We were very pleased to welcome Catherine, who brought along a wonderful range of embroidery and other pieces of work which had been inspired by her interest in South African textiles. She is a regular visitor to South Africa and told us of her love for such a colourful country, and for its tribal arts using hand dyed cloth.
Catherine told us of the Kaross embroidery project, which was founded as a way of bringing creative opportunities to mainly rural women. Their work reflects a passion for colour and for African culture. One of their products is hand-embroidered cushion covers and Catherine showed us some she had stitched in the style of Kaross.
She then passed around more of her beautifully hand-stitched work for everyone to admire.
Catherine also enjoys making beautiful hand-stitched bags, using space-dyed fabrics:
Many thanks to Catherine for such an informative and interesting talk.
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