Jenni Cadman
Dorset
Artist/Maker based in Dorset. Her practice pursues an interest in recreating the painted and drawn line with stitch. Recent embroideries and monotypes form a project to celebrate her Mother.
In my practice as a textile artist I have pursued a continuing interest in recreating the painted and drawn mark. From initial explorations on paper to the finished textile the whole process is crucial in forming the content of a piece and in developing a personal response. For the last two decades the landscape has been my constant inspiration.
Over the years I have employed a wide range of techniques, media and materials involving machine embroidery, applique, transparent fabrics and paint for example along with the manipulation of fabrics by fraying, bonding, distressing and forming.
I now specialise in the technique of free-machine embroidery to create my artworks, panels and hangings and enjoy the repetition of stitching, the intensity of focus needed tempered with a freedom of expression and movement.
'Conversations With My Mother’ is a new project, started in 2021, and heralds a completely new change of direction in which my Mother has become the subject and focus of new embroideries and monotypes. Through the creative process of making these works I have discovered a positive way of grieving and the means to become emotionally absorbed in a renewed relationship with her.
Qualifications
1980 HNDipAd, Printed Textile Design, Reigate School of Art and Design
1997 City & Guilds Further Adult Education Teachers Certificate
Competitions, Prizes and Awards
2001 - Craft Award, Arts Council, South West
2000 - Craft Award, Arts Council, South West
Membership
2000 - 2012 - Devon Guild of Craftsmen
1995 - 2002 - Sherborne Contemporary Arts - Founding member, committee member, curator and treasurer of SCA an organisation with a membership of 70 artists at it peak from all over Wessex.
Solo exhibitions
2010 - Member's Showcase, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon
2005 - Stitched Textiles, The Terrace Cafe, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon
2001 - Coastworks, Black Swan Arts, Frome, Somerset
1998 - Stitched Textiles, Bell Street Gallery, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Group exhibitions
2018 - Dorset Art Weeks, Dorset Makers, The Tasting Room, Furleigh Estate, Salway Ash, Dorset
2018 - Art Auction Exhibition, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, Devon
2017 - Making Dorset Winter Show, Allsop Gallery, Bridport Art Centre, Dorset
2017 - FIFTY DORSET MAKERS, Wolfeton Riding House, Charminster, Dorset
2016 - THE YARD, Pop-up Gallery, above Vida Comida, Swan Yard, Sherborne, Dorset
2013 - Strand: Textiles with a Contemporary Twist, Allsop Gallery, Bridport Art Centre, Dorset
2012 - The Art of Textiles, L'Artishe Gallery, Swanage
2011 - Interwoven, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
2010 - A Few of Our Favourite Things, Dorchester County Hospital, Dorchester
2010 - Present Makers, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
2010 - Thelma Hulbert Open 2010, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
2009 - Between the Lines, MKGallery, Somerton, Somerset
2008 - Boundaries, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey
2008 - Journeyland, The Brewhouse Gallery, Taunton
2008 - Trig Point, The Study Gallery of Modern Art, Poole, Poole
2007 - Sherborne House Open, Sherborne House, Sherborne
2006 - Craft Focus, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon
2006 - Full Spectrum, Sherborne House, Sherborne
2006 - Journeys: The Art of Making, Sussex Barn Gallery, West Dean College, Chichester
2006 - Summer Exhibition, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey
2005 - Art for Giving, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, Devon
2005 - Brighton Art Fair, Corn Exchange, Brighton
2005 - Landmarks, Walford Mill Craft Centre, Wimborne, Dorset
2005 - Summer School Tutors Exhibition, Sussex Barn, West Dean College, Chichester
2003 - Colour Shift, Subscription Rooms, Stroud, Gloucestershire
2003 - Land, Sea, or Sky, Peacock Gallery, Poole, Dorset
2003 - Loose Threads, Rufford Craft Centre, Newark, Nottinghamshire
2003 - Lure of the Sea, The Jointure Studios, Ditchling, Sussex
2003 - Millfield Open Summer Show, Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset
2003 - Raising the Roof, Walford Mill Craft Centre, Wimborne, Dorset
2002 - Christmas Show, Maltby Contemporary Art, Winchester
2002 - Christmas Show, nobleArt Gallery, Cambridge
2002 - Cornucopia, Fibreart Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall
2002 - Hemmed In, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon
2002 - Unravelled, Dorchester Town Hall, Dorset, during Dorchester Festival
2001 - Christmas Spice, Walford Mill Craft Centre, Wimborne, Dorset
2001 - High Fibre, Sherborne House, Dorset
2001 - The Sea, Arts in Hospital Project, Dorchester Hospital, Dorset
2001 - Bus Stop Gallery, Year of the Artist touring exhibition, South West of England
2000 - South West Open Studios, Penzance, Cornwall
2000 - Spirit of the House, Sherborne House, Dorset
Dorset Art Weeks (various venues) 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2022
1997 to 1999 - Off The Shelf, Art Supermarket, Sherborne Contemporary Arts, Sherborne House, Dorset
Curated projects
2001 - High Fibre, Exhibition of Wessex based Textile Artists, Sherborne House, Sherborne, Dorset
Residencies
2006 - 5 day Residency, Textile Workshops, Colyton Grammar School, Colyford, Devon
2000 - Project to create work in response to the historical building of Sherborne House, Sherboorne Houe Arts, Sherborne, Dorset
Projects
2007 - Crumpety Tree Project, Arts Council Lottery community project to make a banner, Quangle Wangle Choir & Acorn Centre , Weymouth
Educational experience - primary
2001 - Textile Workshops, Chickerell Primary School, Weymouth
Educational experience - secondary
2012 - Textile Workshop, Clayesmore School, Blandford, Dorset
2011 - Textile Workshop, Millfield School, Street, Somerset
2010 - Textile Workshop, Leweston Girls School, Sherborne, Dorset
2007 - Textile Workshop, Kings School, Ottery St.Mary, Devon
2006 - Textile Workshop, Honiton Community College, Devon
2005 - Textile Workshop, Cowes High School, isle of Wight
2005 - Textile Workshop, Honiton Community College, Devon
Educational experience - tertiary
2003 - Visiting lecturer, BA (Hons) Textiles and Surface pattern, Somerset College of Arts and Technology, Taunton, Somerset
2003 - 2006 - Visiting Tutor, Textile Workshops, West Dean College, Chichester, Sussex
1999 - 2002 - Visiting lecturer, BA (Hons) Costume Design, Bournemouth Arts Institute, Dorset
Site specific
2001 - Year of the Artist, Commission to create showcase work in a double decker bus touring the West Country, Sherborne Contemporary Arts, South West
Publications
2017 - FIFTY DORSET MAKERS, published by Making Dorset and Evolver magazine
2008 - Textiles Now by Drusilla Cole, published by Laurence King
2006 - The World of Embroidery, July/August feature 'Beneath the Surface' published by the Embroiderers' Guild
2004 - FibreArts Design Book 7, published by Lark Books
Other
2008 - Fashion Embroidery & Stitch, Exhibitor/Demonstrator, The Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate
2004 - Craft Festival, Exhibitor/Demonstrator, Bovey Tracey, Devon
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