Geological Inspirations in Textile Art Exhibition Image Gallery<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n GEORGIA JACOBS – Career background in brief<\/strong><\/p>\n Georgia\u00a0was a\u00a0Further Education lecturer in Geography and Geology,\u00a0then a\u00a0Senior Lecturer\u00a0and\u00a0Guidance Manager for Student Services, for a total of 19 years\u00a0at Halesowen College – from 1983 until 2002. For the first 8 years of her career she taught Geography and Geology to \u2018A\u2019 level in secondary school 6th<\/sup>\u00a0forms. Now retired, Georgia still has a keen interest in these subjects. She is a member and registered speaker on Recreational Geology and Textile Art\u00a0for the\u00a0Worcestershire Federation of Womens’ Institutes\u00a0\u00a0and \u00a0also belongs to\u00a0The Earth Heritage Trust\u00a0as a volunteer.<\/strong><\/p>\n Professional Qualifications<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Cert.Ed., B.Ed (Hons), B.A, M.Ed.<\/p>\n City & Guilds Levels 2 & 3 Certificates and a Level 3 Diploma in Machine Embroidery,\u00a0and also a Level 2 Certificate in Silk Painting which she has achieved as an adult part-time student at\u00a0Inkberrow Design Centre<\/em>. Level 3 Certificate in Advanced Textile Decoration.<\/p>\n Georgia now belongs to a group of past students of the design centre, called\u00a0Textile Strata,<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0which meets monthly at Hopwood near Redditch for exchanging ideas and textile techniques. Georgia exhibits her textile art at local craft shows and W.I.s, with the aim of promoting public awareness and understanding of Geology and to show how the subject can be used as a source of inspiration for artists working in textiles and mixed media.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An Abberley and Malvern Hills Geopark Inspired Project<\/p>\n e Dynamic Earth presented in textile, together with a textile map of the Abberley and Malvern Hills Geopark.<\/p>\n Techniques used: Free Machine Embroidery, Fabric Painting, Embroidery, Fusing and Embellishing.<\/p>\n The exhibition ran from 8th September – 31st October 2012<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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