Claire Wellesley-Smith

• Talk and opening of the exhibition Stitching Praxis by Claire Wellesley-Smith

📍Thursday, 28 May 2026 at 18:00 | Layer House, Škrlovec Gallery, Kranj

The exhibition will be on view until Wednesday, 3 June 2026.

• Literary Salon: A conversation about the books Resilient Stitch (2021) and Slow Stitch (2015) by Claire Wellesley-Smith

📍 Saturday, 30 May 2026 at 19:00 | Layer House, Škrlovec Tower, Kranj

We are delighted to announce the visit of Dr Claire Wellesley-Smith, a world-renowned textile artist, geographer, academic researcher, practitioner in the field of arts and health, and the author of the influential and repeatedly reprinted books Resilient Stitch (2021) and Slow Stitch (2015).

Stitch is used as a cipher and memoir in this exhibition of textiles by Claire Wellesley-Smith. Place is positioned through the materials used and their connection to long-term creative health and heritage engagement projects in the former industrial textile areas of northern England. Using dyes produced in community gardens and former industrial sites, improvised stitch marks are added to these durational pieces over time—each mark a metaphor for place, context, and feeling

Both events are free and open to everyone – no registration needed.

Discover more about Claire’s artistic practice in the videos below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF71Up0M1LI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blkr-tREMVA