Explorations 2018 - Dundee & East of Scotland Embroiderers' Guild

On the Tay - Pamela Beecham

Last year whilst on my annual sojourn to St Andrews, I was lucky enough to see Explorations 2018, the exhibition of the Dundee & East of Scotland Embroiderers' Guild, at the St Andrews Museum in Fife.  There was plenty of variety of embroidery styles, techniques & sensational work. Here's a quick look to whet your appetite...

Summer Landscape - Anita Hutchison

5 Hanging Books - Maureen Shepherd

Collar: 1st World Tribe - Lesley Evans

Gold Leaf - Wendy Rosier

Reflections of Crinan - Helen Hill

Seaweed on Stone - Moira Moonlight

After the Storm - Moira Anne Dickson

Goldwork/Blackwork - Michelle Peet

Beyond Merino - Angela Mehlert

The Summer Garden - Carol Gorrie

Calico Collectors Purse - Jennifer Rochester

Fishing on the Tay - Freda Wood

 Landscape in Two Stitches - Elizabeth Robb

Seeing Red 1 - Bea Neilson

Verdant Vessel - Jennifer Rochester

Transformation - Meadow, Mill, Museum - Jennifer Rochester

Workbox Treasures - Muriel Banucha

Lizzie Mutch - Shona Brand

Lighthouse: Tayport - Anita Hutchison

Locked - Bea Neilson

Storm Crows - Carol Gorrie

Knot Garden - Freda Wood

Summer Poem - Maureen Shepherd

The Mill - Carol Gorrie

Mask 1 -  Kay Deas

There were also EG members' sketchbooks on show...

Sketchbooks

The Dundee EG branch has a Young Embroiderers' group, open to 6-18 year olds, and some of their work was on show including some stitched bunting featuring strong women!

Young Embroiderers' work

Strong Women Bunting

For the last two years the branch has been awarding a Best in Stitch award to a final year student at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and a second year HND student at Dundee and Angus College.  The prize includes membership of the Guild, a day school and workshop and a fee for going to the branch to present and talk about their work.  Work by three students from 2017 and 2018 was on display...

Work by HND student, Mariya Holinez & degree students, Aisa Purdee & Aimee Keatch 

Thanks to Jennifer Rochester who was staffing the exhibition when I visited and took the time to chat to me about the group and the work on show.

Explorations 2018 is on until 23 February 2019 at St Andrews Museum in St Andrews, Fife.  Don't miss it! And do contact the branch if you want to join their monthly meetings of talks and workshops. Also, those with potential young stitchers at home may want to check out the Spring Flowers Workshop on Saturday 2 February 2019 at the museum.  

If you're staying in St Andrews and need somewhere to eat, do take a look at Forgans.  They have some special offers through January and February from Monday to Thursdays - check their website. It's a great place to eat!  Don't forget that there's a branch of the V&A in Dundee now - also not to be missed and visit the DCA while you're in Dundee (coffee, food, exhibitions, cinema) - another top spot!  If you want to read about the V&A in Dundee check out my blogpost here.