Brenda Parsons MSc, FRGS, FRSA, Licentiate of the Society of Designer Craftsmen

Higher Education Diploma in Stitched Textiles (Distinction)

Embroiderers’ Guild Graduate  at the Knit and Stitch Shows

Diploma in Stitched Textiles Bucks New University

MSc  Quaternary Studies London University

BSc Birkbeck College London University

Teachers Certificate London University

Secondary Education Devonport High School Plymouth, S.W. England

I was trained as a Geographer and Geologist at London Universities, so have a great interest in international cultures and world environments. I am an avid photographer, collector and sketch-book creator. After a Career in Education, as a Teacher, Adviser and Schools Inspector, I studied Textiles at Bucks New University, UK and am now working as a full-time Artist. My passion is paper, its properties and how it can be used in Textile Art. My current work includes  large installations  created using hand made and re-cycled  paper as well as felt, paper  and metal accessories

Some of the locations  where I have exhibited work include

Cleveland Ohio USA, Taiwan, Korea, Switzerland , Israel , Germany, France, Poland, Bulgaria and  in various locations in the UK including the Mall Gallery

I have run workshops at Art Van Go, for the Embroiderers’ Guild and in Brantome France and offer tailor made courses and mentoring from my studio in London