Polish artist Tadek Beutlich (1922-2011) made block prints without the use of a press, extraordinary textiles that pushed the boundaries of his medium with 'free warp tapestries' woven off the loom and later 'fibre art' using esparto grass and mixed media. His ground breaking work earned him world recognition. with works held in the V&A, British Museum, the Government Collection and other museums in Britain, as well as other countries including North America, Australia, Poland, Sweden. His book The Technique of Woven Tapestry' (1967) is still used as a text book by textile courses worldwide.

I am the daughter of Fay Hankins, (former assistant to Tadek Beutlich during his years at Gospels, Ditchling) and since February 2014, have at the request of Ellen Beutlich, been managing the works that remained in Tadek's studio after he passed away. In 2014-2015 I approached various museums about holding a retrospective including Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft and in February 2016 I appointed Emma Mason Gallery to sell Tadek Beutlich's prints, collaborated with Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft to include Tadek Beutlich's in their programme and offered bequests to various public collections. A bequest of selected textiles and prints was accepted by the Victoria & Albert Museum, London to add to the works they already hold by Tadek Beutlich and others are being discussed.

These 3 years of work culminated for me in the first major exhibition of works by Tadek Beutlich since his death in 2011, held at The Jointure Studios, Ditchling, Sussex from March 3-12 2017. Due to its success, I am continuing to explore other opportunities to enable you to see and buy Tadek Beutlich's work and you can contact me direct if you would like to enquire about purchasing anything, email liz@vision-gallery.co.uk or phone 07970 772063.

Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft has been lent one textile piece by Tadek Beutlich called Shoots 2 and Ethel Mairet's own annotated copy of her Book of Vegetable Dyes was kindly donated to the Museum by Ellen Beutlich. and is also on show. The V&A have been given 5 more prints for their Beutlich collection and 4 textiles which include Pollination (tapestry), Pollination fibre art, Fungi 1X wall hanging and a selection of smaller samples. You can request to see these at the V&A by contacting the Clothworkers Centre.Link text here...