Lucy Sugden

Lucy Sugden

Tapestry and Woven Art

 

Hunting Tigers and Woolly Bears

by | 19 September 2025 | Blog | 0 Comments

Hunting Tigers and Woolly Bears  My tapestry's design captures two moths whose numbers in the last few decades have declined. The Cinnabar (83% decline) and Garden Tiger (90% decline). The design also highlights the essential role of planting and maintaining valuable...
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A Weekend in Dumfries: Tapestry, Connections, and Celebrations

by | 16 September 2025 | Blog | 0 Comments

In August I travelled to Dumfries for a full weekend immersed in tapestry. I felt a mixture of nerves, excitement, and anticipation and was looking forward not only to the British Tapestry Group’s 20th anniversary exhibition, Picking Up the Thread, which included one...
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Kaleidoscope – Woven Butterflies Art Installation

by | 8 May 2025 | Blog | 0 Comments

Kaleidoscope An outdoor installation I was absolutely delighted to have my submission accepted for The Living Theatres Art Trail. After completing my Seasons project a few years ago, the idea of taking my work outdoors had been quietly developing—though until now...
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Silver Barred Moth

by | 15 February 2025 | Blog | 0 Comments

The Silver Barred moth, three new tapestries woven for exhibition to highlight a small moth that inhabitants the Cambridgeshire Fens. Woven for the British Tapestry Eastern Region Groups Fenlands exhibition at Courtyard Arts in Hertford from 4th -29th March 2025.A...
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Ella and the Caterpillars

by | 26 November 2024 | Blog | 0 Comments

Ella and the CaterpillarsThe deconstruction and reconstruction of a Spirella corset.I was intrigued by the role the Spirella Company played in making Irvin parachutes during the war, photo’s I found showed the Spirella buildings ballroom with rows of sewing machines...
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Eclipse

by | 3 September 2024 | Blog | 0 Comments

Eclipse The ideas for this piece first began to accumulate in my mind during 2022. I had woven my wasp (Paper) and hoverfly (Lagoon) wings and was continuing to consider the beauty and importance of insects that people often fear or loathe. As a member of the...
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Dahlia Field – Roger Aylett

by | 1 September 2024 | Blog | 1 Comment

Dahlia Field – a portrait for Roger Aylett Passion Determination Vision, an Eastern Region Textile Exhibition at St Albans Museum until 3rd November 2024 Roger Aylett (1934-2010) was a pioneering award-winning horticulturist and founder of Aylett Nurseries in St...
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London – George Bernard Shaw

by | 16 July 2024 | Blog | 0 Comments

Passion Determination Vision was an Eastern Region Textile Forum exhibiton held at St Albans Museum in  2024. An exhibition highlighting and celebrating local movers and shakers, a portrait exhibition, but not in any conventional sense; instead an exploration of...
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80% (Disappearance)

by | 20 November 2023 | Blog | 0 Comments

80% (Disappearance) Woven Tapestry  This was quite an emotional piece to weave. I have always loved butterflies and moths, as a young girl I remember the buddleia bush in the back garden being full of butterflies in the summer so to learn that since the 1970’s there...
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Textile Tales

Textile Tales

by | Nov 12, 2025 |

Textile Tales 24th November - 6th December The Henderson Hub, Abbots Langley I am delighted to be showing a selection of my floral and moth weaves in the Textile Tales exhibition. I will also be running a festive woven tapestry workishop during the exhibition on...

Woven Worlds, Barbican Library

Woven Worlds, Barbican Library

by | Nov 4, 2025 |

I am delighted to have three tapestries in exhibition at the Barbican Library. 'Ella and the Caterpillars', 'London' and '80% (Disappearance)' are all part of the British Tapestry Groups exhibition Woven Worlds, Taking Tapestry into the Future, an exhibition...