Art Practice

My art practice is diverse in its production.

I start with a core idea or inspiration  maybe from a picture, photograph, item, visit or experience. Many ideas are fuelled by students who wish to learn techniques or make particular projects.

This is how I developed the sunflower wallhangings.

Sunflower Drawing

Sunflower Drawing

I drew several studies of the sunflowers growing in my garden and then chose one to develop into piecse of work.

Now I dye fabrics and collect together threads and images to refer to. Sketchbooks become bulging as I collect anything that refers to the idea.

Sunflower Overlays

Sunflower Overlays

I lay gauzes and films over the top of my drawings to see what complimentry colour work and also ones I wouldn’t normally use. Trial and error.

Sunflower Painting

Sunflower Painting

Detailed observation of your subject is vital before you can develop your own interpretation of your ideas.

Sunflower Screenprint

Sunflower Screenprint

I make a screen and use a piece of paper to see how the print will come out then I screen print many different pieces of dyed fabrics. I practice designs.

Sunflower 2 Screenprint

Sunflower 2 Screenprint

These designs are then developed into the wallhangings and teaching, demonstration pieces.

Two sunflower Wallhanging (Sold)

Two sunflower Wallhanging (Sold)

 

Sunflower 3

Sunflower 3

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Embellishing

I like using many different medias and techniques.

I developed ideas around purple and lilacs, using my photos and have continued to develop the colour into other projects.

purple frills of a cabbage

purple frills of a cabbage

Violas

Violas

Then a fun morning dying fabrics and threads.purple studio morning

Some embellishment using the threads and fabrics.

purple layers

purple layers

purple embellishment

purple embellishment

These were then made into a book cover, cards and bookmarks.I made a sketcbook cover,bookmarks and ATC’s for friends out of the ‘purple’ fabrics made.Lilac Friendship ATC'S

Purple Embellished Textile

Purple Embellished Textile

Purple Sketchbook

Purple Sketchbook

Purple Embellished Book Cover

Purple Embellished book Cover

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