The Broderers Exhibition: The Art of Embroidery
Bankside Gallery, 22 -27 February 2022
The Worshipful Company of Broderers is one of the City of London livery companies. It is over 450 years old and historically was responsible for maintaining the standard of embroidery in London.
Although none of us in Phoenix submitted work for this open call exhibition, we were nevertheless excited at the prospect of a celebration of stitched art in all its forms, from the traditional to the most contemporary, at a prestigious central London venue.
The exhibition was free to visit, and it was wonderful to see such very large audiences studying and appreciating the work.
Phoenix members Jo Coombes, Lynne Butt and Rosaline Darby visited together. Reflections on glass and difficult lighting made photography a bit tricky but here are some of the pieces that caught their eye:
Alison Aye – Mam’s Christmas Tablecloth
Anja von Kalinowski – The Unseen II
Anna Black – Movement
Carol Naylor – All That Glitters
Ellie Hipkin – Calm Chill 1 and 2
Emily Tull – The Beard Crawls Around on Your Face
Helen Banshaf – A Construction of Old Friends II
Jan Beaney – Leftkada Wetlands 1 and 2
Kate Barlow – Love
Liz Ashurst – Lockdown
Maria Wigley – Somewhere Else
Masako Newton – Social Distancing
Rachel Doyle – the Diver
Sara Rickards – The Awakening
Sarah de Rousset-Hall – Hive Mind
Susannah Weiland – Greenwich Rabbit and Mouse
Tanya Betham/Opusanglicanum – The Three Living and the Three Dead
Vicky O’Leary – Creating Calm
The full online catalogue is available here: broderers-exhibition.co.uk/catalogue/
Further information about the Broderers, including membership, can be found here: broderers.co.uk/