Sylvie Millen LSDC
Stitched & Constructed Textiles









Sylvie draws inspiration from the natural environment, translating how she feels into her work. She is strongly influenced by the organic forms and patterns in nature and uses her emotional responses to produce machine stitched forms that represent the very essence of the fragility of nature and life.
Working intuitively with fibres, Sylvie makes intricate patterns using a sewing machine needle to ‘thread paint’ just as an artist would apply paint. The magical process of dissolving the stabilising fabric reveals a breathtaking combination of textures and organic patterns, the unpredictability of stitch blending into the natural plant fibres is an exciting part of the process.
Sylvie also enjoys creating three dimensional forms, a representation of her connection to nature. Using mixed media, paper, paint, collage and fabric, combined with stitching, she manipulates the materials to emulate nature, often adding elements found in nature, including shells, feathers or another natural find.
Education
- BA Ed Hons
- Adult Ed Teaching Certificate
- Teacher and Assessor NVQ
Memberships
- Society for Embroidered Work
- Midlands Textile Forum
- Artcan
Exhibitions
- S.E.W ‘Surface and Depth’ Palazzo Velli in Rome (Oct 21)
- Foxlowe Gallery in Leek Group MTF (Sept 21)
- Brewhouse Gallery MTF (Nov 21)
- Fibres Arts Take Two. ‘Freedom to Form’ online exhibition (March 22)
- Artcan 02 Exhibition at the NES Building, London (July 22)
- Artcan ‘Legacy’ at the Crypt Gallery in London (Sep 22)
- Evolve at Weavers Gallery with MTF (Oct 22)
- Artcan online virtual exhibition ‘Climate Change’ (Jan 23)
- Art Share Love Magazine feature (April 23)
- MTF ‘Identity’ Southwell Workhouse, National Trust Property (Oct 23)
- MTF ‘Sense of Place’ Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall (July 23)
- Nottingham Arts Society ‘Sense of Place’ (Sept 23’
- Worcestershire Open Studios (Aug 23)
- Stitch by Stitch Textile Exhibition (July 23)
- Artcan ‘Unravelled’ Textile Exhibition, Landmark Arts Centre and Rupture XIBIT London (March 24)
- Spring Cheltenham ‘Pathways’ joint textile exhibition
- Midlands Textile Forum, Nature In Art in Wallsworth Hall, July to 6th Aug 2023
The House of Smalls, Edinburgh ‘Moral Fibre’ 1st -25th August 2024
The Worcester 100- The Artery Studios in Worcester 2nd -9th March 2024
Forge Mill Needle Museum, Redditch, Midlands Textile Forum. May Upcoming:
Bromsgrove Creative Art Showcase Exhibition October 2024
Fronteer Gallery Sheffield , ‘Dwellings’ 23rd October-2nd November
Artcan Exhibition. ‘Strands’ Downstairs at The Department Store, Brixton, London. Oct 25th 2024
Upcoming.
Society Of Designer Craftsmen. Bankside Gallery, London. 19th November – 1st Dec.
The Broderers Exhibition. Bankside Gallery. ‘ The Art of Embroidery’ February 2025
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