I will be taking part in the Art Fair at Abbeywood Estate at Delamere on the 9th of December and the exhibition will continue until the 13th of December. I will be exhibiting my 'Carousel' series at the exhibition and I will be selling a range of cards, limited edition prints and small gifts ideal for little stocking fillers for Christmas at the Art Fair on Sunday 9th December. It would be great to see you there.

The H2O exhibition will be kicking off next week. ConText, a contemporary textile art group will be showing a diverse range of work inspired by the theme of all things water. We will be hosting a meet the artist day on Saturday 3rd of November and we would love to see you there. If you can't make it on the 3rd there will be members of the group on hand throughout the exhibition.

Please see below for details.

I still have a couple of spaces left on my 2 day Design-2-Stitch workshop on October 22nd & 23rd. These workshops take place at my studio at home and I only have 4 students at any time so you are guaranteed lots of one to one. They are informal, relaxed and friendly. As long as you have a little bit of experience with free machine stitching/embroidery then this workshop is great for anyone.

Take a look at the 2 day workshop page on my website for more details.

I've got quite a lot on over the next few months, all very exciting:-

31st August - 29th September,  'War and Peace' , with Cheshire Artists Network, Chester Cathedral, Chester
3rd September - 27th October, 'Carousel' Series at The Willow Gallery, Oswestry
26th September - 6th November, 'Small World', with Re-View Textiles, Quaker Café, Liverpool
1st November - 17th November, 'H2O' with ConText, Blue Moon Gallery, Heswall, Wirral
9th December, Art Fair and Exhibition with Cheshire Artist Network, Abbeywood Gardens, Delamere, Cheshire

Here's just a few images of the work that you can see at these exhibitions.

I had a fantastic week mixing business with pleasure in London, exhibiting at the Society of Designer Craftsmen's annual exhibition at The Chelsea College of Art and taking some of the family to do some sight seeing. Lovely time, great experience but now, despite the incredible heat and the lazy attitude it creates in me I am back in the (very hot) studio to get on with some work.

Many people will be getting an influx of emails requesting confirmation of consent for them to retain their emails and other personal information. On this basis, I just want to reassure anyone that contacts me via my contact page for any reason that I do not store or keep lists of these emails when our correspondence is completed.

If anyone has booked a workshop with me and completed a booking form then this form is securely kept and destroyed after the workshop date.

Here is a collage of just some of the fantastic work that was produced over the last couple of days during my 2 day workshop. Over the two days we explored the design process through visual research, drawing and design development and translating the drawings into free machine stitched samples.
Thank you ladies for all of your hard work, I have thoroughly enjoyed your company over the last couple of days. 

You can view details of my 2 day workshops and availability on my website www.joannefrankel.co.uk and contact me  through the 'contact page' to enquire about bookings.