life style
Lindsay Taylor creates three-dimensional highly textured embroideries. Her ranges encompass items such as
handbags, jewellery, shoes, wall art and lampshades. With the garden as a big
inspiration we decided summer was the perfect time to take a closer look.
Wonderland...of colour A
AS a small child, Lindsay Taylor’s favourite toy was her grandmother’s Singer sewing machine. Stretch- ing her little legs to reach the foot-pedal that op- erated it, she began by stitching paper, colouring between the perforated lines to create ‘stamps’. She progressed to fabric and, with her creativity fostered by needlework lessons at school, began making her own clothes. She remembers with par- ticular fondness a line of halter-neck tops which her parents deemed too immodest for public view!
Lindsay never considered any other line of work. An Islander born and bred, she trained in pattern cut- ting and design at Highbury College in Portsmouth, before setting up a successful business designing bridal gowns. But her imagination was too vivid to be confined to frocks. She studied embroidery at Portsmouth and began to branch out, building an extraordinary, highly original collection which includes handbags, jewellery, wall-hangings and sculpture.
Looking at her work is like stepping into a colour- drenched wonderland.
Drawing inspiration from
the pine forest that surrounds her house and her cottage garden, she focuses on flowers. Handbags come in the form of crocuses, snow-drops, dog- roses and more. She creates begonia necklaces, fuschia pendants and daisy chain bracelets all of which combine wit, delicacy and remarkable skill. Lindsay, 48, creates and dyes her own fabric and works it with a combination of self-taught tech- niques including devore, appliqué, felting, heat manipulation and – always – embroidery. She has exhibited across Britain and next year will have her first overseas show in Denmark.
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‘The Forgotten’ Chair, lamp stand and floor lamp. Shoe, detail, handbag and hat.
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