Bronchiectasis – the finished shift dress
I have finally completed my free machine embroidered shift dress and safely delivered it to Penny Wheeler. Monday it was packed ready to send to the National Centre for Craft and…
Make a shift dress in a day at the National Centre for Craft and Design
This week I have been preparing a workshop that I will run at the NCCD in Sleaford. Whilst being very used to running classes at Art in Action over the last nine…
A difficult project…
During the time that I was drawing / making the white fabric of my dress, I had felt excited about making the final image that would form the main design. A toil had…
Making an image from the CT scan
Whilst many projects initially seem like a very good idea, I often find that the early days are quick to throw up problems, and make you wonder how it might work out.…
Bronchiectasis and my next creative project
Last year I was diagnosed with mild bronchiectasis. Whilst this was disappointing news it did help me to realise that the symptoms of shortness of breath, tiredness and chest pains…
A wonderful summer
What a lovely summer my boys and I have had. Whilst it was initially hard to get very excited about all the new happenings due to a very hectic workload…
Some dressmaking…
This week I have had a very good excuse to make some clothes. My growing stack of lovely fabrics that I have purchased over the years with the hope that one day I…
The final show…
I have just returned from my final show at Art in Action, Waterperry, Oxford; eight years of teaching silk painting and marbling following in the footsteps of my mother in-law, Judith…
Art in Action
Well, last night I had three hours sleep after working hard all day. However, the work is now all wrapped and everything has a label, my website has had a few new additions…
Silk Painting at Newark Park
Many thanks to the National Trust staff at Newark Park for allowing me to run a silk painting workshop alongside Brunel Broderer's current exhibition, 'New Worke'. We used the sunny book…