Turning heads

Busy day in the studio yesterday. Lots of my ideas developing. Got an exciting meeting next week for a forth coming exhibition which these will be ideal for...

Progress

So as I mentioned in my last blog post, things have changed in my working life.  As a result, some of my teaching in the studio has had to be reduced, so that I can get on a bit more practising at being an artist/designer/maker.

You can still find out about my teaching and I will still run some workshops, but the dates will be limited.  The good news is I have a few places available on my Print, fold, stitch, bind course –  on the 9th March so get in touch if you would like to book a place and see my page on Teaching and Workshops for more info.

In the meantime, the one day I do have in the studio is being productive, lots of train travel gives me the luxury of thinking time, and I have got lots of ideas that are developing...

The collecting of marks continues to evolve, with the making of some of my own drawing tools and finding new ways to gather and store the drawn developments

My printed wooden blocks continue to evolve

with new shapes and images on the horizon.

My love for multiples, collecting, drawing and finding is still there, but I am having to pace myself and learn to be patient

 Most of all I need to start compiling more realistic to do lists - todays had 18 things on it - I got 4  done!

Change...

A lot of things have changed over the last year. New jobs, new roles, a lot more teaching at University and so things have also had to change at the studio.  In order to concentrate some of my time on my own work I am running very limited workshops at the studio. So I will be making some amendments to the blog and website over the coming weeks. A day in the studio tomorrow to show you some of the projects I have been developing. pics to follow...

Happy New Year and New Beginnings

So its been a while because I have been teaching five days a week at 2 different universities which doesn't leave much room for my own work. New Year is a new start - teaching at Staffordshire University 4 days, getting to grips with my new role (Award Leader!) and then one day for myself in my lovely studio.  Lots of ideas that have been bubbling away in my mind are just waiting for Friday - a whole day in the studio - some planning and lists will be needed I think. For now its on with the teaching of my lovely students.....

Birdy House

I know - I have been missing from my blog for some time.  Lots of teaching, so a lot less time in the studio, but I have been busy with a number of projects.  First image for a commission I have been working on, more details to come......

Festival of Quilts 2012

I had a great time at the Festival of Quilts, particularly in the Virtual Studio - a great space created by Claire Benn and Leslie Morgan of Committed to Cloth.  I had a lovely large printing table for the day and spoke to so many lovely people.

 Virtual Studio - quiet time before the show opens

The fabric I created using a silk screen and masking tape.

Silk Screen Printing

I feel very lucky to have been asked to be part of the Virtual Studio at the Festival of Quilts this year by the lovely people at Committed to Cloth.  The Virtual Studio is a great space where you can come along and see cloth being created through a variety of screen printing techniques.  So I am very excited and am sharing a sneaky peak of the kind of work I will be demonstrating whilst I am there....

 I will be also be launching details of my new workshops there, including the drawing ones I have recently featured on my blog here   alongside a new screen printing workshop and more, further details and dates coming soon...