Juxtaposition

 

I am delighted that Heather Evans and Penny Evans will be joining me to exhibit at Snape Maltings this autumn.

The Quay Gallery is a great place to exhibit and as a previous exhibitor I get first refusal on the same week in October each year. 

I had to wait five years to obtain a slot at this popular venue and I plan my year so as to make sure I keep this week free to exhibit.

23rd - 29th October 2025 coincides with the half term school holiday so we can expect lots of visitors

In 2022 I held my first solo show with the 'Wool - Cotton - Silk' exhibition

This included the 'To have and to hold' series using dress pattern tissue

In 2023 my second solo show was 'Playing with Pojagi' with a whole series of work using the contemporary version of a traitional Korean piecing technique

Both solo shows were a success and taught me a lot. They were however very hard work to do alone with all the planning, marketing, hanging and stewarding. Not to mention the making!

Sharing the space, the costs, and the work three ways will be great. The space is perfect for three artists. 

Last year in 2024 my textile group Out of the Fold needed an exhibition venue so all twelve artists exhibited with a lovely exhibition 'A Splash of Colour' 

Heather and Penny are both former students who completed the Advanced Stitched Textiles course in 2022 and joined Out of the Fold in 2023. Both have developed their own styles, quite different from mine, and are creating original and innovative new work.

As our styles are all very different we have chosen the title 'Juxta position' 

Juxta position is defined as "placing two or more things side by side to compare and contrast with an interesting effect"

(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

You can find out more about Penny on her website pennyevansfibreart.co.uk/ and on instagram @pennye.fibreart

Heather shows her work on instagram @heatherevanstextileart