Lucy Sugden

Tapestry and Woven Art

A glimpse & glimmer of garden life


 

Ella and the Caterpillars

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

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

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

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...

80% (Disappearance)

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...

Tangerine Trees (Lucy In The Sky)

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...

Sustainable Art Practice

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...

Cascade

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...

Pollinators Paradise

 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...

Latest News About Lucy Sugden

Letchworth and Hitchin Christmas Events

Letchworth and Hitchin Christmas Events

Fairs and events in the run up to Christmas I'll be out and about in Letchworth and Hitchin with my woven work in the run up to Christmas. Wynd Gallery - Christmas Exhibition 21st November - 24th December Meadow tapestries Purple and Grey are available from the...

Material Evidence at Courtyard Arts Hertford

Material Evidence at Courtyard Arts Hertford

MATERIAL EVIDENCE 31 October - 25 November As one exhibition ends another begins and you can find my woven art work at Courtyard Arts in Hertford during November in a Herts Textiles exhibitions. I have a few pieces in this exhibition, two new meadow tapestries, Meadow...

An amazing week talking tapestry and woven art

An amazing week talking tapestry and woven art

Wow what and amazing week I had during my solo exhibition Quietly Connected at The Wynd Gallery in Letchworth.  I can't quite believe how wonderful the reactions and responses to my work and ideas were, amazing feedback and so lovely to get so many visitors enthused...