Margaret Ramsay : Stitching into Place : 18 September 2017
The speaker at our September meeting was Margaret Ramsay who learned her needle skills from her mother but has only ever made one double bed quilt that took 7 years to complete!
A botanist by profession, plant life and landscape played an important part in her working life, whether it was the laboratory, studio or field.
When Margaret was made redundant from her post in Kew Gardens she relocated to Faversham in Kent which has proved to be a rich source of inspiration for her work. She showed pieces inspired by the Kent coastlines, except for her winning entry in Fine Art Quilt Masters at the Festival of Quilts this year, which will be shown at the Knitting and Stitching Show 11-15 October.
A description of some of the techniques Margaret uses was fascinating: painting on fabric with acrylics, reusing old quilts to make new artworks, photographing rusted fabrics then printing them on fabric to avoid damaging a sewing machine, manipulating photographs in Photoshop, painting with gesso to impart texture, using masking tape as a resist. And hand stitching the texture into all her pieces. This was a valuable insight into her artistic practice.
More of Margaret's work can be seen on her website and blog by using the links below but, in the meantime, these pictures will remind you of her talk:
www.magsramsay.co.uk
magsramsay.blogspot.co.uk
A botanist by profession, plant life and landscape played an important part in her working life, whether it was the laboratory, studio or field.
When Margaret was made redundant from her post in Kew Gardens she relocated to Faversham in Kent which has proved to be a rich source of inspiration for her work. She showed pieces inspired by the Kent coastlines, except for her winning entry in Fine Art Quilt Masters at the Festival of Quilts this year, which will be shown at the Knitting and Stitching Show 11-15 October.
A description of some of the techniques Margaret uses was fascinating: painting on fabric with acrylics, reusing old quilts to make new artworks, photographing rusted fabrics then printing them on fabric to avoid damaging a sewing machine, manipulating photographs in Photoshop, painting with gesso to impart texture, using masking tape as a resist. And hand stitching the texture into all her pieces. This was a valuable insight into her artistic practice.
More of Margaret's work can be seen on her website and blog by using the links below but, in the meantime, these pictures will remind you of her talk:
www.magsramsay.co.uk
magsramsay.blogspot.co.uk
