Three of us!

Kath Allen

Kath has exhibited with the ?Renaissance? Textile Art Group at the Ancient High House, Stafford and at Madeira?s ?Art of the Stitch? at Harrogate. She gained an HNC in Handwoven Textile Design at Bradford College in 2004 and during the time of her studies gained a Commendation from the Bradford Textile Society. Work from her HNC final show went on to be exhibited at ?Design for Living? at the Bradford Industrial Museum. The main influences within her designs are nature and architecture and she will use a range of fibres, within one piece, wool, cotton, rayon, or handspun silk, to gain the desired effect.

Alison create hand woven fabrics that fuse contemporary design with traditional fibres and techniques. Specialising in unique products that are individually designed and hand woven for each client and can include wall panels, rugs, cushions, throws and window hangings. The quality hand woven fabrics are richly textured, but with a simplicity of design, and sit very comfortably in a contemporary setting. Alison is co-author of Creative Spinning with Jane Deane amd tutors for Skylark Holidays.

Alison Daykin

Jane has been involved in created textiles for many years and her ?specialist subject,? is silk. She rears cultivated and wild varieties of silkmoth, allowing the moths to emerge as they would in nature. The silk from the broken cocoons is handspun and used as accent yarns in my weaving. Dyeing the majority of the yarns and fibres she uses, Jane increasingly returns to natural dyes. Jane has recently begun to spin mulberry paper yarn for use in woven pieces. Exhibiting widely, in the UK and abroad; Jane teachs both for her local Adult and Community Learning service and privately; she is co-author, with Alison Daykin, of Creative Spinning, ?a textbook for the 21st century spinner.?

Jane Deane

Frayed Edges