Tag: writing
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What we should be doing in creative business
Spoiler: it’s whatever you want to do. Neither me or anyone else can tell you want you should be doing. Find Your Focus can help you figure out what you really want to be doing. I’m not sure its possible to avoid comparing ourselves to others. As artists or creatives, we engage with the world…
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Things to read and learn
Gifts and courses for creative folk Early in my career I was a product maker, churning out scarves and brooches at this time of year, then later it was books and workshops and kits that I sold. I don’t make so much these days, and I don’t run many workshops but it would be foolish…
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Textile Book Group for 2026
A relaxed reading group for people who love books about textiles I love reading books about textiles and I love talking to people about books about textiles, so I have created a book group to do just that. It’s an online meeting on a Monday evening. I’ll start with sharing some of my thoughts about…
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Textile Book Group
A social online group to talk about our favourite books about textiles. We are a few months into Textile Book Group and working our way through a great book every month. I’ve decided to alternate long reads with shorter reads to give more time for the longer books. November’s session (Monday 3rd) is our short…
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Textile Book Group
A social online group to talk about our favourite books about textiles. A few weeks ago I hosted my first online textile book group and it was a delight! We talked about Clare Hunter’s Threads of Life and shared our reflections on the book, what resonated with our own stories, what we learned and how…
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Moving The Needle
The under-appreciated originality of Mary Linwood (1755-1845) This essay is inspired by the prompt of Originality, posed by Beth Kempton on Substack for the Summer of Substack Essay Festival. You are welcome to subscribe to my substack but for now I intend to keep copying my writing over here on my website, so you could…
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The Generosity of Makers
A reflection on being a generous artist and being part of generous communities A second essay copied over from Substack, where I am taking part in a summer essay-writing challenge hosted by Beth Kempton. This week’s prompt was Generosity. This is not the writing I planned over the course of this week. This is not…
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Showing the Unseen
Sharing some of my work about hidden stories of care at Cultures of Care Gathering 19-20 July Usually I work towards exhibitions all the time, with a known location and display arrangement in a museum, art gallery or even library, corridor or empty shop. For various reasons, my Cultures of Care project hasn’t culminated in…
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Find Your Focus for 2025
Working out what’s the right thing for you in your creative practice. The world is pretty confusing and distracting at the moment isn’t it? It seems harder than ever to focus on your own little world of creative practice when there is so much misery, crisis and injustice happening. I’m not claiming this course will…
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Anne Whitmore’s quilt Chastleton House
Earlier this week I went on a textile tour of Chastleton House. I’ve written a lot in my journal about this experience in one of my favourite places, and the makers of these amazing stitched pieces. Thinking about the motivations and experiences of textile makers of the past is pertinent to a new project I’ve…
Ruth Singer 