Westminster terror attack on last Wednesday was a terrible shock. My sincere condolences to the victims and huge respect to the police and emergency services. My heart goes out to those who lost their loved ones and to those who are still fighting to recover from the injuries. London mourns, but we carry on. From […]
Went to Kew Gardens this weekend for Flora Japonica exhibition. A friend of mine kindly booked my place for the exhibition tour by co-curator Masumi Yamanaka. The exhibition was at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art. Masumi’s talk was very informative. I always wondered what the differences were among floral painting, botanical art, botanical […]
Sophie Long‘s new book Ribbonwork Embroidery is out now. I’ve been waiting for this:) (Photo credit: Sophie Long) Sophie is having a book launch at the Sunbury Embroidery Gallery on Sat 18th February from 11:00 to 14:00. Sophie once gave us a special workshop as I organise a stitching group […]
It was over a year ago. I was so happy to find out that my whitework piece ‘London Skyline’ was selected to be one of a series of limited edition of RSN (Royal School of Needlework) greeting cards. Now it’s sold out. Thank you very much for your support. I am very grateful. This fine […]
At Royal School of Needlework Embroidery Studio, we often get ecclesiastical embroidery jobs. St Mary Oatlands church in Surrey was one of our clients. We worked on their alter frontal. I was fortunate to get invited to the rededication service on New Year’s Day. It’s a beautiful church. It is fabulous to see the alter frontal […]
Some thoughts as we say goodbye to 2016. Some people think it’s been a bad year. Sure, but I’d like to think we also had some happy moments. This year I had a opportunity to develop more original kits to sell at the Royal School of Needlework shop. I am very grateful that my ‘Blackwork […]
It’s been a while since the last post… Inspired by Opus Anglicanum, my last post was about split stitch, and this time I’m writing about underside couching. In English Medieval Embroidery, underside couching is often done with metal thread and linen thread. Since my design is a tiny grapevine, I decided to try with silk […]
Opus Anglicanum means ‘English Work’ in Latin. English Medieval Embroidery exhibition is now on at Victoria & Albert Museum in South Kensington. I’m a member of V&A, and I went to a members’ event yesterday. There was a Curator Talk at The Lydia Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre at V&A. I could see some familiar faces […]
I finally could manage to go to Missoni Art Colour Exhibition at Fashion and Textile Museum. If you haven’t been, tomorrow is the last chance! Since all the building work have finished at London Bridge station, it was quite pleasant to walk to the museum from the station. Did you know there’s a lovely park […]
