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I’ve been doing some design sketches and experimenting with ideas for my final assessment piece for my C&Gs. Marie, my tutor, had this to say about Reflections This is the standard of work you have been aiming for, now you have reached a level that you can build on to become the practitioner [...] Having made my one dolly I got quite interested in the idea of making more. I’m a bit of a collector/gatherer of ideas and not one of those who can work in a series for years on end perfecting one theme. So of course I started looking for more information on doll making. My [...] Today I really did do everything that has to be done to get my submission for the CHF Award into the post. I was even able to leave my studio in the cellar and sit in the garden to put the finishing touches to my blog on paper. I’ve felt uncomfortable all the time [...] My niece Katie suggested I might like to look at the work of the artist Claire Coles. I hadn’t heard of her, but liked what I saw on her website. You would think that she was working in fabric if you didn’t know it was wallpaper. I’ve just got back from a one day master class with the textile artist Alice Kettle. I met eight of the other finalists for the Charles Henry Foyle Trust award. It was an interesting day. The most enjoyable part for me was to meet up with other textile artists. We came from many different [...] I’ve been having some fun over the last few weeks doing something completely different. As the saying goes – a change is as good as a rest – and I felt like doing something other than C&Gs coursework. I’ve had the book Creative Cloth Doll Faces by Patti Medaris Culea for some time now. [...] I stumbled upon this blog as I was googling for images – one of my favourite research techniques. Julie Duell is extremely generous in sharing her knowledge about many different painting techniques and other art related subjects. I have read quite a few of her topics and found them all very informative. I’m not [...] This weekend I took time off from my C&G course. I bought some knitting wool and started knitting a summer cardy – should the snow ever stop coming down here and the sun come out. I also finally made up the cushion that has been a while in the making. It wasn’t really my [...] Yesterday I picked up Dad’s portrait from having it framed. They have done a great job of framing it and it looks really good now up on the wall. He’s on the wall in the library and when I sit in my favourite chair in there, Dad is looking straight at me. I did [...] Here’s a photo of how I get my needlepoint to be as good as square again. There are no before pictures – I didn’t think of it until now! But here’s one from last February when I started it It got even worse as things proceeded. This is actually the second time [...] |
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