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BIOGRAPHY
Training:
Classes at the Royal School of Needlework, Embroiderers’ Guild, New Embroidery
Group
Masterclasses in Blackwork
Embroidery with Jack Robinson
Exhibitions & Displays:
Embroiderers’ Guild South
East Regional Exhibition - September 1996
Embroiderers’ Guild of America Regional Convention, El Paso - July 1997
Gardens Wild and Tame -
Embroiderers’ Guild London Branch - Museum of Garden History, November/December 1997
North Lambeth Craft Show -
June 1998
Embroiderers’ Guild of America National Convention, Louisville - October 1998
Spirit of Cross Stitch, Ontario - October 1998
Selfridges Dept. Store -
Christmas 1998
Victoria and Albert Museum - Christmas 1998
Christmas Exhibition - Museum of Garden History - November/December 1998
Christmas Fayre -
Embroiderers’ Guild - December 1998
The Broiderers’ Garden ... An Exhibition of
Embroidery, Textile Art and Designs by the New Elizabethans - Museum of Garden History - November 1999
Christmas Exhibition - Museum of Garden History - December 1999
Au Fil du Poitou, Montmorillon, France - June/August 2000
[X]hibit, Davies Street, London - July/August 2000
Christmas Exhibition - Museum of Garden History - December 2000
The Art of the Needle, one-man show, Longleat - 18-27
August 2001
Embroidered Elegance, one-man show, St John’s Arts Centre, Harlow
- 6-14 Oct 2001
Needlework Exhibition, group
show - Holme Pierrepont Hall, Nottingham - 30 Oct-1 Nov 2001
‘Inspired by ....’ An
Exhibition of Textile Art and Designs, Embroidered Book Binding, Straw
Embroidery and Embroidery on Paper by The New Elizabethans - Museum of Garden
History -
4-30 November 2001
Embroidered Artworks, The New
Elizabethans exhibition - St John’s Arts Centre - 2-9 Dec 2001
Exhibition by The New
Elizabethans - Longleat - 17-26 August 2002
Show of Work - The
Embroiderers’ Casket - Sulgrave Manor - 9-10 November 2002
Exhibition by The New
Elizabethans - Museum of Garden History - November 2002
The New Elizabethans:
Leon founded The New Elizabethans embroidery group in
1998.
The New Elizabethans is a group of hand-embroiderers
and textile artists, committed to working in contemporary and innovative ways
using traditional needlework techniques.
Ongoing work involves co-ordinating
discussions, leading focus and study groups and group projects, organising
exhibitions, and promoting the work of the group through the press and other
media.
For more information on the group and its work, click here.
Lectures and Classes Taught:
2002
3-7
April - A Sampler Gathering, Plymouth, Mass., USA - Apron and Blackwork Classes
13
April - Embroidery Workshops and lecture, Mimi’s Attic Needlework Shoppe, PA, USA
4
May - Lincolnshire Embroiderers’ Guild Branch - Blackwork Lecture
18-19
May - Parham House - Precision Blackwork Technique Demonstrations & Lecture
1
June - Brighton Embroiderers’ Guild Branch - Suminagashi Lecture
11
June - East Surrey Embroiderers’ Guild Branch - Suminagashi Lecture
15
June - East Surrey Embroiderers’ Guild Branch - Suminagashi Workshop
6
August - Sulgrave Manor - Stars, Stripes and Stitches - Precision Blackwork
Class
3-4
September - Appleby Embroiderers’ Guild - Blackwork Lecture and Workshop
18-21
October - Blackwork, Inspirations with Colour and Stumpwork Class Projects -
South Carolina, USA
16
November - Brighton Embroiderers’ Guild Branch - Suminagashi Workshop
2003
Classes in Elizabethan Blackwork, Using a Traditional Slate Frame, Elizabethan Goldwork, Plaited Braid Stitch held at Kennington.
8 August - Elizabethan Blackwork Embroidery Workshop for Children - Elizabeth Exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
6 December - Cambridge Embroiderers' Guild Branch - Blackwork Embroidery: Magic, Mystery and Symbolism Lecture
13 December - East Kent Embroiderers' Guild Branch - Blackwork Embroidery: Magic, Mystery and Symbolism Lecture
2004
27-28 March - 2-day Course in Elizabethan Blackwork at Manor House Museum
LIST OF ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS
2004 ‘Blackwork Tulip Project'
and article about a fully functional blackwork fan embroidered by Leon Conrad published in
‘Fine Lines’ – the Historic
Needlework Guild’s magazine, Spring 2004, Vol 8 Issue 4
‘A
Garland for Astraea’ and 'Fanfare for Gloriana' published in
‘Cross Stitch Gold’ Magazine, Spring 2004.
‘A
Treatise on Plaited Braid Stitch – Part II’ published in
‘Fine Lines’ – the Historic
Needlework Guild’s magazine, Fall 2003, Vol 8 Issue 2
2003
Interview
with Leon Conrad published in Cross Stitch Collection Magazine, Sept 2003,
Issue 95
Blackwork
Rose Design featured in Cross Stitch Collection Magazine, Sept 2003, Issue 95
The
Elizabethan Garland Series featured in Cross Stitch Collection Magazine, Sept 2003,
Issue 95
‘A
Treatise on Plaited Braid Stitch – Part I’ published in
‘Fine Lines’ – the Historic
Needlework Guild’s magazine, Summer 2003, Vol 8 Issue 1
Medieval Majesty featured in Needlecraft Magazine,
August 2003, Issue 155
Blackwork
Garland Series featured in Classic Stitches Magazine, Issue 57, Summer 2003
Published
a section on Blackwork Embroidery in The Essential Guide to
Embroidery – Murdoch Publishing, London
2002
to be added
Autumn 2001 Blackwork
designs featured in Classic Stitches and Needlecraft Magazines
March 2001 Feature
about Leon Conrad in The Needleworker Magazine
Queene Besse’s Chesse Boarde featured in Cross Stitcher
Magazine
Teapot
design published in Jane Greenoff’s Cross Stitch Magazine
Winter 2000 Feature on Blackwork Chessboard
design by Leon Conrad in The Cross Stitch Guild Magazine
Autumn 2000 4-page
feature about Leon Conrad in Jane Greenoff’s Cross Stitch Magazine
Feature on Chessboard design published in The Cross
Stitch Guild Magazine
Product
profiles featured in Popular Crafts and Quick & Easy Cross Stitch Magazines
Sept 1999 Radio
4 programme - ‘We’ve Got Mail’ - focus on email conversations between Linn
Skinner and Leon Conrad of The New Elizabethans in preparation for The New
Elizabethans’ exhibition, Nov 1999.
Oct 1999 ‘Midnight
Garden’ by Leon Conrad Featured in New Stitches Magazine.
1996- Numerous
reviews and articles on textile art and design published in The New Embroidery
Group’s Newsletter, online groups, etc.
Last updated
Wednesday, 5 May, 2004
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