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About

​Exhibitions​ and Commissions

2024 - Celebrating Ceramics - 19th-21st July

2024 - Chichester Open Studios - 18th, 19th, 25th, 26th and 27th May

2024 - Potfest at Glynde -10th -12th May

2024 - Modern Makers Exhibition, Presented by Oxmarket Contemporary

2022 - Selected for Oxmarket Contemporary Open Exhibition.

2022 - Gallery 57, Arundel.  Linear Expression - Ceramic work.

2018 - Solo exhibition - Parallel Worlds - Hampstead School of Art Gallery

2017 Commissioned by Pamela Howard for quilt to be used as central design focus for ‘Charlotte – a Tri-Coloured Play with Music’ being produced in Canada.

2012 --- 2019 Chichester Open Studio Art Trail - exhibition at The Textile Space, Charlton, West Sussex

2012 - Commission of Re-furbishment of Clubhouse at Cowdray Polo Club 

2012 ---  Showcase - Group exhibition at Pallant House Gallery - January/February

2010 ​---  Chelsea Flower Show, Myburgh Designs and Jasper & Co stand

2002 - 2005  - Undertook merchandise design for Chichester Festival Theatre. 
Designed cushions for Goodwood Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival meeting.

Awards

2022 - Accepted to Find A Maker

2019 - Accepted as a Crafts Council Associate

 

2017 - Accepted on to the Crafts Council Directory

2013 - 2015 ---  Awarded 2014 Sussex Woman of the Year in Arts​

Talks

2024 - The Power of Craft at Oxmarket Contemporary

2019 – Produced and hosted Talking Textiles at Assembly Rooms Chichester with guest speakers; Ann Sutton MBE, Ptolemy Mann, Claire Benn and Kassia St Clair

 

2015 - Guest Speaker and judge at the WI “100 Not Out”  centenary event at the Weald and Downland Museum

2010 - 2021 - Guest speaker at numerous Embroidery Guild and WI groups

Teaching​

2013 - 2020  ---  Teaching exclusively at The Textile Space, developing my own work and working to private commission

2010

---  Teaching at Hans Feibusch Club, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

---  After School Club, Kingsham Primary School, Chichester

---  Desconocida Unknown Ukjent - embroidery workshop, Pallant House Gallery

---  Chichester Art Trail Artist Educator for Pallant House Gallery - various workshops for children

---  Super learning day, positive and negative felting. Chichester High School for Girls. The work is now hanging in the school library having been created into 10m of bunting

2009

---  Artist Educator for Pallant House Gallery, Chichester - various workshops for children

---  Moore Textiles - Workshop inspired by Henry Moore textiles at Chichester High School for Girls - Year 7

---  Singleton Primary School (spring term) - Telling stories with textiles workshop​

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Deborah talking textiles

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