Offset embroidery: Garden Party Fabric Sale
On the 3rd of September, I was invited to showcase my embroidery and embellishment skills at one of the busiest garden parties I have ever been to! All the guests were there for the fantastic fabric sale by The Offset Warehouse which is run by founder Charlie Ross. I had previously asked Charlie for some […]
In the last 3… a reflection
In the last 3 years since graduating, I’ve found it difficult to find a textile job which would accept an enthusiastic divergent thinker with a 2:2 grade. This led me to do many things: internships, part time jobs, personal textile projects, exhibition artwork, collaborations, costumes for performance, volunteer workshops, talks and lectures, mentoring and much […]
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter
Thank you Amanda Cartwright. I was just about to shut up & go to sleep, remaining silent about how I feel. I am ripped apart constantly thinking about the lack of thought and diminishing care in the actions of our every day lives. People take advantage of generosity/politeness/courtesy and have seemly endless amounts if material […]
Beading progression!
Another of the techniques and crafts I’ve been experimenting with recently is Beading! I’ve got many broken necklace and bits of jewellery collected, so I’m using them to test samples. I’ve been googling images and found many websites, blogs and you tube videos useful, some of which I’ve posted below the slide show… One very inspirational […]
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