You either have JavaScript disabled or your device/browser does not support it. While most of this website will work fine without it, the interactive gallery and full-screen image functions require JavaScript, so if you want to use these you should enable JavaScript.
Your browser does not support the interactive lightbox. The rest of the website will work fine, but if you want to use this feature you will need to upgrade to a newer browser.
USE THE THUMBNAIL PICTURES TO NAVIGATE TO NEXT SLIDE; CLICK ON LARGER IMAGE TO DISPLAY FULL SIZE.
I am a textile artist based in Sheffield. I work mainly with silk, velvet, cotton and organza fabrics to create colourful, textured machine embroidered textile pieces.
LIMITED EDITION HIGH QUALITY GICLEE PRINTS OF MY WORK ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.
Find out more about my working process here
My designs are inspired by my Nigerian heritage and by my interest in Celtic imagery (notably the Book of Kells). I am particularly interested in the way both cultures, although seemingly very different, use spirals in their artwork and favour densely woven fabric with touches of gold and silver. Colour and texture feature heavily in both cultures.
I also make knitted woollen throws backed with rich cotton velvet.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
Workshop page http://jacquihilsontextiles.co.uk/workshops.php
5 week machine embroidery course, small group classes, Tuesday evenings, central Sheffield May 2017. £100, all materials provided. Click here for flier
Please get in touch with me via phone/email/contact form Twitter/ Facebook about classes or private workshops.
September 2016 exhibition Anglers Rest, Bamford, Derbyshire, plus Meet The Artist evening.
In March 2016 I ran a 1 day workshop for Snape Textile Group in North Yorkshire + machine embroidery and textile art workshops (small group) June 2016
- Throws, cards, prints and pictures for sale at All Good Stuff at Butcher Works, Arundel Street, Sheffield.
- Prints and cards at Frankly My Deer 361 Abbeydale Road S7 1FS Sheffield
TO BUY
Open Studios Sheffield May 2016 (Open Up)
Previous machine embroidery classes at the Art House, Sheffield and workshops with Women's Art Group, SY Arts, Craft Jam at the Millenium Gallery, also Open Up and Art in the Garden, Sheffield.
Exhibition Chapel 35 Sheffield March 2017