Cabins on my Etsy shop

I've been developing a few embroideries from my 'Dwelling' zine which I produced for a secret club/en hemmelig klub's The Eastern Forests exhibition, which took place in 2014 in Aarhus, Denmark. The embroidery I showed and the zine I produced for the show depicted tiny cabins within seedheads, which an explorer would come across and ponder what had inhabited the small dwellings.

A few people have emailed me about whether I sell embroideries online, so this little collection is for them if they wish to purchase anything! I'll be adding new pieces over the next coming months as well as some affordable mini embroideries.

Reena Makwana Etsy Shop

Expedition No.2 - To The North

I'm really excited to be showing with a secret club again in their new show opening this weekend - 'Expedition No.2: To The North!'. The exhibition will transform a former post office in Aarhus, with work by a secret club and a whole host of talented artists who have explored the world of The Northern Forest described by Annabelle Nielsen and Kenn Munk.

I'm showing two embroideries depicting the herdsmen of The Northern Forest and their world..no pictures just yet, don't want to spoil the surprise (it does glow-on-the dark). We'll be running a workshop together on Friday 12th December from 12pm-3pm, embroidering onto huts that have been created during the exciting workshops put together during the show.

The show can be found at the corner of Vesterbro Torv and Vesterport, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.

For more information on the show, workshops and the opening times, please visit a secret club website.

Dwelling

"They lived in these small wooden buildings...I carried the abandoned ones with me. They were scattered by the edge of a clearing."

I showed this new embroidery 'Dwelling' with a new zine at A secret club/En hemmelig klub's 'Expedition No.1: The Eastern Forests' last weekend. Here's some pictures from the exhibition - you can see more on Facebook and their website.

All photos courtesy of A secret club/En hemmelig klub.

Expedition No.1: The Eastern Forests

I will be exhibiting a new embroidery 'Dwelling' alongside a few zines showing small cabin like dwellings of tiny inhabitants or spirits of 'The Eastern Forests', as part of a secret club's exhibition next week. Above is a preview of the zine (I'll reveal the embroidery online shortly after the exhibition). Zine available to buy here too.

Expedition No.1: The Eastern Forests

(Danish title: Ekspedition No.1: De Østre Skove)

Jægergårdsgade 57, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

17th-20th April, 11am-5pm, 21st April: 11am-4pm

Explore The Eastern Forests, where 14 Danish and international artists have joined a secret club and created fabulous works of art, that tell of the forests and the animals, tribes, plants, and beings that live there.

Rest in the Supplies Café with coffee and cake. Solve a HAMA bead sudoku or have a go at our collage-material pick'n'mix. Follow on Twitter or Facebook to see which cakes are fresh out of the oven and when.

Free family workshops: Thursday 17th April between 2pm and 5pm and Monday 21st April from 1pm-4pm, you can drop in and learn how to look like one of the creatures of The Eastern Forests.

Visit us on Saturday 19th April between 2pm and 5pm to make a glorious medal, fit for the most intrepid explorers.

Both workshops can be completed in approx.20 minutes, but if you're having fun, it can take a lot longer.

Funded by Børnekulturpuljen.

The show includes work from -

Morten Barker (DK) Frederikke Becher Hermansen (DK) Elkeland (DK) Rita Fürstenau (DE) Garudio Studiage (UK) Birgitte Haahr Lund (DK) Ponga Huang (TW) Stina Langlo Ørdal (NO) Reena Makwana (UK) Esther McManus (UK) Yumi Okuda (JP) Cendrine Rovini (F) Phuc Van Dang (DK) Melanie Williams (UK) and a secret club.

Visible Friends - Pictures

All photographs from a secret club

A few months ago, Annabelle Nielsen of a secret club asked me to submit some artwork based on the theme of dolls and action figures for an exhibition. I created a paper doll on the idea of 'A Winter Adventure'- a circular embroidery and a limited edition of thirty printed copies. The prints contain a piece of card to draw a garden, a forest, woodland to create the story.

Last week a secret club set up a pop-up gallery at Klostergade 68 in Aarhus, Denmark showing the work of twenty seven different artists. I've stolen these pictures of the exhibition from a secret club's facebook, so do have a look there for more photos and news.

Artwork shown by Frederikke Becher Hermansen, Tiwidot, Garudio Studiage, Maria Raymondsdotter, Cendrine Rovini, Reena Makwana, Molly Lattin and Lucy Steggals (pictured) and also Akiko Misumi, Brian Flynn, Birgitte Haahr Lund, Sneaky Raccoon - The Work of Anna Mullin, Melanie Williams, Lee Worton, Garudio Studiage (Chris Ratcliffe and Molly Lattin), Rachel Lattimore, Per Ragnar Møkleby, The Tarantulas, Tony Lee, Xavi Garcia, Masaki Miwa and Adam Hutchinson, Yunmee Kyong, Elkeland and Annabelle Nielsen & Kenn Munk and a secret club.

Visible Friends - A secret club

I'm really excited to be showing a new piece 'A Winter Adventure' in 'Visible Friends' organised by A secret club, featuring work by 27 artists, which you can read about below.

"It's time for some art to brighten up your winter days!

We're taking over an empty shop and are opening a pop-up gallery for the show "Visible Friends" in which 27 artists of extraordinary calibre have travelled back in time to share their childhood memories of dolls and action figures.

Entry is free and we are open from 10.00AM to 5.30 PM every day from 7th to 13th December in Klostergade 68 in Aarhus, Denmark.

All work is for sale and on the opening weekend, a secret club also sells other work from the participating artists in their mini-desiger's/artist's market.

Please note that it is cash only."

A secret club will be showing sneak peeks on their Facebook - also keep an eye on their website and Twitter. If you follow my Etsy, I'll be showing the 'A Winter Adventure' Paper Doll original embroidery also with some paper dolls to buy.