Sally Roach, Author at Cambridge Open Studios

Author name: Sally Roach

"I am inspired by the world around me, particularly flowers, land and seascapes. I love colour and this often determines my choice of materials and techniques, whereas I often start weaving with only a vague idea of the final form. I work with anything from cane, rush and willow to found materials, textiles and paper. I use a range of techniques from stake and strand, plaiting and frame to twining, netting and coiling - producing both functional baskets and more sculptural work. I completed the City & Guilds Creative Basketry Course at City Lit in London in 2013 - using the Wildflower Meadows at the Olympic Park to inspire my final pieces. The exhibition was reviewed on Homebuildlifer Best of Baskets: City Lit Creative Basketry Exhibition. In 2018 I was made a Yeoman of the Worshipful Company of Basketmakers. Exhibitions and Events Every 1 – National Basketry Organisation members’ online exhibition , USA – August 2021 – Dec2021 Rickinghall Art Exhibition August 2021 Cambridge Open Studios July 2021 Australia Inspired exhibition at The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers’ Basketry Showcase , The Dutch Church, London EC2N 2HA March 2020 Anual attendance at the Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park Summer Festival (since 2014) - with Basketry Collective offering mini workshops and demonstrations Annual attendance (since May 2017) at the Herts County Show with Herts Basketry - display of baskets and weaving demonstration and mini workshops Open Studio with basketmaker Debbie Hall April 2019 Exhibited at the Worshipful Company of Basketmakers Trade Fair in February 2019 at the Guildhall, London Inducted as Yeoman in the Worshipful Company of Basketmakers, Oct 2018 Cambridge Open Studios July 2018 Reach Festival, September 2016 Cambridge Open Studios July 2016 Cambridge Union Christmas Market Dec 2015 Cambridge Open Studios, July 2015 Basketry Identity Exhibition, Riverhouse Barn Art Centre, Walton on Thames, March-April 2015 - organised by the Basketry Association Basketry Collective Open Studio, Cambridge - August 2014 - exhibition by members of the Basketry Collective River Waveney Art Trail, August-Sept 2014 - collaborative sculpture by members of the Basketry Collective Hertfordshire Basketry’s Turning Ten Exhibition, Mill Green Museum, Hatfield, June/July 2014 Final Exhibition, City Lit, London, July 2013 - City Lit City and Guilds students Awarded the Barbara Maynard Cup by the Basketmakers’ Association in 2012 for Promising City Lit student. Visit my blog https://sallyroach.wordpress.com/ "

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I am happy to be exhibiting at St John’s Church, Hills Road, Cambridge on 8th November from 10-5. Do come along to chat and see our work – there are six artists with a great range of items for sale from contemporary basketry (Sally Roach), watercolours (Denise Schoenberg), textiles (Marion Curtis), pottery (John Hiller),

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