Lucy Sugden

Tapestry and Woven Art

Hunting Tigers and Woolly Bears

by Lucy Sugden | 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...

A Weekend in Dumfries: Tapestry, Connections, and Celebrations

by Lucy Sugden | 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...

Kaleidoscope – Woven Butterflies Art Installation

by Lucy Sugden | 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...

Silver Barred Moth

by Lucy Sugden | 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...

Ella and the Caterpillars

by Lucy Sugden | 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...

Eclipse

by Lucy Sugden | 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...

Dahlia Field – Roger Aylett

by Lucy Sugden | 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...

London – George Bernard Shaw

by Lucy Sugden | 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...

80% (Disappearance)

by Lucy Sugden | 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...

Winter Art Exhibitions 2021

by Lucy Sugden | Jan 11, 2021 | News

As the art galleries are closed again, the first exhibitions of 2021 I am involved in are all virtual. I am delighted to be taking part in three exhibitions for the start of this year. Full information will be in my January newsletter which will be sent out the week...

Weaving Kits now available

by Lucy Sugden | Nov 14, 2020 | News

I have produced a few weaving kits that are now available to buy from my online shop. After a year of face to face workshops cancelled or moved online this was a natural progression for some of my workshops to take. Each kit comes with full step by step instructions...

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