Jude Kingshott MSDC

Jude Kingshott is an artist living and working in Kent. Creative from a very early age, her practice has developed extensively over the years as can be seen from her CV. Following time as a student at a textile studio in Surrey, Jude took on the role of Studio Manager where the experience, and working with the students, further informed her practice.

Jude's principle outlets are exhibiting and teaching both around the UK and across Europe. She also teaches at her home studio and has been featured in several magazines and podcasts in both the UK & Europe.

She is inspired by Japanese Indigo and Shibori. In 2023 she travelled to Japan to further extend her knowledge of Indigo dyeing, Shibori and the related processes and techniques. Jude enjoyed a period of study in Japan with Makiko Tokunaga in Naruto, and likewise with Taka Ishii in Fujino. As can be seen in her practice and teaching, she has further developed her skills extensively is clearly influenced by time spent in Japan.

Botanical printing (also called eco-printing) is an art form that uses mordants, tannins and the natural pigments in leaves to make leaf prints that reveal the textures, patterns and beauty of nature. The process involves steaming or submerging plant material in water to transfer the plants pigments onto the chosen surface. Jude use leaves from her garden or harvested from walks in her local area. She loves to add hand stitching as an enhancement transforming the outcome into a wide variety of wall art, handmade books and vessels.

Education

• City and Guilds, Creative Embroidery, Part 1, Ruth Collins and Leslie Barnett

Personal Development

• Japanese Sukamo Indigo and Shibori Techniques, Makiko Tokunaga, L’Atelier de Mademoiselle C and Cornelia Buttmann-Scholl, Targon, France (2025).
• Japanese Indigo and Shibori, Makiko Tokunaga, Naruto, Study in Japan (2023).
• Japanese Indigo and Shibori, Taka Ishii, Fujino, Study in Japan (2023).
• Bookmaking - London Book Arts, One year, once per month (2018).
• Stitching with Intent, two days per month, Leslie Morgan and Claire Benn (2007 to 2010).
• A variety of five day courses/retreats (2010 to 2015) including: Paper Lamination (Sarah Welsby), Honourable Discharge (Bob Adams), Exploring design through collage (Jette Clover), Human Marks (Dorothy Caldwell), Tactile Notebooks and the written word (Sandra Brownlee).
• Wet and Wild, Leslie Morgan and Claire Benn. (2008/2009).

Teaching Practice and Experience

• One-to-one and small group workshops, Shibori techniques, Botanical Printing, and Book Making. At own studio on an ongoing & case by case basis.
• Short courses in Indigo, Japanese Shibori Techniques at Jeromin, Manheim and Speyer, Germany. These engagements are ongoing.
• Shibori Class, Bremen, Germany, 2023
• Online Video Workshop for Festival of Quilts, 2022.
• Eco Printing and Book Making, Festival of Quilts 2019, 2020 and 2021.
• Studio Manager at Committed to Cloth, Tandridge, Surrey (2010 to 2018)
• Eco-Printing and Book Making, Masseria De La Zingara, Puglia, Italy, 2018.
• Shibori Techniques, Conent. The running of a not-for-profit gallery in Tenterden, Kent (2013 to 2014).

Featured Publications

• Podcast Interview by the School of Stitched Textiles, 2024.
• Podcast Interview by WeTalkFiber.com, 2021.
• Dying to Stitch. Interview by textileartist.org, 2020. Accompanied by a workshop.
• Feature Artist. Patchwork Professional (German), 2016.
• Meet the Studio Manager, Popular Patchwork, 2015.

Exhibitions

• 2025, Solo, York Street Gallery, Ramsgate, Kent.
• 2025, Yalding Art Exhibition, Yalding Church, Kent (in aid of SchoolGambia)
• 2025, Seascape 25, Royal Cinque Ports Yatch Club, Dover Kent.
• 2025, East Kent Open Houses, Own Studio, Eythorne, Kent.
• 2025, South East Open Studios, Hythe, Kent
• 2025, HartArtists Exhibition, Tin Tabernacle, Hythe, Kent
• 2024, Tenterden Artists, Tenterden, Kent.
• 2024, Solo, York Street Gallery, Ramsgate, Kent.
• 2023, East Kent Open Houses, Own Studio, Eythorne, Kent.
• 2023, South East Open Studios, Ham Street, Kent.
• 2022, Nadelwelt - Karlsruhe Karlsruhe, Germany (with Brunhilde Scheidmeir).
• 2022, South East Open Studios, Ham Street, Kent.
• 2021, Nadelwelt - Karlsruhe Karlsruhe, Germany (with Brunhilde Scheidmeir).
• 2019, South East Open Studios, Ham Street, Kent.
• 2018, Collections, Why Things Matter. Pheonix Contemporary Textiles, Riverside Gallery.
• 2017, Signature IX, zero3, Le Carrefour Européen du Patchwork, Alsace, France.
• 2017, Signature VIII, zero3, Festival of Quilts, NEC Birmingham.
• 2017, Tenterden Artists, Tenterden, Kent.
• 2016, Signature VII, zero3, The Old Fire Station, Henley.
• 2015, Tenterden Artists, Tenterden, Kent.
• 2015, Signature VI zero3, Textil et Kunst, Munich, Germany.
• 2015, Solo, Cursley & Bond Boutique Gallery, Folkestone, Kent.
• 2015, Kentish Allsorts, The Horsebridge, Whitstable, Kent.
• 2014, Cranbrook Art Show, Cranbrook, Kent.
• 2014, Bend One's Step III, The Horsebridge, Whitstable, Kent. With Penny Watts.
• 2014, Motley Crew. The Horsebridge, Whitstable, Kent.
• 2014, Four Friends, Chequer Mead Community Arts Centre, East Grinstead, West Sussex.
• 2013, Tenterden Artists. Tenterden, Kent.
• 2013, Bend One's Step II. Chequer Mead Community Arts Centre, East Grinstead, West Sussex. With Penny Watts.
• 2012, Local Artists. Pie Factory, Margate, Kent.
• 2012, Tenterden Artists. Tenterden, Kent.
• 2012, Bend One’s Step. Chequer Mead Community Arts Centre, East Grinstead, West Sussex. With Penny Watts.