KICK START2012

Archive

An archive is a collection of historical records, or the physical place they are located. Archived documents may have accumulated over the course of an individual 's lifetime.

the universe, which stands continually open to our gazecannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language, and interpret the characters in which it is written Galileo Galilei 1623

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study This years work will be based on a study of medieval documents held in your county archives. Manuscript, parchment, vellum are three words that evoke a sense of past glory. They are surfaces that took months to prepare. The materials required for paint and ink being transported by horse and boat from boat across the world. You are invited into your local records offices to see some of these beautiful, ancient documents and to learn their history from the County Archivists. We have asked for documents, indentures, scrolls and available contracts to be available with a high visual impact from the medieval period (produced around 1200 to 1500AD), although Archivists may choose others to show particular skills or subject matter. What entertainment and education we have enjoyed in contents the pages of a book, or the contents of a document.

Contents Welcome Aspects to think about Sublime words ridiculous images Parchment or Vellum? Bestiaries and Psalters Books Exercises to try Websites Inspiration and Education days Diana Syder Alison Samain Exhibiting your work Registration Forms Summer School 2013 Diary Dates 5 7 14 14 18 23 24 27 32 33 39 43 47 50 51

Welcome to Kick Start. The East Midland Region of the Embroiderers Guild runs Kick Start as part of its educational programme. educational This is not a competition. The aim is to stimulate the creativity of embroiderers of all kinds and to celebrate their work in a public exhibition. By joining in we hope members will develop their skills, grow in confidence and really the enjoy the journey. Beautiful old documents and their history will form the start of this years journey. Kick Start is not a course with a syllabus but instead selfoffers a series of self-development ideas.

In order to exhibit your work participants are expected attend to attend one of the Inspiration and Education days. It does not have to be in your own county, you may travel to whichever venue you choose, and you may attend as many as you wish.

The morning will consist of a group visit to the county archive office with a talk and introduction by the archivist. The County rules will vary but most have said that we may take photographs and make drawings. Check details on the booking page before you book. The visits will last between 1 and 3 hours. The afternoon will be spent in a nearby venue with this years artists. Aspects of the mornings visit will be explored with ink, paint and words. Details are further on in this book.

Aspects to think about: There is often a box in which records are stored; a shoe box in the attic or an elaborately decorative form of protection? The form the documents took? Records took several forms in early history and the ones you see will vary. Was there a scroll? They are lovely things that you unroll ahead and roll up behind as you read. Consider Devotional scrolls destroyed in the reformation = burnt offerings?

Consider other cultures: Mandalas: vividly depicted manuscripts, often ephemeral but still relaying information. www.mandalaproject.org www.mandalaproject.org

Jain - invitation scroll or Vijaptipatra A highly decorated formal letter inviting a leading monk of a certain monastic group to spend the next rainy season in a certain place. These invitations take the form of long scrolls with paintings. text and paintings. The text consists of poetical description and praises. An example of an invitation scroll may be seen in the collection of the British Library.

Palm leaf manuscripts Made from Palm leaf, the size, for example, of the denotes South Indian Palm leaf denotes the maximum size of each page; in this case pages approx 1 wide and folded together, then bound in a brass ring to hold together as a book. Another example has leaves approx 1 wide and 8 long. Look at the leaves around you; imagine drying them to make pages to write upon?

Research the Palm leave manuscript of Jita kalpa sutra. The British Library web site is a good place.

Garland Sutra, where narrative embodies symbols. nonSymbols tell stories to non-readers, as with Christian church windows.

Buddhist Buddhist Sacred scrolls - Japanese Hoke kyo or the Lotus Sutra :

Micrography A Jewish art form developed in the 9th century, with parallels in Christianity and Islam, utilizing minute letters to form representational, geometric and abstract designs.

Traditionally Traditionally used to define images in no biblical codices, it is no longer unique to Jewish art; the weaving of minute lettering into your designs may give you a starting point?

Consider the quality of the document basis: clay; The first words were recorded in clay; tablets of clay found in Mesopotamia began with pictograms then cuneiform script. Long before the early manuscripts early written on papyrus the first written recorded communications were about taxes and financial transactions Money!

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John The Gospel of St John 3rd Century papyrus codex was unearthed in a rubbish tip in 20th C Egypt! Many manuscripts are created on: Parchment = any animal skin Vellum = highest quality skin Consider vellum itself: Parchment Vellum is like texture, waxed paper, what is its colour, texture, and thickness? Does it look new or is it worn and cracked and faded? How much of the writing can be read? What is the quality of line that the quills made? Was colour or gold used? Gilding was polished with a stone or tooth on glue; it in still glows in manuscripts centuries later. kept? What has been kept? Wills and inventories? Treaties e.g. 1360 of Calais Letters? Maps? Books?
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Books were very precious, hand copied and owned by very few people. Before printing, all books were written by hand. Manuscript = Latin Scriptus = written Manu = hand Liber Vitae book of life a medieval record of names of those destined for heaven! Etymologiae 1st encyclopaedia AD560-636 by Isidore AD560of Seville. Why are some things stored so carefully? interest? Value? Historical interest? Property? Titles? Parish? Lineage? Tax? Public? Tithe? Manorial? Accident of history?
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Where were they originally kept? Grand houses? Churches and monasteries? Big trading guilds? Who were the people who wanted them kept? Sacred texts handwritten The handwritten St Cuthbert Gospel from the 7th Century was placed in St Cuthberts coffin on his elevation to sainthood. It is an exceptionally important landmark in the history of book production. Illuminated manuscripts were produced for display in the Scriptorium of a Cathedral Priory; sumptuously adorned gold leaf tooled. Lit by candlelight, illumination would have glowed.

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Sublime Words Ridiculous images: In the later Middle Ages, sacred, solemn texts were often accompanied by images seemingly intended to distract, to amuse and perhaps even to shock their readers. Playful and sometimes perverse, such images offer powerful insights into the nature of devotion in the period. Drawing on the monkeys and monsters depicted,perhaps, in the margins of the British British Library's Royal manuscripts, consider what these images tell you about the people who made and the people who owned these books. 1461Edward 4th 1461-83 was the founder of the old royal library. Fifty illuminated manuscripts acquired by him are at the heart of the collection now in the care of the British Library. He began his collection just at the time printing arrived. These hand written and decorated books were often huge in size and lavishly illustrated. Edwards books were intended to be read aloud!

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Codex Sinaiticus is a jewel beyond price one of the most important landmarks in the history of the book from the 4th Century. Alongside codex Vaticanus & Codex Alexandrinus equal three of the most important manuscripts of the bible, and two are available to view at the British Museum. AD704The Dawn of printing arrived in Korea AD704-751 The first printed book in England 1454-5 was the Bible 1454 on Vellum, with mass production by 1480. Family trees Family trees were popular. They could be beautifully written and illustrated but often in a way that gave illustrated the appearance of a much closer relationship with a grand family than was the case. For example, all European Medieval Kings claimed to be descended from Trojans, who came to Europe after the fall of Troy. Trojans The Trojans were seen as heroic and noble; such excellent ancestors to claim lineage to
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William the Bastard had an unenviably difficult status, as both illegitimate and the usurper of the English throne; efforts were made to reconcile him through with 'English royalty' through the House of Plantagenet. What stories can they tell us of the lives of real people in a real place and time? history; Documents can change history; designs for Stephenson's "Rocket or Clause Four of the Labour Party's constitution, for example. Security Then there were the lengths people went to, to prevent the documents being falsely copied, the signatures, seals, crests and wax impressions. With extravagant gilded clasps and sumptuous velvet covering, a manuscript of Henry VII, a legal contract between Henry VII and Westminster Abbey had seals as big as side plates. The jagged edge of the manuscript - the indenture fits an exact copy of the Will held by the monks in the Abbey and constitutes two halves of a legal contract. ribbons Magna Carta large seals, ribbons and tapes.
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Some examples have little seals all along the bottom edge. Some have glorious decoration and gilding. The beauty of the book displays my genius Eadwine mid 12th Century. Book covers often show of their importance to the owner and their VALUE and POWER. Bright and Beautiful. When these documents were made they were resplendent, things of pride as well as practicality. Consider making yours the same. They used colours made from semi precious stones. We are lucky we can use the same bright blues, greens, reds and gold without being a prince of the church or state.

Bestiaries and Psalters Although monastic scriptoria continued, around 1200AD, provision of education shifted from the cathedral schools to universities such as Oxford. New texts began to circulate for the urban and rural secular elite and middle classes, such as works on natural history (the bestiary). Books of Hours also
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emerged as the most popular book, geared to private devotion. A bestiary, a popular manual providing information information about animals, birds, reptiles, insects, and fish, much of it interpreted as illustrating a Christian moral. The Felbrigge Psalter was written in northern France around 1250. An embroidered panel on the binding dates to around 1300. This book was owned by a Suffolk nun called Anne owned Felbrigge in the fifteenth century, and hence gets its popular name.

The Gorleston Psalter a manuscript made, probably in the 1310s, for someone connected with the church of St Andrew at Gorleston in Norfolk. This manuscript manuscript is rich in bas-de-page, literally bottom-of-the-page, bas-debottom-of-theillustrations. Images in the margins of medieval manuscripts were there to instruct but also to amuse. They often contain visual observations of the times and society.

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Like our own notebooks of modern times, often there can be found inscriptions and notes added in margins personal messages and annotations. Records. What records do we keep? How do they compare with those that are nearly a thousand years old? I recently had the job of clearing the home I grew up in of more than fifty years of accumulated records. There were: Letters home from college written in the 1960s. School reports, Piano certificates Drawings from childhood, Newspaper cuttings Hundreds of photographs identity Ration books and identity cards. They brought back vividly the live that had been led there. If you had your own tin box that was going down the generations what would you include? Would you use a box, or a book or a scroll?
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Many quilts had memories stitched in. Rag rugs evoke the people who wore the clothes that evoke eventually were cut up and used. Look out for laundry identification marks on old linens; a nun, for example, may not have owned much but her nightgown or under garments were personal and precious, they needed to return to their original owner. Finely stitched initials helped identification. Many of us record a special event in textiles. Birth is one where beautifully worked christening robes are used down the generations. I have shawls knitted for my children and one knitted by the same great aunt, for their father. There are also the records we keep for our own interest that can be very interesting for future generations. Things like personal weather records, personal animal and bird sighting records, records of hunts and fishing tips, and diaries which can encapsulate a life just by recording day to day events. Personal - You may have a very strong connection with one aspect of all of this. Go for it!
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Research Investigate Probe Search Assess Review Study Analyse Analyse Examine Explore Scrutinize Test Enjoy Sketch

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To Start: Collection. The first stage of any design process is to collect everything related to it in one place. Many artists use a drawing book but a large envelope or box will do. I use a notice board. I find it helps to see the whole collection at once. I will print some photographs and pin them up and I will add (noany drawings or rough notes taken on the day (no-one will see this but me). I will hang the work done with days. Diana or Alison on the inspiration days. I often collect newspaper articles, art gallery handouts; post cards from museums and maybe pictures of work by artists I like. I root through my threads and fabrics and put small pieces in the mix. If ideas start to bubble I write notes to myself and add them in. You may be going on a course or having a design evening with your Guild. Take some of this along and get a different slant on it.

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Suggested books: Illuminated Letters: A treasury of decorative calligraphy . Margaret Morgan Published by A & C

Black, 2006.
A richly illustrated book with six complete historical alphabets, from 7th to 16th centuries and extensive information on all materials & techniques needed to complete beautiful decorated letters. Lark Studio Series Handmade Books on-theThis on-the-page gallery presents the unlimited leatherpotential of the form, from leather-tooled covers and handmade papers to exotic bindings. ISBN13: 9781600596827 Britannia: One Hundred Documents That Shaped a Nation by Graham Stewart. ISBN: 9780857400222 An illustrated chronicle of British history, that illustrated considers documents that arguably changed the face of eighthBritain. From eighth-century Lindisfarne Gospels to the Domesday Book, to Neville Chamberlain's 1938 Munich agreement with Hitler.
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Exercises to try The Aging Process. Here are some suggestions for creating the look and feel of old objects. Wash-leathers bought from garages take acrylic and Washmetallic paints very well. Most papers and many fabrics slowly turn brown if colours they are exposed to light. Dyes bleach and colours turn blue, as the yellow used in green dye is fugitive. The favourite way to mimic this is using tea or coffee to stain. If you require an even all over colour, iron the paper or fabric flat and put it in a flat tray. Dampen slightly; tea pour on the tea or coffee solution. The dye takes quickly so the excess can be poured off in a minute or two and the material left to dry. Repeated applications give a darker colour. However if you would like an uneven spread, which I have found gives a better impression impression of age, leave the material dry and add the tea or coffee in the bag. This stain is very difficult to remove!
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I once bought the little embroidered flowers that are used on bridesmaids dresses. Stained with tea they plan worked well representing a time worn plan of a Victorian garden. In the same project I printed images on tissue paper, stained them with tea and then sewed over them with a layer of sheer fabric on top.

CampbellValerie Campbell-Harding; in her book Machine Embroidery, Stitched Patterns, explains how to bake and grill fabrics and paper to get the required shade of brown.

One of the advantages of this project is it gives you a dead line. Working back from it, plan a timetable and enjoy the journey.

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Another aging method uses plain typing paper and cotton fabric. Machine stitch lines with white cotton in a loose form that suits your subject. Lay the combined materials flat and make them wet and allow the paper to soften. It gets very mushy so be careful. until When it is soft gently rub the paper away until you like what is left. Leave until it is completely dry. It will stain well and can be over sewn with care.

Sand paper and stone can be used to distress the surface.

Dilute emulsion or acrylic paint can be spread over the whole piece of work and then rubbed back or worked into again.

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Suggested web sites: www.mirroroftheworld.com.au www.bl.uk www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/mi_education_r esource.pdf Medieval Manuscripts making of: www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/pharos/sections/making_ www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/pharos/sections/making_ art/manuscript.html Codex Codices http://codexsinaiticus.org/en/ http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscript s/ at Look at the British Library blog: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscript s/royal/ http://www.edenworkshops.com/Paper_Marbling_ -_A_Free_Manual_to_Download.html

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My books and websites:

Website for the East Midlands region: http://www.emreg.org.uk/

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The Finished Piece. By now one idea has taken hold. Try to resist starting from cold on the piece. Give yourself permission to make a paper model, a rough collage to gauge the layout, to put some colours together in paint and thread to assess the overall impact. Have the courage to say, I need to find out some more about that, or That looks clumsy, or This method has not given me the results I expected I will ask xxs given advice when I see her. Finally give yourself time! on. Moving on. Kick Start is part of the East Midland Regions Education Programme. The aim is for participants to part. grow and develop their potential as they take part. This means that if you want to include your design process in an adult education programme you are following that is fine.

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oneYou might search out a one-day course to help you over a hurdle. Having a discussion with a friend or suit supportive group could suit you. Getting help if you need it is part of the learning process. At home try pinning the work up. Put it somewhere like the mantelpiece or above your computer so that you see it at unexpected times. Quite often one aspect will really start to grate. Take a digital photograph and print it in black and Take white. Try printing it larger and smaller can you see what to do now? It sometimes helps to hide it away and then see it with fresh eyes.

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Inspiration and Education days In order to exhibit expected to attend education days. their work, work, one of our participants inspiration are and

The five Inspiration and Education days will be concerned with starting points and looking at how you may develop ideas from a morning session of historical immersion into historical archives into designs that will be useful for a variety of techniques and processes (research and design development).

We have booked two artists this year, neither work primarily in textiles. They will get you working in days their usual mediums. Their days will be fun and challenging. We must attend one to participate in the Kick Start programme but you are very welcome to go to more!

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Notes

Don Dont forget to keep checking the blog for updates, information, research ideas and more more.http://egkickstart.blogspot.co.uk/

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One of our artists is Diana Syder http://www.dianasyder.com/ http://www.dianasyder.com/ Diana will work with groups at venues in Matlock, Lincoln and Nottingham. Dianas Biography: I am a painter and poet. As a painter I work in all semimedia and move between abstract, semi-abstract and and figurative styles. I regularly exhibit and in 2005 won the Derbyshire County Council Oil painting prize. My work can be seen at Bakewell Art and Design, and The Beetroot Tree, Draycott. At the time of writing I have a painting in The Harley Gallery open scheduled exhibition, Welbeck, and an exhibition scheduled for June 2013 at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery. I tutor painting workshops and demonstrations. Im also a poet for whom science and nature are major themes, with four published collections: String, Maxwells Rainbow (a Poetry Book Society Recommendation), Recommendation), Hubble, and Planet Box. I have a Public Awareness of Science Award from the Institute of Physics for my poetry and, as a poet, am on the British Councils list of science writers. I have taught and tutored creative universities writing extensively both in universities and with
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community groups. I live and work in Taddington in the Derbyshire Peak District where I design our Well Dressing. We use around 60 different materials, so in late August I can usually be found up to my knees in leading foliage and flowers, leading our petalling team. Intention for the day: Writing in pictures, drawing in words Artists often find inspiration in text, just as writers find inspiration in visual images. This workshop will give you a chance to experiment in both media. Well take ideas from the archivists talk and images from jumpancient documents to jump-start both your verbal and visual imaginations. A series of stimulating, interconnected exercises will take you beyond the obvious, leading towards a final piece that combines text both text and visual images/textures. This is an opportunity to broaden your Archive project work, or to introduce new elements into your practice. Dont worry if you think you cant draw or cant write; you sorts will surprise yourself! You will go home with all sorts of interesting visual and written material and brimming with ideas for further work.
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Requirements for the day: Plastic sheeting to protect your workspace, , kitchen roll/cleaning rags, a hairdryer, charcoal, 4 large plastic large pots (eg large yoghurt) , large drawing board (eg 76 x 76cms OR you can work on the table surface), white pastel, 2 household paint brushes (between inch and 2 inches), graphite, w/sol graphite sticks, pencils, a chunky eraser (not a putty rubber). Any other bear implements you cant bear to leave home without. A piece of any fabric....this could be a scarf, or anything you have in your workbox, size not critical but somewhere between a square foot and a square metre. We will provide acrylic paint in black and white plus large sheets of cartridge paper.

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Venues with Diana: 1. Saturday 15th September 2012 morning session at: Derbyshire County Council Records Office, New Street, Matlock Followed by the afternoon session at Matlock Imperial Rooms, Imperial Road, Matlock DE4 3NL walk(about 10 mins walk- downhill!) We are responsible for Derbyshire's archives. These are original documents created by individuals, families or organisations in the normal course of their activities. Archives are an important source of original evidence. We hold over four miles of original Derbyshire records which can be viewed in our search room in Matlock. Both sketching and photography will be allowed. A space will be available for small exhibitions in 2012 and we have agreed a few pieces will be here exhibited here following Leicester Science Museum.

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2. Saturday 22nd September Lincoln Morning session at Loncolnshir County Archives, St Rumbold Street, Lincoln, LN2 5AB Followed by the afternoon artist session at The YMCA rooms, St Rumbold St Lincoln mins (approx. 5 mins walk) Sketching would be permissible Lincolnshire Archives was established as a county service in 1948 with the bringing together of the records collected by the Lindsey, Kesteven and Holland County Councils, and the Lincoln Diocesan Records Record Office. Records held at Lincolnshire County Councils Archives Service have been named as amongst 38 national collections designated as having outstanding national and international importance. The Bishops Rolls and Registers (dating from 1214/15) which form the core historical records of the diocese of Lincoln, are of national and international significance.

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3. Nottingham Saturday 10th November Morning session at: Nottinghamshire County Archives, County House, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham NG2 1AG the Followed by the afternoon session at St Pauls Church, Wilford Hill, Boundary Road, West Bridgford NG2 7DB Nottinghamshire Archives holds records relating to the history of Nottinghamshire and Nottingham from century. the 12th to the 21st century documents Archives are original documents produced by official bodies, societies and individuals that are no longer in privatelycurrent use. They include official and privately-owned archives You will need a photo copyright permission form...each person taking a photo would need to fill details/reference in personal details/reference of items taken and brief description; this covers taking a photo for basic research and personal use. Further permission would be required to reproduce. It is 50p per frame ie per photograph

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Our other artist for this year is Calligrapher Samain. Alison Samain. http://www.alisonscalligraphy.com/2009/01/exampleshttp://www.alisonscalligraphy.com/2009/01/examplesof-previousof-previous-work.html Alis biography: I am a freelance calligrapher with Working over 8 years experience. Working in and around the Buckingham and Oxfordshire region, I work with both individuals and companies to provide a variety of calligraphic services; including wedding invitations, place settings, certificates in addition to bespoke pieces of calligraphy. Intention for the day: To look at the structure of the illuminated manuscript page and consider which elements would make the best transition from vellum to fabric. When you break an illuminated page down it consists of black and white lines of writing as one element and little blocks of colour and gold as the other. In Medieval manuscripts the early scribes only used three colours, red, blue and green. Gold took the place of yellow. Ali will consider the illumination, essentially the and blocks of colour and the gilding.
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There will be a mini workshop on the painting technique used by the medieval scribes; using a simple and straightforward approach giving an opportunity to use your hands and let their minds relax. The gold elements are very important, Ali uses a very quick and easy German glue rather than gesso for her gilding and this will be incorporated in a quick and easy illuminated letter, traced off and worked on in the workshop, and perhaps finished off at home. (The Ali). letter would be provided by Ali). The session will end showing how a calligrapher would put a piece of work together; things that you may wish to consider in approaching your piece, such as words, size of lettering, landscape, portrait etc, would where on the fabric the main body of text would look best from an artistic point of view. Requirements for the day: hotAli will provide hot-pressed watercolour paper for the painting session, and the gouache paint that is required, as well as the gold leaf and glue. You will pencil, have to bring along pencil, rubber, ruler and a size zero watercolour paintbrush. You might also want some cartridge paper and masking tape for sketching and layouts .
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Venues with Ali: 4. Saturday 6th October 2012 Morning session at Northamptonshire County Park Archives, Wootton Hall Park Northants NN4 8BQ Followed by afternoon session at The Elgar Centre, 1A High Street, Upton, Northampton, NN5 4EN (approx 3 miles) The Northamptonshire Record Office holds over 800 years of records, including court rolls, parish and registers, nonconformist registers, maps, letters, diaries, accounts, minute books, wills and photographs. Created by a wide range of organisations, families and estates, parish churches, businesses, societies and individuals. They allow photography of original documents on completion of copyright forms; you need a permit, which costs 4.50 per person. They can also provide high quality images of documents but would have to be ordered on the day for later collection/posting.

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5. Saturday 20th October 2012 Leicestershire Morning session at Leicestershire County Archives. Long Street, Wigston Magna, Leicester, LE18 2AH Followed by the afternoon session at The Kings Centre, 56 Bull Head Street, Wigston, Leicester, LE18 1PA. The Record Office holds a wide range of Resources culture on the history and culture of Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland. The extensive collections, dating from the Domesday Book to yesterday, include archives, books, newspapers, maps, photographs, videos and sound recordings. Their oldest document is the Charter of Robert, Count of Meulan to his Leicester merchants, c.1107 in latin it granted to my merchants of Leicester the gild of their merchants with all the customs by which they held in the time of King William and of King William his son and now in the time of King Henry.

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Exhibiting your work. An Entry form will be sent to you if you have attended one of the Inspiration and Education days - Make sure you return it before Friday 29th March 2013. Details about handing in and collecting work will be provided with your entry details. When handing in, all work must be clearly labelled using a parcel label (Paddington Bear style) firmly attached to the back of the piece with your: Name, Address, Telephone Number Branch (if you attend one) Title of the piece N.F.S. Price for Sale or N.F.S. You will need to attach mirror plates to any work that needs to be hung, on the back of the frame if it has one, half way down each of the vertical sides. If it is a soft hanging, then this needs to be Velcro, attached to a strip of wood, possibly with Velcro, and the mirror plates attached to each end of the strip of wood. If the work is small and/or freestanding, decide if you need it to be displayed in a cabinet.
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Work does not need to be expensively mounted and framed behind glass. By visiting other exhibitions you will see there are many cheaper and effective ways of presenting work. Value and Insurance We insure the work against loss or damage while we are looking after it. To do this each piece has to have a value whether it is for sale or not. If you would like to sell your work, you need to decide on a price. The insurance value that you decide on need not be the same as the price for which you sell the piece. Take into account the materials that you use in the making the piece and the time that the piece took to make. Do not value your work too low, it may sell, but it devalues not only your own work, but also that of others. For 2013 the Kick Start exhibition will be returning to Snibston Discovery Centre, Ashby Road, Leicestershire, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 3LN.

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The Exhibition will be begin on 18th May 2013 and continue until the end of June,; selected works will then go to Matlock to be displayed in their new small exhibiting area at the County archivists. 10amdaily The opening times will be 10am-5pm, daily There is an entry fee payable to the main museum but not to the foyer where the exhibition is to be held. Course Registration Information: Please send completed form(s) with payment, cheques made payable to: East Midlands Region Guild of the Embroiderers Guild (EM Region EG) and either a Stamped Addressed Envelope OR email address to: Kick Start c/o Penny Marsden Falconcliffe House Wards End, Riber Road MATLOCK Derbyshire DE4 5JB If you are returning two forms please complete all the information on both.
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Members of the Regional Committee give their time and energy to arrange and organise many of the Regional Events. New thoughts and input are always needed to keep the Guild fresh and healthy. You will have benefited at some point from during your membership from events organised by the Region. Please think seriously about helping with our Regional organising. Contact Mary Cockburn 01604 720498 mary@cockburn1.fslife.co.uk The cost of this booklet is 5.00 Extra booklets can be obtained at a cost of 6.50 (inc. postage) from Carol Anderson, 46 Cavendish Way Mickleover, Derby, DE3 9BL Cheques payable to: East Midlands Region of the Embroiderers Guild (EMRegionEG) This booklet has been produced by the East Midlands Region of the Embroiderers Guild. Thanks go to Antonia Stanford for help in putting this book together.
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Registration form #1 with Diana Syder

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Please tell us your thoughts on our book, workshops, organisation etc. These comments will help us another year.

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Registration Form #2 with Alison Samain

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Please tell us your thoughts on our book, workshops, organisation etc. These comments will help us another year.

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SUMMER SCHOOL 2013 12th to 14th July 2013. Venue TBC diana.turner.44@btinternet.com Tutors booked at time of going to press: Jacqui Carey : 'Elizabethan Stitches'. Using her book 'Sweet Bags' as Inspiration. Looking at Elizabethan Stitches and how we can create them today. Yvonne Brown: 'Medieval Magic'. Using ancient tiles as a design source and creating new ideas from them in fabric and thread; using techniques melting and burning techniques as well as machine stitching. Liz Welch: 'Modelled on the past. Using Friendly plastic and numerous ways to create vessels and other 3D structures.

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Dates for your diary: Inspiration and education days 2012: Saturday 15th September Saturday 22nd September Saturday 10th November Saturday 6th October Saturday 20th October Matlock Lincoln Nottingham Northampton Leicester

29th March 2013 Return Entry Form th 17 May 2013 Hand in Work at Leicestershire Snibston Discovery Centre in Leicestershire further details sent with course registration information 12th to 14th July 2013 Summer School

General Kick Start queries: penny.marsden@btinternet.com Penny Marsden 01629 584487

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