By Design

By Design is a group of eleven leading textile artists from the south of England, brought together to form an impressive exhibition group. All the members are well known artists in their own right, who work individually to create their own pieces of quilt art.

We have produced five exhibitions; As Nature Intended?, Chiaroscuro, Passage Defined and the latest, Red Hot and Structured are being launched in summer 2011. Each is a series of 22 textile hangings.

Each person in the group has started with two pieces from the same design source. One piece has been completed by the original artist, with the second piece being worked on by three other colleagues from the group. From the quilts themselves we can see the progression of ideas as each artist adds their own interpretation of the theme. The result is an exciting exhibition of thought-provoking hangings, which explore the theme within a broad spectrum.

The group comprises Penny Bicknell, Susan Chapman, Mary Hewson, Lyn Lambert, Janet McCallum, Grace Meijer, Christine Restall, Hilary Richardson, Lynne Seaman, June Thorpe and Beverley Wood.