Sue Stone
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Sue Stone is an honorary exhibiting member of the 62 Group of Textile Artists (Chair 2013 to 2018) and Fellow of the Society of Designer Craftsmen. She studied Fashion at St Martins School of Art and Embroidery at Goldsmiths College.
Sue makes work about what she has experienced and how it has affected her, her relationships, her life observations and her environment. Her recent work is mainly figurative, it’s personal, but not sentimental, and sometimes tackles serious issues. She uses images from the family album as a device to tell her tales. These images from the past connect with those from the present to create a partial narrative. Built in layers, the mixed media compositions connect people, place and time and contrast the slow building of an image in hand stitch with the spontaneity of free machine stitch and paint.
Her fervent use of hand and machine stitch as a means of mark making and all its facets : line, colour, texture, tone is underpinned by a great belief in drawing - as a thought process, as a means of solving problems, and as a means of expression in its own right.
Lived Experience
Sue Stone trained in fashion design at St Martins School of Art in London before studying Embroidery at Goldsmiths College, graduating in 1975 with a First Class Honours Degree. After completing her studies Sue returned to her hometown of Grimsby and had a long career in clothing design and manufacture before returning to embroidery in 2003.
An experienced speaker and teacher Sue has delivered workshops throughout the UK, and in France, USA and Canada. She also teaches online courses for textileartist.org which is run by her two sons Joe & Sam Pitcher.
Qualifications and training
1975 - 1st class (Hons) BA Textiles/Embroidery, Goldsmith's College, London
Selected Recent / Future Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
2023 - Shifts and Allusions • The Hub, Sleaford,Lincs NG34 7TW - 14 January to 12 March
2019 - Re-Tellings • The Ropewalk - Barton upon Humber 14 September to 20 October
2018 - Do You Remember Me? - 24 March to 15 July - Muriel Barker Gallery, Fishing Heritage Centre, Grimsby, N E Lincs
2017 - Displaced - Owen James Gallery, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York
2016 - Do You Remember Me? - Knitting & Stitching Shows invited gallery artist London, Dublin & Harrogate
Group Exhibitions
2026
Conversations - Sue Stone & Lucy Reid - Indigo Crow, Burton Road, Lincoln, LN1 3JY - 2 March - 15 March
2025
The Art of Now - Usher Gallery Open - Lincoln Danes Terrace, Lincoln, LN2 1LP - 20 July to 19 October
Joy in the Detail - 62 Group - 7 May - 6 September - Textile Study Centre, University for the Creative Arts, Falkner Road, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7DS
The Art of Embroidery - Broderers exhibition - 25 February- 2 March - Bankside Gallery, Thames Riverside, London SE1 9JH
13th Baltic Minitextiles exhibition - 30 March to 18 May 2025, Museum Gdynia, Poland (work acquired by Museum)
2024
Making as Learning - 62 Group - 8th September – 3rd November - Roof Space - Salt’s Mill - Victoria Road, Saltaire, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD18 3LA
Tailored - 62 Group - March 30 to July 7 - Hub Navigation Wharf, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7TW
2023
Tailored - 62 Group - May 13 to July 2 - Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire
Shifts and Allusions - 14 January to 12 March - The Hub, Sleaford, Lincs NG34 7TW
2022
12th From Lausanne to Beijing International Fibre Art Biennial Exhibition invited artist 1 Sept to 31 Oct 2022 Yunnan Minzu University and Yunnan Provincial Museum, China
Knitting & Stitching Shows - 62 Group - Essence - Alexandra Palace 6/9 Oct & Harrogate 17/20 November
Transformations - Society of Designer Craftsmen, 15 June to 26 June - Bankside gallery , Thames Riverside, London SE1 9JH
Pride of Grimsby - 9 April to 15 May - Fishing Heritage Centre, Grimsby, Uk
Good Times - 1 April to 27 May - Owen James Gallery, 59 Wooster Street, 2nd floor New York, NY 10012
Conversations - 15 January to 26 February - 62 Group - St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery
Lymington, Hampshire ,SO41 9BH
The Art of Embroidery - 22 February to 27 February - Broderers exhibition - Bankside Gallery, Thames Riverside, London SE1 9JH
2021
British Textile Biennial - 1 Oct to 30 Nov - 62 Group - The Whitaker, Haslingden Rd, Rawtenstall, Rossendale BB4 6RE
Baltic Minitextiles exhibition touring Australia from 22 May 2021 to end 2022
Ain’t the Archies - 2 August to 12 September - Timeless Textiles, Newcastle NSW, Australia
2020
Intersect Chicago - November 6 - 12 then on Artsy until December 6 2020 - a virtual art fair replacing SOFA 2020 - with Owen James Gallery, New York
Interwoven - to 1 March 2020 - EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland - invited artist
Ctrl/Shift - to 29 February 2020 - 62 Group touring exhibition, 20:21 Visual Arts, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire,
Curated projects
2011 - 7 Strands, Gate Gallery and Grimsby Minster, Grimsby, N E Lincolnshire
2010 - Life on the Coast, Fishing Heritage Centre and Cleethorpes Discovery Centre, Grimsby and Cleethorpes
Competitions, prizes, and awards
2024 - Elected Honorary Exhibiting Member - 62 Group of Textile Artists
2015 - Textile Society - Professional Development Bursary
2015 - Elected Fellow of the Society of Designer Craftsmen
2011 - 7 Strands - Arts Council award, Grimsby Minster, Gate Gallery, Grimsby, N E Lincolnshire
2009 - Arts Council Award - Life on the Coast, Touring Exhibition, Chipping Campen, Glos, Grimsby (2venues) and Cleethorpes, N E Lincs
Publications
2024 - Soulful Stitch - Cas Holmes & Deena Beverley published by Batsford
2023 - Textile portraits - Anne Kelly published by Batsford
2021- Embroidery magazine -British Textile Biennial - 62 Group exhibition
2020 - Selvedge magazine issue 95 July/August - illustration of Anne Morrell for ROOTS IN TWO CONTINENTS article by Brinda Gill
2019 - Embroidery Magazine - Sept/Oct Review of online ETP course
2018 - Selvedge magazine - issue 86 - TEXT-ILE Messaging article by Dr Nicola Donovan
2018 - Riga Textiles Triennial - Identity catalogue
2018 - De Fil En Aiguille - Charlotte Vannier - published by Pyramyd
2018 - Textile Landscapes - Cas Holmes published by Batsford
2018 - Textile Folk Art - Anne Kelly published by Batsford
2017 - Embroidery Magazine featured artist & front cover image
2016 - Contemporary Stitch 1 - a Textileartist.org ebook, Embroidery Magazine Jan/Feb
2015 - Through Our Hands Portfolio Book, Homespun magazine, Australia, July, Through our Hands magazine May
2014 - Embroidery magazine - Ebb & Flow preview.
2013 - Fiber Arts Now magazine winter edition
2013 - From Sketch to Stitch • Stitch magazine no 83
2012 - Radical Thread, edited by Lesley Millar
2012 - Textiles: The Art of Mankind: Author Mary Schoeser: Published by Thames & Hudson
2010 - Machine Stitch Perspectives, Alice Kettle and Jane McKeating
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