Lucy Sugden

Lucy Sugden Woven tapestry artist and workshop provider

A woven tapestry artist from Letchworth Garden City, with a Constructed Textiles degree specialising in tapestry weaving, and a commendation from the Simon Jersey Tapestry Award. After spending most of my career developing and delivering art education to the community, schools, and colleges I fully returned to tapestry weaving in 2017, which I continue to teach.

A member of The British Tapestry Group, The Wynd Gallery and various textiles associations I regularly exhibit locally and nationally, along with delivering talks, workshops, and courses.

In my work I explores a fascination of light play with a love of wildlife and beneficial flowers found in local habitats and am often inspired by my garden and walks around the fields of Letchworth. I create flowers on circle looms before embedding them in the tapestry backgrounds as they are woven.
It is important to me to maintain a sustainable art practice by recycling and upcycling fibres which has become an integral part of how I work, and often has a direct effect design and size of a piece, along with an exploration of combining fibres.

I source British wools and recycled yarns wherever possible for students to weave with when attending workshops.
To find out more about me please visit my website.

View my website https://www.lucysugden.co.uk/

My Location

Letchworth

Telephone: 07957 462 297
Email: lucymsugden@outlook.com
Website: https://www.lucysugden.co.uk/

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My News

Herts Open Studios at The Weaving Shed / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2023-09-14T00:00:00Z">Thu 14 Sep 2023</span>Herts Open Studios at The Weaving Shed / Thu 14 Sep 2023

I am taking part in this years Herts Open Studios. Come and visit me, see my studio, watch me weave, have a go yourself. I'll have some work availab...

A Sixties Celebration &quot;Flower Power&quot; / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2023-07-11T00:00:00Z">Tue 11 Jul 2023</span>A Sixties Celebration "Flower Power" / Tue 11 Jul 2023

A am delighted to be showing two new tapestries in this Eastern Region Textile Forum exhibition A Sixties Celebration “Flower Power” at Parndon Mill i...

What Lies Beneath / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2022-06-27T00:00:00Z">Mon 27 Jun 2022</span>What Lies Beneath / Mon 27 Jun 2022

Looking forward to showing a selection of my woven tapestries in this exhibition along with the opportunity to run two workshops at the venue. Please ...

My Events

Quietly Connected / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2023-10-21T00:00:00Z">Sat 21</span> to <span  itemprop="endDate" content="2023-10-29T00:00:00Z">Sun 29 Oct 2023</span> <span>(1 week)</span>Quietly Connected / Sat 21 to Sun 29 Oct 2023 (1 week)

I am excited, and rather nervous, that I am having a solo exhibition at the Wynd Gallery in Letchworth at the end of October, a glimpse into my woven ...

Eco Weaving / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2023-09-30T00:00:00Z">Sat 30 Sep 2023</span>Eco Weaving / Sat 30 Sep 2023

A weaving workshop to create your own woven art using pre loved and waste fabric, wools and fibres. During the workshop you will create your own wo...

Tapestry sampler workshop / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2023-08-09T00:00:00Z">Wed 09 Aug 2023</span>Tapestry sampler workshop / Wed 09 Aug 2023

A tapestry weaving workshop that will teach you skills to create simple shapes. You will weave your own tapestry sample while I guide you through a fe...