The Broderers' Exhibition 2025: The Art of Embroidery 
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049.
Kate Pankhurst
Folium Aeris
Hand embroidery:
goldwork technique using copper bright check, passing, smooth purl, pearl purl, beads and kid leather stitched into velvet, with stump work organza leaves
Dimensions: 25.5 x 20 x 7.5 cm
Price: £1,500
Artist Statement
A goldwork embroidery using all copper materials. Fascinated by how fallen leaves gently decay and become skeletal, and how copper changes from warm shining tones to verdigris. The work speaks to the transformational beauty of time.
Kate Pankhurst FRSN: First Prize winner of the Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery 2021, finalist in 2023, winner of the GSWD Award for Best Use of Goldwork 2021.