how to start a piece of work using some of the simple processes Sue uses herself including transferring an image to fabric, free machine stitch sketches, different types of appliqué, and drawing with hand and/or machine stitch to make text.
Throughout this two-day workshop you will be encouraged to use sampling as an aid to deciding which techniques to use. Working in both hand and machine stitch this workshop is suitable for all abilities. 
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details of ‘From Grimsby to Greenpoint and Beyond’ 2018 size of full piece 175 x 123cms photo credit Yeshen Venema (1 of 9 panels)
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details of ‘From Grimsby to Greenpoint and Beyond’ 2018 size of full piece 175 x 123cms photo credit Yeshen Venema (1 of 9 panels)
Date: Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th November 2020
The studio will be open from 9.15am and the workshop will start at 9.30am until 4.30pm (ish) each day.
Cost: £210 (this includes some materials)
A £105 deposit will secure your place.
Please note: Places are limited and available on a first come, first served basis; to secure your place please ensure that your deposit is paid at the time of booking.
Stop Press! This workshop is has now been postponed
Also included will be home-made biscuits with morning coffee, a light seasonal lunch and an enticing cake with a pot of afternoon tea.
The studio will be open from 9.15am and the workshop will start at 9.30am until 4.30pm (ish) each day.
Cost: £210 (this includes some materials)
A £105 deposit will secure your place.
Please note: Places are limited and available on a first come, first served basis; to secure your place please ensure that your deposit is paid at the time of booking.
Stop Press! This workshop is has now been postponed
Also included will be home-made biscuits with morning coffee, a light seasonal lunch and an enticing cake with a pot of afternoon tea.
To see more of Sue's work visit her website
