LET THE RIVER FLOW BY
Let The River Flow By was first presented at Highcliffe Castle, Dorset, in October 2019.
To view work as a slide show, click on an image
 Afon Aeronby Pat Brunsdon
Interpretation of the river in Aberaeron, West Wales in Summer
Bobbin lace
31x47 |  Blue Danube, Deborah Robinsonby Deborah Robinson
Knitted lace decorated with tatted fish
19x160 |  Cuckmere Meandersby 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
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 Dreaming dreams or living the nightmareby Kitty Mason
Created in a mixture of techniques, though mainly in bobbin lace, using a variety of textured threads, materials and colours
43x43 |  Felledby 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 |  Fishby Ann Collier
Fish brooch in needle lace to accompany scarf
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 Ghosts of the Tyneby Gil Dye
Cape
River of bobbin lace, needle lace figures and photographic transfers
70cm drop at back, 60cm width at shoulders |  Left by the flowby Gil Dye
Small bag with needle lace panel
12x21 |  London Bridgeby 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
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 Passing byby Alison Tolson
Bobbin lace worked in various materials
including linen, cotton, paper and rayon
150x38 |  Pharoah and family go huntingby Ann Collier
Background in bobbin lace, figures in needle lace
35x52 |  Red River Valleyby Deborah Robinson
Knitted lace plus artefacts – crocheted stones
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 River Fishby Ann Collier
Scarf
Bobbin lace interspersed with fish in metallic thread- silk and merino wool
108x17 |  Shoalby 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
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 Sunlight on the Riverby Sharon Lidbury
Free lace in cotton and rayon, using mixed grounds on chiffon
Length of dress 116 cm |  Sussex Ouseby Pamela Layzell
This is a map of the Ouse and its tributaries
Bobbin lace
62x61 |  The invading river of informationby 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
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 The leaking damby 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 Franceby Ann Collier
Bobbin lace
28x46 |  The River of Timeby 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) |
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 The Severn Wayby 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 Pointby 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 Riverby Anne Dyer
Embellisher, crochet, split ply, normal and gimp bobbin lace, organza, cooking foil, card, calico sequins
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 Water Powerby 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 Riverby Deborah Robinson
Knitted lace decorated with crocheted flowers
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