Although there have been diversions , since March of this year I have been perusing ideas around edges and unpicked seams, see here, and I present to you this scrap of cotton which measures 14.5cm x 12.5cm. Even the smallest…
Thought Processes – 8th October 2018
I have managed to complete this book and I’ve called it ‘Silk, Shimmering in the Candlelight’ High end weaving processes and design of silk in the C18th often incorporated metal thread in the weft, this would make…
All Change! – 24th September 2018
I have often said that I garden when it’s fine and am in the studio when it’s wet – well we all know that life isn’t quite like that but I’m sure that you get the idea. So when we…
Gallivanting – Again! – 11th September 2018
I have been away on a boat in the Baltic for the last two weeks – so nothing done in the way of books or printing. I’m still here and here I have an image of me taking a photo…
Slow and Steady – 27th August 2018
The cooler weather has allowed me opportunities to garden and I have made the most of it – so much catching up and digging up during the last couple of weeks – free aerobics! I have however managed to complete…
What Lies Beyond – 14th August 2018
Looking back over the last couple of weeks and I feel that I have achieved quite bit – there are days when nothing much seems to happen but really I should take comfort that there are some lovely things to…
A Printmakers Archive – 31st July 2018
When ever I take a stand at an event I always take some Collagraph Printing Plates for people to see and handle. There is always a positive response and often I give them away – I love to see people…
A Spectrum of Colour – 23rd July 2018
I continued my exploration of a slightly new colour scheme – it was a hot toil of work as I suspect I spend more time drying the papers with a hairdryer than I do applying paint! I finished the session…
Colour! – 9th July 2018
Somehow it seems strange to be thinking about colour when all around me in the garden and the fields it is all washed out – shades of straw and pale green – it will rain soon! I have been…
Coming Together – 25th June 2018
I am so pleased that I undertook several sessions of printing as the weather has turned very hot and I doubt that my success of last week could be repeated. So it’s great to think that the prints are drying…