Sample WorkFibrefusion is an exhibiting group of textile artists who are tutored/mentored by Pauline Verrinder. They meet for a fortnightly workshop at Cottenham Village College, nr. Cambridge.

Sample Work The aim of the workshop has always been to encourage each member to develop and extend their existing skills and expertise, based on a strong design foundation and motivation. The atmosphere is sharing, supportive and inspirational with a strong bond having been forged between individual members.

Sample Work The group exhibits on a regular basis, both locally, nationally and internationally. They have exhibited for several years at the Knitting & Stitching Shows at Alexandra Palace, Harrogate and the NEC. The group have also exhibited at the Fashion, Embroidery & Stitch Show 2006 in Harrogate, being one of the main exhibitors and will again be exhibiting at the show in 2009. A busy and exciting year for Fibrefusion was 2004 when the group were invited to exhibit in Jersey, Channel Isles at their Textile Showcase and again at Quilt Et Textilkunst, Munich, in Germany in December. Each time we launch a new book, we are grateful to Art Van Go who have invited us to launch our books with an exhibition in their gallery. “Textiles in Focus” at Cottenham nr. Cambridge is also another regular exhibiting venue. Forthcoming exhibitions will be at the Knitting & Stitching Show, Harrogate, Nov. 07 and Textiles in Focus, Feb. 08.

Beyond Boundaries As a shared project in the Spring of 2002, Fibrefusion published their first book ‘Beyond Boundaries’. The electric and inspirational spirit of the group, invited the challenge of working on a book and it quickly became a hard learning curve but with everyone gaining greatly from the experience. The skills and contacts within the group were drawn upon and combined with individual expertise, in pursuance of what was initially just a challenge to encourage Fibrefusion to extend their horizons.

Encrustation Interest and demand for the first book resulted in several re-prints and due to its success we were encouraged to publish a second book ‘Encrustation’ in June 2003 which to our delight was met with similar acclaim.

Evolutions In July 2005 we launched our third book ‘Evolutions, a stitcher’s evolutionary workbook which offered an open invitation to all who worked with fabric and thread to share with us the continual evolution of our skills and art.

On Form Every time we work on a new book we endeavour to learn from previous mistakes, but also strive to keep moving forward. Our latest venture in publishing is our fourth book called ‘On Form’ - a stitchers’ workbook on sculptural textiles. With the passion for our subject still as energetic as ever, we felt that it was important to keep our work evolving, so we elected to change the book’s format and style to inject a fresh approach to our work.