Tag: writing
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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…
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Ordering your thoughts
Part of my reflective practice is journalling or writing loads of ideas down so they don’t escape me. I am always thinking about new projects when I should be working on existing projects or my thoughts wander into exciting new directions when I really should be going to sleep. I journal in unexpected places too,…
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Emotional Landscapes
Places & Traces is part of my Cultures of Care project. Part of Cultures of Care is care of nature and landscape, place and belonging. I’ve been working for a year now with a wellness in nature group and wanted to build on what I’ve learned in that residency to create something more focussed on…
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Reflective Writing for Creative Practice
In my recent Cultures of Care Group session (and shared in the podcast) I talked about the importance of reflective writing or journalling in my own development. I write a lot, pretty much every day. Some of that writing is just describing the day and getting it out of my head and offloading difficult things.…
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Making Meaning Digital Journal
Last week I launched Making Meaning Journal with a pre-sale offer before I sent it to print, and then pretty much immediately changed my mind! I have been really reluctant about sending it to print so I interrogated my discomfort and self-mentored to work out what I wanted to do about it. In the end…
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Making Meaning Journal
I’m excited to announce that Making Meaning Journal is coming soon! For years I’ve wanted to create a publication, a modest magazine-style place to share some of my writing and more of my images of my work/ I love writing for my website, for my Maker Membership and for the Textile Study Space but I…
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Embroidery commission for Jan Garside
I recently completed a small embroidery commission for my friend, the weaver Jan Garside, who I’ve collaborated with before. She asked me to make some pieces based on Elizabethan embroideries at Hardwick Hall for a commission she was working on. Jan & her finished pieces. Find out more about Jan & her work here. This…