carole waddle
profile
An early interest in embroidery was reawakened whilst pursuing a textile course which led me to take the City & Guilds course in Creative Embroidery at the London College of Fashion. Here I drew, experimented with stitch techniques, dyed threads, fabric and paper, made felt, paper and manipulated fabrics. It was a voyage of discovery, finding out what appealed and excited me. I am also participating in a Master Design course to improve and widen my artistic skills.
My interest is mainly with the natural world around me and am constantly being re-invigorated and inspired by the beauty of landscapes and mountainous regions. Having hiked many times around the South West area of the United States, I have found inspiration in the grandeur and colour of its canyons, rock strata and the past human presence in the form of cave dwellings, rock art and artifacts. As well as the natural world, I also find stimulation in today’s modern organic architecture.
qualifications
1989/92...... City & Guilds - Embroidery Parts 1 & 2 (distinction) - London College of Fashion
1992.......... Open College of the Arts course in ‘Art and Design’
membership
Embroiderers' Guild
Phoenix Contemporary Textile Group (PCTG)
‘4 x 4’ Group
Textile Expressions
New Embroidery Group (NEG)
Beadworkers Guild
exhibitions
1999/1/5/7/11 ‘Embroidery at Ramster’ – Ramster, nr. Chiddingfold, Surrey
2010.......... ‘Letters’, NEG – Greenstede Gallery, Chequer Mead, East Grinstead, Surrey
2009.......... ‘Concrete, Steel, Cloth’, PCTG – Robert Phillips Gallery, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
2009.......... Opening exhibition – Bank Gallery, Chobham, Surrey
2005/8........ ‘4 x 4’ – Menier Gallery, London
2007.......... ‘Women by Women’, PCTG – Robert Phillips Gallery, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
2006.......... ‘Feltscapes’ – Deiglan Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland
2006.......... NEG – Waterloo Gallery, London
2004.......... ‘Unframed’, NEG – Hall Place, Bexley, Kent
2000/1/2/4.. Tapestry – Open House - Brighton Arts Festival, Sussex
1994/4........ ‘The Riches of Stitches’ (EG Members) – Collins Gallery, Glasgow
2003.......... ‘Fragments’, PCTG - Kingston Museum Art Gallery, Surrey
2002.......... ‘Dreamweavers’ – Orleans House Gallery, London
2002.......... ‘4 x 4’ (Touring) – Mall Galleries, London / Knitting & Stitching Show, London & Harrogate / Madeira Show, Harrogate
2001.......... ‘Woven Threads’ – Worthing Museum & Art Gallery, Sussex
2001.......... New Embroidery Group – Museum of Garden History, London
2001.......... National Trust Conference – Bath, Somerset
2000.......... ‘Structures & Constructions’, PCTG – Kingston Museum Art Gallery, Surrey
1998.......... ‘Journeys’, PCTG – Kingston Museum Art Gallery, Surrey / Muni Arts Centre, Wales
1995.......... ‘Elements’, PCTG – Kingston Museum Art Gallery, Surrey
1993.......... ‘Fusions’ – Long Gallery - Chelsea Old Town Hall
1992/3........ Madeira – Craft, Embroidery & Fashion - Harrogate
1992.......... London College of Fashion – Butler’s Wharf, London
1991/2........ Knitting & Stitching Show – Alexandra Palace, London / Harrogate
published work
'Inspired to Stitch' by Wendy Lees, ‘New Stitches’ magazine (Beadwork article-Jun ‘98)
talks & workshops
Talks - ‘Art on the Rocks’, ‘Voyages of Discovery’ (2012)
Workshops - Tapestry Weaving / Felt / Copper Foil & Wires / Beading 3D / Paint & Stitch Paper
contact
Email: cvwaddle@tiscali.co.uk
Tel: 020 8399 8983