Posted in Computer as a Design Tool, Just Stuff, tagged cactus, computer, consequences, CTDG, DOT, erica, sketch books, val campbell harding on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Tomorrow is my DOT Group meeting. Designs On Textiles, or DOT for short.
We are just a small group of folks who love to use the computer as a design tool for our textile work. Pat and Ros, Margaret, Eileen, Chrissie and I are all in to stitched textiles of various sorts, and Erica is our knitter. She designs [...]
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Llanidloes, Powys
Thursday morning 7.30am, ready and packed. The car jammed to the roof with everything I needed for my trip to Llanidloes and the Mid Wales Embroidery Group. Three and half hours later and I was in Welshpool having a cup of coffee at the Old Railway Station - a great place to stop, stretch [...]
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Posted in Events, Teaching and Talks, friendly Plastic, tagged camelot, class, friendly Plastic, masks, organza, teaching, workshop on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
It has been a bit of a troublesome day today, and I won’t bore you with all the details except to say that it involved a large amount of deisel, the house alarm, the puppy, and a fair bit of mud.
All that nothwithstanding, I wanted to share with you the results of the Mask making class [...]
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Posted in Information, Teaching and Talks, friendly Plastic, liz welch, tagged costume, friendly Plastic, lacework, masks, plastic, theatre on April 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tomorrow I am going to help a group of ladies turn their creative fantasies into fantastical masks using some Friendly Plastic, a bit of fabric, and some imagination. I love masks, they fascinate and apall me at the same time. I love their decorative posibilities and the fact that Friendly Plastic is absolutely brilliant for creating [...]
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Posted in Information, Just Stuff, tagged embroiderers, flickr, guild, networking, photos, Weaving, yarn, young embroiderers on April 7, 2008 | No Comments »
A good friend of mine, Chrissie Day suggested I take a look at the Fibre Arts and Mixed Media website, and sign up for a page. I took a peek and discovered a community of talented artists all wanting to discuss and share ideas, network and make new contacts, and generally inspire each other. They [...]
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Posted in Information, Just Stuff, friendly Plastic, tagged friendly Plastic, liz welch, mess, necklace, pica award, studio, tidy, workspace on April 5, 2008 | No Comments »
I am ploughing on in the vain hope that I will eventually bring order to chaos and tidy my studio enough to be able to begin creative working again. As you can see, I am a long way off.
Some areas of the studio display a modicum of order:
Others, however, do not!
The trouble is that my [...]
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