Emma Whitehead
Emma Whitehead is a textile artist who uses traditional and innovative embroidery techniques to create three dimensional artworks. Emma has had solo exhibitions, most recently at Museum at the Mill, Netwownabbey (2018), Down Arts Centre (2015), Berlin (February 2014).
Janice McHenry
Janice is an artist who enjoys reinventing waste products to create sculptures for indoor or outdoor use. She has always been fascinated by collecting objects which delight or make her think, whether it is from a beach, hedgerows or a skip. Marry this with a reuse, recycle ethos and this leads into another passion - foraging, conservation, waste reduction and a tendency to hoard anything and everything. These elements, and an attraction to the Cubist movement, Art Deco ceramicists and the work of glass artist Dale Chihuly, are a starting point for much of her work of depicting objects in new and hopefully interesting ways.
Jaele Rollins-McColgan
Jaele is a mixed media artist who often uses humour to comment on life's joys and frustrations. She is always hoping to try something new.
Bridget Pullen
Bridget draws, especially family, friends and their animals. She enjoys creating textile pieces from her drawings using batik, embroidery and embellishments. More info on her Facebook Page HERE.
Lynda Kelly
Lynda enjoys working with textiles in many different mediums leading to an eclectic mix of art pieces from small embroidery to larger than life!
Ita McGoldrick
Ita upcycles old furniture into beautiful pieces that tell a story or convey emotion through the use of a variety of fabrics, wood and small details. As well as knitting, she is also currently perfecting her embroidery.
Hazel Bland
Hazel is a textile artist using hand-stitch as her main medium. She also recycles fabric making fantastic rag rugs.
Carolyn MacDougall
Carolyn's chosen medium is stitch using a variety of fabric and threads – which she sometimes combines with hand painted backgrounds and machine stitching. She had a solo exhibition in the John Luke Gallery in 2017 and exhibits every year in both the Northern Ireland Embrodery Guild and the Harmony Hill Craft Group. She was a facilitator on the Port and Docks Tapestry project 2015-2017 and 2018 Artichoke Trust Women's Suffrage Banner.
Pamela Emerson
As an historian, Pamela is interested in traditional craft skills. Her main interest is patchwork although she also enjoys embroidery, beadwork and cross stitch. She was awarded the Heritage Craft Association Volunteer of the Year in 2017 for her work in promoting patchwork and sewing skills in the community through NI Big Sock (a runner up project in Voluntary Arts Epic Awards, 2017). Pamela uses her skills to reuse fabric and likes to give traditional techniques a modern look with bright colours and added detail.
