to painting a fabric background for a new project.
After spending a day at The Guildhall I was inspired by the beautiful building and am thinking along the lines of making a range of textile cards.
But to start with I need a background…
at The Guildhall.
I spent a fantastic day at The Windsor & Royal Borough Museum demonstrating how I create my designs. With my sketchbooks I was able to explain every tiny detail that went into each of my projects and why it takes hours and hours to finally reach the end results.
at The Windsor & Royal Borough Museum.
As a local artist I was delighted to be asked to lend three of my pieces to go on display to complement the museum’s historic Craft and Design section!
I chose a colourful mask made from torn fabrics and hand painted voile, a 90th Birthday Memory Book and a richly embroidered casket in which to keep precious memorabilia.
and I’m not altogether sure where it came from but that really doesn’t matter. I shuffled a few of the torn squares around, ironed them in place and seem to have created a castle rising up through a river mist. The piece now needs some stitch to give definition…
I’ve been working on a cloth made from mono-printed fabrics but inspiration has proved elusive! In the meanwhile I keep adding to it, waiting for a brain-wave…
Never one for discarding anything lightly I couldn’t send this well-worn wax jacket to the bin without salvaging some of it first. I cut out the best bits to make this diary cover. Best of all, there are lots of leftovers to use in other projects giving the fabric a new lease of life.
I’m wholeheartedly into repurposing clothes and if items are not fit for the charity shop I cut them up for my projects. This New Home picture is made from scraps in my bottomless box of snippets.
now that all the flowers are in bloom. I’m delighted to say that my gardening friends love their New Home picture, especially the cute little bees!
I’m a great fan of anything eerily atmospheric so this is my take on Mary King’s Close in Edinburgh. Made from layers of dyed torn calico, hessian and scrim, this New Home picture was a design sample for a large wall hanging inspired by one of my favourite cities.
Instead of making cards that are destined for the recycling bin, I’ve been designing textile keepsakes that make an ideal small gift. A cross between a card and a pressie which can be hung on a tree or at a window, these little handmade dyed and stitched pictures are my way of helping the planet.