Profile
Always involved in the arts Julia's first forays into textiles was back in the 1970s when she worked in three-dimensional soft sculpture under the tutelage of Victoria Bartlett at Morley College, London. More recently she has attended the Creative Textile Workshop at East Berkshire College, Windsor over a number of years experimenting with various contemporary techniques and skills.
Much of her work currently entails layering and fusing textile, paper and thread by dry felting using an embellisher with added machine stiching. Often she will introduce other media such as paint, print and resins.
Much of her work draws inspiration from a strong sense of history whether it be from medieval imagery or her fascination with the relics of our industrial past.
Qualifications
1997 BA, The Open University.
1978/80 Soft Sculpture Workshop, Morley College, London.
1960/61 Stage Design, Central School of Art, London.
1957 Diploma [Hons.], Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London.
Exhibitions
2011 Fusion, Bucks Arts Weeks, Jordans, Bucks.
2004- Annual Creative Textiles Summer Exhibition, East Berkshire College, Windsor 2011
2003 Open Exhibition, Sir Terry Frost Gallery, All Hallows, Farnham, Surrey.
2000 City and Guilds, Guildford College, Guildford, Surrey.
1980 Mortlake Gallery, Sheen Lane, London SW14.
1980 Morley College at the Festival Hall, London.
Contact
E-mail: juliastraiton@googlemail.com