Saturday May 24
10am – 4pm
with Hanny Newton Talk at 2pm
Free: Sponsored by the Sara Richards Memorial Fund
Age group – Adults

Join Hanny Newton to explore her research into spinning and embroidering with straw – a sustainable 'natural gold'.

Hanny will bring a straw spinning machine with her, demonstrate how it works and offer samples of spun straw for other makers to experiment with.

Hanny will have her work on display all day and give a slide talk about her innovative approach to reviving largely forgotten historical straw craft skill at 2pm.

Hanny Newton is an embroidery artist who specialises in a contemporary approach to metal thread embroidery and is currently exploring the potential of straw and other plant fibers as a ‘natural gold’.

In 2023 Hanny was awarded the QEST Broderers Company Scholarship to further her study of the techniques, tools and historical context of straw embroidery. She has recently been announced as the winner of the inaugural Sanderson QEST Rising Star Craft Award, which will enable her to study rare collections and make important contributions to the scarce knowledge and tools of straw embroidery.

From her studio on the Powys / North Shropshire border Hanny works with interior designers and art consultancies. Hanny applies her creative approach to historical techniques on large-scale international projects, including with 3-star Michelin restaurant Core by Clare Smyth. She currently teaches at Hand & Lock London and West Dean College, and has taught embroiderers worldwide, including Australia and the Netherlands.

Instagram: @hannynewton
www.hannynewton.co.uk

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Dydd Sadwrn Mai 24
10am - 4pm
gyda Hanny Newton Sgwrs am 2pm
Am ddim: Ariannir gan Gwobr Goffa Sara Richards
Grŵp oedran – Oedolion

Ymunwch â Hanny Newton i archwilio ei hymchwil i nyddu a brodio â gwellt – 'aur naturiol' cynaliadwy.

Bydd Hanny yn dod â pheiriant nyddu gwellt gyda hi, yn dangos sut mae'n gweithio ac yn cynnig samplau o wellt wedi'i nyddu i wneuthurwyr eraill arbrofi â nhw.

Bydd gwaith Hanny yn cael ei arddangos drwy'r dydd a bydd yn rhoi sgwrs sleidiau am ei dull arloesol o adfywio sgil crefft gwellt hanesyddol anghofiedig am 2pm.

Artist brodwaith yw Hanny Newton sy’n arbenigo mewn ymagwedd gyfoes at frodwaith edau metel ac ar hyn o bryd mae’n archwilio potensial gwellt a ffibrau planhigion eraill fel ‘aur naturiol’.

Yn 2023 dyfarnwyd Ysgoloriaeth Cwmni Broderers QEST i Hanny i ddatblygu ei hastudiaeth o dechnegau, offer a chyd-destun hanesyddol brodwaith gwellt. Yn ddiweddar cyhoeddwyd mai hi yw enillydd Gwobr Crefft y Seren Newydd Sanderson QEST, a fydd yn ei galluogi i astudio casgliadau prin a gwneud cyfraniadau pwysig at wybodaeth ac offer prin brodwaith gwellt.

O’i stiwdio ar y ffin rhwng Powys a Gogledd Swydd Amwythig mae Hanny yn gweithio gyda dylunwyr mewnol ac ymgynghoriaethau celf. Mae Hanny yn cymhwyso ei hagwedd greadigol at dechnegau hanesyddol ar brosiectau rhyngwladol ar raddfa fawr, gan gynnwys gyda bwyty 3-seren Michelin Core gan Clare Smyth. Ar hyn o bryd mae hi'n dysgu yn Hand & Lock Llundain a Choleg West Dean, ac wedi dysgu brodwyr ledled y byd, gan gynnwys Awstralia a'r Iseldiroedd.

Instagram: @hannynewton
www.hannynewton.co.uk

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