Brunel Broderers Textile Artists are: Linda Babb, Liz Harding, Corinna Renow-Clarke, Carla Mines, Carolyn Sibbald, Stephanie Wooster.

The word UNDERPINNING is evocative of many things from the history and archaeology of a city to personal concepts that signify and generate practice. For this exhibition by Brunel Broderers Textile Artists each artist has taken their own ideas to make a collection of textile related work. When all six are put together they show a fascinating variety of form, methodology and inspiration. As well as each artist’s individual response is a group response and an opportunity for the public to engage with their practice.

As a challenge each member of the group was asked to ‘Take a Frame’, an inexpensive black fifteen centimetre frame with which to work. It could be altered and used in any way, painted, deconstructed, in fact made to serve the makers purpose. From six identical frames six very different ideas have evolved from flowers, leaves and bees to plastic re-purposed, homage to Howard Hodgkin and ancient cursive script.

The postcard is a familiar way of connecting with friends; the group have used them to create light hearted ‘Connections’ with paint, pen, stitch and collage. The public are invited to make ‘Connections’ by taking, altering and sending back cards so the ‘Connection’ will continue to grow.