Janet Haigh

 

Janet Haigh is a textile artist and Research Fellow (0.5) at the Faculty of Art, Media and Design.

drilled and stitched enamel on copper hearts drilled and stitched enamel on copper hearts drilled and stitched enamel on copper hearts drilled and stitched enamel on copper hearts
Click on the above thumbnails to see larger images. These drilled and stitched enamel on copper hearts were made for the Brave Hearts exhibition at the Studio Fusion Gallery in London, February 2003.

CURRICULUM VITAE:

BORN:
1948 Bebington, Wirral, Cheshire. U.K.

EDUCATION:
1969 - 1970 Goldsmiths College, London, A.T.C.
1964 - 1967 Liverpool College of Art. Dip.A.D.

EDUCATIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
2001 - date Bristol University of the West of England, Research Fellow.
1986 - 2001 U.W.E . Associate Senior Lecturer.
1975 -1986 Bristol Polytechnic, Senior Lecturer.

AWARDS:
1981 Royal Society of Arts, Travel Scholarship to Japan.
2001 National Trust , National Garden Embroidery Prize.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/ TELEVISION (articles and interviews):
2000 Howard Jacobson Takes On the Turner Prize, Channel4, interview.
1998 Cleo Witt, National Electronic and Video Archive, C.D.Rom.interview.
1997 Judith Hoskins, Frieze Frame, work in progress, documentary H.T.V.
1997 Miranda Innes,A Stitch in Time, Country Living Magazine.
1993 Roslyn Sadler, Spotlight, Modern Painters.
1989 David Jacobs, Prime Time, B.B.C.television interview.
1982 Caryll Faraldi, An Artist in the Land of the Flying Kimono, Observer Magazine.
1980 Jan Beaney, Embroidery, B.B.C. television interview.
1978 Judy Brittain, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ENCYCLAOPEDIA OF NEEDLECRAFT, Ebury Press.

BOOKS (sole author):
2003 SIMPLY STITCHED SERIESX 2 White on White, Colour on Colour. Coats Crafts UK.
2002 EMBROIDERER’S FLORAL , Collins and Brown.
2000 JAPANESE INSPIRATIONS, Collins and Brown.
1998 CRAZY PATCHWORK, Collins and Brown.
1992 CROSS-STITCH FOR KNITWEAR, David and Charles.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2003 Brave Hearts. selling exhibition stitched enamel jewelry, Studio Fusion, London.
Her Work, exhibition by invitation of sponsors of “Stitches 2003, “Olympia London.
2000 Telling Tales With Threads, Flora’s Legacy ,Holburne Museum, Bath (one man show).
1999 Gardens and Flowers in Embroidery, Tokyu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
1998 The Paradise Garden, Cardiff City Museum and Art Gallery, (artist in residence).
1993 Museums and Makers, Bristol City Museum, (one man show).
1992 The Embroiderer’s Flowers, Museum of Garden History, London.
1982 A View of Japan, Francis Kyle gallery, London, (one man show).
1981 New Faces, British Crafts Centre , London.
1979 Canvas Embroideries, Francis Kyle Gallery, London. (one man show).

RECENT COMMISSIONS:
2002 The Crypt Night-club, 1 hanging: 6 fabric collages for restaurant, m.v.Voyager IV, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. Ehrmans Tapestry, embroidered carpet / cushions designs.
2001 Jesters Night-club, 1 hanging: Cigar Club , 7 hangings, m.v. Voyager III, Royal Caribbean Line.
Ehrmans Tapestry, carpet /cushions designs.
2000 Chambers Night-club, hanging, m.v. Eagle II, Royal Caribbean Line.
1997 Roy Castle Cause for Hope, 2 hangings, Lung Cancer Research Centre, Liverpool.
1996 Burton Agnes Hall and Gardens Embroidery, Burton Agnes Hall, Yorkshire.