‘Walls Talk’ has come back from South Korea where it was in the Canadian pavilion at the 2009 Cheongju International Craft Biennale.It is made up of panels in the same Julia Caprara technique as ‘Meadow’ but in this work it is the actual materials that tell the story.The theme of the Canadian exhibition at the […]
Read More...This work is another in a series where i have been using a technique developed by the co-founder and co-principal of the Opus School of Textile Arts, Julia Caprara. (Since Julia’s death the school is known as the Julia Caprara School of Textile Arts, of which I am a student).Julia published a series of articles […]
Read More...I’ve been very busy this past week working at finishing off this semester’s module for my BA(Hons) studies. This semester I did Professional Practice, a practical module that sets me up to run the business side of my art practice so I will hit the ground running straight after I graduate.This year there has been […]
Read More...I posted updates about this work, Walls Talk, during its creation. When it was complete I entered it in the 2009 Cheongju International Craft Biennale in Korea. This event is the Cannes Film Festival of Fine Craft – the work of over 1000 artists from more than 40 countries is exhibitied . Canada is the […]
Read More...I am making a Tyndall Stone wall.I have prepared my palette, just as Julia Caprara says to do. Torn strips of fabric… ..lengths of thick yarns, tapes, ribbons & threads are ready for building up in layers on the burlap base. I have 3 stone blocks under way. I’m not sure how many I will […]
Read More...Avril, a member of our BA(Hons) Embroidered Textiles group, posted a comment on my last post that is such good news. Through Alex’s work we can look forward to learning more from Julia in the future. Thanks for the good news, Avril.Now I have the goal to get through all of the projects in ‘Exploring […]
Read More...Yahoo! My copy of Julia’s new book has arrived and it is as inspirational as everyone says it is. It is really a workbook to keep you learning about colour for years to come. I have already got the sketchbook to begin the first Colour School project. I am going to do a study of […]
Read More...It was Julia’s funeral yesterday. On and off, all day, I was thinking of her, her family and all of their friends and how sad they must be feeling. It has been a help to me to get stuck into some stitching, particularly when this new work is in Julia’s buttonhole textile technique. I have […]
Read More...I found some more images of the work I posted yesterday. This close up shows the work with the 3rd layer – the buttonhole stitch starting to be built up. The buttonhole stitch works to blend and highlight specific areas of the textile. This is another work using Julia’s technique. It is a Rockies scene […]
Read More...Back in 2005 Quilting Arts Magazine featured a series of articles written by Julia Caprara. In the Winter issue, Julia wrote about the importance of all textile students building their own personal “touch palette”. Since reading the article, I have followed Julia’s advice and used the technique she described as “painting with fabric, thread, and […]
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