Art2Inspire

New Year, New Sculpture and New Gallery

Jane — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:30:58 +0000

: Jeanetta Sculpiturio

Happy New Year to everyone.

It was a very busy time and exciting time at the end of last year with the build up to

Christmas and moving The Gallery to a new modern space.

With the moving to the new building I responded by creating a new sculpture

‘Jeanetta Sculpiturio’.

I was inspired by the feeling of change,

architecture, the new space before and after, Venice and one of my students.

See more photos and details

HERE

I am back in the studio after the Christmas break, see my daily blog

at Quilters Cottage at

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

View my artwork and blogs by clicking on the pages on the right of this post.

Busy as Ever!

Jane — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:42:54 +0000

Orange Pumpkin Bowl

October has been a very mixed month of creativity,

I feel so lucky to be able to have a creative life as my career and

it is working out so well. It is hard work but in a very different way.

See some of what I have been doing by visiting some of the post which are on my

daily blog site at Quilters Cottage.

Enjoy a little taster by visiting the posts,

from a Bag making workshop at Weeting Village Hall,

See post HERE

Meetings at Alveva Quilters, a talk by Yvonne Brown,

HERE

Christmas and other projects made by my Students

HERE

Felt Making at The Embroidery Guild

HERE

Textile Painting

HERE

A visit to Jimmy’s Farm

HERE

I am creating different types of cards with the different classes and

practice pieces.

See them on my

card site

HERE

I have been busy collecting videos from You tube

and making my own videos in the studio

to illustrate the films I have been watching and items I am making too,

Visit my Tech Site

HERE

There has been so much it has been hard to select these few.

If you want to see more visit my portfolio pages on the right

of this post or go to Quilters Cottage and keep scrolling down

onto older posts.

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Busy September and Classes

Jane — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:05:27 +0000

: Sampler Quilt in Knit Wits Window

I always love September and the start back to new things.

i am now teaching Patchwork and Quilting at Knit Wits in

Dereham, every Thursday, one Wednesday evening and

one Monday a month.

I have throughly enjoyed it so far and Fiona and Bill

have worked so hard in getting the fabric department and

classroom ready.

See more of the Sampler Quilt

HERE

September has started with Strips and the colour Purple

as the inspiration,

to get people started patchwork.

See my ‘Purple Patchwork Items’,

such as sketchbook covers and bags,

HERE

I am still teaching ‘Mixed Media Textiles’ on a Tuesday

at the Gallery and have lots more techniques

booked for this year.

I also made a video on how I make one of my

sketchbook pages

HERE

I have also become a Region 9 Committee Member.

I am now responsible for the Region 9 web page on

The Quilters Guild Website, so if you have any news

you think is appropriate please contact me.

See our Committee day with photos of the Region 9

Banner,

HERE

There is still some more of September to go and I will post more

but in the mean time go to my daily art updates on my blog

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Lots Going on in July

Jane — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:26:06 +0000

Quilts for Chernobyl

July has been a busy creative month with Exhibitions, farm and school visits.

Making quilts,cards and felt, among alot of other creations.

The Gallery has been as busy as ever and I am gearing up for

new classes to begin in September.

There is still a week to go with me preparing for a

felting demonstration on the 31st of July at

The Alpaca Farm.

Also teaching @The Gallery and a teaching day in my Studio,

plus group meetings, the last before the Summer Break.

See all these posts on my blog and much much

more of my day to day art on my blog

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Brick Patterned Quilt

Jane — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:19:39 +0000

Floral Brick Patterned Quilt

Back of Floral Brick Patterened Quilt

I love making floral quilts in the Summer,

they capture all the elements of an English Garden.

This quilt is 43″ wide and 55″ long.

It is made with Cotton Fabrics including

Sanderson and Liberty Fabrics.

It is machine washable.

Mixed Media Textile Books

Jane — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:46:12 +0000

Mixed Media Textile Art Book

I have been making a lot of mixed media artwork recently.

On Thursday I had a play in the studio with lots of vintage lace,

textiles and items that I have treasured and collected over the years,

for just that perfect time.

See all the different art that has been created at

www.quiterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Brighton

Jane — Fri, 27 May 2011 09:35:55 +0000

Visiting Charleston

Last week Stewart, Jenn and a friend Sopie went off to stay in a Cabin in Leonard on Sea and then visited Brighton and the Pavilion see blog post HERE

Brighton Pier HERE

The Battle Hastings Battlefield HERE

The Town of Hastings HERE

Charleston Farm House was amazing and the garden was wonderful see blog post and more photographs HERE

Berwick Church and the Bloomsbury Murals HERE

There was so much to see and enjoy it was a wonderful break. Hope you enjoy the blog posts and pictures.

To see more of what I have done over the last week visit my daily blog at

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Bess of Hardwick Hall

Jane — Mon, 16 May 2011 04:45:29 +0000

Last week I had the opportunity of hearing Professor Jeff Handcock talk to the Methwold Ladies Group about Bess of Hardwick Hall. It was fascinating to hearing about Bess’s life story in historical context of the Tudor Era. I have visited Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire and marvelled at the tapestries, embroideries, wood panelling and gardens. Bess not ‘Elizabeth’ because of course, ‘Elizabeth the 1st’, was on the throne at that time, although, Bess saw three monarchs in her life time because she lived to the age of 83, no mean feet in those times. She was a clever, an entrepreneur of her times and married four times! She was the 2nd richest person in Tudor Britain and had many workshops including those that made glass, the finest and largest panes at that time. This accounts for Hardwick having so many large and unusual windows among other things such as the longest hall with indoor walk!
Bess also hard the finest sewing rooms for the refurbishment of linens, tapestries and embroideries which she acquired from all round the world.
Hardwick Hall became a National Trust property in the 1950′s.

See these videos to capture some of the interest of Bess, Hardwick Hall and Tudor Life.

Jack’s Quilt

Jane — Thu, 12 May 2011 05:50:40 +0000

I am making a quilt for Jack and here are some of the fabrics chosen (blue and greens similar to the quillow on the ‘Blue Quilts’ Page ,Portfolio on the right of this post. I make quilts to commission and enjoy the bespoke service. The customer enjoys the process of seeing the fabric purchased and made by photographs, via email. So you are involved in the process. Or you can buy one of the ones in the Art to Buy section,
See the quilt pieced ready for quilting on my blog HERE

Jacks Quilt Fabric

See more of my daily works by visiting the studio at Quilters Cottage,

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Printed Sketchbook

Jane — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:49:59 +0000

I have made a Paper and Stitch Printed Sketchbook with the background medias I made the other week. The Sketchbook is for sale click HERE

You can see more detail on this video I made today from my photographs.

Learning to add Videos

Jane — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:37:06 +0000

I am learning to put videos on my various sites and they all take a different sort of jiggling to get it right.I am enjoying the process of finding the video, working out the computer,technical know how and then enjoying the outcome when it is visually on my site and where I want it. I am going to use the videos as inspiration to extend my creativity, share the artist work and hopefully inspire new ideas in you the viewer.

Embellished Flowers

Jane — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:10:56 +0000

Embellished Flower

I made the papers and with Kim, a Tutor @ The Gallery Dereham

in the morning and then in the afternoon when the class had

finished I manipulated, stitched and beaded

the Embellished Flower above.

I have made many paper flowers over the years using many

different ingredients including papers.

See more of this post and the making of the flower

on my blog

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Stained Glass Patchwork

Jane — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:29:50 +0000

Stained Glass Window Patchwork

Tuesdays @The Gallery Dereham are always busy and I get to tutor students

through many different mixed media techniques.

Carol is making a Stained Glass Patchwork Wall Hanging,

( a form of applique method of patchwork).

I designed the pattern from a photograph Carol gave me of a

picture of a stained glass window.

As you can see she has produced it really well!

She chose to use mainly dyed fabrics to give the effect of the

original blown glass.

I just love it.

The borders are due to go on and the quilting.

Well done Carol!

See more of what goes on @The Gallery Dereham

and on my Textile Tuesdays 10am -3pm @ my blog

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

The Queen’s Dressmaker

Jane — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:19:05 +0000

The Queen's Royal Dressmaker

Mrs Peggy Umpelby came to or local Embroidery Guild Meeting.

She talked, shared and showed us some of her amazing tambour beaded samples

and work.

She has been part of the Royal Dressmaking Team for over forty years and has

a personal Royal Warrant for her work.

“Mrs. Peggy’ as she is known by many has worked with designers such as,

The Emanuals, Hardy Amies and Catherine Walker to mention a few,

producing amazing beaded creations which many of us have seen

in press photographs.

See more of the evening and the photographs and links

on my blogsite under 3rd and 4th of April 2011

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Card Making

Jane — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:47:12 +0000

Mandalas Card Making

I love learning new techniques and this week I went to a card making class with

Kim, a Tutor @ The Gallery Dereham.

Kim demonstrated different techniques and we learnt how stamp,

emboss, cut out and colour our Mandala patterns.

I loved using the shimmer water colour paints and went and

brought myself some so I could continue when the class finished

at lunch time.

This is my second card that I finished that afternoon.

Mandalas aren’t meant to be entirely perfect can you see what is different?

(clue: Look to the edges).

This card gave me the inspiration to make a silk painted wallhanging and

a video step by step

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See more of the mixed media I have completed this week

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Star Quilt

Jane — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:13:45 +0000

Star Quilt

On Saturday because the weather was fine I was able to take my king size Star Quilt outside and photograph it.

I dyed the star fabric and over dyed the corner batik fabric. it is all cut with the rotary cutter and made in strips.

I always use the rotary cutter now for accuracy when it comes to make blocks and accurate piecing. It is machine pieced and quilted.

This is one of my favourite quilts. Do you have a favourite?

See more of my Quilts on my portfolio pages on the right.

Also what I am working on at the minute on my blog

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Textile Art History

Jane — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:04:36 +0000

I am really inspired by textiles and this program is about the hidden history of textiles from India.

It starts at Hardwick Hall in England and travels to India. The presenter Griff Rhys Jones is so sympathetic and interested in the making of the art and textiles it makes this film even more fabulous. Be ready for colour, inspiration and sensational insights. The link finishes on the 18th of March 2011 but hopefully will be repeated.

Indian Textiles

Yo see a Master Wood Block Textile Printer at work visit my blog post by clicking

HERE

Paper and Stitch Notebook

Jane — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:12:33 +0000

Paper and Stitch Notebook for sale

Paper and Stitch Notebook

This Paper and Stitch notebook has good quality lined paper inside and

the collage is covered by gauze and machine stitched in place,

to make durable.

It has a fixed cover.

It’s size is

4.5″ w x 6″ h

11.5 cms width x 15.5 cms height.

This is an original and there is only one!

(SOLD)

To see more details of how it was made

Click HERE

Paper and Stitch Art Journal for sale

Jane — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:49:03 +0000

Paper and Stitch Art Journal

This Paper and Stitch Art Journal/Sketchbook is for sale.

It is an A4 sketchbook

and has good quality art paper inside.

Its size is

9″ w x 12″h

23 cms width x 30 cms height

The collage is all under a Gauze net and stitched.

This gives the cover durability.

The cover can be removed and put on another sketchbook of a

similar size.

A truly original!

SOLD

If you want to see more detail.

by clicking HERE .

Coven Quilters

Jane — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:57:19 +0000

: Kate’s Reversible Quilt

Visit my blog site and see all the Coven Quilts including more of

Kate’s reversible quilt.

Also Wholecloth hand quilted quilt by Liz and much much more.