I live and work in the picturesque village of Cardington in the heart of the Shropshire hills countryside, and these fantastic surroundings inspire my range of textile panels, pictures, jewellery and accessories.

I work using a variety of both traditional and contemporary textile techniques including hand and machine embroidery, weaving, dying, felting and computer generated imaging. I get bored using only one technique and like to combine them in interesting ways. Materials vary from silk, linen and calico to hand-made felt and mixed media, sometimes using my own handspun threads and fibres to enrich the work.

I am inspired primarily by the magic and atmosphere of the Shropshire landscape but other influences are the work of Samuel Palmer, Gustav Klimt and Edward Burne-Jones.

I am a Member of:

Shropshire Guild of Contemporary Craft www.shropshireguild.co.uk

Marches Makers Textile Exhibiting Group www.marchesmakers.co.uk

The Ffeisty Ffelters

You can find my work at:

Ippikins, 59 High Street, Much Wenlock

The Gallery, 3 Market Square, Bishop's Castle

Ludlow Visitor Centre, Market Square

The Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms

The Gateway Arts Centre, Shrewsbury

 

LATEST NEWS!

Look on my workshops page for exciting new courses for 2010 on Victorian needlework at Acton Scott Historic Working Farm www.actonscottmuseum.com

Watch out for our new Marches Makers exhibition 'A Sense of Place' at the Discovery Centre, Craven Arms 6 May - 7June 2010

I've got some new work to put on whenever I get round to it - watch this space!

2010 course programme is available from WesthopeCollege www.westhope.org.uk . 

 

 

  

Copyright Stevie Walker 2008