TALKING TEXTILES

Our new exhibition due to start at Braintree Museum 10 September until 16 October 2010. It will be called TALKING TEXTILES. At the same time, EAST @ The Warner Textile Archive will be on display at the Warner Textile Archive in Braintree.

Further exhibition venues have now been confirmed - The Farfield Mill Gallery, Sedburgh, Cumbria 20 November 2010 to 2 January 2011, Pond Gallery, Snape, Suffolk 30 June to 6 July 2011 and Corinium Museum, Cirencester 11 May to 15 June 2013.

More exhibition news to follow once confirmed.

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The year 2009 saw the end of the EAST 13 tour and the start of the EAST @ The Warner Textile Archive exhibition which was launched at the Knitting and Stitching Shows, Alexandra Palace, London and at Harrogate. If you have missed both events, the Gallery section of the website shows images of both exhibitions and there will be another chance to see the EAST @ The Warner Textile Archive exhibition next autumn at Braintree, in conjunction with the new TALKING TEXTILES exhibition (see below).

The EAST @ The Warner Textile Archive was based on inspiration from the Warner Textile Archive at Braintree. A contemporary piece of art work was created by each artist and with the kind assistance of the Braintree Museum Trust we were able to link each exhibit with a banner explaining about the individual pieces or research, as well as the new item on display. Banners were also available to give information about the Warner Textile Archive itself and the EAST group. See Warner Project for more information.

Members are now planning and creating items for our next exhibition run, which will start at Braintree Museum in the autumn of next year. This exhbition will be called TALKING TEXTILES. The exhibition will run from 10 September to 16 October 2010. More details will follow nearer the time.

We can also now confirm exhibitions at Farfield Mill, Sedburgh from the 20 November 2010 to 2 January 2011, Pond Gallery, Snape from 30 June to 6 July 2011 and the Corinium Museum, Cirencester from 11 May to 15 June 2013. The group is currently in talks with other galleries and once confirmed we will post details on the website.

Many of the individuals of the group run workshops or are available to talk about their work. The group is also planning a talk about the EAST @ The Warner Textile Archive exhibition. More details will be put on the website shortly but if you are interested contact the group secretary at secretary@easttextile.co.uk.

Above - members of EAST at their May meeting.

EAST @ The Warner Textile Archive - Exhibition at the Knitting and Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace, October 2009

Visit the gallery for pictures of our exhibitions - EAST 13 and EAST @ The Warner Textile Archive at The Knitting and Stitching Shows, London and Harrogate, or visit the exhibition archive for previous shows.

The individual style of each member is as distinctive as the varied themes, which range from ideas born out of foreign travel, local and historical research, or more personal reflections questioning identity and faith. Each member develops her own ideas through careful and considered design work coupled with expertise and skill.

Current members of the group are:

Melinda Berkovitz

Janette Bright

Susan Canfield

June Carroll

Diana Christopher

Carol Dixon

Liz Hammond

Anne Norton

Yvonne Pedretti

Delia Pusey

Lorna Rand

Libby Smith

Margaret Talbot

Julie Topsfield

East Anglian Stitch Textiles (EAST) was formed in 1995 in response to a demand for a self-supporting framework for local artists in the southern half of East Anglia, UK.

The members come from a range of backgrounds, but all have in common the commitment to the continued development of textile work, its recognition and its full participation in the established art scene.

We are saddened to announce that our dear friend and group member, Yvonne Pedretti passed away on Monday 8th February, 2010. Yvonne had been battling with cancer for sometime and we take comfort that she is no longer suffering.

Our thoughts are with Yvonne's mother, Margaret, also a long time friend and supporter of EAST, at this very sad time.

A new page (see link above) has now been added to the website which gives information on Yvonne and links to a new gallery with images of some of her work. We hope that this will be added to in the future.