Tapestry Silk Shading
2019
Silk and cotton threads
Jess Ingram
Tapestry Silk Shading based on the character of Lady Sybil, the first at Downton Abbey to wear harem trousers This piece shows the full size figure that the Future Tutors work which gives an extra challenge when embroidering the face, hands and feet.
Natural Silk Shading
2014
Silk and cotton threads
Kate Barlow
The budgie is beautifully worked and set off against the vibrant shades of the background. This piece was selected for the 2015 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition which is a rare honour for a piece of embroidery.
Appliqué and Stumpwork
2014
Cotton, bead, wadding, wood, cotton threads
Deborah Wilding
For her piece Deborah took the theme of the Princess and the Pea using a variety of fabrics to build the many mattresses. The Princess is a Stumpwork figure which means that she is three-dimensional as can be seen from the face and hands. If you look closely, you can see the pea at the bottom of the pile of mattresses.
Canvas Shading
2019
Canvas and wool thread
Anita Harrison
Canvas Shading is about rendering a fully believable 3D object through two-dimensional stitch, made more complex by the physical holes in the canvas dictating the stitch length and structure. This avocado looks solid and as though it could be picked up and eaten.
Blackwork
2018
Linen, metal and black threads
Sarah de Rousset Hall
Based on the iconic photograph by Sukita, this piece updates the use of black and gold thread from the 1950s.
Stumpwork
2018
Amy Burt
An iconic image from a London concert of the one and only Freddie Mercury in Raised Embroidery.
Creative Goldwork
2017
Velvet, lace, cotton, metal chain and metal and cotton threads, glass
Angela Bishop
This piece is based on a portrait of Anne of Denmark at Hampton Court Palace which Angela saw one day at lunchtime and was inspired to work this piece for her creative Goldwork.
Whitework
2016
Cotton and lace, front linen and white cotton thread
Auburn Lucas
From a background in costume Auburn made this new front for the typically Edwardian jacket.
Creative Box
2017
Cotton, cards, wool, cotton thread
Sara Jane Dennis
Creative box is where students make a box which has to be decorated appropriately. It has to have moving parts, a hidden drawer and for the embroidery to continue across sides and joins. Sara Jane added koi carp to her bento box as well as the sushi rolls.
Creative Box
2020
Cotton, linen, card, cotton threads
Kathryn Sanders
This playful stack of books (the book titles include Stitch and Stitchability, the Voyage of the Dawn Threader) is an homage to stitch. It contains secret drawers and great attention has been paid to creating the book pages, end papers and spines.
Creative Box – Speke Hall
2020
Digital print, wool and cotton embroidery, cardboard and cotton fabric
Kate Pankhurst
This creative box is a tour-de-force combining digital print with hand making of all the boxes and embroidery of the plants. It fits together around a square base but opens out to show all its elements.
Signature Project
2016
Cotton, beads, and a variety of stitch techniques
Kate Barlow
The signature project was introduced at the end of the Apprenticeship and continues on in the Future Tutors Programme. The aim is for the student to have the equivalent of the Degree Final Major Project, an opportunity to mix various techniques to decide on a project from start to finish as their signature for the future. This piece is a quarter size dress featuring the candy-stripe of sweet bags and at the top of the dress are three-dimensional or raised embroidery sweets.
Signature Project
2019
Mirror glass, cotton, feather, cotton thread
Jung Byun
This three-dimensional Peacock mirror won the Broderers Award at the Hand and Lock Awards 2019. It is decorated on both sides, the main peacock on the back with tail feathers curling round the mirror on the other side.
Signature Project
2020
Linen and cotton thread
Martha Blackburn
This is one of six pieces by Martha which won the Hand and Lock prize for textile art in 2020, along with the RSN prize for technical stitch. Every aspect of this portrait is hand stitched.
Signature Project – Lockdown o’Clock
2021
Metal, metal threads, cotton threads
Kate Pankhurst
This very ‘of the moment’ piece was the winner of the Hand and Lock prize for Textile Art 2021. As Kate’s final piece on the course it combined many of the techniques she had learned on the way. On the front it shows the phases of the moon because time seemed to slow down during lockdown, but on the other hand, at time it flew, so hence the wings, and then on the back is a view of London from Kate’s balcony which she now had time to study from her one bit of outdoor space.