UK based textile artist Anne Kelly is an award-winning artist, author and tutor. Her multi-layered and densely stitched textiles have been described as ‘small worlds’. Trained in Canada and at Goldsmiths College in London, she creates wall hangings and objects using a mixture of mixed media collage and hand and machine embroidery. Her inspirations are taken from travel, memory, nature and especially folk art.
Anne tutors mixed media art and textiles to a variety of groups in the UK and abroad. and is a member of the Embroiderers Guild UK, the Crafts Council Directory, the European Textile Network and the Society for Embroidered Work. She also exhibits and curates group exhibitions nationally and internationally. Anne is the author of several textile books with her latest, Textile Portraits, published in September 2023.

Workshop

In this two-day workshop with Anne Kelly, you will be making a mid-century inspired wall-hanging. Using actual mid-century fabric or being influenced by images of the style and decoration of that time, you will start with some simple printing and stamping techniques. We will then start to plan your wall hanging, using applique, textile collage and a variety of stitch techniques that will add depth and texture to your piece.
Anne will guide you through these processes and help you on your journey from the narrative to the abstract, using references from her new book ‘Abstract Textiles’.

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Two day workshop  18 & 19 October 2025 10am to 4:30pm

£195 including refreshments. Please bring along lunch or alternatively visit one of the two cafes on site or the award winning farm shop.