I worked 8 days straight in my temporary studio next to the front window in Lilaberry Home Decor here. Fifty artists were working, demoing and displaying as one of Sidney’s ArtSea Festival events. Lilaberry’s lovely owner, Chris Stephen, sent me these pics she had been taking during the week. My time was divided between sharing […]
Read More...I am spending 8 days working next to the front window of Lilaberry Home Decor here as part of the Artsea Festival. Lilaberry Home Decor is a fabulous shop owned by Chris Stephen. All stock is artfully staged to appeal to all senses. There is so much to see one can easily get lost in thought, […]
Read More...This is Esther Paterson’s display of work she did in the Pattern Design for Artists course.Esther chose to work with an eye motif and produced many patterns she will use in her work. Sonia Park was a student in the Mark Making With Thread course. She had to return to her home country, Korea, before the Christmas show […]
Read More...Dana has a dry run to practice explaining her work before the opening of the College Christmas Show Dana’s completed presentation of her work Dana’s 3D project using needle weaving techniques Dana used a darning technique to explore here chosen colour palette
Read More...This is Su Mei’s display of her work, produced during 12 weeks of the Mark Making With Thread course Su Mei’s 3D project began with the lid of a box that she crumpled then worked over with needle weaving stitches Su Mei chose to explore a very warm palette She showed skill working with varying temperatures and […]
Read More...Esther gets her body of work ready for the Student Show Her 3D project is a butterfly… …made using a needle weaving technique
Read More...Kati setting her work up Friday morning Kati’s project showing atmospheric perspective Kati’s 3D project using needleweaving Kati’s workbook where she developed her distinctive colour palette
Read More...Here is Sarah setting up her work on the Friday morning Sarah worked with a very warm intense colour palette Sarah’s couched sample has lots of exciting ideas she can expand on Sarah’s 3D project – needle weaving within a frame
Read More...Garland has just put her board in place on the morning of the show and she is talking to her class members about her work. It is a dry run to prepare her for talking to many more people that evening. During the course Garland worked with her favourite colours Garland’s 3D project Her couching sample.
Read More...The 3rd layer of needle weaving is finished. It is always a surprise when I take the work off the frame because I can see only sections of it while I work on it in the frame.People often ask me, when they see this technique, ‘how long did this take you?’ So far this work has taken 29 […]
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