past exhibitions,
competitions & awards

Selected for Made10 and British Contemporary Crafts 2010

Designer Crafts 2011
SOCIETY OF DESIGNER CRAFTSMEN

The Mall Galleries,London (SW1) January 2011

'Hothouse' Crafts Council Collective

At the New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey exhibition October 2010 The selected Hothouse group exhibition of emerging makers.

Pulse 2010

Exhibited within the Launchpad section at the London trade show, Pulse, at Earls Court June 2010.

Living Crafts Exhibition

Selected as one of ten Emerging Designers at 'Art, Design & A Taste of Summer' exhibition held at Blenheim Palace May 2010. Her work was also be part of a two page feature in the May/June issue of Craft & Design Magazine, who supported this event.

Arts Council Exhibition

A three month exhibition from January to April 2010 at the Arts Council reception area of 82 Granville Street, Birmingham.

BCTF Harrogate

The best of British Designer Makers, The Great Yorkshire Show Ground, Harrogate was early April 2010.

Contemporary Textile Fair

‘Promoting the Individual’

Showcasing more than 70 designer makers at the Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington, Middlesex, March 2010.

Designer Crafts 2010
SOCIETY OF DESIGNER CRAFTSMEN

The Mall Galleries,London (SW1) January 2010

2009 Exhibitions

Handmade in Britain, Bath, December 2009

Top drawer with designGAP September 2009

New Designers, London N1 July 2009

Loose Threads Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, July 2009.

‘Made with Meaning’ Degree Show Degree June 2009 Coventry University School of Art and Design.

Fibre Lock March 2009 The Lock - Canal Basin, Coventry

2008 Exhibitions

Final year Applied Arts exhibition Alan Berry Building, November 2008 -Coventry University.

2007 Exhibitions

‘Festival of Quilts’ exhibition and competition, NEC Birmingham

‘Patterns of Life’ Open Art exhibition
and competition - 2007Jane Powell Art Studio, Kenilworth Warwickshire - awarded Highly Commended – joint runner up.

‘Stepping out’ – Rugby Art Gallery and Museum.

2006 Exhibitions

City and Guilds Diploma Gloucestershire College,end of course exhibition - Cheltenham

© Gillian Royal 2010

future exhibitions

PORTRAITS IN THE MAKING

Pitzhanger Manor House, Ealing.

21st Setember - 12th November 2011

Portraits in the Making is a contemporary design exhibition of glass, ceramics, jewellery, textiles, basketry and wood by Crafts Council award winners, at Pitzhanger Manor House and Gallery in Ealing.

more details to follow.