Category Archives: Stitch

Eve Fumes at that Snake – and on Paying Attention

Posted on August 29, 2019 by

I did something very silly. Shocking. Earlier in the year, I decided I was only going to post blogs to which I could attach the completed artworks that arose from the ideas expressed in the blog. And in so doing, … Continue reading →

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Eco Print on Cotton with Silk Appliqués

Posted on June 11, 2019 by

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In Praise of Slow

Posted on November 9, 2016 by

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”  Henry David Thoreau Here’s another from my latest batch of eco prints on silk. I took the batch outside to photograph. I thought how well this print looked … Continue reading →

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Found:Unbound I

Posted on October 14, 2016 by

I recently finished the first little work in the series – a sort of dismantled artist book – which I’m calling, for now at least, Found Unbound.  Here it is, framed. Here’s the work at an earlier stage. I wrote … Continue reading →

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Pulling out the Strands: Wildness

Posted on March 28, 2016 by

“Wildness we might consider as the root of the authentic spontaneities of any being. It is that wellspring of creativity whence comes the instinctive activities that enable all living beings to obtain their food, to find shelter, to bring forth … Continue reading →

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An Artist Book for Healing: Ethiopian Healing Scrolls, Aporia, Knots and Ikupasuy

Posted on March 26, 2016 by

“All over the world, people make objects to hold and send their prayers. There are special ceremonies found in ancient cultures and practiced today, that involve the construction of ‘holders and senders’ of prayers from natural materials. Prayer carriers have … Continue reading →

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Shimacho

Posted on January 21, 2016 by

The image to the left, courtesy of wafuworks is of a page of a shimacho. Shimacho (Japanese) means stripe book. They are fabric sample books. They have a number of purposes. Sometimes they are  commercial samplers. Sometimes records, created by … Continue reading →

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Inch of the Day 30 September 2015: Walking the White Cliffs and Looking at an Horizon

Posted on September 30, 2015 by

As it was my husband’s birthday today and the weather was fine, we drove down to an old and favourite walking haunt,  St Margaret’s at Cliffe. We lunched at The Pines Garden Tea Rooms as usual, which serves mega-amounts of delicious dishes prepared … Continue reading →

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Inch of the Day 3 September 2015: Inchie Energy, Inchie Music

Posted on September 3, 2015 by

Here’s another example of my ongoing explorations with a bleach pen.  Two more inchies. These were drawn onto inkjet prints, not fabric. I ironed these. The heat singed the bleach marks. And some images dropped into my mind, as I … Continue reading →

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Arthouse Coop Sketchbook: Digitised and Online – and On Show in Atlanta, Georgia

Posted on June 4, 2015 by

I’ve just had word from Art House Coop that my 2015 Sketchbook, which will shortly be touring to various US venues, is now digitised and is available for viewing at this link:
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