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FROM THE CHAIR

Compelling reasons to join the Guild and for all Guild Members to be Silk Painting in 2012!

Spring is with us and Easter just around the corner: our dormant creative edge also revives with the first flushes of blossom, flowers and fresh green shoots.
The Queen’s Jubilee: maybe a scarf in red white and blue? Or come up with something totally different and truly inspirational using these colours – navy is so in fashion this year.
Guild members have already made their bunting contributions to this under the
Quilts4London scheme, so sit back and enjoy!
Wear Silk Day – 29th June 2012 – get all you friends and family to wear silk on this day and make a donation to the Spurgeons Charity helping disadvantaged children and families in the UK. A scarf or neckerchief is obvious; a tie for men. Or if this is too much make small silk rose buttonholes to sell: learn how in the Journal.
Look! No, I mean really LOOK at everything you see and formulate your design entry into the major Guild of Silk Painters’ Exhibition at the NEC, March 2013.

Members of the Guild are kept in touch with details of events through our journal and by email or letter to Branch Contacts. Are you silk painting but not a member of the Guild? Look through the website and join us. If there is not a branch in your area we can help to start one – we all have great fun bouncing ideas off each other and you could too.

Margaret Dunning

Mosiac

WELCOME TO THE GUILD

Wear Silk Day

29 June 2012

AGM
1st April 2012
An excellent meeting which started with
Leonard Thompson demonstrating some of his tips on various techniques of silk painting to make different background effects, using stencils and painting
without using gutta.
This was followed by an interesting 'Show and Tell' session by various members describing their work and how they achieved the results, including how
to make silk roses by Margaret Dunning, ready for our Wear Silk Day in June!
After a very pleasant lunch in the local hostelry, we
moved onto the serious business of the day; the AGM followed by a committee meeting, which were carried out with the usual efficiency.
Details and more photos will be in our next Journal.

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The Guild of Silk Painters
is an international, non-profit making organisation,
based in Great Britain whose aim is to promote and
inspire the art of silk painting.

Membership of the Guild will provide you, amongst other benefits, with a network of fellow painters of all levels, abilities and locations to share and exchange ideas and information through the Journal and the website.

Artists often work alone and miss the stimulation that
can be gained from creative interchange. The Guild will encourage you, through your local branch, to meet
regularly with other painters for demonstrations, workshops and lectures.

There are also opportunities to showcase members' work both here in the galleries and in the Journal.

20-29th April 2012 - Tessa Spanton has five silk paintings accepted for 'Celebration' the Society of Botanical Artists exhibition at Westminster, SW1H 9NH and at Pashley Manor Gardens (3rd April- 29th Sept) in Kent

Childrens Silk Painting Competition - Paint a piece of silk on a topic from the correct age group. The winners will receive prizes and pictures of entries will be included in the Journal of the Guild of Silk Painters. Closing date: 1st Sept 2012. Download form here or email June: jfaulkner60@gmail.com

16th June 2012 - Staffs & Shrops Branch Field Visit to Dorothy Clive Garden, Willoughbridge, followed by painting from Garden Inspirations in the Pavilion.

17 June 2012 - Silk Painting Summer Social, London! Meet at The Mad Hatter Hotel near Waterloo Station, SE1 9NT: 2-5pm. Everyone welcome!

29 June 2012 - Wear Silk Day - see the article in the Spring Journal.

16-19 Aug 2012 - The Festival of Quilts. Details to follow.

6th-9th Sept 2012: International Craft & Hobby Fair - Bluewater, Kent (Surrey branch)

21st-23rd Sept 2012: Creative Craft Show - Sandown Park Racecourse, Surrey (Surrey branch), includes Have A Go.

March 2013 - at the NEC, Birmingham - the Sewing for Pleasure show (Stafford & Shropshire branch).

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What Silk Painting or related events have you or your group got planned for next year?

Let us know and we can advertise yours!