Category Archives: Uncategorized
Jean Kirk
I am working on some new work at the moment which is about ‘Traces in Time’. This is concerned with traces in history and in the landscape.
Caroline Hibbs
I’m here!! Not doing too well with uploading photos of my work but I will gloss over that fact. Following on from our graduation show in July 2012 I am continuing with the theme of protection. There is building going on in my house at the moment which along with protecting us from the cold,Continue reading “Caroline Hibbs”
Denise Jones
I could call this blog revisiting… I finished this work a month ago after finishing the degree. I began making it a few years ago when my very dear father died. I hope there is a sense of time and moving forward in the piece. I found it interesting that I chose to revisit thisContinue reading “Denise Jones”
Denise Jones
Here are some images showing progress from last time. I thought some more about the photograph of the sealed envelopes in an empty shop space. A friend, Ruth Collins from Wey Valley Workshop recommended the calligraphy book by Denise Lachs. It is fantastic and one of the images from my first blog came from thisContinue reading “Denise Jones”
Val Cross
Dawn Rudman and Gareth Bates did an amazing job coordinating the World of Threads Festival. Their website http://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com gives full coverage of all the exhibitions and access to a fascinating archive of Fibre Artist Interviews that they have been compiling for nearly two years.
Val Cross
Besides our degree show of course, my favourite exhibition from the World of Threads Festival was the Quiet Zone at the Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre in Oakville. Catherine Dormer and Judy Martin both had work in this show. I was also very taken with the figure seen in a gallery ofContinue reading “Val Cross”
Denise Jones
Here are some images of the ‘Continuum’ exhibition in Canada and some more to make you smile! Please click on the images for the captions.
Marilyn Hall
We made it!! An exhibition in a public building in Oakville Toronto. What an achievement. I have found the entire experience extremely worthwhile. So much to learn about staging exhibitions. It was a remarkable feeling to put your treasured pieces on display in a public building and walk away and leave them. It takes the workContinue reading “Marilyn Hall”
Denise Jones
Here are some images of new work this November. I am still making the connection between language, mark and stitch yet have made a huge leap in this work away from the tightness of pattern darning. For me, the pattern darning was a direct association with the written word in that I used the lengthContinue reading “Denise Jones”