Two days ago, accompanied by the ever-supportive Cathy, I went to do my invigilating stint at Sunny Bank Mills where ‘Without Fear Or Favour’ is on display as part of a 62 Group show.
I left home at 4.40am and returned at 10.20pm. Totally worth it.
This post is text-light because three days ago I had a very, very, very, very minor procedure done at King’s. A male doctor (thank you Dr ‘we-don’t-use-pencils-anymore’ Carroll) expertly extracted some pencil-lead from my typing finger and then stitched up the hole whilst I quizzed him about the kind of needle he was using. Said lead had been embedded for 38 years. It has taken me 13 hours to key-in this much, almost double the time it would usually take. And I can’t stitch, either.
It turns out that graphite is green on medical photos (proper medical photos, not the one above) and mine is the greenest digit in existence and henceforth will be used for teaching purposes across the globe. I wasn’t informed as to whether the learning outcome was ‘how to identify under-skin carbon’ or ‘how to identify a moron’.
Anyway, back to the exhibition. Photos below. Hopefully I’ve included all of the artists.
Touchlines, curated by Ealish Wilson and Claire Barber. 10am - 4pm Thurs -Sun, until 31st May. 3rd Floor 1912 Mill, Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, West Yorkshire LS28 5UJ. Free. Meet some of the artists (not me) at 6 - 8pm on 16th May.
My writing is AI-free, obvs.
Without Fear Or Favour on display at Sunny Bank Mills
Cut & Stitch (detail) by Catherine Dormor. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
National Union of Had Enough of This Shite by Helen Davies. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Watching the Game (detail) by Jane McKeating. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Spent Spools (detail) by Jane Walkley. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Sweepings (detail) by Claire Barber. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
The Breath of the Moon (detail) by Debbie Lyddon. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
The Stuff of Nightmares (detail) by Sue Stone. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Duty of Care II by Hannah Lamb. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Edging Stitch Touching Lines (detail) by Isobel Currie. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Gossamer Layers (detail) by Ealish Wilson. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Half Full (detail) by Mark Mcleish. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Rights of Passage (detail) by Vanessa Rolf. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Love Languages (detail) by Mei Lock. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Touchlines by Hannah White. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Lifelines Touched by the A58 (detail) by Paddy Killer. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Stitched Stories by Andi Walker. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Sentinel by Caroline Bartlett. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Touch Football (detail) by Rachael Howard. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Lineout by Helen Yardley. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Lasting Impressions (detail) by Sally Spinks. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Instructions for knitting… by Heather Belcher. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
The beginning of something new? (detail) by Hazel Bruce. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Shifting Sands (detail) by Jae Maries. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Salad Servers and the Odd Fish Slice (detail) by Helen Banzhaf. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
August 31/1989 (detail) by Isabel Fletcher. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Faith for the Future (detail) by Atsuko Yamamoto. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Gary on the Touchline (detail) by Lynn Setterington. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Hope and Cindy (detail) by Anne Smith. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Icon-Maze (detail) by Eszter Bornemisza. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Dad by Julie Heaton (apologies for the reflection). Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Eira (detail) by Anna Gravelle. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
Welcome (detail) by Marilyn Rathbone. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
The moments that I can’t recall (detail) by Louise Baldwin. Sunny Bank Mills, May 2026
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Thanks for the comprehensive tour of the exhibition. Lovely work. That reminds me, I have a blue dot where my friend stabbed me on the finger with a pen around 1972. I haven’t looked at it for years though.
Thanks for the comprehensive tour of the exhibition. Lovely work. That reminds me, I have a blue dot where my friend stabbed me on the finger with a pen around 1972. I haven’t looked at it for years though.
Stunning works. Always wish I was closer to the places you exhibit.
Also, is there a translation comes with 'Love Languages'?
Also, also, hope your finger is soon on the mend. (The irony of you needing stitches, delaying your own stitches.)