Lucy Sugden

Nature-inspired sustainable woven tapestries by Lucy Sugden

Using reclaimed fibres and fishing line to create handwoven art defined by light, texture, and a scattering of sparkle

 

Tapestry weaving workshops in Hertfordshire, London, and across the UK

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Quiet Pride: Visiting My Tapestry on the Dovecot Balcony

by | 1 January 2026 | Blog | 0 Comments

To have a tapestry displayed in an exhibition at Dovecot is really quite special. The British Tapestry Group’s 20th-anniversary exhibition, Picking Up the Thread, travelled to its second exhibition venue, Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh, and I wasn’t going to miss the...
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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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Changing Earth

Changing Earth

by | May 3, 2022 |

6th -19th May , open daily from 10am-5pm RHS Garden, Hyde Hall, CM3 8ET You'll find my tapestries Cascade and Pollinators Paradise in this exhibition. Both pieces a response to the RHS report Gardening in a changing climate. I'm looking forward to being one of the...

Monthly Tapestry Weaving skills workshops

Monthly Tapestry Weaving skills workshops

by | Apr 17, 2022 |

New for spring 2022 monthly tapestry weaving skills workshops. These sessions will run on the second Monday of the month 10.30-12.30 in Letchworth. The workshops are designed so that you can learn and/or further develop your weaving skills in a relaxed atmosphere, and...

Changing Earth RHS Hyde Hall 6-19th May 2022

Changing Earth RHS Hyde Hall 6-19th May 2022

by | Apr 15, 2022 |

I am delighted to be taking part in this Eastern Region Textile Forum exhibition. The theme is a collaboration between ERTF and RHS Hyde Hall inspired by the research, findings and recommendations contained in the RHS report ‘Gardening in a Changing Climate’.  I'll be...