Approved: 16.08.2006

Jenni Cadman

Artist, Maker

Approved: 16.08.2006

In my practice as a textile artist I have pursued a continuing interest in recreating the painted and drawn mark. From initial explorations on paper to the finished textile the whole process is crucial in forming the content of a piece and in developing a personal response. For the last two decades the landscape has been my constant inspiration.

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    Artist Statement

    In my practice as a textile artist I have pursued a continuing interest in recreating the painted and drawn mark. From initial explorations on paper to the finished textile the whole process is crucial in forming the content of a piece and in developing a personal response. For the last two decades the landscape has been my constant inspiration.

    Over the years I have employed a wide range of techniques, media and materials involving machine embroidery, applique, transparent fabrics and paint for example along with the manipulation of fabrics by fraying, bonding, distressing and forming.

    I now specialise in the technique of free-machine embroidery to create my artworks, panels and hangings and enjoy the repetition of stitching, the intensity of focus needed tempered with a freedom of expression and movement.

    'Conversations With My Mother’ is a new project, started in 2021, and heralds a completely new change of direction in which my Mother has become the subject and focus of new embroideries and monotypes. Through the creative process of making these works I have discovered a positive way of grieving and the means to become emotionally absorbed in a renewed relationship with her.

    CV & Education

    Qualifications

    1980 HNDipAd, Printed Textile Design, Reigate School of Art and Design

    1997 City & Guilds Further Adult Education Teachers Certificate

    Competitions, Prizes and Awards
    2001 - Craft Award, Arts Council, South West
    2000 - Craft Award, Arts Council, South West

    Membership

    2000 - 2012 - Devon Guild of Craftsmen 

    1995 - 2002 - Sherborne Contemporary Arts - Founding member, committee member, curator and treasurer of SCA an organisation with a membership of 70 artists at it peak from all over Wessex. 

    Solo exhibitions

    2010 - Member's Showcase, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon 

    2005 - Stitched Textiles, The Terrace Cafe, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon 

    2001 - Coastworks, Black Swan Arts, Frome, Somerset

    1998 - Stitched Textiles, Bell Street Gallery, Shaftesbury, Dorset

    Group exhibitions

    2018 - Dorset Art Weeks, Dorset Makers, The Tasting Room, Furleigh Estate, Salway Ash, Dorset

    2018 - Art Auction Exhibition, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, Devon

    2017 - Making Dorset Winter Show, Allsop Gallery, Bridport Art Centre, Dorset

    2017 -  FIFTY DORSET MAKERS, Wolfeton Riding House, Charminster, Dorset

    2016 - THE YARD, Pop-up Gallery, above Vida Comida, Swan Yard, Sherborne, Dorset
    2013 - Strand: Textiles with a Contemporary Twist, Allsop Gallery, Bridport Art Centre, Dorset
    2012 - The Art of Textiles, L'Artishe Gallery, Swanage
    2011 - Interwoven, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
    2010 - A Few of Our Favourite Things, Dorchester County Hospital, Dorchester
    2010 - Present Makers, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
    2010 - Thelma Hulbert Open 2010, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
    2009 - Between the Lines, MKGallery, Somerton, Somerset
    2008 - Boundaries, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey
    2008 - Journeyland, The Brewhouse Gallery, Taunton
    2008 - Trig Point, The Study Gallery of Modern Art, Poole, Poole
    2007 - Sherborne House Open, Sherborne House, Sherborne
    2006 - Craft Focus, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon
    2006 - Full Spectrum, Sherborne House, Sherborne
    2006 - Journeys: The Art of Making, Sussex Barn Gallery, West Dean College, Chichester
    2006 - Summer Exhibition, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey
    2005 - Art for Giving, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, Devon
    2005 - Brighton Art Fair, Corn Exchange, Brighton
    2005 - Landmarks, Walford Mill Craft Centre, Wimborne, Dorset
    2005 - Summer School Tutors Exhibition, Sussex Barn, West Dean College, Chichester
    2003 - Colour Shift, Subscription Rooms, Stroud, Gloucestershire
    2003 - Land, Sea, or Sky, Peacock Gallery, Poole, Dorset
    2003 - Loose Threads, Rufford Craft Centre, Newark, Nottinghamshire
    2003 - Lure of the Sea, The Jointure Studios, Ditchling, Sussex
    2003 - Millfield Open Summer Show, Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset
    2003 - Raising the Roof, Walford Mill Craft Centre, Wimborne, Dorset
    2002 - Christmas Show, Maltby Contemporary Art, Winchester
    2002 - Christmas Show, nobleArt Gallery, Cambridge
    2002 - Cornucopia, Fibreart Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall
    2002 - Hemmed In, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon
    2002 - Unravelled, Dorchester Town Hall, Dorset, during Dorchester Festival
    2001 - Christmas Spice, Walford Mill Craft Centre, Wimborne, Dorset
    2001 - High Fibre, Sherborne House, Dorset
    2001 - The Sea, Arts in Hospital Project, Dorchester Hospital, Dorset
    2001 - Bus Stop Gallery, Year of the Artist touring exhibition, South West of England
    2000 - South West Open Studios, Penzance, Cornwall
    2000 - Spirit of the House, Sherborne House, Dorset

    Dorset Art Weeks (various venues) 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2022

    1997 to 1999 - Off The Shelf, Art Supermarket, Sherborne Contemporary Arts, Sherborne House, Dorset

    Curated projects
    2001 - High Fibre, Exhibition of Wessex based Textile Artists, Sherborne House, Sherborne, Dorset

    Residencies
    2006 - 5 day Residency, Textile Workshops, Colyton Grammar School, Colyford, Devon
    2000 - Project to create work in response to the historical building of Sherborne House, Sherboorne Houe Arts, Sherborne, Dorset

    Projects
    2007 - Crumpety Tree Project, Arts Council Lottery community project to make a banner, Quangle Wangle Choir & Acorn Centre , Weymouth

    Educational experience - primary
    2001 - Textile Workshops, Chickerell Primary School, Weymouth

    Educational experience - secondary
    2012 - Textile Workshop, Clayesmore School, Blandford, Dorset
    2011 - Textile Workshop, Millfield School, Street, Somerset
    2010 - Textile Workshop, Leweston Girls School, Sherborne, Dorset
    2007 - Textile Workshop, Kings School, Ottery St.Mary, Devon
    2006 - Textile Workshop, Honiton Community College, Devon
    2005 - Textile Workshop, Cowes High School, isle of Wight
    2005 - Textile Workshop, Honiton Community College, Devon

    Educational experience - tertiary
    2003 - Visiting lecturer, BA (Hons) Textiles and Surface pattern, Somerset College of Arts and Technology, Taunton, Somerset
    2003 - 2006 - Visiting Tutor, Textile Workshops, West Dean College, Chichester, Sussex
    1999 - 2002 - Visiting lecturer, BA (Hons) Costume Design, Bournemouth Arts Institute, Dorset

    Site specific
    2001 - Year of the Artist, Commission to create showcase work in a double decker bus touring the West Country, Sherborne Contemporary Arts, South West

    Publications

    2017 - FIFTY DORSET MAKERS, published by Making Dorset and Evolver magazine
    2008 - Textiles Now by Drusilla Cole, published by Laurence King
    2006 - The World of Embroidery, July/August feature 'Beneath the Surface' published by the Embroiderers' Guild
    2004 - FibreArts Design Book 7, published by Lark Books 

    Other
    2008 - Fashion Embroidery & Stitch, Exhibitor/Demonstrator, The Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate

    2004 - Craft Festival, Exhibitor/Demonstrator, Bovey Tracey, Devon