Two long weekends of Open Studios
:
24-26 MAY and 30 MAY-1 JUNE : 11am to 5pm daily
Sue Spence
Textiles
Sue Spence creates decorative and wearable textile art from vintage materials in the workroom at her village home.
A self-taught, life-long embroiderer, Sue has been making textile art for nine years, since retiring from a career teaching English. Her former study has become a workroom stuffed with fabric, thread and the paraphernalia of an enthusiastic creative life: art, books and quirky objects.
Sue is inspired by the memories held in old materials of people and places; literature, and the natural world, especially the Cornish landscape - coasts and woodlands. Her love of trees and wildflowers is evident in her smaller decorative pieces, including embroidered brooches.
Aiming to have an entirely sustainable practice, Sue works with preloved and used materials, hand sewing vintage fabrics, papers and found objects into stitched collages and other work with a strong narrative, often adding text, including her own poetry to tell stories in stitch.
Sue has exhibited her work throughout the UK and in the USA, and this will be her second year of Open Studios.
Studio 174
woodland retreat
castle view park
mawnan smith
falmouth
TR11 5HB
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Studio information
From the centre of Mawnan Smith, turn into Carlidnack Road, opposite the village shop. Take the 2nd right turn into Carlidnack Close & follow this road down as it bends left. At the 2nd left bend, go down the little lane straight ahead of you; there is a telegraph pole at the entrance to the lane, with my house name 'Woodland Retreat' on it. Although there is parking for two / three cars at the house, the short lane to it is narrow and does worry some drivers, so parking in Carlidnack Close and walking down is an option, though you are very welcome to drive down, bearing right. My house is on your right, with parking ahead in front of a tall pine tree. The studio/workroom is accessed from a door at the side of the house, and there is one step up into it. No easy access for wheelchair users unfortunately.
On-site parking
Family friendly
Open all year round by appointment
