Personal Web Site

Audrey Griffin

An initial sample of my work

This is an initial sample of my work

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There are two main parts to this site: Embroidery (links to recent exhibitions below) and The rest of me.

I welcome your comments on this site.

I have been a member of the Embroiderers' Guild for many years, and have completed City and Guilds Embroidery Parts I and II. I am currently a member of Fen Edge Textiles (FET), a Masterclass organised by Pauline Verrinder, and that website contains further examples of my work.

We will shortly be involved in Textiles in Focus:

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Previous exhibitions (the links lead to works related to them) have been at:

Much of the Art Van Go exhibition can be seen again shortly at Wisbech and Fenland Museum (open Tuesday to Saturday, 10 to 4, 3rd April to 19th May 2012)

For information, Fen Edge Textiles was formerly named "Fen Edge Stitched Textiles". We changed the name in 2009 because it was rather long and hard to pronounce. No change has been made in web pages which antedate this change.

I have also exhibited with the Cambridge branch of the Embroiderers' Guild (2010).

Artist’s Profile

Since I have spent my working life writing about art, among other things, retirement has offered a welcome opportunity to practise it. After completing City and Guilds Parts I and II, I joined FET when it started in 2002.

I enjoy the manual process of making things, especially hand embroidery, and also sculpture. Inspiration comes from a variety of sources - often things seen while on holiday in obscure corners of northern France and Belgium, or in even more obscure Greek museums. Equally, ideas may come from particularly interesting fabrics and threads, or from verbal or visual jokes. I like to look at things from odd angles and wait for illumination to come.

After that, the execution of the resulting design may or may not be easy. One of the valuable legacies of City and Guilds is knowledge of a variety of techniques which can be put to use as required. Of course, I have my favourites, but I will try anything at least once.