We are very pleased to announce our first ever textile exhibition in the Project Ability gallery!
For this exhibition we invited a select few artists to make new work. We have a wonderful mix of exhibitors, including Doreen Kay and Cameron Morgan, who are both long-time Project Ability artists. Eleanor Coutts is a textile artist working in Shetland, who we met earlier in 2022, through a project she and Cameron worked on together. Tzipporah Johnston is a neurodivergent textile based artist working in Edinburgh, whose work we have admired for some time. We also invited a small group of artists from our lovely friends over in Edinburgh at the Garvald studios.
There is a playful mix of work going on in this exhibition. From Tzipporah Johnston’s exquisitely created 3-dimensional textile works featuring eyes peering out at you from within glass domes, to the more traditional embroidery which hangs on the walls. Doreen Kay’s cats and birds have been lovingly stitched onto felt and canvas and show the softer side of a textile practice. Cameron Morgan’s style comes through marvelously in his embroidered artworks; ranging from birds and crustaceans and crossing over to many loved film and music stars such as Elvis, Laurel and Hardy, Batman and Robin and Wonder Woman!
This textile exhibition is a delightful feast for the eyes and will show our audiences several different techniques and styles for working with embroidery, thread and needle.
Exhibiting artists,
Eleanor Coutts, Chloe Ewans, Tzipporah Johnston, Doreen Kay, Leanne McIntyre, Katrina McLaughlin, Cameron Morgan, Louise Robertson, Stuart Robertson, Callum Smith
Picture gallery of the exhibition,
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Picture gallery of the artworks,
Crabby by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Cat on a Chair by Doreen Kay - Stitched
A Friend by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Black Arches Moth by Tzipporah Johnston - Stitched
Bee-rometer by Tzipporah Johnston - Stitched - (2021) Stumpwork embroidery
Batman and Robin by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Bees by Tzipporah Johnston - (2021) Stumpwork embroidery, glass cloche
Amulet Against Eye Contact (Green) - by Tzipporah Johnston - Stumpwork embroidery, glass cloche - Stitched
Amulet Against Eye Contact (Blue) - by Tzipporah Johnston - Stumpwork embroidery, glass cloche
Amulet Against Eye Contact (Blue) - by Tzipporah Johnston - Stumpwork embroidery, glass cloche - detail
Amulet Against Estrangement - by Tzipporah Johnston - Stitched - (2019) Thread-painting and stumpwork embroidery, cardboard box, red thread
A Bird Reflection on Water by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Elvis by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Ostrich by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Flowers by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Door Mouse by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Cameron and Friend - by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Blue and Yellow Fish by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Bird 1 by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Bird 2 by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
'Yellowhammer' Bird 3 by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Bird of Paradise by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Oliver Hardy by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Multi-coloured Bird by Doreen Kay - Stitched
Marilyn by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Laurel and Hardy by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Eagle by Stuart Robertson - Garvald - Stitched
Glasgow at Night by Doreen Kay - Stitched
Heather and Three Kittens by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Hummingbird by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Jailhouse Rock by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Kingfisher by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Stan Laurel by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Reverend Kirby’s Specimen Box - by Tzipporah Johnston - Stitched - (2022) - Stumpwork embroidery and nettle fabric in wooden tray
Purple Wings in a Tree by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Purple and Blue Fish by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
The Bashful Tiger by Doreen Kay - Stitched
Tiger in a Tree by Doreen Kay - Stitched
Sunflower by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Yellow Bird in Trees by Doreen Kay - Stitched
Bananas by Eleanor Coutts - Stitched
Squares 1 by Leanne McIntyre - Garvald - Stitched
Window by Callum Smith - Garvald - Stitched
You Make Me Smile by Doreen Kay - Stitched
Wonder Woman with Cape by Cameron Morgan - Stitched
Wonder Woman by Cameron Morgan - detail - Stitched