Artists names revealed!

The names of the artists are now revealed beside each postcard size work!

Thank you!

We want to thank everyone for contributing work to our fund raising exhibition, which has been a great success! So far we’ve raised nearly £1600, which exceeded all our expectations so a big thank you to everyone who donated or bought work and some people did both!

The highest bid was £60, which was paid for number 130 by Matthew Harris.

With additional funds already raised we now have enough to pay for business cards and postcards to promote our work at the degree show and beyond. It is a great help that we don’t have to continue fund raising through the final term and can focus on working for our degree show. This certainly wouldn’t have been possible without your contribution.

We will shortly be updating the blog to display the artist’s names beside each postcard size work.

Wishing you a Very Happy Christmas and Prosperous 2012

from all the 3rd Year Embroidery Students

at Manchester Metropolitan University!

Bids CLOSED

Bidding by email has now closed. Thank you to everyone who placed a bid! You will be notified by email on Friday 9th December if you have placed a winning bid. Good Luck!

Bids Ending Soon

Bids by email close in fifteen minutes, so get your bids in before it’s too late! Good luck!

Viewing Postcards

To view all the postcards, click on ‘Older Posts’ at the bottom of the page. From there you will be able to click through all the pages using the ‘Older Posts’ and ‘Newer Posts’ links – there are quite a lot of pages, but to return to 001 click on the 5.8 x 4.1 logo at the top of the page.

5.8 x 4.1 Begins

The exhibition went up on Monday and bids have already started coming in. Here’s a few pictures of all the postcards; we received 169 in total! The bottom picture shows all the notes we received from the lovely contributors. Everyone was extremely happy to be involved and wished us well with the exhibition.

Bidding has now opened, so if you see a postcard you would like to bid on, just send us an email at fivepointeightbyfourpointone@hotmail.co.uk containing the postcard card number, the amount you would like to bid, your name and your telephone number. Bids start at £10. Postage and packaging will be charged at £2.99. You will be notified by email on 9th December if you place a winning bid.

List of Contributors

Abi Goodman	Dione Swift	Jim Medway	Melanie Miller
Aferdita Kulla	Dot	Jo Andrews	Michael Brennand-Wood
Agron Blakçori	Elaine Wilson	Jo Budd	Michele Friswell
Ajshe Blakçori	Emily Pitts	Joan Baxter	Naniie Bim
Alex Russell	Emma Louise Minshall	Jodie Edwards	Naori Priestly
Ali Neilly	Faye Metcalf	Jodie Heaton	Natalie Davies
Alice Cole	Fazli Blakçori	Jordan Hargreaves	Ness Donnelly
Alice Colson	Fiona	Josie Hunter	Nicola Bayley
Alice Kettle	Fiona Curran	Jules Lewis	Noor Kimit
Alison Tribe	Freddie Robins	Kandy Diamond	Norman Gibson
Alljan Moehamad	Freyia Lillian Porteous	Karen Nicol	Peg Salam-Smith
Amy Tidmarsh	Gill Hamill	Kati Simpson	Penny Leaver Green
Andy Smith	Gill Sharp	Katie	Richard Colson
Angela Knipe	Grace DuPrez	Katie Lawes	Roanna Wells
Anglea Stead	Hava Nevezi	Katy Stoor	Robin Stevenson
Anne Jones	Hayley Godrey	Kazuhito Takadoi	Roree Windus
Anne Wilson	Heather MacDonald	Kiran Lee	Rosie James
Annie Harrison	Heather Tribe	Lani Irving	Ruth Evans
Anthony Zinonos	Helen Mather	Laura Faithfull	Sarah Burgess
Arja Suddens	Isabel Dibden Wright	Laura Jane Atkinson	Sarah Morpeth
Aya Kakeda	J Kenworthy	Lauren Steeper	Sarah Walton
Ayasha Wood	J Spedding	Lily Fulvio-Mason	Seleena Laverne Daye
B.L.C	J Straw	Linda Miller	Silver Shauna
Becca Fielding	Jackie	Lora Avedian	Sophie Corfan
Benjamin Fletcher	Jackie	Lucy Burbeck	Stephanie Estall Knight
Besnik Kulla	Jane Bonney	Lumjetë Havolli	Stephen Raw
Bridget Schilizzi	Jane McKeating	Lynn Setterington	Stuart Rees
Burhan Blakçori	Janet Haigh	Maggie Howell	Sue Prestbury
Caren Garfen	Jennie Morris	Mandi	Tom Vousden
Carol Newman	Jenny	Mandy Tolley	Vicky Mellor
Caroline Kirton	Jenny Bordoli	Maria Walker	Zarife Kulla
Chloe Hamill	Jenny Stevenson	Mark Beecroft	Zoe Utley
Claire Lane	Jenny Stoor	Mark Matcham
Conall O’Brien	Jenny Wightwick	Mary Clark
Courtney Maddison	Jessica Killen	Matthew Harris

5.8 x 4.1 Exhibition has been organised by final year embroidery students at Manchester Metropolitan University to raise funds for career development by promoting their work to future employers.

We asked various artists, particularly those who use stitch, to contribute postcard size work and we have been delighted by the response. Some of the contributors are distinguished in their field including members of staff at Manchester School of Art.

Many of the exhibits have been donated by artists we know or whose work we have seen and been inspired by as well as by students at MMU.

The exhibition includes work by professional and self-taught artists and we have been touched by the generosity of people wanting to support us on our creative path. We recently received work donated by artists in Kosovo and a textile group in Portsmouth.

Viewing Postcards

To view all the postcards, click on ‘Older Posts’ at the bottom of the page. From there you will be able to click through all the pages using the ‘Older Posts’ and ‘Newer Posts’ links – there are quite a lot of pages, but to return to 001 click on the 5.8 x 4.1 logo at the top of the page.

001 of 169

No. 001 – Hand embroidery and embellishment on fabric

Emma Louise Minshall

002 of 169

No. 002 –  Paint on board

Richard Colson