Diana Springall: A Brave Eye - Softcover

Hill, June; Springall, Diana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408147076 ISBN 13: 9781408147078

Publisher: A&C Black, 2011

Synopsis

Diana Springall is one of Britain's best-known textile artists. Her 40-year career in textiles includes appointments as a panel lecturer at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and chairman of both the Embroiderers' Guild and the Society of Designer Craftsmen. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts andher work can be found in many private and public collections. Launched with an exhibition and feature-stand at the 2011 Knitting and Stitching Show (London, Dublin and Harrogate), this book explores the life, work and impact of one of the UK's greatest embroiderers and strongest advocates of the craft itself.Diana is heavily involved with embroidery within both education and museums and collections. She has been instrumental in promoting embroidery in the fine art world, and has been teacher and mentor to a significant proportion of today's greatest artists working in stitch, including Alice Kettle.

About this title

About the Author:

June Hill is a freelance curator and writer. She contributes regularly to magazines and exhibition catalogues, including Embroidery Magazine, Selvedge and Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture.

Review:

An excellent read, a historical treatise and an inspiration * Workshop on the Web *

About this edition

• Publisher: A&C Black
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1408147076
• ISBN 13: 9781408147078
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176