Contemporary Textile Artist and Bespoke Surface Pattern Designer
I am looking at the work of Faig Ahmed again as part of research for new work. I find his way of thinking very exciting and inspirational - to think subconsciously - to go with the flow of thought, enquiry and inquisitiveness - spontaneous 'what if' and 'why not' and 'just do it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdL2VldIKPk&t=177s Textile.org …
Last year I experimented with natural dyes, creating a palette of colours that reflect the area I live in - Shropshire UK. Alongside homegrown plant materials I augment my colour palette with natural dye extracts - easy to mix in solution and they have a certain consistency. For example, I will get a much deeper …
Sculpting with wool fibres is akin to working with clay. To explore the idea of mixing the two materials I mixed uncarded wool locks into a ceramic slip to create simple shapes. The shape and texture created is quite delicate and beautiful - full of movement. Primary firing The clay slip and fibres survived the …
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I am collecting avocado skins and stones, onion skins, Buddleia and Coreopsis to make dyes and paints to experiment with this autumn and winter.
Contemplative Figure Workshop begins 27th October
I've been wanting to try felting this way for ages - inspired by the Mongolian method of pulling a rolled batt behind a pony across the Steppes. If it works then I can combine felting with weekly lawn mowing... I made up a large batt of wool -using wool batting x 3 layers - well …
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I began the pod with white and naturally dyed merino wool. Once the pod was formed and partially fulled I stitched in thick welts across the surface with needle and thread, then fulled with a sander followed by stuffing the pod well with cotton fabric before and placing in the dryer, on hot, for 15 …
Contemporary DanceR 2023 September 15th-October 13th Find out more Contemplative Figure 2023 October 27th-November 30th Find out more To find out more about the courses please follow the links above and I look forward to seeing you soon. I have missed my teaching and students very much this year, while I have been at Manchester …
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Free People.com Fringing 70's H2O Fagerholt
