Tony Bounsall – Tony Bounsall Photo Design came to the Green Shed for a photo shoot. Tony has been photographing my work for years because he really knows how to capture textiles. Here he is setting up to photograph Barbara McCaffrey’s large work. I thought this work would be a challenge because it is solid buttons that […]
Read More...I go to thrift stores, garage sales and estate auctions in search of embroideries, hand made works that have essentially been discarded. Each one has a story about its maker, its owner and its history but for most of them this provenance has been lost. Sometimes, when I take a work out of it’s dusty […]
Read More...While sitting the ‘Articulated Materials: Bridging Waters’ exhibition in Sidney’s Tulista Gallery, I worked away in a basic studio set up. I was at the gallery everyday so it was an opportunity to see if I would like having a studio away from home.After a couple of days of dyeing, I washed and blocked ‘log cabin’ […]
Read More...While at the retreat I continued blocking. I had a big pile of washed and dyed doilies that needed to be blocked and dried before going moldy. Every time I was surprised after I pulled out a damp limp cloth from the bag. Blocking transformed it
Read More...I have been washing, dyeing and blocking crocheted and tatted doilies. I have been building up a collection of doilies for quite a while. Friends have kindly been helping, buying doilies when they see them in thrift stores and auction houses. The range of crochet techniques and patterns is most interesting to study. The majority […]
Read More...During this break between semesters i had planned to do all sorts of catch-up things – the list is long!But, instead, I find myself either immersed in a book or doing laundry.I am laundering my collection of domestic linens and I am finding it calming. This is an expertly knit doilie. i should have taken […]
Read More...One of the Walls Talk blocks told me it was finished so it went into a soapy bath for a good clean. Then it was blocked, right side down, and left to dry. I use a system of wires and pins to block stitching and knitting.
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