I decided a while ago that I wouldn't show you finished work before the exhibition opened.
That partly explains the lack of textile blogging recently, normal service will be resumed shortly.
I’m planning to show you a few pictures of art work each day whilst the exhibition is on.
Here are a few shots from the studio today.
Please note the textile pieces are unmounted in these pictures, hence the crinkles.
Two photos of very small sections from a large painting.
What can you see?
I’ve updated the front page of the web site to make it more colourful. Do you like it? Excuse the joins.
Must be mad, but I decided I wanted a large purple free hanging piece for the exhibition (all the others are framed).
More dyeing and 10’s of hours of hand stitching later….I’m almost there.
Transferring a design for some FME
I belong to a textile art group who have chosen “Coast” as the title for the next exhibition, so I headed to Bamburgh one morning.
At first there was NO ONE around on this beautiful beach.
Surely it must be one of the best in the country????
I wish I taken my gloves, it might be May but at 9.30am it was freezing!!
A panorama taken on the iPhone;
No one in sight. At all, quiet perfect;
I was especially fascinated by the dunes and the grass.
Lots of ideas mulling around but I must put them to one side, only two weeks working time until the exhibition!
Finally, its Proud Mummy time again
DS won the “Best Newcomer” in the u11’s at Alnwick and his team won the best team in the Mini’s section.
Don’t let the blue skies fool you, we stood in pouring rain and a thunderstorm before the skies cleared!
I wish the world were at peace, what does it hold for my child?
I’m not one to get political but what do you answer when your 10yr old asks “Is it good that OBL is dead?”
Friend of mine came up with the answer;
For the 14-15 years we’ve lived here we’ve never done a complete wall walk around Berwick. So Saturday after a great football game (Wooler Juniors won 4-1 – YES!) we headed north east to Berwick, despite a few grumps from the Xbox addict.
I took loads more photos but it seems the UV filter has been scratched (I lost the lens cap somewhere on Hadrian's Wall) and the photos have marks on them - I need to get it replaced asap.
Here are the two road bridges. The one at the front built in 1603 on the command of James I of England / James VI of Scotland – apparently he was not impressed at the wooden structure he had to cross on his way to his English coronation and commanded a stone bridge to be constructed. This bridge is still in use. Behind this is the main road bridge built in the 1920’s. There’s also a railway bridge, don’t think you can see that.
Here you can see the shape of the walls, more information here (though why “Undiscovered Scotland” has a page on an English town?….. its been a long story and many battles for control of this area and its not over yet!) and more info here and here.
Guns protecting the harbour and the entrance to the River Tweed.
Looking down on the town.
I was teased about this one – more building textures and doors. After the pictures I took in France its now a standing joke with DS.
Catching up here!
Just before Easter DS and I went south for a few days to The Wall. Weather was great, we walked, laughed and (hopefully) learnt something about the Romans!
At the Cawfields section;
At Vindolanda;
At Housesteads;
At RE in Corbridge;
Yes we watched it. Did you? Of course you did.
Oh to be married in McQueen, I want to see the back of that dress.
What a loss the man himself wasn’t here to see it. Wish I could fly to NY for the retrospective exhibition starting Wednesday. Details here.
First stop today - Norham Antique and Collectables fair for some lace.
Its a lovely border village with the castle in the distance (famously painted by Turner).
Afternoon at a Salvage Yard at Ford. Came home with a Kodak No.1 Pocket Camera c1926-1932. I have some 120 roll film left over from my wedding photography days and I might put it through. DH and I were intrigued to see how it worked.
The salvage yard is opposite Ford Castle where we got married, we used to live close by – we rented and were to buy but unfortunately the house was withdrawn from the market. I do miss living in a village with the village atmosphere.
After Ford we went to Etal and boys will be boys……
"The purpose of life is to live it,
to taste experience to the utmost,
to reach out eagerly and without fear
for newer and richer experience."
Eleanor Roosevelt
