Friday 6th Aug Picnic day at Hyde Hall – a lovely RHS garden near
Chelmsford . Meet at 11am outside the visitors centre.
2009 events
Sat.10th Jan. A.G.M.
Kimono news! For the Exhibition last year, each branch was asked to paint and make a kimono out of 18” squares. The theme was of the earth or the sea. All of our group were involved . All materials were provided by the group.
21st February 10-4pm Great Stony
An exciting extra workshop
Working with Wax by Sue Thomas
We worked towards our designs for the Kimono entry
Feb 25th-28th Excel
Sue O'Hea ran our stand at this busy show .
Sat 14th Mar Great Stony 10am-4pm Kimono Painting
28th March Silk Painting day for beginners
Sat.4th Apr. Great Stony 10am-4pm
Chinese Brush Painting with Sybil Hammond.
Sat. 9th May
Get together and Kimono progress
Sat .6th June 10am-4pm
Play day at Gt. Stony.
Sat.4th July
Copped Hall 10am-6pm .
We enjoyed great weather this year to enjoy the gardens as well as paint and take photos.
July 16th- 19th Art in Action.
This is becoming an enjoyable annual trip to Waterperry Gardens. Details can be found on the Art in Action website.
August 1st /2nd National Silk Guild Exhibition.
Sat.5th Sun.6th Sept. Great Stony 10am-4pm
Mary Day --- Exploring Quilting and Beading- a really exciting weekend, working from our own painted silk.
Sat. 3rd Oct. Get Together
Sat. 7th Nov.Gt. Stony 10am-4pm
painted velvet and canvas bags
Sat.5th Dec. 10am-4pm
Xmas Party at Gt. Stony.
This is what we did in 2008
Sat. Jan19th.Great Stony 10am – 4pm
Design with Wax Sue T.
plus our AGM at 1pm
Sat. Feb 2nd Great Stony Tutor w/shop. To be advised
10am – 4pm packed lunch
Sat/Sun Mar.1st/2nd Screen Printing with Mary Day
Gt. Stony. 10am – 4pm each day packed lunch
March 3rd to 31st Exhibition at Chelmsford Library.
3rd March Set up Exhibition
31st March Take down Exhibition
Sat. April 5th Gt. Stony Playday.
10am – 4pm packed lunch
Sat. May 10th Gt. Stony Tutor w/shop
10am – 4pm packed lunch
Sat. June 7th Gt. Stony. Playday Angela Carruthers talked through her method of preparing a painting in preparation for our trip to Copped Hall
Sat. July 5th Tutor w/shop with Kim Tittichai
July Date tba Art in Action
August Picnic at Hylands Park , Chelmsford
Blake Hall 23rd 24th 25th August
Sat. Sept 6th Copped Hall
Working from photos
10am- 6pm with Angela Carruthers
Sat/Sun Oct. 4th/5th Mary Day Weekend
Surface Decoration
THIS IS A FULL WEEKEND COST APPROX £70
10am – 4pm each day .packed lunch
Sat. Nov 1st. to be advised
Sat. Dec.6th Xmas Get together
Gt. Stony 10-4pm
(10-1.30 Playtime Set up lunch 2-4 Lunch and Xmas fun
The Essex Branch set up 'Jewels in Silk' the national silk painters guild festival for 2007. We welcomed everyone to Chelmsford.
See lots of photos in our Gallery
A Great Big Thankyou to everyone who contributed to such a successful weekend at St John Payne School.
There was a wealth of talent on show in the exhibition.
Many people commented on the high standard of entries, and the excellent arrangement of the display meant there was always another silk item to be seen however many times people had walked around.
We had beautiful banners from branches and a wonderful display of the entries from the children's competion.
The branch tables showed us great variety and were a welcome addition to the festival. We had great demonstrations and the Have-a-Go area was very popular.
The workshops were enjoyed by all who took part.
Thank you to our Festival team who gave up so much time over the last two years to set up the event, to our Essex branch members and helpers and to St Albans members who helped us set up .
Thankyou also to the tutors who gave us such an interesting time and to Rainbow Silks who came down from Great Missenden to sell and to retailers who supported us by providing paints and gifts for the raffle.
Most of all thankyou to all the members, and members of the
public who joined us in celebrating silk painting at it's best.
This was our program last year