CHESTNUTT, Judith
As Judith Ann Harrison, she married at Liverpool North in 1963, Christopher Chestnutt and is the mother of Moyra Scott and, as Harrison, of photographer Michael Harrison Chestnutt (1971-). Judith trained as a teacher and her qualifications include a distinction in City and Guilds of London Art School in Embroidery and a post-graduate diploma in art education (textiles) and her methods have been documented and illustrated in ‘Artists Colour Manual’ by Simon Jennings ( 2003). Her 'Junk Mail' series, portrays, in abstract form, the Suffolk Sea and landscapes but on closer inspection, evidence of the original papers and printing can be seen. Lettering is embedded in the images and colour comes from the original fibres. A paper maker and textile artist and a member of Textile Art Group Suffolk and Suffolk Open Studios with a studio at Annesley Hall, Boot Street, Great Bealings, Woodbridge, Suffolk. She has exhibited with Abel Art Gallery, Raveningham; Blackthorpe Barn, Bury St Edmund's; The Botanical Gardens, Birmingham; Butley Barn Gallery; The Stark Gallery, 68 Castle Street, Canterbury; Boatyard Gallery, Felixstowe; Reunion Gallery, Felixstowe; The Cut Arts Centre Halesworth; Halesworth Gallery; The Wolsey Gallery, Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich; The Artists Gallery, Belstead House, Ipswich; The Commonwealth Institute, Kensington High Street, London; Snape Maltings Galleries; Buckenham Galleries, Southwold and Craftco, Southwold.
Website: https://www.southwoldholiday.com
Works by This Artist
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Suffolk ShoreRecycled junk-mail pulps, no added colour
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