Foxgloves
19 May 2020Screen printing is one of my reasons for living. There is something delicious to me about flattening imagery into printable shapes. Add-in some effects which bring texture and then layer up colours over one another and it all becomes a joyful alchemy! I’ve drawn many images while being Artist-in-Residence at Winterbourne Gardens theses past 18 […]
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The journey of a print
14 May 2020This print Alyssum, is one I’ve developed as part of my Artist in Residence work at Winterbourne House & Gardens, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston. It began with a painted sketch done on site which was then cleaned up on the computer and digitally altered into a repeating pattern. I also played around with colour options […]
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Artist in Residence, Winterbourne H&G
13 May 2020My residency period at Winterbourne House & Gardens is coming to a close at the end of this month so I thought I’d catch this space up with some of the work I’ve completed. There has been a wealth of inspiration – too much to do full justice to. I have had to pace myself […]
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Cyanotype printing
17 April 2020You know what they say about making Cyanotype prints while the sun shines?! Yesterday was a fun Cyanotype printing day but I’ve been prepping for this project for some time. Here’s a little of how I went about it for those interested. Back in early Spring when plants were just putting out their teeny tiny […]
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How to make a thread & applique picture
10 April 2020Here we are at the end of week 3 COVID-19 quarantine and here’s a Stay Home project to share with you. Sometimes my Textile students can’t always see how to get to the next step of using fabrics they’ve made so I thought I’d do a little tutorial showing the stages of creating a fabric […]
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Breaking the six month silence
30 March 2020Today marks the beginning of week 2 of COVID quarantine. Not only has a lot happened since I last blogged 6 months ago but an enormous, life-shifting change has taken place in the last 7/10 days due to the virus we are suffering from worldwide. Government enforced home-stay and the cancellation and postponement of all […]
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Mud Resist printing
19 July 2019It’s hard to believe it today with all the rain being dumped from the sky but we have enjoyed some lovely sunny weather lately here in the UK and I have made the most of it with a spot of mud printing in our back garden. Printing with a mud paste can get a little […]
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Winterbourne House and Garden residency update
4 July 2019How the time just flies by! There I was preparing a catch up blog post about my work as Artist-in-Residence at Winterbourne House and Gardens and then all of a sudden the weather has changed, the gardens developed and what I had to show you looks distinctly wintery! This week has been glorious, unlike the […]
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South Asia inpsiration
13 June 2019Our trip to Southern Asia earlier this year (here, here, here and here) was rich in visual and cultural inspiration. I’ve honestly felt a little overwhelmed by how deep and far I could go into this vibrant feast of creative stimulus and output – whether to start with painting or stitch or print. And all […]
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