Elizabeth Shorrock

Books and Mixed Media Art, Cark-in-Cartmel, Cumbria

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About me

Elizabeth ShorrockI have always made things, from the time I got my first toy sewing machine at the age of five but began to take it more seriously in the 1980’s when I did my City and Guilds in Embroidery and achieved a distinction.

From the mid 1990s to the summer of 2012 I exhibited regularly with Textilia III at a variety of galleries in the North West of England.

Elizabeth Shorrock studio

In the studio

I was introduced to bookmaking by a fellow member of Textilia and went on a couple of workshops and gradually books began to take over. In 2009 I joined with two fellow artists, Annwyn Dean and Joan Newall to form PagePaperStitch. We have exhibited annually at the Leeds Artists’ Book Fair since 2010 and have had several successful group exhibitions: the Beach Hut Gallery, Kents Bank, Signature Gallery, Kendal (2011 and 2013) and Farfield Mill, Sedbergh (2012 and 2014). We also attend events like Art in the Pen in Skipton.

I am an active member of the South Lakes group Green Door Artists and participate in their exhibitions and Open Studio Trails. I also exhibit annually as part of the Silverdale and Arnside Art and Craft Trail. In addition I exhibit at various art markets mainly, but not exclusively, in the North West and Scotland. I am now a member of and exhibit with Cumbria Printmakers. Details of events can be found on the Events page.

I regularly give talks and lead workshops for various groups.

Major Exhibitions and Events

As well as the annual events like Art Trails, Book Fairs, Art in the Pen and the Brewery Christmas Market my work has featured in the following exhibitions and events.

2020
Handmade with Love, Craft Centre and Design Gallery Leeds
Upfront Open Exhibition, Upfront Gallery, Unthank near Penrith

I also took part in online exhibitions with the Contemporary Craft Festival, Great Northern Events, Craft Market Kendal, Saltaire Inspired and Green Door.

2019
“Blue” at Masham Gallery
Print at the Priory at Dacre Hall, Lanercost Priory
Contemporary Craft Fair at Bovey Tracey
Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Upper Campfield Market, Manchester

2018
Upfront Open
Cumbria Printmakers exhibition at Upfront
Cumbria Printmakers exhibition at Grasmere

2017
“Inside Outside” at Kendal Museum with Green Door Artists
Invited to submit work to “Paper Dreams” at Masham Gallery
Invited to submit work to “The Earth’s Layers” at The Witham, Barnard Castle
Invited to send work to a Book Arts exhibition in Italy (through the Liverpool Book Fair)
Featured artist in the November issue of Cumbria Life

2016
Selected for the Shakespeare themed Book Arts exhibition at Liverpool Central Library. The work from this exhibition later travelled to Italy.
“Through the Mill” at Farfield Mill, Sedbergh with Green Door Artists
Invited to take part in the Highlights Contemporary Craft Tour “PaperScissorsBook”
Selected for the York Art Market

2015

Green Door artists finalists with certificates

Green Door finalists at Cumbria Culture Awards 2015

Solo exhibition at the Rydal Hall Teashop, near Grasmere
“A Sense of Place” at Kendal Museum with Green Door Artists
Invited to be one of the guest artists at the annual Witherslack Group Exhibition
Finalist in the Designer Maker category in the inaugural Cumbria Life Culture Awards

2014
Invited to produce a body of work about Joss Naylor for the exhibition entitled “Adventures” at Rheged, Penrith
Liverpool Artists’ Book Fair and exhibition
Selected for C-Art Pocket exhibition at Rheged, Penrith
Selected for the Book Arts exhibition at Liverpool Central Library
“Fold” at Farfield Mill Sedbergh with PagePaperStitch

2013
Selected for “To the Letter” at the Platform Gallery, Clitheroe
Invited to take part in “Paperworks” at Masham Gallery
Invited to be one of the guest artists at “Craftsmen at the Priory”, Lanercost
Selected for “ArtFest North” in Kendal
Selected for “Collect Cumbria” at Blackwell Arts and Crafts House, Bowness
Selected for the C-Art exhibition at Rheged, Penrith
Featured in the Lark publication “500 Books Volume 2”

2012
Installation work and Summer School workshops at the Merz Barn in Elterwater

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Silverdale and Arnside Art & Crafts Trail


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