Do You Remember Me?

Do You Remember Me? Book for sale here

 

Book Cover

Inside Pages

Inside Pages

I have just added a series of small studies for sale on my website.

Small Studies for sale here

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Small Mounted Studies for sale here

Study of 2 girls

Remember Me? Study 3

Study of a Girl with a Striped Bow

Study of 2 girls 2016

Study for family Gathering

Study of a Girl

Study for the Unknown Statistic

Remember Me? Study 1

Remember me? Study 2

Self Portrait with Fish on a Washing Line

Study for the Boys go to London Town

Self Portrait of a Girl with red necklace

Small mounted studies for sale here 

Archive of work 2016

Do You Remember Me? book published 2016 price £10

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This book was published to accompany my solo exhibition Do You Remember Me? at the Knitting & Stitching shows 2016

Alexandra Palace, London – 5 to 9 October
RDS, Dublin – 20 to 23 October
HIC, Harrogate – 24 to 27 November

Documenting the thoughts and processes behind my series of portraits and self-portraits, stitched and painted marks on cloth; one embroiderer’s personal examination of memory, self and relationship with self.

When we observe ourselves, what do we see? Our observations and opinions of ourselves can change and our memories can alter those observations and opinions over time. My observations have been recorded in a way that invites the viewer to take a glimpse inside my life and draw their own conclusions.

Family Tree (below) 2016
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An installation of 18 images which explore relationships with, and between, the artist’s immediate family members; grandparents, parents, sons, daughters, in laws are all represented here.

David Pitcher

Sue Pitcher née Stone

 

Images below are of the work installed at the 2016 Knitting & Stitching Shows in Dublin (left) and Alexandra Palace, London (right)

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Family Portrait (below) 2016
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Inspired by Gilbert & George’s self portrait ‘We’ this is a portrait of the artist’s immediate family

Family Portrait 2016

Self Portrait with Fish (below) 2016 mixed media

This self portrait was inspired by a gifted image. Thank you Gienia Bartlett, Leeds EG.
The fish is a symbol of the artist’s Grimsby heritage.

Self Portrait with Fish

Detail of Self Portrait with Fish

Self Portrait with Fish on a Washing Line 2016 hand stitch

Exhibitions 2016

Shifting Images 8 September 2015 – 6 March 2016 – a group exhibition of self-portraits, Grimsby, UK

Illustrative and Stitched Drawings – 28 November 2015 – 10 January 2016
part of the Drawing Project, Customs House Gallery, South Shields, Tyne & Wear, UK

Trait – Portrait • April 16 to September 26, 2016. My work Portrait of Benjamin Bohin will be shown as part of the Normandy Impressionist Festival
(www.normandie-impressionniste.fr) at the French needle manufacturer La Manufacture Bohin, Saint Sulpice – Sur -Risle, France

People • Place • Time – 27 May to 10 July • solo exhibition – Howden Park Centre , Livingston, Scotland, UK

Making Space – 16 June to 3 September • 62 Group exhibition – Silk Museum, Macclesfield, UK
Do You Remember Me? October/ November invited gallery artist Knitting & Stitching Shows 2016 • Alexandra Palace, London, RDS Dublin, Harrogate International Centre

A New Home for Girl’s Day Out

A Girl’s Day Out in the East End for Hilda, Nellie and Ida 
mixed media • hand and machine stitch with acrylic paint
size 128 x 102 cms

Yesterday I delivered this piece to its new home in the North East of England. I was sad to see it go so I decided to revisit how I made it, however, I am very happy that it has gone to such a good home with new owners who love it so much. It was made in 2012 for one of the 50th Anniversary exhibitions by the 62 Group of Textile Artists ’62@50′ at the Holden Gallery at Manchester School of Art.

This is my Artist Statement for that exhibition.
Exploring displacement using old family photographs, images of distant relatives I never knew, cut into to a modern day environs, Girls Day Out enquires into and questions, the sense of belonging/not belonging whilst referencing the passing of time and the transience of life itself.

Image of Grimsby St E2

3 Sisters walk down the prom in Cleethorpes

Hilda, Nellie and Ida were 3 sisters and Ida, the tall, elegant one on the right was my sister’s mother-in-law. This piece combined the then, the now and alludes to a journey in-between. The street art in the background is by an artist called Stik and was found in Grimsby St London, E2 in 2011. The images above are the original images I combined to make the work and those below are of the work in progress.

work in progress

work in progress

work in progress

 

 

Making Space • The 62 Group of Textile Artists

I am delighted to be showing my work in ‘Making Space’ an exhibition by the 62 Group of Textile Artists. The exhibition at Macclesfield Silk Museum runs until 3 September 2016.

Lynn Setterington

Tilleke Schwarz

detail Tilleke Schwarz

Sumi Perera

Detail Sue Stone

Sian Martin

Shuna Rendel

Richard McVetis

Rachel Gornall

Paddy Killer

Michelle Stephens

Marilyn Rathbone

Making Space

Making Space 62 Group

Detail Lucy Brown

Detail Louise Baldwin

Louise Baldwin

Kay Smith

Jean Draper

Jane McKeating

Jan Beaney

Jae Maries left Sue Stone right

Isobel Currie

Helen Banzhaf

Heather Belcher

Hazel Bruce

Hazel Bruce left Heather Belcher right

Making Space 62 Group

Making Space

foreground Julia Burrowes

Debbie Lyddon

Catherine Dormor

Caroline Bartlett

Caren Garfen

Atsuko Yamamoto

Ann Goddard

Detail of work by Ann Goddard

Where I look for Inspiration

 

You can read an article on my inspiration at Textileartist.org here:

http://www.textileartist.org/sue-stone-where-top-textile-artists-look-for-inspiration/

New ebooks from Textileartist.org

A great new series of ebooks from Textileartist.org

NB: My work is featured in Contemporary Stitch 1

See all Textileartist.org ebooks  on their ebook page

See Textiles Re:imagined e-book

See  Response to Landscape e-book

See  Inspired by nature e-book

See Contemporary Stitch 1 e-book (NB:This one features my work)

See Contemporary Stitch 2 e-book

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Portrait of a Grimsby Girl 2014

Retrospective • An Archive of Work 2015

A Gallery of Work made in 2015

Most of the year 2015 was taken by the making of 63 • a Self Portrait made up of 63 images but I did manage to fit in a couple of other pieces. I began the year by making a partner piece for Portrait of a Grimsby Girl 2014 which was called Portrait of a Lincolnshire Lad a triple portrait of my Dad. It measures 76 x 55 cms and is mixed media : hand and machine stitch with paint.

Portrait of a Lincolnshire Lad 2015

I also managed a commission of Great Grimsby Ice Factory.

Great Grimsby Ice Factory 2015

About 63
63 is a self-portrait made up of 63 images, one for each year of my life so far. So why put myself through all this work, and, to be perfectly honest, the angst of self examination, a replaying of all the ups and downs of life?

There were several reasons, but the main one was that I was asked to take part in a self-portrait exhibition in 2015 and I was given a 6 metre wall to fill!

For this I had to work to a deadline and that in turn forced me to look at the way I work and helped me find a simplification of my mark-making.

I didn’t finish it in time as my thought process was slower than expected and so it was shown as work in progress. Numbers 1 to 42 were shown.

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Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries

I’m proud to say that Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries 2015 shown above is now part of the prestigious Diana Springall Collection . It measures 25.5 x 30.5 cms.

Exhibitions 2015

Society of Designer Craftsmen Christmas Market – 14 – 20 December – Mall Galleries, London
Illustrative and Stitched Drawings – 28 November – 10 January 2016 , Customs House Gallery, South Shields, Tyne & Wear, UK
New Textiles Transformed – 3 October – 7 November – Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, USA
Shifting Images – 8 September 2015 – 7 February 2016 FHC, Grimsby, N E Lincs, UK
Face the World – 12 October – 25 October Sam Scorer Gallery, Lincoln
Festival of Quilts – 6 August – 9 August – NEC Birmingham with Through Our Hands
62 Group • NOW! -17 March – 10 May Upfront Gallery Cumbria
Designer Crafts at the Mall – 8 January to 15 January, Mall Galleries, London