Last Saturday found me in East Yorkshire with a lovely bunch of ladies from the East Yorkshire Embroidery Society. I had been to the group last year when I gave them my talk “From Here To There And Back Again” or how I weave my Friendly Plastic work into my textiles – the journey from [...]
Archive for April, 2009
E.Y.E.S. Workshop
Posted in Events, Other Peoples work, Teaching and Talks, Textiles, friendly Plastic, tagged bend it shape it, classes, DVDs, EYES, friendly Plastic, lacework, liz welch, oooze, patchwork, Samples, summer school, teaching, workshop on April 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Friendly Plastic Class @ Tintern Abbey
Posted in Events, Information, Teaching and Talks, friendly Plastic, liz welch, tagged Adrienne Goodenough, CADW, classes, course, friendly Plastic, jewellery, learning, workshop dates, workshops on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I am more than delighted to announce that I am running a workshop in the grounds of beautiful Tintern Abbey on the Welsh Borders near Chepstow in September 2009. Having met a lovely lady called Adrienne Goodenough on the Friendly Plastic Yahoo List, I have been offered this delightful spot to run a class. Adrienne [...]
Turning Heads
Posted in Dolls, Friendly Plastic Challenge, friendly Plastic, liz welch, tagged challenge, doll, fp, friendly Plastic, friendly plastic blog, friendly plastic list, jana Ewy, liz welch, photos on April 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Jana Ewy put out a design challenge on the Friendly Plastic List and blog for everyone to make a doll. Not just any doll, but one that featured an image of the maker when they were young and as they are now. I duly got involved because I thought it might be a bit of [...]
The Consequences Of A Digital Age
Posted in Computer as a Design Tool, Information, Other Peoples work, tagged childrens games, Computer as a Design Tool, computer textile design group, consequences, CTDG, DesignIT magazine, Designs on textiles, DOT, games, photoshop, photoshop elements, shells on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For regular readers of this blog, what I am going to tell you about today will not need any further explanation, just a link to the DOT group blog where you can see the whole story of our most recent round of Consequences.
For those of you who have absolutely no idea what I am talking about, [...]
Textile Art With Integrity
Posted in Computer as a Design Tool, Events, Exhibitions, Information, Other Peoples work, Textiles, tagged cheese shop, cheese society, exhibition, female figure, gallery, gallery at st martins, geological maps, human form, janet wain, lincon, textile art on April 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
OK, I just had to let you know about a fabulous exhibition I have just been to in Lincoln. It is not on for long, just this week from 13th to 19th April 10am – 4pm at the Gallery at St Martins but it really is worth seeing. The artist, Janet Wain is truly an artist, and [...]












