Tales from the Woollen Woods
One of the Woollen Woods 2015 took place at Rushcliffe Country Park. Take a look at the woollen creatures around the park.
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May 29, 2015
Woollen Woods 2015
Find out about Woollen Woods which takes place in May 2015 at Rushcliffe Country Park in Nottinghamshire.
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May 6, 2015
On holiday in Antwerp
We hope to return to Antwerp because there is so to enjoy in Antwerp: winkles, waffles, beer and bobbin lace.
August 19, 2014
Art in Action: a tour of the Textiles marquee
Let me show you work by some of the contemporary textiles artists demonstrating in the Textiles marquee at Art in Action in 2014.
August 12, 2014
Art in Action 2014
In this review of Art in Action 2015, I show you some glass-blowing, calligraphy and printing, as well as dance and music.
July 21, 2014
Manufacture of Lavenham blue cloth in medieval times
In my last post, I showed you some of the beautiful buildings in Lavenham. These were financed using wealth generated from the wool trade during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. There are many areas in the UK where, at some point in their history, the economy has been based on…
August 30, 2013
Lavenham in Suffolk is a very woolly town
There are many towns in East Anglia where you can still see examples of late Medieval or early Tudor buildings. The Tudor period was from 1485–1603 (the reigns of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I). These buildings were constructed during the wool industry's boom years.…
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August 22, 2013
Maker’s Yard and Makers’ Mart
In my last post, I wrote about the St George's area of Leicester and showed you some of the old warehouses and factory buildings. Regeneration of this area and its rebranding as 'The Cultural Quarter' started around 2000. A new theatre (Curve) was built, Leicester's art cinema (Phoenix) relocated, and the Moderne cinema became the Athena conference…
May 6, 2013
Alexandra House (1895-8) by Edward Burgess, Rutland Street, Leicester
Originally a bootlace warehouse. Damaged in WW2. Cleaned in 1990.
The Cultural Quarter, Leicester
Recently I visited the Cultural Quarter in Leicester. Even though I grew up near this city and visited often, this is an area with which I'm not that familiar. The things I do remember are the Moderne former Odeon cinema and the flat-iron corner of The Exchange Building, with its…
May 2, 2013
Pen nibs and custard!
I've always had a fascination with how things are made, whether that be by hand or machine. As I child, I remember watching milk bottles being filled in a factory; it was quite mesmerising! Recently, a group of us went to Birmingham, which is Britain's second largest city. For many…
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February 25, 2013