Sheila BROUGH

Sheila BROUGH
1936

Sheila Brough is a textile artist, designer and dressmaker in West Cornwall, and wife of ceramist Alan BROUGH. Having obtained a degree and teaching diploma in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, London, Sheila lectured in fashion design in Newton Abbot during the 1960s. More recently, she was an adult education lecturer in embroidery and textiles at Penzance School of Art. Currently she is offering weekly textile classes at Heamoor, Penzance. She also works as a bridal designer. Her son Adrian BROUGH is based in St Ives, where he has his own pottery and teaching centre.

media

Machine and hand embroidery, silk painting and collage.

works and access

 

exhibitions

October 2011 : Schoolhouse Gallery, Morvah

memberships

Cornwall Crafts Association

misc further info

 

references

Workbox Embroidery Magazine - article on own and students' work