Diana Springall

The Sunbury Embroidery Gallery is thrilled to be exhibiting a selection of art pieces from one of the most diverse and nationally important collections of fine art embroidery, spanning almost 70 years, selected pieces of which you will see in the Poetry of Stitch exhibition. 

Diana originally trained as a painter before extending her artistic skills into crafts, especially embroidery. Following this, she taught teachers and through doing so, realised that being able to hold textiles in your hands was the only way to truly share her passion for stitch. Buying pieces from graduate students enabled her to support both them and others to appreciate this much undervalued art form.

Diana completed the piece Head of a Girl in 1960 (muslin appliqué and hand stitching on a cotton background) at Goldsmiths College, London, whilst she was learning embroidery. She was asked to stitch a portrait which could use one colour thread on a plain single colour background. 

To find out more about Diana Springall and the wider collection, visit her website by clicking this button.https://dianaspringallcollection.co.uk/

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