Category: Life
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Launching and Letting Go, my review of 2021.
I talked a little in my last full podcast episode about what I’d done over the last year and my plans for the future. I said in the podcast that I didn’t want to be one of those people listing all their successes…. there’s being inspiring and there’s being annoying. I prefer the former! I’m…
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Making Meaning Podcast Episode Eleven – Reflections with Ruth Singer
An introduction to the first episode of Making Meaning, a podcast by Ruth Singer exploring the meaning behind what we make.
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Remembering Rosie
Everything I do at the moment seems to be a bittersweet reminder of my lovely friend Rosie who died a couple of weeks ago. For the last 10 years she’s been so involved in my work, coming to workshops, buying and commissioning textile pieces, sharing stories of antique shopping and cats! I think of her…
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Textile Traces Exhibition Launch Interview
My Textile Traces exhibition opened last weekend (25th May 2019)at Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre. It’s a real joy to see so much of my work up on the walls in this lovely gallery, and to have so many people come to the exhibition opening. On the day we held an ‘In Conversation’ event with me…
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Rethink your Mind
I’m pleased to have a new piece of work selected for the ReThinkYourMind Yellow Book project. My piece Ash Map will be included in the new book for 2017 which will be launched this week after an awards reception at the House of Lords last week, although I was at the Contemporary Craft Festival so…
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Postcard from West Dean (2)
Alongside my teaching, my week at West Dean involved a lot of both looking closely at details and looking (and walking) to points far away. I found myself with nearly two days off before teaching, time to explore, wind down and replenish. Between teaching sessions the gardens were my playground. The wide open views of the South…
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Just one year
Working the way I do, I am always looking forward to the next exhibition, planning the next project, writing funding proposals and workshop outlines for months and even years ahead, I rarely get the opportunity to look back, consider what has happened and think about how to build on the successes and challenges of the…
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Postcard from Dublin
snippets of time out during the Knitting & Stitching Show water walking skies buildings museums wonderful exhibition of textiles from the Atlas Mountains Museums full of inspiring objects
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Postcard from Cornwall
exploring observing noticing inspiration in tiny fragments, stains, mosses, growths, folds, fissures, ripples, branches, rocks, lichens, leaves and rain drops. natural details found in Cornwall
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Anniversaries and Centenaries
Today marks eleven years since I officially became a self-employed artist. Last year I missed my 10th anniversary because of other things going on in my life and this year it feels a bit flat because of the state of my country and the Somme centenary today. Centenaries and anniversaries are important in my work and…