Angela offers a number of exciting workshops including; 'Architectural Inspirations', 'Textured Tiles', 'Elizabethan Echoes' and 'Background to Stitch'
My work as a textile artist combines Free Machine Embroidery with Hand Stitching.
I use fabrics with different textures to create interesting surfaces on which to stitch.
Gardens and Landscapes are a great source of inspiration to me, however my main inspiration is Architecture. The architectural theme encompasses all manner of styles of building throughout the ages. Within each building there are numerous details and patterns from geometric shapes to the flowing lines of Gothic leaves and tendrils. I particularly like areas where the patterns have been eroded by the elements and time so they seem to dissolve into the stone or plaster.