“Recycled memories stitched with found mementoes,
Signs and Symbols,
Dancing Hares,
Old darned printed dresses,
Parodies of life,
Great Auntie’s slippers,
A rhyme or old timey song,
Cotton wool clouds in Azure blue skies,
Butterflies having fun,
Circus performers and magic,
Mysterium of all sorts………
There really is a BIG BAD WOLF you know….”
These are just some of the things that inspire Annie Hutchinson to make her weird and wonderful creatures. Some mirror real life situations, the humour and the irony, some stem from the imagination or a tale told in childhood, remembered and forever intriguing. 
Annie has always had a love for textures which has developed consistently since studying Fine Art Sculpture in Cheltenham. Many traditional skills are performed in the making of these armature figures, needle felting, hand and machine stitching, incorporating appliqué and embroidery, simple lino-cut printing techniques and painted images.
These skills married with Annie’s magpie tendencies to seek vintage materials and discarded treasures come together to form the basis for her other worldly folk.
This recent body of work has been widely exhibited and a number of private commissions have ensued.
Recent Exhibitions and Outlets
Made in Stroud
"The End" Hay on Wye
International Textile Festival 2008 & 2010
Stroud Christmas Market 2008 & 2009
Vintage & Handmade Fair 2008 & 2009
Stroud Valley Artspace Site 08 and Site 09
Sustain 2009 & 2010
Ridgeway Gallery, Marlborough 2010
Prima, Uley 2010
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