Profile
Gill is currently exploring different methods of discharge or colour removal incorporating her interest in mark making and resists whilst continuing to work with a limited colour palette. She works with natural fabrics and hand stitch either collaging from the palette of fabrics which she has created or working on larger whole cloth compositions.
Her inspiration comes from the lovely coastlines of North Norfolk and Iona and also from the traces and marks left behind by the wear and tear of life and the passage of time.
Gill completed the HE Diploma in Stitched Textiles at East Berkshire College where she received a Distinction.
Qualifications
2007 HE Diploma in Stitched Textiles (Distinction)
2004 City and Guilds Creative Embroidery Part II
2002 City and Guilds Creative Embroidery Part I
Memberships
Embroiderer's Guild
HapticArt
Frayed Edges
Oxford Textile Workshop
Exhibitions
2012
2012 February 28th - March 11th Fountain Gallery East Molesey Surrey
2012 March 10th - 11th Landmark Contemporary Textile Fair Teddington
2012 May 5th - May 20th West Berkshire and North Hampshire Open Studios Headley near Newbury
2011
2011 January Fountain Gallery, East Molesey, Surrey
2011 March Landmark Contemporary Textile Fair, Teddington
2011 April The Old Chapel Textile Centre, Newbury, Berks.
2011 May West Berkshire Open Studios, Headley near Newbury
2011, September, Basingstoke Embroiders' Guild, Workshop
2010
2010 March 13-14, Landmark Contemporary Textile Fair, Teddington
2010 May West Berkshire Open Studios, Headley near Newbury
2010 September Black Swan Gallery, Frome, Somerset
Contact
E-mail: gillbanks49@gmail.com