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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.

This is how I developed the sunflower wallhangings.

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

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

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

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

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

Two sunflower Wallhanging (Sold)

Sunflower 3

  November 2009, I developed idea around purple/lilacs, using my photos.

purple frills of a cabbage

Violas

purple studio morning

 Some embellishment using the threads and fabrics.

purple layers

   

purple embellishment

These were then made into a book cover, cards and bookmarks.

Available to buy three packs of Studio dyed purple scrim. See To Buy page.

 

 

 

I made a sketcbook cover,bookmarks and ATC’s for friends out of the ‘purple’ fabrics made.

Lilac Friendship ATC'S