Westhope Group Let the River Flow By Exhibition 2017

LET THE RIVER FLOW BY

Let The River Flow By was first presented at Highcliffe Castle, Dorset, in October 2019. It is being shown also in 2022 at the Forge Mill Needle Museum, Redditch, Worcestershire (1 February 2022 to 6 March 2022).

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Afon Aeron by Pat Brunsdon Interpretation of the river in Aberaeron, West Wales in Summer Bobbin lace 31x47	Blue Danube, Deborah Robinson by Deborah Robinson Knitted lace decorated with tatted fish 19x160	Cuckmere Meanders by Pamela Layzell Geographers know the Cuckmere meanders, but the river doesn’t flow through them. A mid 19th century canal ‘lets the river flow by’. Their map , repeated eight times, forms this design Needlelace 39 (diagonal)
Dreaming dreams or living the nightmare by Kitty Mason Created in a mixture of techniques, though mainly in bobbin lace, using a variety of textured threads, materials and colours 43x43	Felled by Pat Brunsdon Stump left in situ on bank after tree had been cut down and removed from the river Needle felted background, with needle lace stump 20x20	Fish by Ann Collier Fish brooch in needle lace to accompany scarf 7x11
Ghosts of the Tyne by Gil Dye Cape River of bobbin lace, needle lace figures and photographic transfers 70cm drop at back, 60cm width at shoulders	Left by the flow by Gil Dye Small bag with needle lace panel 12x21	London Bridge by Anne Dyer “A crowd flows over London Bridge, so many, I had not thought death had undone so many.” T.S.Elliott 1922 Cardboard construction covered with bobbin lace and distressed velvet, Figures of macramé over wire and needle running on net 42x64x10
Passing by by Alison Tolson Bobbin lace worked in various materials including linen, cotton, paper and rayon 150x38	Pharoah and family go hunting by Ann Collier Background in bobbin lace, figures in needle lace 35x52	Red River Valley by Deborah Robinson Knitted lace plus artefacts – crocheted stones 39x96
River Fish by Ann Collier Scarf Bobbin lace interspersed with fish in metallic thread- silk and merino wool 108x17	Shoal by Pamela Layzell Inspired by a shoal of metal fish on a church in Newhaven, East Sussex Wire bobbin lace 30x100	Stages of the River Severn... ...Birth, Life, Death by Mary Coleman Three hangings depicting the course of the Severn as it flows from infancy to its part in the industrial revolution, the Severn in its middle course flowing through the gently rolling hills of Worcestershire, and the Severn in its death throes flowing past the devastation of wrecked trows Free lace using mixed fibres and needle felting Each panel, 60x20
Sunlight on the River by Sharon Lidbury Free lace in cotton and rayon, using mixed grounds on chiffon Length of dress 116 cm	Sussex Ouse by Pamela Layzell This is a map of the Ouse and its tributaries Bobbin lace 62x61	The invading river of information by Anne Dyer There is such a constant river of information flowing into our brains that we cannot hold it all. Invited or not, wanted or not, useful or not. It is written in an international language and makes no sense to most of us. Some gets lost in the filing cabinet of our head, hard to retrieve. Some of it leaks out. Modified milliners head covered with papier mache, copper wire and computer wire, hot glue numbers 40x53x17
The leaking dam by Anne Dyer Men copying beavers to control flood water on a small stream racing on to the flat lands below Photo, small branches, sewing cotton and tinsel threads in half and double stitch, glass drops 42x53	The Millau Bridge in France by Ann Collier Bobbin lace 28x46	The River of Time by Robina Melville Paper boats sail down a river of bobbin lace. Made in a variety of cotton, linen and metallic threads 100x20 (plus 30cm fringe)
The Severn Way by Pat Gibson A mixed media piece representing the course, geology, industry and tourism along the river. Needle lace, weaving. Roumanian crochet, momagami and printing 150x70	Tipping Point by Ann Wheeler The thoughtless disposal of the detritus of modern living is now recognised as a major problem of our rivers and seas. Knitted fishing line and found detritus 270x45	Watching the River by Anne Dyer Embellisher, crochet, split ply, normal and gimp bobbin lace, organza, cooking foil, card, calico sequins 14x64x30
Water Power by Ann Wheeler Standing in Winchester since Saxon times and being the oldest working water mill in the country, Winchester water mill on the river Itchen, still produces flour daily String and thread bobbin lace 58x39	Yellow River by Deborah Robinson Knitted lace decorated with crocheted flowers 21x108

LET THE RIVER FLOW BY

Afon Aeron

by Pat Brunsdon Interpretation of the river in Aberaeron, West Wales in Summer Bobbin lace 31x47

Blue Danube, Deborah Robinson

by Deborah Robinson Knitted lace decorated with tatted fish 19x160

Cuckmere Meanders

by Pamela Layzell Geographers know the Cuckmere meanders, but the river doesn’t flow through them. A mid 19th century canal ‘lets the river flow by’. Their map , repeated eight times, forms this design Needlelace 39 (diagonal)

Dreaming dreams or living the nightmare

by Kitty Mason Created in a mixture of techniques, though mainly in bobbin lace, using a variety of textured threads, materials and colours 43x43

Felled

by Pat Brunsdon Stump left in situ on bank after tree had been cut down and removed from the river Needle felted background, with needle lace stump 20x20

Fish

by Ann Collier Fish brooch in needle lace to accompany scarf 7x11

Ghosts of the Tyne

by Gil Dye Cape River of bobbin lace, needle lace figures and photographic transfers 70cm drop at back, 60cm width at shoulders

Left by the flow

by Gil Dye Small bag with needle lace panel 12x21

London Bridge

by Anne Dyer “A crowd flows over London Bridge, so many, I had not thought death had undone so many.” T.S.Elliott 1922 Cardboard construction covered with bobbin lace and distressed velvet, Figures of macramé over wire and needle running on net 42x64x10

Passing by

by Alison Tolson Bobbin lace worked in various materials including linen, cotton, paper and rayon 150x38

Pharoah and family go hunting

by Ann Collier Background in bobbin lace, figures in needle lace 35x52

Red River Valley

by Deborah Robinson Knitted lace plus artefacts – crocheted stones 39x96

River Fish

by Ann Collier Scarf Bobbin lace interspersed with fish in metallic thread- silk and merino wool 108x17

Shoal

by Pamela Layzell Inspired by a shoal of metal fish on a church in Newhaven, East Sussex Wire bobbin lace 30x100

Stages of the River Severn...

Sunlight on the River

by Sharon Lidbury Free lace in cotton and rayon, using mixed grounds on chiffon Length of dress 116 cm

Sussex Ouse

by Pamela Layzell This is a map of the Ouse and its tributaries Bobbin lace 62x61

The invading river of information

The leaking dam

by Anne Dyer Men copying beavers to control flood water on a small stream racing on to the flat lands below Photo, small branches, sewing cotton and tinsel threads in half and double stitch, glass drops 42x53

The Millau Bridge in France

by Ann Collier Bobbin lace 28x46

The River of Time

by Robina Melville Paper boats sail down a river of bobbin lace. Made in a variety of cotton, linen and metallic threads 100x20 (plus 30cm fringe)

The Severn Way

by Pat Gibson A mixed media piece representing the course, geology, industry and tourism along the river. Needle lace, weaving. Roumanian crochet, momagami and printing 150x70

Tipping Point

by Ann Wheeler The thoughtless disposal of the detritus of modern living is now recognised as a major problem of our rivers and seas. Knitted fishing line and found detritus 270x45

Watching the River

by Anne Dyer Embellisher, crochet, split ply, normal and gimp bobbin lace, organza, cooking foil, card, calico sequins 14x64x30

Water Power

by Ann Wheeler Standing in Winchester since Saxon times and being the oldest working water mill in the country, Winchester water mill on the river Itchen, still produces flour daily String and thread bobbin lace 58x39

Yellow River

by Deborah Robinson Knitted lace decorated with crocheted flowers 21x108