Exhibition opens: Tuesday 13th August 2019

Exhibition opening party: Friday 06 September 6-9pm

Exhibition continues until Sunday 29 September

Jessica is a contemporary embroidery artist who works from her home studio just outside of Leeds, West Yorkshire.  Her colourful and contemporary work has been exhibited in various galleries across the UK and Europe and she is a a member of the Crafts Council’s Makers directory and renowned textiles group – Art Textiles Made in Britain. She was awarded the Embroiderers Guild Scholar in 2018/19. Jessica also speaks about her creative practice and teaches workshops across the country in schools, universities and for private organisations.

Her sculptural designs are a textural and visual feast, combining bold colour and clusters of embellished treasure that is created from a combination of waste and recycled materials. Jessica uses various processes including printing, foiling, dyeing and melting to transform what others perceive to be rubbish into tactile and creative embellishments. All of her designs are hand stitched; Jessica uses traditional stitches in contemporary colours and patterns, flecking fabrics with bold neon lines and metallic loops. Colour is an important aspect of her work – her designs are fearless in their use of strong colours, creating a very vivid and saturated colour palette. Jessica’s inspiration is derived from zoomed in views of surface texture details such as peeling paint, barnacles and rusting metal. Her sculptural, framed and 3-D textiles provide a statement in any interior space.

Saturday 21st September
10-4pm

£25 per person, materials included

Pastels provide an excellent starting point to those new to creating artwork and also those with limited dexterity due to the immediacy and closeness to the material, allowing quick and effective describing of any subject alongside a richness in colour.

Learn from professional artist and long-time friend of South Square Centre, Allan Brack. Allan is an experienced artist who will guide participants through various techniques of this drawing material.

The workshop will be suitable to beginners as well as those who have some experience working in the medium. All materials provided.

ABOUT ALLAN BRACK

‘My main medium is soft pastel drawings which, I call paintings because I often use them together with white emulsion paint and sometimes black Indian ink. I like heavily textured paper and sometime brown wrapping paper, always with a to n edge. I like to think my work is ethereal and poetic and is often based around seascapes, lighthouses and traditional fishing boats. Besides this I often work on a smaller more illustrative style of work, using a variety of pen, pencil, coloured pencil and wax crayons. As a therapeutic (and income generating) area of work, I like to study the faces of animal and bird life, often drawing horses, donkeys, cats and dogs for people.

I love to encourage others to create their own art, have helped several people develop their own portfolio’s for entrance to Art College Foundation courses. I am very keen to pass on what knowledge and techniques I have to others – after all, We All draw from the same well, it is in all of us!’

TO BOOK:

Visit South Square Centre, Call 01274834747 or email info@southsquarecentre.co.uk