By the time that I had done the washing and ironing I was off again to London for a few days – we went because I wanted to go to the Textile Society’s Antique Textile…
Silk Stories – 4th October 2017
The second in my series “Stories from the Cloth” is starting to materialise – this time it’s silk. My source of inspiration is the lining to the 1750’s gentleman’s waistcoat that I only have the front…
Stories from the Cloth – 18th September 2017
I am pleased to say that I have completed the series, ‘Stories from the Cloth’ inspired from cotton. I have enjoyed the discipline of working through the original idea and am looking forward to the next…
Contentment – 4th September 2017
The ‘Slow and Soft’ days of my last post didn’t last, I was content with the rhythm of the late summer days – did too much gardening and my back suffered! It’s probably true to say that…
Slow and Soft Days – 21st August 2017
There is a smell of Autumn in the air with less rain around and I haven’t another event to think about so my attitude is somewhat relaxed – I have been doing a little of this…
A Topsy Turvy Time – 7th August 2017
Usually I tell people that I print during the winter and garden during the summer, but this fortnight has been different – it is either raining, just about to rain or it has stopped but it’s too…
Trying Hard – 24th July 2017
I have managed to complete two editions of books during this last fortnight. The image above shows the book, in an edition of three, with its cover. It’s a double concertina which reduces in size and these…
Still Peaceful – 12th July 2017
There has been time to upload several images to Pinterest, this is Baroque Lace III. The blog posts seem to capture the making and the composite parts of the books but the images of the complete books find…
Can you hear me Thinking? – 27th June 2017
I have been peacefully making the books that I had started during the North Yorkshire Open Studios weekends. I had collected several bits of books in various stages for me to complete later, watching glue dry isn’t exciting for…
A Pause – 13th June 2017
We welcomed over a 100 visitors to my studio as part of North Yorkshire Open Studios during the 4 day, 2 weekends, event – surprisingly most turned up on the wettest day! That probably says much for the hardiness of…