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Ruby Anniversary Exhibition
Tuesday 17 May - Sunday 14 August 2022
Bradford Industrial Museum
For many years, the Guild held exhibitions, each lasting for a couple of weeks, in the Bradford Industrial Museum. However, the Museum changed their requirements, wanting exhibitions to stay in place for a couple of months or more. A relatively small group such as ours could not cope with stewarding/demonstrating for so long a period of time, even if only at weekends, so we were compelled to look for alternative venues.
In 2012, to celebrate our 30th (Pearl) anniversary, we staged a very successful exhibition at Gibson Mill, in the National Trust’s Hardcastle Crags property, near Hebden Bridge. As part of this event, we issued members with the challenge to create an item on the theme of Pearl, offering a small prize to the piece judged to be the best. Ten people entered, creating a remarkably diverse range of beautiful objects.
For our 40th anniversary, we decided to do something similar. This time, there was not to be a competition, but the Guild created an incentive to participate, by providing materials to anyone wishing to have a go. Each member could choose to receive 100 g of red-dyed Corriedale wool and 50 g of similarly dyed Bombyx silk, a like quantity of undyed fibre (for the dyers to work their magic on), or similarly dyed yarn, for the weavers. People could add other fibres, yarns or accessories, if they wished.
A total of 38 Ruby items were submitted, not a bad haul from 52 Guild members. As always, there was a remarkable range of pieces; it is extraordinary how inventive people are, given that everyone had essentially the same starting point.
As always, the exhibition’s main purpose was to showcase Guild members’ work; a further 60 items were submitted that were not related to the Challenge.
We hope that we shan’t wait ten years for our next Guild exhibition, but also look forward to seeing people’s Gold efforts in 2032!
Demonstrating Events
Bradford Industrial Musuem - Sunday 13th March 1-3 p.m. 2022
Spring into Wool - Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th April 2022
Otley Show - Satuday 21st May 2022
Leeds Wool Festival - Saturday 4th June 2022
Todmorden Game and Country Fair - Saturday 2nd July 2022
Weeton Show - Sunday 31st July 2022
Bishop Blaise Festival - Sunday 7th August 2022 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Masham Show - Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th September 2022
Previous Years
Visit of Bradford's Lady Mayor to our Meeting
Knitting and Stitching Show, Harrogate
Our Visit to The Wool Marketing Board and Haworth Scouring Mill in Bradford
We had a wonderful day !
Our Plant Dying Exhibition and Demonstration at Harrogate Flower Show
Lots of Exhibits at Harrogate Wool Weekend
We were invited to Hebden Bridge Farm to watch sheep shearing!
This was our Demonstration Day at Bradford Industrial Museum
All set up for Otley Show
