That I haven’t made much progress this fortnight. The holiday disrupted the flow but I was able to print four prints designed from a piece of Dresden white work. I had completed the plate before going away, see here, so…
A Silk Route – 22nd April 2019
I have been away – a lovely trip to France, up and down the Soane river from Lyon. It also gave me the wonderful opportunity to visit the Musee des Tissus, the Lyon Silk Museum and what a treat it…
Investment – 8th April 2019
No financial advice here!! I’m referring to the amount of time, brain power, skills and resources that are invested in a new plate. Ideas are sparked from research and the actual textile fragments so I find myself holding ideas in…
Inching Forwards – 25th March 2019
Following on from my last blog I have to admit that “stories from the Collection” has evolved into ‘Stories from the Cloth”. After all my thinking I began to research and began with a time time from 1660 to 1800…
I have a Plan! – 11th March 2019
I’m the sort of person who likes to know where I am going and indecision doesn’t lie comfortably with me. I have tided the studio and thrown away stuff and although this was a bit of displacement I have been…
There is always something to do – 25th February 2019
The building works between the house and studio are now complete, thankfully before my farmer friend had to go and deal with lambing – that would have meant a couple more weeks with loads of grit and mess to walk…
At Last! – 11th February 2019
The skies have brightened and it’s a little warmer and the Art Installation from the garden ( i.e. digger, covered in snow), has gone although the laying of flags continues. The brighter weather has enable me to take some photographs…
A Bit of this……. 28th January 2019
Once again non artistic happenings are determining my printing and book making – thank goodness that the construction of the books is a series of small tasks once the idea, design and printing are done, so making things that I…
Measuring Progress – 14th January 2019
How do you judge progress? – undoubtedly there is the tangible – a book bound, a print made, but sometimes it is something in the air, an idea that has surfaced with many interesting questions to answer. Then there comes…
A Sense of Purpose – 2nd January 2019
I quite like the routine of the days and this time of the year takes it all away! One is pulled this way and the other by so many external factors that i’m always pleased to get back into a…