Wednesday, 30 December 2009
Happy New Year
I may not get a chance to use the computer tomorrow so I thought I would wish everyone a very happy, creative and wonderful new year. Thanks for visiting and for all of your comments. Hope to see you next year!
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
Ragged Robin
Labels:
bird sketch,
ragged robin
Monday, 28 December 2009
Church graveyard in Suffolk
Labels:
boxford,
graveyard,
photograph,
Suffolk
Sunday, 27 December 2009
Car window snowy scene
Labels:
a1,
photograph,
snow
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays everyone, I hope you have a lovely time. Thank you for visiting my blog, whether just for a look or to leave lovely comments. I will continue to add posts & I hope you continue to visit. Bye for now.
Labels:
happy christmas,
silly cow
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Weebles Christmas Party
These cards were inspired by a set of 22 bronze figures at Little Haven, South Shields [North of England], sculptured by Juan Munoz. It is called the Conversation Piece but they are known locally as the weebles.
This is how 4 of them they really look
Labels:
bronze,
christmas,
little haven,
sculpture,
south shields,
weebles
Monday, 21 December 2009
Frank at Christmas
Labels:
christmas,
dog,
photograph
Sunday, 20 December 2009
Knitted santa & snowman, snowman in snow
Knitted snowman & santa - these were made when the kids were small so probably about 20+ years old
I wanted a photo of a snowman [for artistic purposes, you understand] so I went out to build one [by myself, I'm still a kid at heart], but the snow was so crumbly it wouldn't hold together, so I just drew one in the snow instead with a trowel
Saturday, 19 December 2009
Statue of Liberty - Christmas
A card design I did a couple of years ago. The background of taxis was an applique, the statue is a photo and the rest was drawn.
Labels:
christmas,
statue of liberty
Friday, 18 December 2009
Snowman cards
Thursday, 17 December 2009
Snowmen Applique
Another applique of snowmen. It started snowing here today, first I've seen here this winter, perhaps it's because I keep putting pictures of snowmen on my blog.
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Blue Snowmen Family
Labels:
embroidery,
snowmen
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Snowman with tartan accessories
Applique - fur fabric snowman, tartan fabric accessories, hand embroidered trees on a speckled fabric background.
Labels:
snowman applique,
tartan
Monday, 14 December 2009
Penguins
It's getting colder by the day so I thought I would share my penguins with you today. I like the ideas, but the execution is not the best.
The top one is all machine embroidery and the bottom one is machine embroidery & paint on stretchy fabric - experiments for t-shirt designs.
Labels:
machine embroidery,
penguins
Sunday, 13 December 2009
Fish & Seaweed
Another picture in the Arc exhibition [see Thurs 12th]. This one has a top layer of transfer printed fabric [paper was painted and then was transferred onto fabric with a heat press]. Under the semi transparent fabric is a painted fish which has been hand embroidered and has threads hanging from its tail [but trapped under the top layer]. The seaweed was painted on the canvas and also hand stitched on the top layer with added beads and sequins. The fabric is wrapped around a canvas frame.
Labels:
embroidered goldfish,
sea weed,
textile art
Saturday, 12 December 2009
Friday, 11 December 2009
Exhibition - A bit of a Mixture
Labels:
art exhibition,
echinacea,
machine embroidery,
textile art
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Exhibition - A bit of a Mixture
My friend Helen and myself have a new exhibition which we put up today. Helen's pieces are of birds and animals and mine are floral, fish/sea and abstract. The space was supposed to be for another friend and daughter, but due to illness they didn't finish the work, and had to cancel. Well we couldn't see an empty gallery space going to waste could we, so we volunteered to fill it.
Below - One of the pieces on show - Dahlia & Fly
Labels:
art exhibition,
dahlia,
stockton arts centre
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Statue of Liberty has a makeover
Labels:
bag,
makeover,
statue of liberty
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Robins
Sketch Book - trying to draw european robins, a symbol of wintertime and Christmas - in the UK anyway, are they in other countries? I have seen pictures of the American and Australian Robins and they look totally different to the European type, bigger but they do have a red breast too.
Labels:
robin,
sketch book
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Stumpwork samples
These are the first experiments with stumpwork when I was doing my City & Guilds Embroidery. I like the lady with the green scarf the most.
Friday, 4 December 2009
Fairy's and Butterflies
Labels:
butterfly,
fairy,
illustration,
sketch
Thursday, 3 December 2009
New York yellow taxis - Bag & ATC
The ATC above is part of the bag design below.
Applique on a velevet background with a plastic top layer.
Labels:
applique,
ATC,
bag,
New York,
yellow taxi
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Bird & Leaves
Another sketch using the parallel pens & felt tips for colour. These are the Pilot calligraphy pens - the nib has two parallel plates and they are available in different sizes.
Labels:
bird sketch,
parallel pens
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Danger - Woman at Work
This is an oldish 3D experimental picture - stumpwork, embroidery, applique in a painted sponge frame
Labels:
applique,
embroidery,
stumpwork,
woman working
Friday, 27 November 2009
Postage Stamp Art
I thought I would have a go at designing my own postage stamps and these are 4 of the results from over 20 that I did - they are quite addictive. But if you are like me and save odd bits of painted paper, then here is a use for it.
Labels:
inchies,
miniature art,
postage stamp art
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Domino Bird
Two versions of Domino Bird
one is a collage on a fantasy game board - paper bird & feather with dangly cord legs
the other is made from fabric which has been printed on an inkjet, then stitched and stuffed, cord legs and a real feather
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Alhambra, Spain - Pattern
Labels:
alhambra Spain,
patterns
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