Garden Figure a textile and wire sculpture 2009 - 2021
Garden figure 26th February 2021
Contemplative Figure Workshop March 26th 2021
Beginning march 26th 2021 the Contemplative Figure is an exciting 6-week online workshop that will teach you hw to make a large wet felted sculpture.
Abstract painting course
Coming to the end of Louise Fletcher's excellent, free, 7 day painting course - 'Find Your Joy'. I have have enjoyed it all so much however abstract painter I am not! The 7 day process has made me work intuitively to plan colour and composition, and given me so many ideas to take into my …
Mongolian felt technique experiment – Part 1
I've always wanted to try to make a large piece of felt the traditional Mongolian way - by dragging a large roll of wool fibres, behind a horse, around the Steppes: https://youtu.be/gJ0uojUHYdA I love this film! Anyway yesterday, with the advice of a fellow felter, Beth in New Zealand, I managed to make my prototype …
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New Online Course: Contemplative Figure -A Unique Felt Sculpture
My New Online Course begins NEXT WEEK Wednesday 22nd April 2020 CONTEMPLATIVE FIGURE - A UNIQUE FELT SCULPTURE £250.00 ... A quick look at the course: https://youtu.be/Gv-4mZlWRGo Learn how to make a large contemplative sculpture using a wet felt method of sculpting. The sculptures are inspired by the work of modern sculptors, such as …
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New girl on the block
I've taken time out from writing the next figurative course - I had to as there is tree felling going on and the air loud with buzz saws and chippers = NOT music to recording ears! So, I finally finished this new girl today! - she's been lounging around my worktop for ages. Experimented …
New Figurative sculpture course! April 2020
A 5-week online course April 22nd - May 22nd 2020 - where you will learn how to make a large contemplative sculpture using a wet felt method of sculpting. These sculptures are inspired by the work of modern sculptors, such as Barbara Hepworth and Sir Henry Moore and others. You will have the opportunity to …
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Creating an online course
I've been designing an online course for several months and it is finally published and I have lovely, talented students from several parts of the world working through it. It has been a BIG learning journey for me and one I have really enjoyed. There has been much to figure out when it comes to: …
Contemporary Dancer Online Workshop
My new 5 week online workshop Contemporary Dancer - A Unique Felt Sculpture Friday 17th January till Friday 21st February 2020 Registration for the course is open! This is an exciting online workshop where you will make a free standing figure 20"/50cm tall. You will learn a new, energetic wet felted process that has similarities to …
Love Iznik ceramic design
Iznik ceramics can be dated largely by their colour and design. https://www.christies.com/features/Iznik-Pottery-Collecting-Guide-7183-1.aspx 1480-1520: This early phase in Iznik production saw impressive vessels, usually painted in a bold cobalt-blue and white, and often with patterns reserved in white on the blue ground. The decoration is heavily informed by that of other media, such as manuscript illumination, although …
