At Present
Wendy is currently working on a textile commission for St. Helen’s Church, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. It consists of a processional banner and cope. The lettering design for both textiles was based upon the word ‘holy’ in five languages English, Latin, Russian, Greek and Hebrew. Wendy was inspired by the work of Pat Russell, a church embroiderer and lettering artist of renown. The banner design was based upon the C15th Russian Icon of the Trinity by Andrei Rublev.
Education
Teachers Certificate, London University (Distinction)
Diploma in Art Education, Birmingham College of Art
MA Textile Design, Winchester School of Art
Teaching Experience
Solihull College of Technology, Foundation Art and A Level Art and Design
Rye St. Antony School, Oxford, Head of Art Department
Workshops for Schools and Further Education, Embroiderer’s Guild etc.
Textile Work
Making costumes and props for The Little Angel Puppet Theatre, London
Work for private commissions
Millinery work for both Stephen Jones and Phillip Sommerville, London
Demonstrator at Art in Action, Textile Tent, Waterperry (2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009)
Textile commission for the Abingdon-on-Thames Church Festival 2016, including a processional banner and Church vestments.
Exhibitions
1977: Peter Dingley Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon (solo)
1983: Green College, Oxford (solo)
1983: English Gallery, Rudesheim, Germany (solo)
1985: Birmingham University (solo)
1987: Green College, Oxford (solo)
1989: Bartlemas Chapel, Oxford (Art Weeks)
1989: Peter Dingley Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon (solo)
1990: English Gallery, Rudesheim, Germany (solo)
1991: Bartlemas Chapel, Oxford (Art Weeks)
1992: Bartlemas Chapel, Oxford (Art Weeks)
1996: Baird Mill, Oxfordshire (mixed exhibition)
2009: Radley College, Oxford (combined exhibition)
2010: Chipping Norton Theatre Gallery (solo)
2014: Wolfson College, Oxford University (solo)
2015/16: Stour Gallery, Shipton-on-Stour (mixed exhibition)