Local Artist Pat Frost

Local Artist - Pat Frost

Pat is a local artist based in Norton Bavant where she has her Studio in the garage. Pat is exhibiting at the Wylye Valley Art Trail from Saturday 28th May to Sunday 5th June 2011 at the Village Hall in Norton Bavant - for details of other exhibitors in Norton Bavant and across the Wylye Valley take a look at the Wylye Valley Art Trail site. If you would like to contact Pat and place an order don't hesitate to get in touch.

Pat Frost wearing one of her scarf designs

I moved to Norton Bavant in 1988 having bought Duart Cottage with Geoff. Some years later I began a City & Guild's course in Creative Embroidery initially at Trowbridge College. Later I moved on to Salisbury College to study another course in their Fashion department.

... since 2005 I have organised the Art Trail...

I realised just how much I enjoyed pattern drafting and constructing items of clothing; during my school years an enthusiastic, vibrant and youthful teacher made me aware of this. I also have my paternal grandmother to thank as she showed me the rudiments of using a needle and thread at an early age.

I then embarked on a 3 year Advanced City & Guild's Creative Embroidery course at Urchfont Residential College and later a distance learning felt course at Gloscat College.

In 2003 I took part in the second Wylye Valley Art Trail where I exhibited pieces from some of the courses I had attended. The enthusiasm I gained from the Art Trail encouraged me to get involved in making my own 'fabrics' and designing a variety of little handbags which proved very popular and I continued with this theme for a while.

Since 2005 I have organised the bi-annual Art Trail with this year's event taking place between 28th May and 5th June in the village hall, Norton Bavant.

Pat's lovely fabric handbags 1

In 2006 I was invited to exhibit at the Dorset Arts Week event and around this time I'd started to make felt so I was able to show work in this natural fabric. A felted vessel was admired and would be given a 'home' in a London house!

The making of felt needs a lot of space, water, soap and a certain amount of muscle power! In the summer months I make felt in the garage where I also dye white Merino fleece to my own colour requirements.

Pat's lovely fabric handbags 2

I've belonged to a group called Tx.tile.21 formed in 2000 and we have exhibited a wide range of stitched textiles in galleries and libraries around the surrounding counties. We also meet three times a year at a residential college.

Pat's lovely fabric handbags 3

Since discovering the wide range of techniques available, I am never short of creative ideas, some succeed and some don't. A collection of well over 100 books and subscriptions to magazines are useful sources of inspiration too.

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