10 Go To Jersey

Yes, the view from my hotel room every morning over St Aubins bay down to St Helier in the far distance. The beautiful sandy beach that was perfect for morning walks from the pretty little harbour at St. Aubins. Ok, ok, I know you aren't in the least bit envious!

We started our week with the opening shindig at The Harbour Gallery. Opened by the Minister for Tourism, followed by a short speeches from Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn and then an introduction to Diane Bates new work on portraiture.

The Harbour Gallery is a registered charity that runs to support the Arts and Crafts in Jersey and The Textile Showcase is one of the many activities run each year to support the charity and keep the gallery open. The Textile Showcase is run by two amazing ladies who manage to put on a week long event of workshops, exhibitions and competitions and a large gala dinner.

Once the opening ceremonies where over we began the serious business of eating.

In between the eating we did manage to attend some workshops


and ERTF's Gina Ferrari run a masterclass for ERTF members in Jersey on Design

We all particularly enjoyed working together as a group with Gina.

Another highlight of the week was a talk by Louise Gardiner
and several of our group had attended various workshops with Louise which involved dancing to music and drawing without looking! Great work came from this.....


Jan and Jean where other tutors to run a full day workshop working as Double Trouble with machine soluble and the embellisher.

Great tuition and inspiration from two masters of their art.


ERTF was also luckily enough to be able to invite Jan and Jean to an ERTF private dinner at the wonderful Boatyard in St Aubin - a trendy, modern bar/restaurant overlooking the small harbour. Caroline, who arranged the whole trip, called this dinner "In Discussion with Jan and Jean" and it was a wonderful opportunity to talk to Jan and Jean on an informal basis.

However, sorry to Jan and Jean but I am afraid you were eclipsed by a man! Listen carefully here partners and husbands - Mr Caroline McNarama arrived unexpectedly at the dinner off a flight from the the UK, he stayed the night and went back to work in the UK at lunch time the next day..............why did he do this................it was Caroline's birthday................ahhhhhh, we were all quite gooey eyed.
So a terrifically wonderful time was had by the 10 in Jersey and I can only stay that if we are in a position to offer the trip again next year grab the chance as it offered great value for money and was expertly organised by Caroline.

Oh, yes did manage to fit in a bit of work.

It's nearly........CHRISTMAS !!!!!!!!!!!

On behalf of the ERTF Committee I would like to wish all the members and readers of this blog

A Very Happy Christmas,
And

A Wonderful New Year !

This year I think ERTF can say was a success! We held our First Major Exhibition in Cambridge, there were lots of networking events held throughout the regions and of course the AGM in April and The Conference in November.

2010 promises to be even more exciting, ERTF will be at Textiles in Focus Cottenham in February for the first time. Some members of ERTF will be travelling to Jersey in March to join in with the Textiles Showcase. We are also privileged to have been offered a chance to have a stand at the Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexander Palace in October. We will also be exhibiting our work at the Warner Archive during the summer to celebrate the centenary of Owen Jones.These are just a few of the events that are planned, so WATCH THIS SPACE! We are taking textiles forward...........

Jersey Showcase

Now the first ERTF exhibition is over it's time to think about what else we have in our programme for the future. 2010 promises to be a busy year with a trip to Jersey being a prime example of what we have to look forward to. I thought I'd bring it back to the top of the blog, just a reminder................



ERTF has put together in partnership with Art in the Frame a private programme to include events specially for ERTF members as a group in order to have time to network and enjoy each others company along with plenty of opportunities of getting to know other textile artists from the Channel Isles, France and the UK and some time off to do your own thing!
For more information go to the ERTF members site and see all the information about this exciting opportunity in the committee organised event section.
The spaces for this event are very limited so book early.

JERSEY TEXTILE SHOWCASE MARCH 2010 Reminder

We have all been so busy with the exhibition, which has been a great success with private views,lovely lunches and not to forget those important stewarding days. But! we must not forget the great things still to come! There are still places on this trip so don't forget to book! I thought I'd bring it back up to the top of the blog, just a reminder................



ERTF has put together in partnership with Art in the Frame a private programme to include events specially for ERTF members as a group in order to have time to network and enjoy each others company along with plenty of opportunities of getting to know other textile artists from the Channel Isles, France and the UK and some time off to do your own thing!
For more information go to the ERTF members site and see all the information about this exciting opportunity in the committee organised event section.
The spaces for this event are very limited so book early.

ERTF-JERSEY TEXTILE SHOWCASE 3RD-13TH March 2010

ERTF has put together in partnership with Art in the Frame a private programme to include events specially for ERTF members as a group in order to have time to network and enjoy each others company along with plenty of opportunities of getting to know other textile artists from the Channel Isles, France and the UK and some time off to do your own thing!
For more information go to the ERTF members site and see all the information about this exciting opportunity in the committee organised event section.
The spaces for this event are very limited so book early.