25.09.2012
Book: New Potatoes
New Potatoes is a lavishly-illustrated new book and now for sale. It contains Tilleke’s work from the period 2007–2012, has 72 pages and more than 90 full colour pictures, with beautiful large details and some background information. The price is 22 euro (P & P included in the UK), other countries do contact me. Send an email if you would like to see a preview: info@tillekeschwarz.com
Upcoming Exhibitions
Fairfield Mill Gallery, Cumbria (UK), 62 @ 50; 22 September – 11 November 2012www.farfieldmill.org
Yellow Fellow collection in Leidschendam (NL); from September 1st 2012, group show www.yellow-fellow.org
Knitting and Stitching Show 2012 in London, Dublin and Harrogate (UK) autumn 2012. My work can be seen in a group show to support the sales of the book Push Stitchery. www.twistedthread.com/pages/exhibitions/viewExhibition.aspx?id=39
Galery Handwerk München (D) “Nadelwerke / Needleworks” 16 October – 17 November 2012. For this international group show about 25 artists were invited. For details see: www.hwk-muenchen.de/galerie
Kunstencentrum Kadmium Delft (NL) exhibition “Attaque”, showing couples of artists with very different kinds of work. My work will be combined with sculpture by Jaco van der Vaart. www.kadmium.nl
Knitting and Stitching Show 2013 in London, Dublin and Harrogate (UK) autumn 2013; solo show.
Workshop (NL) “Je eigen verhaal vertellen” Woodbrooke hotel in Barchem, 16 – 18 November 2012.
Books
Push Stitchery: 30 Artists Explore the Boundaries of Stitched Art Book (176 pages) curated by Jamie Chalmers and edited by Lark Books on September 6th 2011. I am happy to inform you that it contains 7 pages on my embroidery. Order via Amazon
Gateways to Art An Introduction to the Visual Arts [Paperback] by Debra J. Dewitte (Author), Ralph M. Larmann (Author), Kathryn M. Shields (Author), published by Thames and Hudson (USA) in October 2011. It has 630 pages and over 1,000 illustrations from around the world, and from everyday life. It includes my work as one of the very few examples of fibre art.
Textiel Leeft by Ellen Bakker (NL), planned November 2012
Textiles: the Art of Mankind (UK) by Mary Schoesser, planned November 2012. This major new work (with 568 pages) comprises more than 1,000 images that highlight the beauty, subtlety, simplicity or complexity of textiles created around the world. The juxtaposition of historical and contemporary examples highlights the skill and imagination of textile designers throughout history, as well as the remarkable range of achievements.
Hand Stitch by Alice Kettle and Jane McKeating, planned October 2012
Text in Textile Art by Sara Impey Batsford (UK) planned for 2013
Printed Textile Design by Amanda Briggs-Goode, Laurence King Publishing (UK) planned for 2013