Textile Study Group

artists and tutors sharing ideas imagination and skills

Steel and Gold
Mixed Media
100cms x 100cms x 25cms high (variable)
Photo by Electric Egg
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Penny Burnfield's work is wide-ranging - the common thread that ties it all together is a passion for history, a sense of the past.

Themes include personal and social histories - museums, collections and archives - marks and traces left on the environment - layers of meaning and memories.

A former doctor, she also has a special interest in science. Work has included installations resembling bio-medical museum displays, and challenges pre-conceptions about the collection and categorisation of objects.

Although trained as a textile artist, Penny uses any material or technique that will best express her ideas. Work may be two- or three-dimensional, or take the form of an installation. An experimental approach results in a diverse practice.

Penny taught for several years in Adult Education, and is now a freelance artist. She has exhibited widely including 'Art Textiles 2', 'The Art of the Stitch' and with The Crafts Council. She is a member of The 62 Group, The Embroiderers' Guild, The Textile Study Group, The Hampshire Sculpture Trust and the exhibiting group Losing the Thread.

Of Youth and Buried Time
Mixed Media
100cms x 50cms x 10cms high
Photo by Electric Egg
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Penny Burnfield
pennyburnfield.andoveronline.com