The Embroidery is on display all year round at:
The Sunbury Embroidery Gallery, The Walled Garden, Thames Street, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6AB

Open Tuesday to Sunday 10am - 5pm (summer) 10am - 4pm (winter)

 To book workshops and talks taking place in the gallery telephone 01932 788101

or ask in person on your next visit.

All workshops are from 10am to 3pm unless otherwise stated.

Gallery Admission Free

First Sunday of each month until July

9.30 am - 12.30 pm

Photographic Workshop 

with photographer Teena Taylor

Celebrate the seasons and the splendour of the Walled Garden. 

Expert tuition by Teena Taylor who has over 16 years commercial experience. This is a great opportunity to learn about your camera, develop your photographic knowledge, and explore the garden with a photographic eye.

£45.00 per person per session 
(coffee/tea included). 
Book early - maximum of 10 people.

Tuesdays - 19 March, 23 April, 21 May, 25 June

1.30 pm to 4.00 pm

Calico Workshop

 with Linda Robinson

Produce a picture on calico representing a garden of your choice. 
Experiment using a range of three dimensional stitches from French knots to pistil stitch.

Cost - £36.00 for minimum of 3 classes

Saturday 9 March

10 am to 3.30 pm

SOPHIE LONG

Will be at the Sunbury Gallery on Saturday 9th March to launch and sign copies of her book

Mastering the Art of Embroidery 

Saturday 16 March

Spring Felt Making 

with Diane Higgins

£35.00 (includes materials).

Saturday 23 March

mixed media

with

valentina brÜnn

A contemporary approach to embroidery. 

Create a vibrant Landscape with the use of Bondaweb, felt, painting and applying fabrics and stitch with experienced tutor and Textile artist Valentina Brünn. 

Cost - £45.00 (including materials).

Tuesday 2 April to Sunday 28 April

HANGING BY A THREAD

James Fox - Textile Artist

Using machine embroidery and reverse appliqué techniques James takes freehand machine embroidery to another depth. Exploring themes in society and everyday life that we sometimes chose to ignore. His portraits of people in society usually seen in a negative light are arrestingly softened by the media skill and colours he carefully chooses for each piece. They reach out emotionally with humour and a raw edge, always questioning, stunningly beautiful and sometimes giving the appearance of stained glass. James has exhibited and sold work nationally and internationally

Saturday 27 April

Photographic Textile Workshop 

Linda Walsh

CREATE a textile piece using a photograph. 
Discover how to use computer printed fabrics and make a small stitched picture suitable for framing. 
Beginners welcome. 

£40.00 (including kit).

Tuesday 30 April to Sunday 19 May

fallen angel 

stained glass installation - david light

David exhibited ‘Fallen Angel’ for the first time at the ‘New Designers’ show in Islington in July 2012 to much acclaim. Before falling under the spell of glass David spent 25 years in the graphic design print industry. He recently gained a first-class honours degree from Swansea School of Glass. During the course he became fascinated with the human form and how its interpretation can speak to the onlooker on many different levels.

‘Fallen Angel’ is a compelling study which is both functional and a work of art with a spiritual vibrancy that is immediately captivating.

Tuesday 28 May to Sunday 23 June

am i in the right place?
a fusion of ceramics

Matt Unsworth 
Jo Aylmer 
Dana Lazarus-Cass 
Jo Barlow

A creative study demonstrating a reawakening of the way in which dedicated graduates make individual dynamic statements through the media of ceramics about how we communicate coexist in an increasingly fragmented world.

Potential to Know Potential to Act 
Dana Lazarus-Cass

Saturday 22 June 
10am to 4pm

clematis festival

The Clematis Society annual show in the Walled Garden with many plants for sale and plenty of advice.

Sunday 30 June 11am to 5pm

sunbury open gardens day

Take the opportunity to visit a number of local garden on this annual event in aid of St Mary’s Church 
and The Shooting Star Children’s Hospice.

Tuesday 2 July to Sunday 28 July

mor·phol·o·gy

an exhibition of botanical art

linda mcdonald - mary ellen taylor - louise 
young - caroline jenkins - shirley slocock

Five diverse and very talented botanical artists come together to share their perception of the natural world. Through close study the artists convey a personal vision of the beauty, complexity and wonder of the living landscape. From the gorgeous colour of a flower in full bloom to the subtle pattern of a gull’s feather, the five different approaches reveal a delight in exploring ‘the small things.’

Saturday 13 July

Silk Shading with Sophie Long

Using silk shading techniques, create a realistic floral design inspired by the Mor·phol·o·gy botanical art Exhibition in the gallery. Suitable for beginners and the more experienced. 

£45.00 (including materials).

Saturday 13 July

Gates open 6.15pm

PICNIC IN THE PARK

An evening concert in the Walled Garden organised by the Friends of the Embroidery. We welcome back Richmond Symphonic Concert Band conducted by Tom Higgins, playing a wide variety of popular music. Gates open at 6.15pm (for 7.00pm start). Tickets £12.50 - £6.50 under 12's. Available at the Embroidery Gallery.

Wednesday 17 July

orchids in art 
A talk by botanist Dr. Phillip Cribb

Phillip Cribb joined the staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in 1974 retiring in 2006 as Deputy keeper of the Herbarium and curator of the Orchid Herbarium. He is patron of the Chelsea Physic Garden’s Florilegium Society and a keen gardener and naturalist. He is President of the Spelthorne Natural History Society. 

Tickets £5.00 – a donation will go to Spelthorne Natural History Society.

Gallery Admission Free

Open Tuesday to Sunday 10am - 5pm (summer) 10am - 4pm (winter)

group bookings & talks 

Regular talks on the Sunbury Millennium Embroidery are given by our experienced volunteers and last approximately 20 minutes. Why not combine your visit with a set lunch or afternoon tea (home made) followed by a walk around the historic walled garden. We can comfortably accommodate parties of up to 12. Booking essential. Booking form available on request. Talks are free, but any donations are gratefully received.

 To book workshops and talks taking place in the gallery telephone 01932 788101

or ask in person on your next visit.

All workshops are from 10am to 3pm unless otherwise stated.