Lucy Sugden

Lucy Sugden Woven tapestry artist and workshop provider

A woven tapestry artist from Letchworth Garden City, with a Constructed Textiles degree specialising in tapestry weaving, and a commendation from the Simon Jersey Tapestry Award. After spending most of my career developing and delivering art education to the community, schools, and colleges I fully returned to tapestry weaving in 2017, which I continue to teach.

A member of The British Tapestry Group, The Wynd Gallery and various textiles associations I regularly exhibit locally and nationally, along with delivering talks, workshops, and courses.

In my work I explores a fascination of light play with a love of wildlife and beneficial flowers found in local habitats and am often inspired by my garden and walks around the fields of Letchworth. I create flowers on circle looms before embedding them in the tapestry backgrounds as they are woven.
It is important to me to maintain a sustainable art practice by recycling and upcycling fibres which has become an integral part of how I work, and often has a direct effect design and size of a piece, along with an exploration of combining fibres.

I source British wools and recycled yarns wherever possible for students to weave with when attending workshops.
To find out more about me please visit my website.

View my website https://www.lucysugden.co.uk/

My Location

Letchworth

Telephone: 07957 462 297
Email: lucymsugden@outlook.com
Website: https://www.lucysugden.co.uk/

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My News

Spirella Unbound / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2024-11-25T00:00:00Z">Mon 25 Nov 2024</span>Spirella Unbound / Mon 25 Nov 2024

Spirella Unbound An exhibition of textile art inspired by the rich history of the Spirella Company of Great Britain, founded in Letchworth Garden City in 1909. As a group of textile artists the opportunity to explore ...

Herts Open Studios at The Weaving Shed / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2023-09-14T00:00:00Z">Thu 14 Sep 2023</span>Herts Open Studios at The Weaving Shed / Thu 14 Sep 2023

I am taking part in this years Herts Open Studios. Come and visit me, see my studio, watch me weave, have a go yourself. I'll have some work available to buy along with my cards and prints. For full information along...

A Sixties Celebration &quot;Flower Power&quot; / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2023-07-11T00:00:00Z">Tue 11 Jul 2023</span>A Sixties Celebration "Flower Power" / Tue 11 Jul 2023

A am delighted to be showing two new tapestries in this Eastern Region Textile Forum exhibition A Sixties Celebration “Flower Power” at Parndon Mill in Harlow. This exhibition of original textile art is a celebration...

My Events

Pulled Warp Weaving Workshop / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2024-12-07T00:00:00Z">Sat 07 Dec 2024</span>Pulled Warp Weaving Workshop / Sat 07 Dec 2024

In this workshop we will explore how to create 3D form using tapestry weaving techniques to produce corset and Spirella inspired shapes, linked to Lucy’s artwork in the Spirella Unbound exhibition. During the workshop yo...

Weave and Wine / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2024-11-28T00:00:00Z">Thu 28 Nov 2024</span>Weave and Wine / Thu 28 Nov 2024

A creative eco weaving workshop to relax into the festive season. Join Lucy at the Broadway Gallery from 7-9pm for a creative relaxed festive weaving workshop. An adaptation of my usual circle weaving workshop, the ...

Fishing line flowers / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2024-06-24T00:00:00Z">Mon 24 Jun 2024</span>Fishing line flowers / Mon 24 Jun 2024

Would you like to weave your own fishing line flower? Join me on June 23rd at the Wynd Gallery in Letchworth to weave your own flower using waste fishing line and fibres, don't worry it is clean and good quality. ...