CTLondon is an exhibiting group. Below are galleries of recent exhibitions.
Our forthcoming exhibition is:
Textiles in the Park – Saturday 5th September until Sunday 27th September 2026
This new exhibition from Contemporary Textiles London is mainly about the house, gardens and environment of Morden Hall Park. Members visited one day last September to be inspired, take photographs and find a subject for a walllhanging to exhibit. The idea came from a member who volunteers here and knows Morden Hall Park well.
The result is a highly varied and entertaining take on this beautiful and intriguing place. The range of subjects chosen is huge, from the shape of a door, a window or wheel, to the river or exhibits on show – and of course the gardens and plantings. The photographs taken as inspiration are displayed alongside each piece.
A second section of the exhibition features a ‘challenge’ to members to make a piece 50cm square from a maximum of four specified colours of Kona cotton. Some members found this indeed challenging, but enjoyable. Once again, the variety of designs is surprising and interesting.
Our previous exhibitions:
Free Hand 30th April – 11th May 2024
Contemporary Textiles London is delighted to announce their forthcoming exhibition: ‘Free Hand’.
The exhibition will open on the 30th April and run until the 11th May 2024. It is not open on the Bank holiday.
Opening hours:
- Weekdays: 10.30am-8pm
- Saturday: 10.30am-5pm
- Sunday: 12pm-5pm
The title ‘Free Hand’ reflects the recent name change of the group from quilt to textiles, broadening the scope and literally allowing each member a freehand to produce a textile piece both enjoyable to produce and also celebrating their artistic skill, with some nod to their quilting roots.
Separately the group produced the ‘blue’ display, a set of tightly defined pieces, of equal size and colour, providing a panel which is considerably greater than the sum of its parts. The two displays express clearly and graphically the ethos of CTL: the synergy of the blue pieces and the diversity of the Free hand works are the dual aspects of a group where mutual support and close working are rewarded, whilst individual expression is strongly encouraged.
We very much look forward to welcoming visitors to our Free Hand exhibition.
Below is a link if you wish to download our leaflet about the textile exhibition.
https://ctlondon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CTLFlyer-2024A5-for-website.pdf
Close to Home exhibition May/June 2022
This is the second exhibition that Contemporary Quilt London have held and the title was chosen to reflect the fact that the last two years have been an unprecedented time for all of us. As the pandemic eased and life slowly started to resume its usual pace members have been reflecting on their own experiences. The pieces produced for this exhibition were individual responses and reflections on this time when we were all required to stay at home.
A second body of work displayed was Crossing the Line. This challenge asked members to use three specific colours and a prescribed size to produce a piece with a distinct diagonal line through it.
The quilt galleries below display work from the two themes to the Capital Contrasts exhibition – London and Notan were shown at CQL’s first exhibition in 2019.
London gallery
The first theme London, could be interpreted as freely as the maker wished, the only constraint being the size – 40″x 18″ portrait format.
Notan gallery
The second theme was Notan, the Japanese concept of balance and harmony using light and dark. Here the quilts were sized 20″ x 20″ using just black and white fabrics with the design decisions left entirely to the maker.
As well as in London the exhibitions was shown in Dublin at Simmonscourt RDS and at the Harrogate Convention Centre at the end of November 2019.
Sabi Westoby