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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Big Art Fair

Big Art Fair

by | Jul 4, 2018 |

I am taking part in Herts Visual Arts Big Art Fair on the 14th and 15th July in Hitchin Town Hall. For full details see the Herts Visual Arts website [HVAF](https://www.hvaf.org.uk)

Unique, showing until 12th August 2018

Unique, showing until 12th August 2018

by | Jul 2, 2018 |

Unique exhibition in Hertfordshire An exhibition of my Unique tapestries is now on at The Foyer Gallery in Letchworth until the 12th August, full details and open hours at [Broadway Gallery](https://www.broadway-letchworth.com/studio-gallery/foyer-gallery)