Back home

I returned to a -to me-very cool UK on Sunday and have only ventured into my studio here once,because I need to wear a coat in there!

We are really into Autumn now ,whereas in the Lot et Garonne, we were still outside in T shirts in the evenings.

I have work to complete for an exhibition-those last little bits which shouldn't take too long, but generally do, so have to get my head around the cool.Meanwhile, here are some pictures of the lovely work done by students on my course in France in September-subject was LINES AND LAYERS.

Having trouble with the pictures today, maybe the heavy doses of painkillers I'm taking for lag ache are dulling my brain!

welcome to the open studio

Technology mixed with nature-I love my little printer and use the images for mixed media transfer techniques.My studio is a wonderful space in the middle of a tranquil field,s with only birds singingand the sun shining.What more could I want?
my lovely little printing press, which I use for collograph prints.These I use in my altered books and handmade books.It's my favourite bit of equipment.
Mixed media pieces which I use for teaching ,combined with my altered book techniques.Very different to my felt pieces, although I do use mixed techniques in those too.
Some of my felt hangings ,using woad and rust dyeing techniques,hanging above my bag collection.I keep fibre and other fabric related items in there, often things given to me by students.

This part of the studio is currently full of altered books because I am preparing for a course in the uk.This is my French studio, in the Lot et Garonne region,built for me by my husband.It's big enough to teach a large -ish group of students and gives me loads of space to make large pieces of felt and anything else I might feel inspired to do-I'm very lucky!

http://www.interweavestore.com/Mixed-Media/Magazines/Studios-Fall-2009.html

http://www.interweavestore.com/Mixed-Media/Magazines/Studios-Fall-2009.html

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BACK ON THE BLOG AT LAST

After an amazingly long absence, due to family illness and finally,bereavement,I'm back in the swing of things and getting ready to take part in the Quilting Arts Open studios online-a brilliant idea, I thinkI ahve taken all my photos and now I need to check when/how to upoad them.A quick taster here!

Back from Cornwall

I've been off blogging for a little while , mainly because there hasn't been enough hours in the day, but have just returned from a lovely sunny three days teaching in Cornwall for the I.F.A and these are some of the glorious results.Once again, it's felt collage and print with natural dye extracts.

It never ceases to amaze me what very different results each student achieves-everyone has a different colour sense & that accounts for some of the variety.The work shown here is by Maggie Richards and Jill Whittaker.Thank you to all members of the group, who made me feel very welcome.

Also received my first copies of the new Felt collage book I have written to go with my courses-just like having a baby!

felt collage course

I hadn't realise what a long gap there has been since I sat down to post! Life has been very busy and then there was the flu and a trip to chilly SW France.

Now,back from a weekend teaching feltmakers in Lichfield, which was very enjoyable and ptoduced some excellent work, a little of which you can see here.Felt collage always surprises me, even after a longtime working with the technique, because each person has a different take on the method, even if, as this weekend, they all start off with the same three colours of Gaywool dyes for the silk and cotton dyeing.

The final gilding of the lily with the thermofax screens and natural dye pigments is, to me, the most exciting part and this time we were using new pigments from DTCrafts as well as Pure Tinctoria pigments-both gave good results.