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We are delighted to offer the following leading textile artists, some of which are returning for the second or third year.
See our 2012 courses on offer for more details:
Renowned for her exuberant use of colour, Ruth Issett is acknowledged as one of the UK's best textile artists. She teaches and lectures internationally and is a member of the prestigious Practical Study Group.
The author of 4 books, Ruth also writes regularly for leading embroidery magazines.
She exhibits widely and is available for private commissions.
This will be Ruth's third visit to Studio Préniac.
See more of Ruth's work at the Textile Study Group
Louise has exhibited her work throughout Britain, in America, Japan and Germany.
Her recent pieces now incorporate found imagery colour and domestic packaging alongside fabric and simple stitch to produce rich small scale textiles that explore some of the complexities of contemporary life.
She currently lives and works in London, dividing her time between teaching and studio work.
Louise will be returning to Studio Préniac once again in 2013.
See more of Louise's work at the 62 Group of textile Artists
Cas is one of the UK's leading textile artists and well known for her use of the found object in mixed media textiles.
Cas works to commission, teaches, curates and exhibits widely.
She has work in both private and public collections, including the Arts Council of Great Britain and The Museum of Art and Design, New York.
Her book, The Found Object in Textile Art, (Batsford/Anova), was published in September 2010.
See more of Cas's work and her blog
One of the Uk’s most popular textile artists, Gwen is an embroiderer, teacher and author who exhibits widely.
She is a member of the Society of Designer-Craftsmen and the Textile Study Group.
Her work has focused on transforming discarded and forgotten matter through bundling, binding and stitching.
Most recently her work has been focusing on line, drawing and mark making through stitch.
See more of Gwen's work at the Textile Study Group
Jeanette is a textile artist exhibiting and lecturing in the UK and abroad, specialising in the felting technique and transformation of materials by hand or industrial processes.
Her work is inspired by research into historical and contemporary issues of the nomad and land.
See more of Jeanette's work on her website.
See more of Jeanette's work at the 62 Group of textile Artists
Siân Martin has been a maker of textile art since she graduated from Birmingham Polytechnic with a BA Hons and MA in Embroidery. She exhibits with the 62 Group of Textile Artists, and Stitch Textile Artists, as well as the Textile Study Group.
Siân uses small pieces of cloth, re-cycled papers and stitch to make textiles that can be manipulated and draped into forms that refer to landscape forms. Many of these hint at a global message or comment on a recent event.
Siân Martin set up the 'Distant Stitch' website as a way of offering embroidery courses by correspondence in 1991. Distant Stitch has now expanded and Siân now directs a small team of tutors who offer a range of online Courses in Embroidery and other textile topics.
See more of Sian's work at the Textile Study Group