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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Diana Springall is one of Britain’s best- known textile artists. Her 40-year career in textiles includes appointments as a panel lecturer at the Victoria and Albert Museum and chairman of both the Embroiderers’ Guild and the Society of Designer Craftsme She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and her work can be found in many private and public collections. This book is to be launched with an exhibition and a feature- stand at 2011 Knitting and Stitching Show (London Dublin and Harrogate) this book explores the life work and impact of one of the UK’s greatest embroiderers and strongest advocate of the craft itself. Diana is heavily involved with embroidery within both education and museums/collections. She has been instrumental in promoting embroidery in the Fine Art world and has been a teacher and mentor to a significant proportion of today’s greatest artists working in stitch including Alice Kettle. (SP)