Stitched & Constructed Textiles
The society promotes and supports the work of creative thinkers, designers and makers who continue to innovate in the crafts through their exploration of materials and skills.
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The fashion designer, Habibe Acikgoz is based in the UK and specialises in creating stylish and comfortable pieces consisting of clothes...
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Pippa's work is abstract, influenced by architectural and organic forms. Working in both 2D and 3D, she considers space, light and shadows,...
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Liz is a textile and mixed media artist using silk, dye, paint, paper and stitch to create both abstract and symbolic wallhangings, panels...
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Beverly Ayling-Smith is a textile artist and researcher. Her studio practice examines how cloth can connect with the emotions of the viewer
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Free machine embroidered and appliqued images which exploit the exciting surface qualities of fabric and an economical use of line.
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Helen Banzhaf has been making her machine embroideries since the 1990's. Her textile practice went hand-in-hand with her fashion lecturing...
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Jan is a textile artist fascinated by all forms of landscape. She creates compositions that are a synthesis of observational impressions
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Vivienne is a textile artist specialising in machine embroidery. Her soulful work is figurative and the narrative of her textile imagery...
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Naomi is a textile and mixed media artist looking at the sunny side of life. Her childhood in 1960’s and 70’s Devon and Cornwall has...
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Anita creates one off pieces using a variety of painted papers which are embellished with stitch. Inspired by skies, particularly at...
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Maria is a contemporary artist working mainly with the 'soft materials' of cloth, wool and thread, often using natural and textured fibres....
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Helen's work is about absence. She explores whether an intangible echo, a sensation, remains of a being that was once there, disturbing the...
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Jane works on machine embroideries from her studio in Swanage, Dorset. The theme of these embroideries is based on figures in the...
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Angela Dewar is an experienced designer and embroiderer, working with a range of techniques and in many different environments.
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Wendy is a textile artist inspired by landscapes, architecture and natural forms. Maps give a 'sense of place' in her designs. She...
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Judy is a textile artist whose passion for making things has been influenced by her love of history. Her research into the structures of...
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Alex makes mixed media work, and also figurative pieces, usually inspired by water, frequently from images of her native Scotland.
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The current range of knitted textiles includes fine cashmere and silk jackets, coats and scarves, all of which are timeless design classics...
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Geraldine is a textile artist who works in a range of techniques, including hand and machine stitch, wrapping and tapestry weaving. The...
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Jill is a textile and multimedia artist and is never happier than playing with different mediums; from paints to woven materials. Using...
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Mary is a stitched textile and mixed media artist. She explores the distorted imagery that is created by moving water or is reflected on...
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Janice Gunner is a textile artist and author. Her textile practice is varied with recent explorations in cloth and stitch as a way of...
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With a lifelong passion for cloth and stitch, Julie was awarded a BA Honours Degree in Embroidered Textiles in 2010. As a result of her...
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Sam makes sculptures, drawings and collages, predominantly by stitching and manipulating mixed media.
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Deirdre is a designer who creates couture headpieces in her London studio. Her work is often inspired by food and nature. She combines...
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Susan Holton is a designer-knitter who loves to create beautiful, unique, contemporary knitwear for women of all ages. She explores stitch,...
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The key themes of Pat's life have been exploring creativity in textiles, and to expand her knowledge of textile processes, with a...
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Rosemary is a mixed media artist working mostly with textiles. She uses recycled materials such as plastic bags, wires from machinery,...
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Sandra is a designer-maker working with textiles and mixed media. She works from personal observations recorded at home and abroad...
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Aran work focuses on portraiture and depiction of human subjects in textiles. Her work is concerned mostly with visual narrative
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Marian Jazmik is a contemporary textile artist who is also a keen photographer. Her work is heavily inspired by her macro photography of...
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Sabine is a mixed-media textile artist working in hand stitch. Exploring narratives and memories generated by socio-political issues,...
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“Alice Kettle is a contemporary textile/fibre artist based in the UK. She has established a unique area of practice by her use of a craft...
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Sue Lancaster is known as a textile artist working in machine embroidery but her work starts well in advance of the production in stitch....
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Jean’s multi-media approach combines fabric, print and stitch marks, and allows the interplay of layers that hint at complexity. Jean is...
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Debbie's work explores landscape and place and her inspiration comes from experiencing and paying attention to her surroundings.
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Dan creates bespoke art for the public realm and private clients. She first became known for her Knitted Chandeliers which sold...
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Diana is a textile artist working in free motion embroidery. Diana focuses on light and the way it changes the landscape from season to...
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fionaglen Designer Knitwear is a luxury knitwear label that focuses on true design and craftmanship. Established by award winning Scottish...
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Sylvie uses mixed media and free-motion machine stitching to create ethereal sculptures and highly textural vistas, a translation of how...
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Mixed Media artist and free-form embroiderer Jatz creates distinctive textiles and coats by combining wool with unconventional materials.
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Carol is a textile artist specialising in machine embroidery. She creates unique one off pieces for public and private venues.
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Jane’s background is in interior design and soft furnishings having worked as a designer as well as a teacher. More recently her academic...
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A sewing machine is Yumiko’s favourite drawing and painting tool. Yumiko is constantly pushing the boundaries of stitching and painting.
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Based in her home studio in rural Suffolk, Elisabeth makes stitched textiles for exhibitions, and to commission.
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Deborah is a Textile Artist whose work has a style of delicacy and neatness. Her current work is an exploration based on giving familiar...
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Emma Rosa creates botanical sculptures from manipulated fabric and thread.
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Angela is a stitcher and felt maker. She discovered a love of felt making whilst studying for her Diploma in Stitched Textiles at Windsor....
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Arlene is a textile artist and teacher of many years' experience. Much of her work is inspired by her love of roses and music. This stems...
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Consuelo Simpson is a multi-disciplinary artist working in 2 and 3D, often using craft techniques. There is a somatic and mental engagement...
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Chris is a textile artist specialising in hand embroidery. Inspired primarily by the natural world she works within the sphere of the...
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Designer/maker of wall panels, hangings, pictures, carpets, screens, altar frontals and greeting cards. Work is mainly to commission and...
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Sue Stone is best known for figurative compositions with an emphasis on narrative hand embroidery and is an experienced teacher and speaker.
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Tiziana Tateo is an Italian fiber artist who, after starting out making quilts about twenty years ago, began research work and personal...
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Dee is a contemporary textile artist who uses sketches, colour and texture to represent moments in time.
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Dawn's work explores transparency and illusion, the imagined or reality and perception of the occupation of time and space. Within Dawn's...
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Janet Twinn originally studied painting but became seduced by textiles. She makes patchwork wallhangings from her own dyed, painted and...
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Susannah is a mixed media artist specialising in hand embroidery and pencil drawing. She studied Graphic Design at Nottingham Trent...
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Mixed media artist, surface pattern, paper, textiles, hand and machine embroidery.
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Stephanie is a textile Designer Maker working with a mix of materials and processes.
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