Lee Creswell
Lee Creswell is an experienced silk painter and batik artist whose hand-painted wall hangings, paintings and scarves have been exhibited at home and abroad. Her aim is to explore the versatility of batik by creating works on different materials, with subjects ranging from botanical, seascape and marine life.
During her 27 month stay in Washington DC, The Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library honoured her by holding a month-long Exhibition of her ‘Silk Creations’. Some of her silk paintings were selected for exhibition in the District Courthouse, Maryland, USA. She is a freelance tutor/demonstrator/lecturer on batik, shibori and silk painting and hold classes in UK and USA, have lectured in the Textile Museum and other art centres in the US. In 2007 she was one of the invited speakers at the Kuala Lumpur International Batik Convention and has received another invitation to speak at the next Convention in December 2009. She was a guest speaker at The 1958 Golden Anniversary Reunion in Malacca, Malaysia.
Two pairs of oriental doorway curtains were exhibited in the 1st International Silk Painting Congress in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. In the last couple of years, two of her works were amongst those on The UK Batik Guild 20th Anniversary Touring Exhibition. Several of her paintings are displayed in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge (UK) and two batik silk pieces were included in “Batik for Artists & Quilters” book. She was also invited to contribute a short article for the UK Batik Guild’s Book: ‘Batik Transitions: From Classic to Contemporary’. Lee has not only written articles for a number of Journals but has also been interviewed for articles in Magazines and had Commissions from America, Germany, Japan and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, UK.
Offices:
Assistant Secretary of World Batik Council, UK Representative of the American Silk Painters International (SPIN), Oversea Contributor of ‘MyBatik’ Journal, Malaysia, East Anglian Area Representative of the Batik Guild.
She was Chairman of the Batik Guild 20th Anniversary Committee from April 2005 to April 2006 and until April 2007 was the Secretary UK Batik Guild.
Membership:
International Shibori Society, Surface Design Association USA, The Textile Museum (Washington DC), Smithsonian Institute (Washington DC), Cambridge Open Studios, UK Batik Guild, Guild of Silk Painters and registered with the Crafts Council, UK.
2009
• 20-22 February, Textile in Focus (Group Exhibition of Fen Edge Textiles), Cottenham Village College, Cambs
• 6-21 June 2009 (Group Exhibition of Fen Edge Textiles, Sutton Hoo)
• 11-12 July 2009 and 25-26 July 2009, Solo Exhibition, Cambridge Open Studios
2007
• July-December 2007 (Silk Painters International Group Exhibition)
Silk Fine Art Exhibition, US District Courthouse Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
• 1-31st October 2007 (Solo Exhibition)
Silk Creations, Martin Lurther King Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW, Washington DC, USA
• January 2007 (Baik Group Exhibition)
The Gloucester Museum and Art Gallery
May 2007 (Batik Group Exhibition)
• Brighton Festival Open House
2006
• September – November 2006
The Batik Guild 20th Anniversary Exhibition, The Knitting & Stitching Exhibitions at NEC (Birmingham), Alexandra Palace (London), and Harrogate.
• “Dreams” – Group Exhibition, 3rd Anniversary of the Belarus Batik Club, organised by the Belarus Batik Club.
2005
• Guild of Silk Painters Annual Meeting, Francis Bacon School, St Albans, Herts.
• Waxing Lyricals, Batik Guild Annual Exhibition, Haddenham Gallery, Nr Ely, Cambs
• Festival of Quilts, World of Shibori Stand, NEC, Birmingham Members’ Exhibition
• Cambridge Open Studios, One person show
• Heidelberg Exchange Open Studios (Germany), Group Show
• Textile in Focus, Group Show, Cottenham Village College, Cambridge, UK.
2004-2000
• Christmas Exhibition, Group Exhibition of Cambridge Open Studio Artists, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
• Cambridge Open Studios (One person Show)
• “Looking West”, Batik Guild Annual Exhibition in Carmarthen, Wales
• Annual Batik Guild, Scotland, Perth
• The Hoboken Travel Exhibition, New York & Chicago, USA 3 pieces of wall hangings
1998
• 1st International Congress of Silk Painters, Fairfax, Virginia, USA, Two Oriental Curtains
Demonstrations, workshops, talks on batiks, shibori techniques and painting on silk are given.
2006-7: Workshops held in USA
• G Street Fabric Shop, 11854 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
• The Textile Museum, 2320 S Street NW, Washington DC 20008
• The Smithsonian Institution, S Dillon Ripley Center, Washington DC 20026
• Harrisville Designs Center Village, New Hampshire, P O Box 806, Harrisville, New Hampshire 03450
See Tuition list for dates and subjects in 2009-2010. £10.00 off if two or more classes are booked.
One-to-One Tuition available.
For further information, please contact Lee Creswell:
via Email: cnlc1@cam.ac.uk or cnlcreswell1@gmail.com.
Lee Creswell received a Silver Star Award in a Silk Painters' Exibition and received a number of Highly Recommended mentions.
Batik, Collage, Fabric, Mixed Media, Silk Embroidery, Silk Painting
Abstract, Botanical Illustration, Flowers And Gardens, Landscape, Seascapes and Water, Wild Flowers
Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Mainland