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Penny Cornell
is a textile artist based in Cape Town. In recent years she has
worked in her studio near Caen in
Normandy, France, but
has now returned to Cape Town. Born in
England, she studied at the Hammersmith College of Art in London, and has
a City & Guilds Diploma in Embroidery and Design. She emigrated to
South Africa, where later
she married,
and she and her husband have a home in Constantia, a suburb of the City of Cape
Town. They have a
married daughter. She is
the Author of a book about innovative Canvas Work, "The Liberated
Canvas" which sold 10,000 copies world-wide, but is sadly now out of
print. (A few copies are still available from the Author.)
She has lectured and tutored in many aspects of embroidery, and beadwork in Australia, England, France and in South Africa. She has wide-ranging experience in many techniques, such as ecclesiastical embroidery, gold work, blackwork, pulled-thread work, counted-thread work, canvas work, freestyle embroidery, machine embroidery, beadwork, beaded amulet purses and necklaces, and off-loom beadwork. Commissioned pieces of work have varied from tiny pincushions and chatelaines to a set of large wall hangings (designed by the late Eleanor Esmonde-White) for the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. Her work has been featured in magazines and books, and exhibited in Australia, South Africa, England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, the United States of America and in Japan. She has her own range of hand-dyed viscose Penny Threads©, used in her own work, and available for sale on request. |
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NOTE: ALL DESIGNS ARE COPYRIGHT AND MAY NOT BE COPIED FOR COMMERCIAL GAIN Queries and e-mail to: penny.cornell(at)gmail.com Web page designed by John Cornell  Updated: December
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