Lucy Sugden

Lucy Sugden

Tapestry and Woven Art

A glimpse & glimmer of garden life

 

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 | 0 Comments

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 is an Eastern Region Textile Forum exhibiton held at St Albans Museum from 12th July-3rd November 2024. An exhibition highlighting and celebrating local movers and shakers, a portrait exhibition, but not in any conventional sense; instead...
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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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Tangerine Trees (Lucy In The Sky)

by | 13 July 2023 | Blog | 2 Comments

Tangerine Trees When I was a small girl I imagined Lucy, from The Beetles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, was floating around in a sky full of stars in her night gown. So when I began to consider ideas for the, A sixties Celebration "Flower Power" exhibition with...
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Sustainable Art Practice

by | 8 January 2023 | Blog | 0 Comments

How Sustainable am I? In December 2022 Jo at Sust. Consulting ran a series of articles highlighting sustainable businesses in and around Letchworth Garden City. I was delighted to be featured and thought I would share Jo's article here as other people can me into...
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Cascade

by | 6 May 2022 | Blog | 0 Comments

Cascade I can often have an idea or a title for a piece of work long before I develop and create it, Cascade was one of those ideas. The title first popped into my head at the beginning of 2019, I can date it as I mentioned it in an Instagram post on the 8th of...
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Pollinators Paradise

by | 15 April 2022 | Blog | 0 Comments

 Pollinators Paradise This tapestry was woven for the Eastern Region Textiles Forum exhibition with RHS Hyde Hall, Changing Earth. Work for the exhibition was created in response to the RHS report gardening in a changing climate. Pollinators Paradise is a celebration...
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Sense of Place, Jungle Rain and Embrace

by | 11 February 2022 | Blog | 2 Comments

Sense of Place An exhibition by the Eastern Region Textile Forum. I began to research and question what the title meant to me and where my place or places were in the summer of 2021. I became interested with the Primal Landscape, the special bond which develops...
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Latest News About Lucy Sugden

Passion Determination Vision

Passion Determination Vision

by | Jul 10, 2024 |

I am delighted to be showing two new woven artworks in this exhibition, Passion Determination Vision. An exhibition held in the Keepers Gallery at St Albans Museum and Gallery is open daily 11am-5pm from 12 July to 3 November 2024. The exhibition highlights and...

Bloom at Living Crafts

Bloom at Living Crafts

by | May 3, 2024 |

So delighted that my woven sculptural piece 'Bloom' has been accepted into the Living Crafts Showcase Pavilion display. If you're visiting Living Crafts in Hatfield you'll find Bloom in the Living Crafts Showcase Pavilion from the 9th -12th May. I'll be at Living...

Kimpton Art Show 2024

Kimpton Art Show 2024

by | Apr 24, 2024 |

Kimpton Art Show 3rd-6th May I am back at Kimpton Art Show this year where you will find my work displayed on one of tables. A display of woven florals from my large sculptural stems to small hanging flowers and woven meadows. Kimpton Art Show is an exhibition and...