24 February, 2022
February 23, 2022
More exercises from Ilze Aviks, The Stitched Mark. #365ChallengePostcards
Category: INSPIRATION
23 February, 2022
February 22, 2022
I’ve discovered the work of US textile artist Ilze Aviks, and purchased her workbook, The Stitched Mark. What a wonderful collection of exercises! I’m working my way through them as I have time, and here are the first: #365ChallengePostcards
8 February, 2022
February 8, 2022
What is essential? I broke a copy of yesterday’s piece down further and further until it became so abstracted that the focal point was lost to determine what was really essential to this design. The swimming cap!
7 February, 2022
February 7, 2022
The next piece in the Swimmers series. I am seeking to break the swimmer into her essential parts and identify the key design elements I will take forward.
31 January, 2022
January 31, 2022
Not a postcard size … but today’s output, and I don’t have time to make a postcard too. Part of my ‘homework’ for an excellent online course I’m doing: Working in a Series with Lisa Call.
Continuous Line Drawing
January 4, 2022
Practice, practice, practice.I originally made this little foldable book to take with me to the botanic gardens for a few hours of relaxing sketching. That somehow didn’t happen, so I grabbed it to do continuous line drawings of the lilies on my kitchen bench of the last few days. Part of the coursework for Making … More Continuous Line Drawing
Palm Textures
July 11, 2021
A reconnaissance of my garden for inspiration, and it came in great cascades with the palm tree in our front garden. Inspiring textures galore: I’ve started doing a couple of short courses in the last weeks: Inspired by Nature – exploring Mixed Media with Tara Axford through Fibre Arts Take Two (my first assignment was … More Palm Textures
Cas Holmes
October 21, 2020
How does this artist select, apply and alter their chosen materials? Overview Cas Holmes is an UK artist who exhibits, teaches and runs projects throughout the world, and in collaboration with other artists. The statement on her website: “Paint dye, layer and stitch are combined with discarded cloth, paper and found materials to create unique … More Cas Holmes
New Ideas in Fusing Fabric by Margaret Beal
October 19, 2020
I needed to research using a soldering iron to further my TRANSLUCENCE investigations. What a boon to find Margaret Beal’s work! I purchased her New Ideas in Fusing Fabric: Creative cutting, bonding and mark-making with the soldering iron (2013) published by Batsford, one of their wonderful series of fabric covered textile art books. After an … More New Ideas in Fusing Fabric by Margaret Beal
Peter Clark
September 8, 2020
Overview Peter Clark is a British collage artist based in London, originally from Yorkshire. He held senior artistic positions at major television production houses and focused on television and advertising for most his career. However, in 1999, he began making commissioned collages. This is now his full-time occupation (EIL, nd). Artist’s statement: “I create in … More Peter Clark
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