Latest work

Been currently working on my latest piece of work for the Textile 21 exhibition in October.

 At the moment it is totally white silk. Both the fabric and thread used.

 It is called Effervescence II and is a development of my silk organza toile that formed part of the "Fashioned in Silk" exhibition of last year.

 

 The circles are the basis of this design and as they overlap they allowed me to develop layers that each display different techniques

I will cut away the outside of the design and then dye with procion dyes so that it will fulfil the brief of the exhibition and be Created in Colour.

Here I am free machine embroidering one of the circles.

Tech Styles Exhibition now on

At last the Textile 21 exhibition is hung and ready for the first visitors tomorrow.
Below are some closeup a of  three of the exhibits.
The exhibition was first shown in 2013 but there are some new exhibits and extension pieces that are in the shop for sale.

Macclesfield Silk Museum Exhibition

Here I am pointing to the free machine embroidery along the hem of my silk toile.

This is the view during the evening of the preview. The lighting helped make the ethereal effect that we wanted to show off the toiles to their best advantage.

There are more images on Textile 21's blog

Textile 21 Exhibition

As a member of Textile 21 I have been busy finishing my exhibit which is part of a 16 piece  installation. Fashioned in Silk is a departure for us away from the tradition textile art pictures on a wall exhibition. 16 silk organza toiles display embellishments that reflect members style and expertise. The image above is the one that is to appear in the local press and below a close up of the hem detail of my dress 'Effervescence'.

The circular design flows around the hem and employs free machine embroidery, applique and cable stitch. I used a wide range of silk fabrics.

The exhibition Fashioned in Silk starts 15th February to the 19th April at the Silk Museum, Park lane, Macclesfield, SK11 6TJ. Monday to Saturday 10am-3pm. Free Admission.

In addition we are having a Meet the Artists day on the 29th March as part of the Macclesfield Makers Day event. Roe Street, SK11 6UT. 10am-3pm.
visit our website textile21.co.uk or blog textile21.blogspot.com for further pictures and details.

Handed Down, Handing On

For the Textile 21 exhibition earlier this year there was a definite white theme going on.

 

I chose to use old linen and lace handed down by family members and the only colour came from the delicate brown of the teabags which I covered with silk organza.

 

This is the corner I was allocated for my finished 2D pieces

 the following three images show detail of the fan blades. All of which utilised old lace and they were embellished by hand and machine embroidery

 The next five images are closeups of the pillows I made from old table linen and lace.

 This is a small picture that again use teabags for the base and free machine embroidery embellishing of old pieces of lace.

 these three are closeups of the Tri-Tea-Tych where I again employed white embroidery on a background of teabags and silk organza

My aim was to produce pieces that I could hand on to my daughters not only from my generation but previous generations