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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Quietly Connected

Quietly Connected

by | Sep 23, 2023 |

21-29 October I am excited, and rather nervous, that I am having a solo exhibition at the Wynd Gallery in Letchworth at the end of October, a glimpse into my woven world of light play and love of garden life. A love of light play and garden life inspires much of my...

Eco Weaving Workshop

Eco Weaving Workshop

by | Sep 9, 2023 |

A weaving workshop to create your own woven art using pre loved and waste fabric, wools and fibres. During the workshop you will create your own woven wall hanging or piece of woven art using second hand, unwanted surplus fibre craft supplies, ie the balls of wool...

Make a ‘Wish’, at the Letchworth Open

Make a ‘Wish’, at the Letchworth Open

by | Jul 30, 2023 |

In some cultures, blue butterflies are seen as wish granters. When I’m creating work most of my focus and wishes are for the natural habitats around us but when I was weaving Wish, I had an extra personal wish, which came true when we received the news that my husband...