Sue rangeley biography

  • Fine craftsmanship and inventive flair combine in Sue Rangeley's embroidered textiles, works of art for fashion and interiors.
  • Artist biography.
  • An artistic career shaped by fine art studies in the late 1960s, a love of painting and drawing continue to infuse Sue's embroidered creations.

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    An artist’s studio holds the secrets of their creations, Embroidery Atelier invites readers to delve into the art and craft of a contemporary embroiderer, and be inspired to stitch.

    Embroidery Atelier steps into my studio world, sharing the visions and passions that inspire and shape a sequence of artistic embroideries. Beautiful photographic images by Michael Wicks capture the essence and meticulous detail of the textiles. A companion volume to Embroidered Originals (2010), creative stitch continues to delight the eye, enrich the senses and enchant the imagination.

    Sue opens the doors of her studio in Charlbury as part of Oxfordshire Artweeks 2025.

    Featuring displays of embroidered textiles and botanical painting, including archive pieces.

    More details available in January 2025.

    ‘Stitching the Decades’ 1974 - 2024

    The Court Barn Museum hosted an exhibition of Sue’s archive pieces in May 2024, a popular event attracting interest from textile enthusiasts

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    Sue Rangeley: Exquisite embroidered textiles

    A golden career spanning almost half a century has been the achievement of celebrated textile artist Sue Rangeley. Intricately machine stitched lace, beadwork, delicate silk appliqué, hand-painting, and array of artful embellishments all feature in her unique textile art.

    Sue runs her creative practice from her garden studio, located in the heart of Oxfordshire. From there she shares the story of her international career, launched after she boldly walked into Vogue House in London in 1976 with a collection of embroidered bags and waistcoats.

    From relief textures influenced bygd 17th century stumpwork to free machine embroidered lace inspired bygd botanicals, and the fantasy fashions adorning 1970s Vogue cover girl Jean Shrimpton, Sue’s curiosity has explored and incorporated such a range of techniques that this story will contain insights for every reader.

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    1980 - 1990
    'British Crafts' Florida, USA; 'Fashion as Art' Boston, USA.
    'Art Textiles', Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
    'Quilting, Patchwork & Appliqué' Crafts Council Touring UK.
    'Stitched Textiles for Interiors', R.I.B.A. London.
    'Hatches, Matches, Dispatches', National galleri of Victoria, Australia.
    'The Embroiderers' Garden' touring exhibition UK.
    Chelsea Craft Fairs, Crafts Council. ('83 & '88).

    1990 - 2000
    Group exhibition of Contemporary Embroidery, Osaka & Tokyo, Japan.
    'An Eye for Detail' Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire.
    Solo show of Embroidered Textiles in Tokyo ('93).
    Festival of Embroidery at Yarlington House, Somerset.
    'The Embroiderers Garden' group show in Tokyo.
    'Embroidery in Kelmscott', Community Project, Oxon.
    'Crafts Showcase' Abingdon Museum, Oxon.

    2002
    'The Spirit of the Place', organized bygd Miranda Gunn & National Trust.

    2003
    Sue Rangeley & Verina Warren Newington House Gallery, Oxfordshire.

    2005
    'Inspired to