The Textile Art of Helen Winthorpe Kendrick

Helen has an exhibition in Crown Street Gallery, inside Darlington Library from 9th November to 19th December 2024, called ‘Recycled, Reused, Revealed’. The opening event is on Saturday 9th November from 1.00 – 3.00pm.

Recycled, Reused, Revealed
Saturday 9th November-Thursday 19th December 

There is growing emphasis in todays’ society to reduce waste and to recycle wherever possible. There is a huge amount of energy required to produce fabrics and sadly, a huge quantity of clothing goes into waste.
As a textile artist, I am aware of the great attraction to buy beautiful fabrics and interesting threads with which to work. As a result, I have a room stuffed with threads and fabric that I have not yet used along with textiles from many sources, and short lengths of thread that may one day become useful. In this exhibition my aim is to use what I have, to revitalise and finish projects from the cupboard, to give fabrics another purpose and to turn my stash into something useful.

As William Morris said: 'If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.'

The rest of the web site is a show-case for the work of textile artist Helen Winthorpe Kendrick. Helen enjoys working in a wide variety of media and genres. She has exhibited in many areas througout England. A list of some of her past exhibitions are available for you to look through here.

Some of the work you can see in the main gallery is for sale and if you wish you can contact her through the contacts page.

If you are interested in Helen's book, Stitchopedia, you can find more information here.

The image shown is from "Corfu"

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