Blackwork and the V&A

 Details below of a research project involving blackwork and the V&A. Our group's members have been emailed details but they're here if anyone else is interested!

Hello!

My name is Toni Buckby and I am an artist, needleworker, and PhD researcher at Sheffield Hallam University and The Victoria & Albert Museum. 

Working with the Blackwork Embroidery collection at the V&A, I am exploring the potential of art/craft practices as a research strategy and interpretive approach for fragile textiles.

I am creating a number of artworks for the V&A as part of my research, one of which is a collaborative piece called "An unstitched coif…”

I am looking for 40 experienced embroiderers to contribute to this project and wondered if this is something your members might be interested in?

I am asking anyone with some embroidery skill to stitch their own version of a design copied from a coif (head cap) in the V&A collection and to come together in a series of in-person and online workshops throughout 2023 to share needlework techniques and reflect on their stitching experiences.

The completed embroideries, together with documentation of the participants' reflections, will form a body of work for public exhibition in December 2023 and will then be donated to the V&A collection.

Register your interest here: https://forms.gle/H2FqGsoi8UpZg4yq7 

Or email info@blackworkembroidery.org

Please feel free to forward this message to anyone you think might like to take part and feel free to drop me an email if you have any questions.

Kind Regards

Toni Buckby