2023
8 -9 December, Christmas Makers Market, Wells Maltings, Staithe Street, Wells, NR23 1AN. Open 8 December 4-9pm, 9 December 10am-5pm. I’ll be selling collages, watercolours and cards.
13 May – 2 July, 62 Group, Tailored, Sunny Bank Mills Gallery, Unit 14, Sandsgate Building, 82-85 Town Street, Farsley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 5UJ, Opening hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10-4pm, Sunday 12-4pm. Closed Mondays.
6 July -6 August, North Norfolk Exhibition Project, Wighton 23 Cycle, All Saints Church, Wighton, NR23 1PL, 10am -5pm, Open everyday, Free entry.
Everyone welcome!
The Embroiderers’ Guild presents TALKING THREADS: A talk between Shelley Rhodes and Debbie Lyddon and hosted by Susan Weeks of Stitchery Stories.
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This online talk takes place on 9th February 2023 at 7pm.
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Shelley and Debbie discuss how the natural world inspires two textile artists from different parts of the country. Both of them observe and record what they see on regular walks in the countryside around them and this feeds into their working life.
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Book here.
2022
24 June – 10 July 2022, NR23, The Handa Gallery, The Maltings, Staithe Street, Wells-Next-the-Sea, Norfolk NR23 1AU. 10am – 4pm daily. Free entry.

Night Walking – Marsh Light, linen, wire, 45 x 63 cm, 2022
15 January – 26 February, 62 Group, Conversations: People, Places, Materials, Objects, St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, New Street, Lymington, Hampshire , SO41 9BH

Night-Walking: Betelgeuse, linen, wire, 110×108 cm, 2021
15 February – 6 March, Stains and Traces VI, Hastings Arts Forum, 20 Marine Court, Saint Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0DX, Open 11am-5pm, Closed Mondays
Open evening 18 February, 6.30-8.30pm
2021
25 September – 28 November, 62 Group, British Textile Biennial, Connected Cloth: Exploring the Global Nature of Textiles, The Whitaker, Haslingden Road, Rossendale

Belt, Handpainted linen, with stitched and rusted wire eyelets and a dressing of beeswax, linseed oil and polish, wooden textile bobbins, W143 x H213 x D 18 cm, 2021
2020
16 August 2020, Open Studio, Pop-up Outside Gallery, 12 -4pm, 4 The Old Whelkshed, East Quay, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk NR23 1AZ
28 May – 14 June 2020, Place: Sight, Sound, Debbie Lyddon and Mary Morris, Handa Gallery, Wells Maltings, Staithe Street, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk NR23 1AN POSTPONED
2019
7 December 2019 – 27 February 2020, , 62 Group of Textile Artists, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre
20 July – 15 September 2019, CONSTRUCT, 62 Group of Textile Artists, Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, West Yorkshire, Free entry

Black Beach, 62 Group, CONSTRUCT, Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, West Yorkshire
14 March – 6 April, Moments of Being, Handa Gallery, Wells Maltings, Staithe Street, Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23 1AU 11am-4pm daily, free entry

Handa Gallery, Wells Maltings, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, until 6 April 2019, 11am – 4pm
2 February – 22 April, CTRL/Shift, 62 Group of Textile Artists,The National Centre for Craft and Design, Navigation Wharf, Carre Street, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7TW. Open daily 10am – 5pm. Free admission.
6 April 2019, CTRL/Shift, Colour from the Landscape Workshop, 1.30-4pm, £35. Working with Debbie Lyddon, create natural pigments from chalk, rock and clay to make three different paints (watercolour, acrylic and printing ink). The paints will then be explored with a series of different mark making on watercolour paper. Ring 01529 308710 to book
2018
Autumn 2018, Colour Notes (Studio 21) – Knitting and Stitching Show, London, Dublin, Harrogate
21 July – 9 September, CTRL/Shift (62 Group of Textile Artists) – MAC Birmingham, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham B12 9QH, 11am – 5pm, Tue to Sun & Bank Holidays, Free admission
5 July – 5 August, CLEY 18, ‘The greater the distance the clearer the view’ – St Margaret’s Church, Holt Road Cley NR25 7TT
26 June – 31 September, Wells Maltings Trust, CONNECTION: OPEN 2018 – Wells Maltings, Staithe Street, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk NR23 1AU
June – September, Wells Heritage Art Trail – The Quay, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
16 – 18 March 2018, Contemporary Textile Fair – Landmark Arts Centre, Ferry Road, Teddington, TW11 9NN. UK Handmade Winter article
2017
The Sewing Machine Project (Studio 21) – The Knitting and Stitching Shows, London, Harrogate and Dublin.
The Makers Art (Society of Designer Craftsmen North Surrey Group) – Cranleigh Art Centre Cranleigh, Surrey
Cley 17, Connectivity – St Margaret’s Church, Cley-next-the-Sea
The Archive Project – The Cello Factory, London
Making Space (The 62 Group of Textile Artists) – Knitting and Stitching Show, Edinburgh,
Making Space (The 62 Group of Textile Artists) – Spring Knitting and Stitching Show, London
2016
Moments of Being (solo show) – The Knitting & Stitching Shows, London and Harrogate
CLEY16: In Norfolk Now – St. Margaret’s Church, Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Making Space (The 62 Group of Textile Artists) – Macclesfield Silk Museum, Macclesfield
The Sewing Machine Project (Studio 21) – SIT Festival, Lansdown Gallery, Stroud,
The Archive Project – Haslemere Educational Museum, Haslemere,
2015
The Sewing Machine Project (Studio 21) – The Bracknell Gallery, South Hill Park Arts Centre
The Sewing Machine Project Preview (Studio 21 ) – Select Showcase, Cheltenham
Chinese Whispers Selection (Studio 21) -The Well House Gallery, Horndon on the Hill
The Makers’ Art (Society of Designer Craftsmen North Surrey Group) – The Robert Phillips Gallery, Walton-on-Thames
The 62 Group Now – Upfront Gallery, Unthank, Penrith, Cumbria
Designer Crafts at the Mall 2015 – The Mall Galleries, London
2014
Caught by the Tide (solo show) – Society of Designer Craftsmen Gallery, London
Landmark Autumn Art Fair – Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington,
Fine Art Quilt Masters – NEC, Birmingham
Preview of Fine Art Quilt Masters Shortlist – New Designers, London
2013
Chinese Whispers (Studio 21) – The Bracknell Gallery, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
Reflective Space – The Crypt Gallery, London
Landmark Contemporary Textiles Fair – Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington
The shop within the show, Designer Crafts at The Mall 2013 – The Mall Galleries, London
2012
Everyday Encounters – William Morris Gallery, London
Surface II – The Crypt Gallery, London
Group Exhibition – Hastings Arts Forum, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings
The Duration of Surface – The Attic at Lines of Pinner, Pinner
Newland House School (solo show) – Vinery Gallery, Twickenham
Designer Crafts at the Mall – The Mall Galleries, London