Lee Creswell

Lee Creswell is an experienced silk painter and batik artist whose hand-painted wall hangings, paintings and scarves have been exhibited at home and abroad. She was born in Malacca (Malaysia) and grew up in a world of colourful batiks and silks. She first held a tjanting in the early 50s when she learnt the intricacies of drawing with liquid wax and found the procedure of waxing and dyeing fascinating and challenging. It was in the late 70s when she took it seriously. She now concentrates painting on silk and is a freelance tutor/demonstrator in both batik and silk painting.

Lee is a nature and wildlife enthusiast, and enjoys holidaying in ‘off the beaten track’ places. Her works include seascape and marine life; a favourite subject being the movement of water. Two pairs of oriental doorway curtains were exhibited in the First International Silk Painting Congress in the USA and since then she has exhibited in galleries at home and abroad. Several of her paintings are displayed in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, and two batik silk pieces were included in “Batik for Artists & Quilters” book. She was interviewed for articles in ‘Cambridgeshire Journal’ and ‘Popular Crafts’ Magazines. Private commissions from America, Germany, Japan and Addenbrooke’s Hospital. Lee gained a certificate in Botanical Illustration as part of a Certificate of Education with the University of Cambridge Adult Education.

Offices
She is the Representative for East Anglia, an Administrator and Workshop Co-ordinator of The UK Batik Guild, and the UK Representative of the American Silk Painters International (SPIN).

Membership
The Textile Museum (Washington DC), International Shibori Society, Surface Design Association USA, a keen supporter of the UK Guild of Silk Painters and is registered with the Crafts Council, UK.

Publication
“ Useable and Wearable Batiks”. A DVD of 8 topics with Anne Dye.