ECLECTICA

               Catherine Brierley - Sarah Edwards -- Marion Plumb
                                     Stephanie Redfern - Janet Rose - Rita Weston - Kate White

A group of artists living and creating in the Midlands brought together by a love of cloth, thread and needle, working independently to produce contemporary stitched textiles.  As our name suggests we have a variety of creative approaches to designing and making textile art and individual choice of subject, technique and materials makes for a truly eclectic mix of finished pieces.

We are interested in design, new techniques and new ideas as well as textile traditions from around the world.  Many of us have travelled widely, enabling us to tap into the richness of different cultures.  Personal experience, together with observation of the shapes, colours and perspectives of the visual world, elicits personal responses interpreted in cloth and stitch. 

Eclectica exhibits regularly and several members offer workshops and talks on textile-related subjects.