Two Paper Coffee Cups; one has been deconstructed and reworked
Our new show at Bridport – ‘the new St Ives’! – is up and looking splendid, pay a visit if you can – Bridport and West Dorset open studios this weekend. Check out the St Michaels area of Bridport for a version of vintage heaven!
Will be at this event along with lots of other makers, movers, fiddlers, tinkerers, shakers, doers and inventors ! www.makerfairebristol.com
Images from the Shift exhibition at Frome showing original set-up. This is an interactive piece of work; I have invited viewers’ to knit, crochet,unpick,fiddle and re-arrange. With visitors’ and my own input this has evolved into something much more interesting. The work is still not finished, it continues in its dialogue with its audience, making …
Had a lovely unexpected encounter last saturday at the Big Issue Knitathon, bumping into Nina and Liz (two ex Bath Spa Creative Arts students who I had taught) who were organising the Bath contribution for this amazing event. In an attempt to break the world record for the number of simultaneous knitters, people came together to knit squares for a huge …
Ran a pompom workshop in Bristol with my friend Susi Bancroft as part of Easton Community Centre’s Family Day, which included music, sales of craft goods, great food, vintage clothes and making stuff. Lots of takers for the pomming including parents and teenage boys, not that one should remark on it. It never fails to amaze me how many …
I have some of my crisp packet work entitled ‘Precious’ in this exhibition at Salisbury Arts Centre, it runs until 15th December, and has some really interesting work. On December 1st there is also a contemporary craft fair and a workshop with James Wood who processes plants to make pigments, inks and paints. You can find …
After returning from Iceland was discussing said holiday with friends and on looking into the bottom of my coffee cup – there was the face of …. a viking of course. Also discovered the work of Icelandic photographer Ragnar Axelsson, aka Rax, check out his website, he captures the strength and fragility of living in …
Am running a half term workshop at the Pound, Corsham on Tuesday 30th October , called Weave, Wrap, Weave, we will be using fabrics, threads and recycled materials to create multifarious forms and surfaces ! To book your place – follow the link Please bring any empty washed crisp packets. …