Meet the Artist

Thelma Dickens

All my life I have dabbled in crafts, trying many different techniques. In the 1980’s I opened a craft shop in Sittingbourne, which meant I had to learn more about certain crafts of which embroidery seemed to be the one most customers wanted to buy and often needed help – so I had to teach myself to show them! I was also doing upholstery at the time and found myself stripping and recovering in between selling all my other crafts.

I then decided to take a 4 year City and Guilds Course in embroidery and design and this was great fun. Of all the techniques, stump work was my favourite – I like the idea of the tactile 3D form of the work, particularly the boxes.

My other interest is painting and in particular, botanical illustration.

I am always happy to discuss possible commissions.