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Growth

Posted on 14/02/2012 by

Work continues, sporadically, on tacking the layers of Metamorphosis. I overestimated the size of the wool batting and ended up with about 8″ spare all round the edges of the 60″ pieced top. Working on the tacking, I’m noticing that … Continue reading →

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more on paper

Posted on 15/11/2011 by

And then I found some cave drawings of neolithic animals, already carved up into patchwork blocks: Since the first thing our ancestors would have thought on seeing an animal like this was ‘dinner’, it seems perfectly natural that they should … Continue reading →

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layering

Posted on 14/11/2011 by

Just collecting and layering some images and motifs on paper, and just for my own amusement. Varying degrees of success, but since these are only for me and my records, that’s OK. These are all watercolour and pencil on A3 … Continue reading →

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Pages part 2

Posted on 10/08/2011 by

The second half of the Winter Queen sketchbook; pages are 8″ square, continued from yesterday. The last page from yesterday, with the silk and knitted wire, flips up to reveal this page with its couching samples: This page (below) is … Continue reading →

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Quilting the sky

Posted on 17/02/2011 by

I’m now undecided about whether this is going to be two separate jackets, or whether it will be a single reversible one. I will have to travel a little further before it becomes clear, I think. The inner silk jacket … Continue reading →

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Walking another path

Posted on 02/02/2011 by

Sometimes it’s good to walk a while in someone else’s shoes, on someone else’s path. A while ago, Janice was kind enough to send me a photograph of some bicycle tyre tracks in the snow.  I made it into a … Continue reading →

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Surprise

Posted on 31/01/2011 by

Sometimes I surprise even myself.  You might recall how I was saying the other day that there was no way I could finish the Tracks Samples cloth book by the end of January. I almost feel I should apologise for … Continue reading →

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Walking on sunshine

Posted on 25/01/2011 by

This time I tried some reverse applique, using the design from one of the footprint patterns I found: Just as an exercise, I wondered how narrow a line I could make as a border.  This is all turned edge reverse … Continue reading →

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Abstraction

Posted on 20/01/2011 by

“There is no abstract art.  You must always start with something.  Afterwards you can remove all traces of reality… the idea of the object will have left an indelible mark.” -Picasso Abstract (as a transitive verb): take out of; extract; … Continue reading →

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Lines

Posted on 17/01/2011 by

Continuing to compile the Tracks sketchbook, I’m concentrating for now on the linear patterns.  At a later point I want to isolate some motifs – for instance, I can see little irregular crosses in some of those lines – and … Continue reading →

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