St Margaret’s & The Corah Works

St Margaret’s & The Corah WorksIn 2012 I was awarded a Leverhulme Artist in Residence Award in conjunction with the Leicester Universitys Centre for Urban History. Over 9 months I made a series of works celebrating the citys manufacturing past and the wealth of industrial buildings still standing, even if no longer used for their original purpose. The Corah Works once made clothes for M&S and took St Margaret as one of the very first registered trademarks for knitted goods. The

This view from the canal

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A set of 4 greeting cards that celebrate the seasons in a kitchen garden

letting images emerge and define themselves over several weeks – it seems to resonate with the growing and tending of the plot

I was captivated by the remarkable plasterwork and the unicorn featured in this print draws inspiration from the exquisite 400-year-old ceilings

A set of 3 greeting cards from original linocuts

When I moved to Leicester I was told that in the 1930s Leicester was the 3rd richest city in Europe and this is celebrated by the wealth of beautiful buildings of that period

The Abbey sits in a beautiful sheltered hollow of a valley

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Walk to the bridge