Anthea Godfrey: Embroidery Artist & Creative Leader
Today on the Stitchery Stories embroidery and textile art podcast, Anthea Godfrey shares her life in fabric & thread.
Anthea is an embroidery artist with an outstanding career in teaching, leading and supporting embroidery and textile art. She is currently the Artistic Director of The Embroiderers' Guild and has been instrumental in leading many fantastic projects, often on an epic scale, for the Guild, for organisations and for pubic arts projects. She has also worked in film, theatre, and at many levels in the textile art and embroidery education world too.
Above all else, Anthea is a passionate supporter of creativity in all its forms, and in keeping our skills alive and relevant to the next generations.
Susan Weeks chats with Anthea about:
Her career in embroidery & textile art The large scale projects she has been involved with for the Embroiderers' Guild Magna Carta - An Embroidery The White Walker commissioned by HBO Game Of Thrones Forthcoming international projects Her love of working large scale Her love of Or Nue and Beading An epic UFO The importance of creativity across society Her petition to support creativity in schoolsand much more...
For this episode... View Show Notes, Links & Examples of Anthea's work at https://stitcherystories.com/antheagodfrey
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Visit: https://embroiderersguild.com/index.php?page_no=911&page_menu=campaign-for-creativity
Sign: https://www.change.org/p/the-rt-hon-damian-hinds-secretary-of-state-for-education-campaign-for-creativity-in-schools
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