GUEST LECTURE SERIES jamie chalmers
catherine ellis
linda eaton
jamie brummitt
sarah yarborough
jeana klein
michele carragher
Since establishing the Mr X Stitch site in
Catharine taught the Professional
Linda Eaton is the John L. & Marjorie
Jamie L. Brummitt is a third-year PhD
Recently accepted into the Council of
Jeana Eve Klein’s recent studio practice
Michele Carragher is a London-based
2008, he has been showcasing new tal-
Fiber Program at Haywood Community
P. McGraw Director of Collections and
Student in the Graduate Program in
Fashion Designers of America, NCSU
explores the broad theme of value: how
hand embroiderer and illustrator who
ent in the world of textiles and stitch and
College for 30 years before retiring in
Senior Curator of Textiles at Winterthur
Religion at Duke University. Jamie’s
alumni Victor Lytvinenko and Sarah
society in general assigns value (or
has been working in costume on film
has curated a number of stitch-based
2008. She is now devoted to studio
Museum and teaches in the Winterthur
research focuses on the visual and ma-
Yarborough started RALEIGH Denim
worthlessness) to objects and how the
and television productions for over 15
exhibitions in the UK and Ireland.
work and teaching a limited number of
Program in Early American Culture and
terial cultures of 19th century American
Workshop in 2007 in their hometown,
art world, specifically, assigns value to
years. She studied fashion design at The
workshops. Her original training was in
the Winterthur/University of Delaware
Protestantism. Her most recent projects
Raleigh, NC. The husband and wife
works of art, craft and design. These
London College of Fashion, where the
A stitcher for over ten years, he is an
traditional woven techniques, which led
Program in Art Conservation. After
investigate schoolgirls’ needlework,
team learned the history and techniques
ideas are made tangible through large
course incorporated design, pattern cut-
internationally exhibited artist and the
her to weave functional fabrics for many
graduate work at the Textile Conserva-
mourning in America, Spiritualism and
of traditional American jeans-making
mixed media quilts and tiny obsessive
ting, garment construction, embroidery,
curator of PUSH Stitchery, featuring 30
years, often incorporating ikat resist
tion Center and the Courtauld Institute of
the Civil War, children and religion,
through a series of informal apprentice-
embroideries. The quilts draw both
millinery and illustration. At the same
contemporary embroidery artists from
dyeing. More recently her career has
Art, she worked as a textile conservator
Victorian parlor culture and women’s
ships with former factory workers, pat-
visually and conceptually on Klein’s
time she attended a three year evening
around the world. He has also written
been defined by the discovery and explo- in Scotland before coming to Winterthur.
suffrage.
ternmakers and mechanics throughout
infatuation with abandoned houses.
course in Saddlery at Cordwainers Col-
articles for textile publications across
ration of the woven shibori process.
the world, including FiberArts magazine
the state. The couple built a workshop
lege learning skills in leatherwork.
including Needles & Haystacks: Pastoral
Jamie completed her Bachelor of Arts
in downtown Raleigh where they and
Klein has an undergraduate art + design
and Surface Design Journal, and is a reg-
Woven shibori has challenged all that
Imagery in American Needlework and
in May 2010 at the University of North
their team produce jeans, marrying
degree from NC State University and an
ular guest on CrossStitcher magazine.
she knows about weaving and has led
With Cunning Needle: Four Centuries of
Carolina Wilmington, where she majored
old-school methods with modern fits.
MFA from Arizona State University. Her
her to investigate new materials, resists,
Embroidery. Her first book, Quilts in
in Philosophy & Religion and Communi-
RALEIGH Denim Workshop has expand-
work has been exhibited internationally
He believes in the benefits of stitching,
dyes and finishing processes. More
a Material World: Selections from the
cation Studies and minored in Spanish
ed into mens and womens collections,
and had images of her work printed in
both from a relaxation and a sustain-
recently Catharine has been exploring
Winterthur Collection, was published in
and Digital Arts. She earned her Master
all produced in the United States with a
American Craft and several volumes of
ability perspective, and is honoured to
applications of Jacquard and industrial
2007. Her new book, Printed Textiles:
of Arts in Religion at Duke University in
focus on design, process, material, and
Surface Design Journal. She is a 2014
introduce new artists that inspire and
weaving in combination with hand dye-
British and American Printed Cottons and
2012. Jamie finished coursework last
craft. RDW is sold at Saks, Nordstrom,
recipient of a Craft Artist Fellowship
encourage new people to take to the
ing. She has been working in partner-
Linens 1750-1850, based on Florence
spring and is studying for preliminary
Bloomingdale’s and better boutiques
from the North Carolina Arts Council.
needle and thread.
ship with The Oriole Mill in Henderson,
Montgomeryís classic work, was pub-
exams. Jamie also designs patterns of
around the world.
Klein is Associate Professor of Fibers in
NC, to develop fabrics for both chemical
lished in September 2014.
19th century mourning embroideries and
the Art Department at Appalachian State
mourning samplers.
University.
dyes and natural colorants.
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She has curated a number of exhibitions
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