I have been wondering how to interpret my walk pictures to create meaningful imagery. This is a start but clearly needs a lot more thought and consideration.
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Taking Textiles Further
Pattern
The second of the Missenden weekends looking at pattern is coming up soon on the 9/10th March. We will be researching Art Deco sources to see how they put imagery together to make geometric patterns and creating print blocks from images derived from architecture to make some repeat patterns in the Art Deco style.
New design
This is my completed design for a large scale hanging that I have finished over the Christmas break.
New Projects for 2019
I have two exhibitions planned for this year, the first at Hyde Hall, RHS garden in September and the second at the Upstairs Gallery in Berkhamstead in November.
I am planning a large scale piece based on gardens that will include some metal thread work. I have the design completed and have made a start on the textile. It will take many months to complete.
For the Vision exhibition at Hyde Hall, I would like to make an embroidered chair if I can find the right piece to upholster. I will also use the garden to inspire a vase with flowers.
Inspired by the garden, I will be making this vase and filling with flowers
Another fruit image
This is one of a series of images depicting fruit and flowers in the garden
MORE STRAIGHT STITCHING
This is some stitching inspired by a drawing from a piece of cloth. I made the resulting textile into a box.
Just Stitch
Come and enjoy a day of stitching at Missenden Abbey on Saturday 19th January 2019
Visit http://www.missendenschoolofcreativearts.co.uk for more information and to book.
Be inspired by colour and mark onto cloth. We will explore straight stitch which is the basis of many simple stitches such as satin stitch, running stitch, back stitch, cross stitch, and seeding. It is a simple mark that can be used as a line, to edge a shape or to create texture by massing it together. It can be the basis of many simple stitches such as satin stitch, running stitch, back stitch, cross stitch, and seeding. It is a simple mark that can be used as a line, to edge a shape or to create texture by massing it together.
These are samples inspired by objects on a shelf and using straight stitching in
different ways.
Inspired by Hundertwasser
A small but very select group of students met at the village hall in Marsh Bladon, Oxford, to enjoy a day of stitching with inspiration provided by the exciting images of the Swiss artist Hundertwasser.
We spent the first hour making a simple plan in colour on paper describing an imaginary or well known street. The rest of the day was spent building a colourful image with fabric and thread using the colour palette and simple shapes and lines that this inspiring artist shows in his paintings. Everyone ended up with a small textile set up in preparation for many hours of enjoyable stitching to embelish their imagined place.
Thank you to the Oxford branch of Embroiderers’ Guild for an enjoyable day.
