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      • Polly Meynell

        Contemporary Textiles

        'The Maiden and the Mulberry'

        Detail from a tripych for the Worshipful Company of Mercers' commissioned to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee and 700 years of Mercer history.

      • Private collections

        Artworks for private spaces

        'Maiden and the Mulberrry'
        Seawalking
        Fair Deal. Everything above board and smelling of roses
        'Maiden and the Mulberrry'
        Knotted deal
        'Tal-y-Coed' detail
        Cyrstaline
        'Maiden and the Mulberrry'
        Parallel extensions
        'Tal-y-Coed'
        'Parallels'
        Loophole or arrowslit
        'Orbs'
        'Weaving the Weald'
        'Folded hills'
        Detail of 'Necleus'
        'Straight round'
        Square Deal, wrapped in red tape
        Raw Deal. Irish Seas
        'Swell'
        Return from Rhosilli Bay
        'Looking into Spring'
        Towards Rhossili Bay
      • Sacred spaces

        Installations, panels, robes and cloths

        Mitre for the Bishop of Leeds Nick Baines
        Bishop of Leeds Nick Baines
        Burse for All Saints Beckley
        Advent and Lent panel for St Peter's Harrogate
        Gold season altar panel for St Etheldreda's Church Fulham.
        Advent and Lent panel
        Worthing Hospital Sanctuary
        St Mary's Ringmer
        Ordination stole
        Bishop of Gloucester Rachel Treweek
        All season cloth for St Andrew's Corbridge
        Detail from Advent altar panel
        Trinity or Ordinary time panel
        Stoles for Advent and Lent
        Leeds Minster
        Ordinary time panel
        Passiontide panel
        Bishop Rachel Treweek
        Ordination stoles
        Guildford Cope
        Passiontide panel
        A journey of the hand
        Bishop of Leeds Nick Baines
        Magna Carta Cope
        Dean of Guildford Diana Gwilliams
        Five Festal Copes
        St Mary's Funtington
        'Blood shed for the light'
        Trinity Vestment
        URC Altrincham
        Detail of St Andrew's Corbridge
        A reflection of Saddleworth Moor
        West Worthing Baptist Church
        All Saints Beckley panel
        Ceremonial stole
        Bradford Cathedral celebration panel
        Detail of High Altar frontal for St Mary Funtington
      • Public arenas

        Large scale banners, installations and wall hangings

        'Oxmarket'.  Printed textile
        'Martin's garden'. Printed textile
        One of five panels for Southlands Hospital
        'Resolution'
        'Pallant'. Printed textile
        'Peterpub' Printed textile panel
        'Reconciliation and healing' triptych
        'Passionate'
        'Deep in the folds of our hallowed hills
        'Contortion'
        Detail from 'Deep in the folds of our Hallowed Hills'
        'Dis-ease' triptych
        'Appeasement'
        'Window to the sky'
        'We will tell them'
      • About the artist

        Bespoke contemporary textiles, surface embroidery, layering, colour and silk...

        Textiles to arrest and ponder

        Polly Meynell lives in West Sussex and makes bespoke textile art works for individuals, private homes, public buildings, and sacred spaces.

        Press

        Sussex Life Magazine.

        'At home with Artist Polly Meynell'

        An article about our house and my working life at home

        Radio

        'How to dress a female Bishop'. BBC Radio 4

        An interview on Woman's Hour about the making of robes for Bishop Rachel Treweek. Click on image to hear interview.

        Podcast

        Interview with Rev. Dr. Lorraine Cavanagh

        A converstaion about art and it's impact in ecclesisatical settings. Click on the image to link.

        Community Art

        Stitching the Cathedral. Bradford's community art piece.

        This short video describes the value of a community art project in bringing people together over a common goal.

        Publications

        'The Maiden and the Mulberry'

        In 2022 the Worshipful Company of Mercers' commissioned an artwork to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth. This book documents the design and making process. Click on the image to order a copy.

        'The making of the robes'

        A book on the creation of the inaugural robes for the first female Bishop of Gloucester

        'Bradford Cathedral. Contemporary Textiles'

        A book detailing the creation of new textiles for the 50th anniversary of Bradford Cathedral

      • Showcase

        On film

        A short film, shot and produced by Bea Harmston was created during the Summer of 2020, giving a little insight into my working practice.

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