Catherine Rye – Oxfordshire Artweeks

Catherine Rye – portfolio

Catherine Rye at work

Catherine Rye: A textile piece with a printed silk background stitched with free machine embroidery. With a large image of a violet blue iris.

Catherine Rye: Dark Tulip £350 60cm width x 75cm height This is a layered piece made from a layer of silk organza printed with my photographic image of Tulip Ronaldo. The background is bamboo silk which has been printed with many different techniques. Both layers of silk have been backed by wadding and a backing cloth and then densely quilted with free machine embroidery. With a hanging sleeve at the back. £350

Catherine Rye: A garden with lots of green and alliums and a blue summerhouse.

Catherine Rye: Dahlias 30cm x 50cm £200 An embroidered and appliquéd dahlia in black thread on white, against a light orange background, dyed with dahlia flowers. In a custom frame with UV glass.

Catherine Rye: A Floral Feast 100cm x 55cm £450 A stitched quilt with 8 florist flowers: anemone, polyanthus, ranunculus, pink, hyacinth, carnation, auricula and tulip

Catherine Rye: Auricula. £120 29cm x 34cm A stitched piece with applique of a primula auricula with purple flowers. in a white box frame

Catherine Rye: Poppies 37cm x 50cm £250 Embroidered and appliquéd poppies in black thread on white, against a browny pink background of bamboo silk, dyed with walnut shells. In a custom frame with UV glass.

Catherine Rye: Lilies 30cm x 50cm £200 Embroidered and appliquéd lilies in black thread on white, against a light green background of bamboo silk, dyed with nettles. In a custom frame with UV glass.

Catherine Rye: Magnolia 24cm x 40cm £200 Embroidered and appliquéd magnolias in black thread on white, against a light brown background, dyed with eucalyptus leaves. In a custom frame with UV glass.

Catherine Rye: Hyacinth £120 29cm x 34cm A stitched piece with applique of a hyacinth with blueflowers

Catherine Rye: Embroidered pathches or bag charms with flower motifs in a variety of colours £15

Catherine Rye: A hand-made book with tulip prints, type set writing and a casebound cover with a cyanotype blue and white image of tulips.

Contact the artist

https://acreativegarden.com/
01865 351469
catherinecreativegarden@gmail.com

Meet the artist

The artist at work

Exhibition information

My work includes making sketchbooks, art books and panels. I make art quilts with my own hand dyed fabric and surface with painting, mono and gelli plate, thermofax and cyanotype printing. This is followed with hand stitch and machine embroidery.

My exhibition will be a colourful display to evoke the collections of plant hunters and of floral feasts which were societies where passionate growers would meet to show off their flower specimens. Auriculas and tulips were a particular favourite for them and for me.

Because growing plants is such an integral part of my art, you will also be able to look around my garden which in the middle of May should be full of spring colour. I will be demonstrating cyanotype printing which is an old photographic method using sunlight to create beautiful blue and white prints.

I have a website and a YouTube channel both called A Creative Garden where I share my methods and inspiration. There are tutorials there on printing, making books, dyeing as well as gardening content.

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