Diana Springall

Description

Diana Springall is one of Britain's best-known textile artists. Her 40-year career in textiles includes appointments as a panel lecturer at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and chairman of both the Embroiderers' Guild and the Society of Designer Craftsmen. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and her work can be found in many private and public collections. This book is to be launched with an exhibition and a feature-stand at 2011 Knitting and Stitching Show (London, Dublin and Harrogate), this book explores the life, work and impact of one of the UK's greatest embroiderers and strongest advocate of the craft itself. Diana is heavily involved with embroidery within both education and museums/collections. She has been instrumental in promoting embroidery in the Fine Art world, and has been teacher and mentor to a significant proportion of today's greatest artists working in stitch, including Alice Kettle.

Promotion info

Diana is featured in both GCSE and A-Level courses, and is constantly inundated with requests for both information about herself and her work and to view and/or borrow from her substantial personal collection of significant pieces June Hill is very experienced and well regarded in the embroidery field; she writes for a number of publications. Foreword by Alice Kettle

Reviews

An excellent read, a historical treatise and an inspiration Workshop on the Web A captivating insight into the person and her work, and the artistry of Diana Springall shines out from every page of this book. - Stitch

Author description

June Hill is a freelance curator and writer. She contributes regularly to magazines and exhibition catalogues, including Embroidery Magazine, Selvedge and Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture.