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Outside art adventures Part 3
This one was unexpected and I didn't have time to put work together, but again it was a lovely opportunity to put work in a lovely space. I do have to say that these outside instrallations are unpaid, but they fit into the type of the work that I want to make and you never know what might come along, they are also very good for the socials and putting my work into new spaces that would otherwise be tricky to find on my own. So, back to this plot.......Very early in 2025, I wa
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Apr 134 min read


Outside art adventures Part 2
I know, it's been a while (again!) my social media is the quickest place to catch up on my work, but of course, not everyone does the dreaded socials and it's good practice to be somewhere else as well. So here is a quick resume of how my outside textiles have developed over the last 3 years. Early in 2024 a sculpture trail in Norfolk had a call out for work, I had spotted it the year before but hadn't contemplated outside work at the time, now I was all system go! Raveningha
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Apr 133 min read


Inspired.....a very special opportunity!
At the end of 2022 I found myself in a bit of a creative rut, I had been doing the same fairs and Open Studios for a few years and felt...
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Oct 2, 20235 min read


Glimmer.....the beginnings
Finding glimmers of gold in the rich soil and glimmers of hope in dark times Part of my historical practice, I am inspired to make work about a place and or social history. Using eco printing as a base, using leaves from the actual place that has inspired by, it’s good to go for a walk to see the landscape. Using oak gall ink, natural dyes and iron modifiers to create pattern and detail in the work, finishing with hand or free motion embroidery. I am often trying to tell a st
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Artist in residence (the back story)
I'm so excited to be writing about this new project, it's a first for me, to have applied for my first residency and then actually got it! Coming directly from all those self initiated projects that I want to do, because I was interested and inspired in the hope they would lead to something exciting. The residency starts in May at Discover Bucks Museum, inspired by their new exhibition 'The Saxons' which is an immersive display of 3 prominent Saxon digs from Buckinghamshire.
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Outdoor art adventures Part 4!
So, thank you for keeping up, I'm back at Raveningham with this one for the 2nd Year! If you haven't read my first adventure there in 2024, its here for reference. So in 2025 the theme was 'Alchemy' and so much of the textile work I have been doing recently involves alchemy, I just had to create something again! Put in my proposal and was happy to have the same woodland setting, although I knew that I would not be able to fill this space this year, the processes take much l
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