Janet Cook
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Janet Cook’s textile passion began with a handful of remnants from a temporary shop on a bomb site in Exeter. She made dolls’ clothes with them. A lifetime of designing and sewing had begum!
She began her quilting career in 1988 and was astonished when she won the championship at the first national quilt show she entered. That set her on a path that led to further championships and international recognition of her work.
Her B.Ed. was useful when she started teaching patchwork and quilting in 1992. This gave her many opportunities to travel, and study tours to Morocco and Tunisia provided much inspiration.
Her works now reside in public and private collections across the world. She has held several solo and joint exhibitions over the years. She was elected to the prestigious Society of Designer Craftsmen, but has since resigned.
Janet experimented with fabrics, dyes and paints and designed all her own work from the early days onwards. She works from sketches and her own photos, sometimes printing them on fabric before adding stitching. She makes silk paper from raw silk fibres and collages that with other textiles to produce works that express her love of, and concern for the natural world around her.
She began her quilting career in 1988 and was astonished when she won the championship at the first national quilt show she entered. That set her on a path that led to further championships and international recognition of her work.
Her B.Ed. was useful when she started teaching patchwork and quilting in 1992. This gave her many opportunities to travel, and study tours to Morocco and Tunisia provided much inspiration.
Her works now reside in public and private collections across the world. She has held several solo and joint exhibitions over the years. She was elected to the prestigious Society of Designer Craftsmen, but has since resigned.
Janet experimented with fabrics, dyes and paints and designed all her own work from the early days onwards. She works from sketches and her own photos, sometimes printing them on fabric before adding stitching. She makes silk paper from raw silk fibres and collages that with other textiles to produce works that express her love of, and concern for the natural world around her.