Really pleased to have been awarded the Distinction Award by the Society of Designer Craftsmen.The Exhibition finishes on Sunday the 21st August. My work will then be on loan to the Mental Health Museum Wakefield to be Exhibited beside Mary Francis Heaton's Samplers, from whom I drew my inspiration
http://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk/quality-innovation/mental-health-museum/.

During my visit to London I visited the Science Museum & the Welcome Collection, I wanted to learn more about research into the brain , I came across interesting exhibits in connection with mental health and dimentia.

Great Exhibition & Lovely people. This week has been very Exciting. I was awarded a Distinction Award by the Society Of Designer Craftsmen at the Mall Galleries Exhibition,London.
The week has been a great experience and I have learnt so much about exhibiting , Thank you to Dawn Thorne & Christine Dove for making me so welcome.

Been a busy week Society of Designer Crafts at the Mall is fast approaching I have been pricing and listing work ready for the exhibition. Further research for development work for the Embroiderers Guild Scholarship Has also been keeping me busy.

http://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk/quality-innovation/mental-health-museum/

            Designer Crafts On the Mall.

 Looking forward to Exhibiting at the Mall Gallery London

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Yesterday we were visited by textile designer Amanda Woollard who took inspiration from our museum collections for her BA in Surface Design and Textile Innovation. Amanda has created delicate and beautiful pieces that respond to experiences recorded by Mary Frances Heaton.

Mary was a music mistress who was admitted to the West Riding Lunatic Asylum on 16th Sept 1837. She recorded her thoughts and frustrations at her admittance to the asylum as well damning indictments against those in power in beautiful stitched samplers. You can see Mary's original samplers on display at the Mental Health Museum.

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Image: 'Mary Frances Heaton Sampler' © Mental Health Museum.

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