Hereās the second of my āthings on a plateā series – āChilliās on a Plateā. I particularly like this ā birds eye view ā way of working. It means placing the still life on a table lower than the one Iām working on so that I can see an angle downwards. It really helps the composition be a little more dynamic.
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Embroidered Birds
Last month I got the itch to do some textile art, helped on greatly by ‘stitch of the month’ generated by a group I go to. I think because the first two stitches reminded me of feathers, I decided that I’d make the beginnings of a stitched fabric bird book. The first stitch (top) is […]
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Ono Chikkyo
Back in 2024 we took a trip to Japan where I discovered not only a whole non-European approach to thinking about and making art, but also this specific artist; Ono Chikkyo. He was a important 20th-century Japanese painter known for his refined nihonga (traditional Japanese-style painting) landscapes. This style was known for balancing realism and […]
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Nested with needle & thread
I sat out the very wet, muddy end of February cosied up inside in a little nest of needle and thread. I was focussing on prepping samples for Threaded Trees at Winterbourne House & Garden and found myself happily revisiting my love of illustrating and embellishing with needle and thread. When I do a […]
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Birmingham Embroidery Textile Art group
I had the pleasure of giving a talk about my work at Birmingham Embroidery Textile Art group recently. BETA is full of very talented textile artists and sew-ers; they enjoyed hearing about how I translate my painting work through into textile art and embroidery. I also explained my surface pattern design process and how pattern […]
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