New Online Store
I have launched a new shop, where you can choose from a wide variety of my work, from boxes to vessels to books cards for a variety of prices.
Please have a look send me any feedback you may have.
Beyond Surface
The work made for the exhibition at Totnes will move to the Northmoor Gallery in Gillingham, Dorset, from 8th to 14th August. It is a larger space so there will be new work to see.
Buy Adigraf
Adigraf is a brilliant engraving and printing system. The technique is the same one used for linocut but Adigraf is much softer and easier to cut, with excellent results.
I am selling 24x15cm sheets for £3 including postage and packing to the UK.
Buy it here… http://www.janetedmonds.co.uk/shop/products/materials/adigraf/
City & Guilds dates for Missenden Abbey
Here are the dates for Certificate 2011/12
21/23 October 2011
18/20 November 2011
3/5 February 2012
16/18 March 2012
4/6 May 2012
8/10 June 2012
Dates for Diploma 2011/12
14/16 October 2011
4/6 November 2011
10/12 February 2012
23/25 March 2012
11/13 May 2012
15/17 June
Missenden Open day
New TTF workshop dates
Dates for 2011/12 are: 25/27 November 2011, 2/4 March 2012, 18/20 May 2012
Mulberry silk thread named after me
Janet Edmonds , “the most expensive yarn of our collection, a fine mulberry silk”, was named after me, by a German student of mine.
Georges House Gallery
A textile exhibition is showing at the Georges House Gallery, Folkestone, from 14th – 26th October 2011. ’1:4 4:1 collaborative art exchanges’ shows the work of Janet Edmonds, Gwen Hedley, Nicholette Goff, Cheryl Papasian and Barbara Reast. These images show the work that I will be exhibiting
Collaboration 1
340 x 260mm/410 x 300mm mounted
This was the first collaboration in this series. Working completely flat is something of a novelty for me as I usually have a dimensional aspect to the work I do., so it was a challenge to keep within the brief.
I worked with Gwen Hedley on this piece. I chose three main fabrics to re-cycle, a blue and white very finely striped shirting, and some soft denim together with some small pieces of floral printed fabric. We shared the fabrics so that we both had the same to work with. Piece by small piece we added and stitched in turn until we felt that it was finished. Threads were kept to a narrow selection too.
collaboration 1 detail 1 
Collaboration 1 detail 2
Journey
100mm x 1.500mm
I so enjoyed making the two collaborative pieces that I decided to make another piece myself and chose to repeat the dimensions of the long thin piece.
I selected a few fabrics that I had coloured and printed and included a bit of commercially printed fabric too. The threads were kept to a narrow selection of colours – reds and blue/greys. I wanted the piece to fade away in tone , from dark strong blues and reds becoming lighter as the piece grew longer. I included small circles that often appear in 2D work. these were sometimes printed, and sometimes cut from fabric or stitched. I have been very much inspired by the work of Dorothy Caldwell whom I had the good fortune to meet whilst I was in America teaching. She exhibited her work at the Quilt show at the NEC, Birmingham in2009.
Journey
Journey 
Journey detail
Journey detail
Journey detail
Collaboration 2
100 x 1.500mm
This is the second collaboration in this series. In each case, we both worked on similar pieces concurrently. Once again, we each chose two fabrics to re-cycle one had to be striped as we were going to work with strips of fabric to make a long piece. I chose some pillow ticking and a very finely striped red cotton fabric. these were added to a calico backing to give some support whilst stitching. Thread colour was limited to red, white and blue. The work was sent backwards and forwards between us and very soon grew to the required length.
Collaboration 2 detail
Collaboration 2 detail
Collaboration 2 detail
Journey detail
For more information about this gallery go to www.strangecargo.org.uk
Contemporary Stitch Workshop
The CSW was set up in response to a demand for the opportunity for textile artists to develop personal practice after emerging from a qualification course. This is often a daunting time when working alone without the formality of a course, structure is difficult.
