Inspired by the Common Crane piece I have been making for a number of months now, I have decided that the next series of work will be based on the birds and countryside of the[…]
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Tag: free motion embroidery
Artist in Residence at Nature in Art
During the first week of September this year I was fortunate enough to have been invited to be Artist in Residence at Nature in Art. This beautiful art gallery in Gloucestershire is the only one[…]
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Cuckoo
If ever there is a bird with a tale to tell its the Cuckoo! Inspired by Nick Davies book ‘Cuckoo – Cheating by Nature’, the book explores and unravels the complexity of this notorious bird.[…]
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Slender Billed Curlew Part 2
This is the second piece based around the plight of the Slender billed Curlew. I rarely do two pieces on one bird in such quick succession, but this story fascinated me and I wanted[…]
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‘Chorus Line’
With the first of three exhibitions with the Contemporary Quilters West fast approaching all the pictures are now complete and at the framers! Following on from the earlier blog about the creation and inspiration of[…]
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Starling – ‘Chorus Line’
Murmurations are one of nature’s wonders, as they pass overhead you have to stop, listen and watch. Living near the Somerset levels they are part of our seasonal cycle. Starlings are not a particularly popular[…]
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Osprey Continued & completed
I have been really busy the last 2-3 months producing work that I hope to have entered into a number of forthcoming exhibitions around the country. The workshop, even with the fire and another heater[…]
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Inspiration from Nature writers – Osprey
I have been wanting to do a series of pieces based on the Osprey for a long time now. The plight of the Osprey first came to my attention after reading the wonderful book ‘Sky[…]
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Where in the World MQ 2017 Challenge
I have spoken about Midsomer Quiltings 12×12 customer challenge in previous blogs but if you would like to read more about the challenge and what it was based on click here. This years challenge is[…]
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