Flea Cooke artist/maker
Art Forms
Printmaking, Textiles
Exhibition and News
Keepsakes and Momentoes WI workshop for 3 Rivers March/April 2017
‘Making a Mark’ Group show – Courtyard Gallery, Hertford June/July 2017
Open Studios – Kingsbury Barn, group show September 2017
Visiting lecturer at UH October 2017 – July 2018
‘A few of my favourite things’ – group show Upstairs Gallery January 2018
Development of mosaics collection January – July 2018
‘Ebb and Flow’ Herts Textile Arts group show – Parndon Mill May 2018
Hitchin Art Fair – group exhibition HVAF July 2018
‘And so she did’ Banner Project for St Albans Museum and Art Gallery August 2018
Open Studios group show – Tressle Art Space September 2018
‘Collections Re-crafted’ ERTF exhibition at Saffron Walden October 2018
Textile technician – one day a week at Loreto School October 2018 – July 2019
Courtyard Open – selected exhibition April 2019
Hitchen Big Art Fair – group exhibition HVAF July 2019
‘The Making of a Market Town’ – ERTF exhibition September – November 2019 Exhibitor and exhibition co-ordinator
‘Six More’ – group exhibition with Herts womens mentoring group October 22 – 28 2019
Biography
I have worked for many years as a Textiles teacher, and increasingly broadened out from textiles to a more mixed media approach in my own practice, including making mosaics, and recently printmaking. My recent work often starts with chance finds, often flints, shells and pebbles, which I draw and collage.
Working loosely with marks and layered surfaces, I enjoy accidents and a spontaneous approach to mark making – to evoke the marks left by natural elements. Interests include shadows, symbols, geology and a wild open spaces.
Contact
Email: fleacooke@gmail.com