The Daisy Workshop samples by pupils:
The outstanding work below are those of Richard Box
GTAG (Grassington Textiles Arts Group) were fortunate in having Richard Box come to the Dales to give his "Daisy" workshop to our members this week.
Richard Box, textiles artist, painter, embroiderer, teacher, lecturer, author, art historian, and a regular exhibitor and demonstrator, originally trained as a painter. He uses this training to build up rich surfaces in his sumptuous textile artwork and fabric collage. The collages are then over laid with free machine stitch and finally finished with extensive hand stitching.
Richard provided a kit for each student which comprised all the fabric, threads, patterns, and instructions to complete the days project. His attention to detail must be commended. Richard's teaching ability in making techniques clear and understandable for those of us who were completely new to this type of textile art was very much appreciated.
It was a fabulous workshop and some wonderful sample pieces were produced in the day, to be completed at home with hand stitch.
