This last two weeks has seen me not doing too much in the studio – I have been playing about with mock up books and the idea that the ‘Collection’ of printing plates has become the essence of current work…
An Event -1st July 2019
Yesterday saw me taking part in ‘Crafted by Hand’ in Masham, the market town at the eastern end of Wensleydale. It’s held in the lovely town hall and about 40 artists take part. I have had the privilege of taking…
Progress! – 17th June 2019
Progress – well it has rained a lot over the past couple of weeks. I have been able to use my new inks and print the last two plates from my ‘Stories From the Cloth’ project. Sometimes I find that…
A Continuing Theme – 3rd June 2019
…. Of distractions! There seems to be an ongoing disruptions to being able to settle down to an ongoing flow of work. However life has been interesting and I’m content. I took part in the Makers Fair in Saltaire last…
Distractions – 20th May 2019
There are always too many distractions but I find that I can feel ‘powered up’ and spend time in the studio, but this fortnight the weather has been cool and grey so much time spent in the garden (neither too…
It would be true to say…… 6th May 2019
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…