Lucy Sugden

Tapestry and Woven Art


 

Hunting Tigers and Woolly Bears

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

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

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

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

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 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)

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...

Latest News About Lucy Sugden

Lucy Sugden in Herts Open Studios 8th-29th September 2018

Lucy Sugden in Herts Open Studios 8th-29th September 2018

Open Studio in Hertfordshire I'm taking part in this years Herts Open Studios. Find me at the Herts MS Therapy Centre in Letchworth Garden City. I'll be in every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. See some of my latest work and ideas, watch me weave and if you...

Big Art Fair

Big Art Fair

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

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)