Cas Holmes

www.casholmes.co.uk for current events and information

After graduation from the UCA in Kent, Cas Holmes studied papermaking and textiles in Japan supported by a Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship and Japan Foundation Fellowship. Renowned for her use of 'the found', she is the author of four books for Batsford, all of which have been reprinted several times. Her writing takes an eclectic view on how the personal and everyday, different places, nature and the landscape can inform your textile work.

The connections between land, place and environment, found materials and daily observations are a constant source of inspiration for her projects and collaborations. She travels, teaches and exhibits internationally including charities such as Plantlife. She has received a 'Pride of Britain Award' by the NRI Institute (India/UK 2010) for her voluntary art projects in India and excellence in her field.

A senior tutor for the Edward James Foundation at West Dean College (where she was also resident artist) Her many-layered, atmospheric pieces are collected and commissioned internationally (pieces are represented in the Museum of Art and Design New York, the Embroiderer's Guild UK and the Garden Museum, London.) She was a guest artist at the Knitting and Stitching Show in 2018 with 'Textile Landscape',(supported by Arts Council England) and worked on a commissioned body of work for Gypsy Maker 4 organised by the Romani Cultural and Arts Company.

In 2021 she launches her current book for Batsford publications,' Embroidering the Everyday' and is working on new pieces for future exhibitions and a major project in Belgium

Her website is casholmes.co.uk

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