Deb's

This is a large canvas piece I have been working on for a while, its inspired by Jenny Harts beautiful hand embroidery. To go with "Debbie" I am also working on a piece called"Curtis" on the same size canvas to be displayed together.

Open Studios

Rogue artists studios opened there doors to the public on saturday, it was a great chance to see all the different artists work and their studio spaces each being very individual. The work that stood out to me the must were the textile pieces which included Helen Plaumer's stitched line drawings on canvas and her embroided statements on vintage hankies another artists work which I thought wad innovative was Jacqueline Wylie's knitted canvas which out of the set my favourite was the largest made up of a hairy black wool which looked different depending on the angle you looked at it from.

35mm Film

some snaps taken using a 35mm back on my diana camera

Coming soon

my shop on etsy!

Summer may be here but...

Spring is still on!

So get yourself down to Art of Tea in Didsbury and check out a beautiful mix of stitch, photography and illustration.

knitting with Ribbons

I bought some "20" knitting needles the other day but didn't want to knit with wool, I thought about knitting with strips of fabric but didn't want it all to fray so I decided to try knitting with ribbons. This is the result!

It was really quick to knit and is a pretty heavy piece considering its not even a meter long yet, I'm thinking of knitting another couple of pieces and then stitching them together to make a rug.

POI Moving, Mapping, Memory Exhibition

POI is the first installment of Edition at the Cornerhouse. Its a new month long event which aims to bring new ideas, exhibitions and one-off events. The exhibition was very innovative,with many of the pieces were interactive. There was a mix of video, sound, photography and textiles with each piece being completely different to another, this made it exciting to walk around. Even though every piece was different there was still an obvious link between them and the all worked well together. Even the information leaflet was made to link in with the navigation and mapping theme.

The pieces that stood out to me the most were Yukari Yoshikawa's instillation and Rob Strongitharm's videos. Yoshikawa's instillation is inspired by the Wheel situated in Exchange square. It was an arch made up of led lights which a video was projected onto it, the led lights colours changed to effect the mood of the person watching the video. Strongitharm's video was projected onto three large net curtains making the images bleed and overlay, making it able for visitors to walk between the curtains as though they were walking through the video.