I’m sure that we all say that we are busy, but it has felt even more so for me following our holiday, the garden had grown and grown and I took part in the Saltaire Makers fair which was over…
Gallivanting – A favourite Word – 1st May 2018
I have now completed my Dictionaries of Cotton, Silk and Lace and they are going to my next event at Saltaire 5th, 6th and 7th May. This World Heritage Site, just a few miles away hosts a huge creative event…
What a Difference – 10th April 2018
The title relates to one day last week – I put away my thermal vests, walked without an anorak and had afternoon tea outside! This coming of Spring allows me to nip on and out of the studio and so…
A New Idea to Pursue – 28th March 2018
I generally find that the best ideas flash up in the mind – if they have to be dragged out then they seem to lack the spark of inspiration and joy. My idea is “Edges”…
A Brief Interlude – 19th March 2018
The brief interlude was a few days of Spring – the frog spawn arrived but the hedgehog remained under its pile of leaves, but we are now back to winter and the pond is frozen again. There has…
A Change of Plan – 8th March 2018
The snow came down – sadly I couldn’t get to ‘Pages’, the Leeds Book Fair and even getting to the studio was challenging some days!! It’s odd really the snow disrupts ones freedom and arrangements yet it’s…
Tying up loose ends – 27th February 2018
I have been busy completing the books that I had planned and printed weeks ago, they are to be placed inside box frames and it was tricky getting the folds the correct depth so that the…
All the Way to America – 15th February 2018
There is somehow a romantic feel to parcelling up books and sending them off and hopefully there is pleasure at the other end when it’s opened. Books are sent off following purchasing from my shop but the books in the…
Completed! – 8th February 2018
Completed, but probably not fully completed as there is still ‘life’ in some of the ‘Stories from the Cloth’ printing plates, it’s just that I have now finished all that I had planned to achieve, but if I am going…
Almost Competed – 31st January 2018
The last few days have been involved with finishing the three book designs, 9 books in total in the Woven Silk part of ‘Stories from the Cloth’ project – I’m sure that there will be more ‘Stories’ but for…