Category Archives: fibre arts

Finished!

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The work is completed on my very last day in Vancouver, before moving back to Europe. I used some light fabric paint to fill out the sea and sky, giving depth to the background and providing a contrast for the detail to jump out from.   This project has run from the first day of […]

Complete Crafted Crags

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The rocks round into reality, swelling and folding over themselves.   Crack and crease creep along the rock face, fault lines furring with lichen and lime, a smooth pelt, fed and washed by the sea foam.   Sleeping seals elephantine sculptures surf-hewn from stone.  

A Threaded Tale

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So it turns out that I’m good at keeping up with my project, and not so much with the blog bit. Ho hum. So below is a catch up with how the piece is progressing so far. I love to see the colours flicker,  and come alight to spread over the canvas in organic waves. . The […]

A Roving Fancy

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As with the embroidery the roving has been roaming, wending its way along one path and then turning, as my mind twists also, to forge a new way forward. Striating itself.  Merging and overlapping, once again taking form, where before was empty canvas. The density and dimension of the roving adds a new layer, only hinted […]

Hanging by a Thread

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So here we have my first attempts to create shades, textures, and shapes mainly with embroidery threads but with a little felt, fabric, and beading thrown in for good measure. It is surprisingly difficult to take materials you are used to working with in a straight-forward manner, and look at them differently. To try and […]

The Great Fabric Haul

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So, here we go.  Stage one.  The great fabric haul. I raided all of my craft stocks and picked out anything with the right colour tones and interesting textures. I had no idea I had quite so many materials to choose from, but I’m absolutely chuffed that I’m able to use re-purposed, recycled and re-gifted […]