Tag Archives: Eco Printing

A Lot of Edges Called Perhaps

Posted on September 23, 2020 by

“I have a lot of edges called Perhapsand almost nothing you can callCertainty.”   Mary Oliver

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Tannin and Tone and Chrome

Posted on June 27, 2020 by

I’ve just performed at the first virtual concert of the Self-Isolation Choir Summer School. It was a week learning and rehearsing – under the guidance of musical director Ben England – a selection of works from the repertoire of the … Continue reading →

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Testing Water for Iron Content

Posted on May 8, 2020 by

“Give me silence, water, hope Give me struggle, iron, volcanoes.”  – Ode to Silence: Pablo Neruda   Samples of water from four different sources tested for iron content. From left to right: tap water, water from a garden water butt, … Continue reading →

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Chaos and Onion Skins

Posted on May 1, 2020 by

The chaos is subsiding. I opened the last packing box a couple of weeks back. Then found more. But a few and there  are places for everything now. A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place. (Benjamin Franklin?) Distribution. … Continue reading →

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Indeterminacy – Picking up A Project Where I Left Off

Posted on September 5, 2019 by

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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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How Far Does The Hand Reach? Botanical Signatures Textile Art Exhibition, Norwich, England, July 18-20 2019

Posted on July 8, 2019 by

Invitation to exhibition. Some of my work is figuring in Botanical Signatures 18-20 July at Studio20, in historic Norwich, England. The exhibition has been put together by Maria Clarke-Wilson, who is completing an MA in Textile Design at Norwich University … Continue reading →

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Brambly Personage and its Iron Blanket

Posted on April 10, 2019 by

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Brambly Personage

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Judas Basket, Magnetic Thinking, The Flowers of Evil and Eco-Dyeing with Wisteria

Posted on August 29, 2018 by

“I have learned that what I have not drawn I have never really seen, and that when I start drawing an ordinary thing, I realize how extraordinary it is, sheer miracle. ” ~Frederick Franck, The Zen of Seeing. I like … Continue reading →

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