tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338793561909606312024-02-18T20:29:50.515-08:00ART SPACEInspiration and news from Sandra Meechartspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233430337075555892noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733879356190960631.post-44274199433533199102017-01-10T09:19:00.004-08:002017-01-10T09:29:23.296-08:00Season's Greetings<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>First things first... Happy New Year 2017</b></span></div>
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I can't believe that date when I type this. Where did all those years go.?? Remembering just this time last year we were ready to leave for our big adventure to Antarctica.<br />
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Since Open Studio in September (and a trip to Venice) I have been busy making some new pieces for a current exhibition, here in Somerton. <b>Alternative Views.</b>... and exhibition at ACE Arts at the old town hall in the center of town, with Vera Sheaf and Caroline Mornament. It runs from 7 January to the 4th of February the 4th February.<br />
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I am been reviewing my love of 'marks' in a new series called 'Marking Time'.<br />
Some photos will follow soon.<br />
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<i>On another note</i>...... For personal family reasons, I have unfortunately had to cancel my teaching in May at Studio Preniac near Cahors, France. Liz provides a wonderful program of textile retreat workshops and I am sorry I can't take part this year. <br />
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<i>All the best and thanks for reading......</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After a gap of 45+ years I have just come back from a few days in Venice. It is a wonderful as I remembered. When I was an art college graduate, backpacking around Europe I stayed in a youth hostel on the Grand Canal. It was very different this time with my husband (of almost 40 years) and with possibly 50 times the number of tourists than was experienced before. (and that was mid October).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have to say, despite having just experienced a cruise to Antarctica on a relatively small cruise ship, (400 people) I was shocked at the 4 enormous ships in dock - each probably with 4,000+ visitors overwhelming the main sites in Venice. There is a movement at the moment to stop this as it is affecting the foundations of many buildings nearby.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">However, there are many places that are less crowded and it is great to just wander and discover secret places and restaurants for yourself. It was all so colourful and inspiring. Galleries are plenty for some of the best Renaissance art as well as some stunning very modern art collections. Here are some photos of Venice and our trip to Burano, a must if you are ever visiting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's all for now, - my feet are back on the ground and ready to start some new work. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Watch this space...... <i>thanks for reading...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have you been tempted to self publish a book, but don't know where to start? If you have considered putting your photo images in book form there are many different online photo book companies available. I have considered using this as a 'one off' way to document inspiration, sketches and images of a series of work that I would want to present in a book. This might be great to show at an exhibition, and it might be substantial enough to take further with a number of copies. Mixbook.com is one such photo book company which features contemporary templates to follow and allows you ample space to write as much as you want. For a modest amount of money (and there are always 50% off sales) you can produce a book. It gives you a good idea the quality of your photography and it is amazing to see your work in print. Go into the website www.mixbook.com and see for yourself. I have used them twice recently, first for a small softcover square book, based on images of a trip to the Isle of Mull, primarily to see the quality of the printing, then a lovely hardcover 81/2"x11" landscape perfect bound publication about our Antarctic expedition. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Thrilled with both, I thought I would share them with you. I am tempted to do another based on my photos, images, sketches and stitched pieces based on the Somerset Levels. If anything it could focus one's attention on either self publishing a limited edition or finding an interested publisher.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please keep in mind the weeks workshop near Cahors at www.studiopreniac.com as seen in my recent post.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>thanks for reading..... off to the Knit and Stitch tomorrow and can't wait.</i></span>artspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233430337075555892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733879356190960631.post-58466827584359760802016-10-05T12:56:00.000-07:002016-10-05T13:02:45.067-07:00Studio Preniac May 2017<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Come and join me for an inspiring week at Studio Preniac, near Cahors, France. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Set in a beautiful rolling hills in southern France, you will have an opportunity to have creative fun while you explore new textile art and stitch challenges in a spacious studio environment.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">You will enjoy wonderful hospitality, great accommodation and fantastic food as well as well as an opportunity to visit markets and local places of interest.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Please visit </span><a href="http://www.studiopreniac.com/" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="s2"><b>www.studiopreniac.com</b></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> for more information about flights, accommodation and fees.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do consider a creative holiday in France at Studio Preniac. I have great memories from last year and look forward to teaching again in May.</span><br />
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artspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233430337075555892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733879356190960631.post-12924755408482673452016-10-03T07:14:00.000-07:002016-10-05T12:23:21.713-07:00I just found this<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a post that didn't quite make it. Not news that is too old as this work is still being exhibited, around and about.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Truthfully, I have been very busy in the studio with work for several exhibitions this year and I haven't been actively sharing so much, but will try and change that soon. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">These pieces are based on the Somerset Levels series and I still add new work to it. Although the sombre colours that reflected the flooding have been rejuvenated somewhat.</span><br />
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artspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233430337075555892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733879356190960631.post-3135049534003142762016-10-03T07:06:00.000-07:002016-10-08T10:41:01.745-07:00What's been happening?<h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It has been a long time since I wrote and I really will try and keep this more up to date. It isn't as if I have been away or anything... just busy with this and that.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Briefly, what I have been up to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>January </b>- a fabulous 'bucket list' experience on a cruise to Antarctica with 6 days on the White Continent. I have to say it was a dream come true... You know me - besotted by ice, glaciers, snow everywhere. Well... it was so inspiring! I will have images to work with, draw, paint and stitch for the rest of my life. And... the penguins were perfect as well.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Here is some recent work done for Art Textiles Made in Britain exhibition in August at the Festival of Quilts. The first 3 pieces are currently at the Forge Needle Museum in Reddich and the 5 will be seen when 'Concealed' exhibition goes to the Minerva Gallery, Llanidloes, Wales in May. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The last few months have been busy with sketches and paintings based on local landscapes, vistas from the A303 across the plains and valleys of Somerset and Wiltshire. This time the stitch paintings were started as monoprints and watercolour painted pictures. Transferring them onto cloth with stitch gave them new depth. Very colourful and lively for me. They have been fun and all were framed for Somerset Open Studios here in Somerton this year. It is always a great event and we had close to 300 visitors. Looking at these remind me of the colours in the Bocca area of Buenos Aires.... Maybe I brought the colour home with me.</span></div>
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Life has been busy - working with many textile projects that were interupted with a spate of colds, coughs and illness in the family. I was sorry to have to miss the recent opening of Quilt Art's Dialogue exhibition in Heidelberg at the end of March and could not attend, due to illness. <br />
My piece for the exhibition is called Reality and Rhetoric and is 2.7m wide. The slats of transfered image hide the dialogue that reflects the history and economic life on the Somerset Levels, especially after the flooding of last year.<br />
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When we moved to Somerton, we joined the Bruton Art Society which is a skilled group of painters who love all aspects of fine art, andwe can attend lectures, outdoor painting sessions and workshops. I recently did a workshop with Annette Burkitt an artist from Frome and we looked at Abstraction and Colour in the Landscape with reference to Gaugin and Kandinsky.<br />
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Well...<br />
Getting a brush in my hand (except for painting paper and cloth for collage in stitched textiles) was wonderful to revisit. Especially using Gouache which I used for illustration when I worked in publishing, years ago. I had forgotten what a great medium it was. Vibrant yet forgiving.<br />
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The first day we took the painting by Gaugin called the Talisman and looked at colour and shape. This is not exactly like the original but I love how 'freeing' it was to just look at an artist's work for inspiration.<br />
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I have used this practise myself in textile teaching and really loved the experience of just giving myself over to another work of art.<br />
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Then, later we took our own inspiration and developed two paintings, again looking at the vibrance of colour, shapes and marks on the surface<br />
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Now I surprised myself at how colourful these paintings were. Not my usual pallett.<div>
I am loving revisiting 'art' again and really want to do more painting - work, just for me. None of these will necessarily find their way into stitched textiles, but I am keen to explore so much more 'art' practice and really having fun. </div>
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artspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233430337075555892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733879356190960631.post-60361620837113971852015-01-23T03:54:00.002-08:002015-01-23T03:54:24.240-08:00Facebook Challenge I have risen to the challenge of 3 pieces on the Facebook Art challenge for 5 days and it has been fun to see so much creativity. I am writing blog entries on my new website, so for now, will try and do the same for entries for Art Space. Here is Day 1 and Day 2 so far if you are not a facebook viewer.<br />
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The first, current work based on the Somerset Level Flooding and the 2nd drawings and marks that inspired the Last Silence work as wall hung and 3D work. Watch this space for more entries.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>On another note...</i></span><br />
I am planning to offer short mini idea/workshop suggestions in future blogs. They will mostly include drawing, collage, and imagery for inspiration, art and stitch practise. <br />
I know there is so much 'out there' online and not sure if there is a place for it, but feel that as I am always creating and filling sketchbooks as a starting point for my own work, it might be good to offer some suggestions for others who may not be able to take classes so regularly.<br />
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As mentioned - the ArtSpace (the same name) blog part of my new website will have up-to-date information and news and I eventually hope to introduce flip page mini workshop approaches in the future as well. Please keep an eye on the website <a href="http://www.sandrameech.com/">www.sandrameech.com</a> as well.<br />
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Thanks for reading.....more to come.artspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233430337075555892noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733879356190960631.post-27592635257520755502015-01-19T03:27:00.001-08:002015-01-19T03:27:12.357-08:00A new year and NEW WEBSITE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I hope you all had a good Christmas and we are now into 2015. Can't believe when I write that.<br />
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Life has been full since last writing. Open Studio for Somerset Art Works was successful, based here at my home gallery and studio with Vera Sheaf, a painter/printer friend from Somerton. It was fun to work small with framed pieces - all based on my new work about the flooded Somerset Levels last year. Please have a look at the New Work section on the website.<br />
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I have been busy working on new pieces for upcoming exhibitions this year at the Festival of Quilts, Bilston Hall, the Museum of Somerset, (Taunton) and especially Quilt Art's 30th anniversary Dialogues and Small Talk touring exhibitions.<br />
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A big change for me is creating and managing my own website at <a href="http://www.sandrameech.com/">www.sandrameech.com </a><br />
Please have a look. Even switching domain names (a challenge for a novice tech person like me), but very pleased I could do it. <br />
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I am really wanting to be more pro-active with this blog (there is also one on my new website) and hope to bring more news, views and mini work shop ideas to both sites in the future, so stay tuned.<br />
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Thanks for reading and will be in touch. <br />
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Life has been full and very busy this summer so apologies for not keeping up with the news.<br />
I was happy to be invited to have a solo exhibition during July August and September at the Minerva Gallery in Llanidloes, Wales and it was super to see my Arctic and Beyond work all in one place.<br />
The whole body of work began with my trip to Arctic Canada in 1998 to visit the Inuit seamstresses in Baker Lake. Seeing this textile did take me back to a wonderful inspirational trip. It created and interest in ice, snow, and glaciers that I continue to constantly revive.<br />
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I was also very pleased to have a solo exhibition at Midsomer Quilting, a wonderful shop, and gallery space in Chilcompton in Somerset. Worth a visit if you are in this part of the country. It also gave me an opportunity to see again some favourite pieces from the past.... some from the 'Within 4 Walls' series, and work done based on endangered trees and forests. It is always good to see the work done in the past to appreciate how one's work has evolved over the years. These are two pieces I hadn't seen for several years and they brought back wonderful memories. On the left a Scottish/Canadian piece and the right 'Remembering Cabot' from a visit to St. John's Nfld. to the Cabot Quilters group many years ago.<br />
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I can't forget the Festival of Quilts and I was busy there for several days, judging and helping on the Art Textiles Made in Britain stand. Our show was called 'Identity' and was very well received (if I do say so myself) I may have shared these photos, but here they are again.<br />
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You can see Louise Baldwin, Pauline Brown and Jenny Rolfe at the desk. A promising first venture for the group. My work in black and white inspired by an arctic walk and the sound of cracking ice.<br />
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Taking a holiday in France in September was a chance to relax before the Somerset Open Studios. <br />
I took part (with a painter, printmaker friend Vera Sheaf) in my home gallery/studio space for two weeks. It was my first venture and it was very interesting to meet non textile people. All of the work on show was new, smaller framed pieces based on the flooding earlier this year on the Somerset Levels. This is a theme that is developing into a larger body of work. Many of the smaller piece were developed from collographs that were manipulated, painted and finally transferred onto cloth for machine stitching. <br />
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You can see more of the work from the Open Studio on <a href="http://www.asomertonstudio.blogspot.co.uk/">www.asomertonstudio.blogspot.co.uk</a><br />
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The above pieces were also at the South West Textile Group exhibition of 'Pathways' at the Ilminster Art Centre for most of this month.<br />
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More developements from the Somerset Level floods are being done now.</div>
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<i>Thanks for reading and will try and organise my blog time better in the future.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">What a winter we have had so far! You may have heard about the flooding in many parts of the UK. - Somerset, Gloucestershire, the Thames valley and Surrey. Somerton, where I live is on high ground, so no problems, but we are not far from 'the Somerset levels' where there has been terrific flooding since Christmas. Acres and acres of farmland are still underwater, some villages are cut off and it will take months (of reasonable spring weather ) for life to completely get back to normal. On the sunny days we have had, I have tried to capture the beauty of these flooded fields, while always remembering the damage that has been done.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Working in black and white and neutral tones, I have been doing a great deal of sketching and mark making in graphite, ink and pencil, trying to capture the feeling of the landscape. I can see many of these images being taken further onto cloth with stitch. A whole new body of work, I think. </span></span></span><br />
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So, why has it taken me so long to write another entry?? Well.... no excuse, except to say life has been busy and full of good things.<br />
Seems to me the last time I wrote we were off to Yorkshire for a holiday. It was great and it seems so long ago I won't bore you with all the wonderful photos of the Dales. I did get my piece for the Studio 21 'Chinese Whispers' finished and we had a super exhibition in October.<br />
Here are some of the photos from South Hill Park... Watch this space - we are seeking more venues in the UK at the moment. Our website for more information is http://www.studio21textileart.co.uk/<br />
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The classes will run from 1 March in 5 sessions (with homework) Although not a vocational course it will be a comprehensive guide to good composition for art quilts and stitched textiles. We will be exploring the elements and principles of design. This will include ideas such as consolidating themes, working in series, the essentials of line, shape, form, colour, texture, abstraction through a series of collage exercises with some art practise, print and digital imagery. For each session there will be a complete set of notes, demonstrations and exercises to follow and there will be some homework.</div>
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I've been busy working in my new studio and quite excited with some new developments. While sorting through old portfolios I came across some large paintings on paper that might find their way into some new work. It is surprising that over the last 15 years, I have revisited my love of blues and whites with textures in many different series of work. Most have been ice/Arctic inspired, but more recently I have been addressing global warming and sound. The Meltdown work you can see in the New Work part of this blog. <br />
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Although working at this time more in black and white, with limited colour, I am sure these images might find their way into some new pieces. Once I have a good jpg of any surface art, there are so many possibilities.<br />
Lately, I have been exploring sound and silence with some pieces that are being developed for a new exhibition by Studio 21 called <b>Chinese Whispers 14-27 October at South Hill Park near Bracknell, </b>Berkshire. http://www.studio21textileart.co.uk/ for details.<br />
Some of the work is a collaboration with other members work, but primarily my work will follow sound 'marks' and inspiration from sound waves. I begin by working in paper with line, paint and imagery to resolve the composition on a small scale, then look at creating surfaces that will be eventually machine stitched. Here are some explorations so far.<br />
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Stay tuned also for news of a SALE of quilting materials, books, embroidery cottons and threads at my home in Somerton, Somerset on the 2nd November. I have so much material accumulated over the years, it is the time to take stock (or eliminated some of it)... More information to come.<br />
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We're off to the Yorkshire Dales soon for a week (probably in the rain) .... some walking, site seeing<br />
(to Bradford for the Hockney and 'Cloth and Memory' exhibitions), some reading....and hopefully creative time for sketching and sewing.<br />
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Well it has been too long since I last wrote - still unpacking boxes and making my Studio a working space. It will be fine but just so many things to find a home for.<br />
We are still discovering wonderful places to visit in Somerset... Porlock Weir, Dunster, and discovering new roads and footpaths in Exmoor. I especially liked the isolation of Porlock Weir, the huge stretch of pebble beach....great textures and subtle colour (and a good pub).<br />
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I really could show so many photos from the National Trust gardens we have been exploring in the last few months as well.... Barrington Court, Tintunhull, Montacute House to name a few. But I won't. We all love to take pictures and I have just spent the last 2 days trying to sort the hundreds..or should I say thousands I have. It is compulsive to just keep taking pictures.... I love it.!!!<br />
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Festival of Quilts was wonderful last week and I was pleased to be part of<br />
Annabel Rainbow and Laura Kemshall's exhibition 'Through our Hands' with a great group of textile artists. The piece on the left is called 'Pathways' and it first was exhibited with Quilt Art a few years ago, but not seen much in the UK. Still one of my favourite images of endangered forests.<br />
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The 'Last Silence' (above) is a very small piece of work which is a starting point for larger work in the future. It is always a shame that the artist statement is not available (except if you have the program in your hand). This piece was inspired by sound... or the lack of sound when I walked onto the frozen Baker Lake in Arctic Canada many years ago. At the time I heard 'nothing' - no birds,planes overhead, ...nothing except for the occasional sound of cracking ice. I was able to find the ice-crack sound waves and replicate them as a dimensional textile piece. The other marks represent the tinitus that I hear now .... no complete silence for me ever again. More work on this theme is being planned for the Studio 21 exhibition in October at South Hill Park, Bracknell. I will be adding it to my latest news soon.<br />
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On the left is another new stitched textile inspired by winter flood images and marks from last winter on the levels in Somerset.<br />
Coming to live in a different part of the country did inspire a lot of new photographs this winter and I loved the subtle colours of the trees. It is called "LevelSlice' (far left with detail) Marks on paper were made and combined with black and white images, then heat transferred onto cloth (it is 30cm x 1.2M) with the colour added with machine threads.<br />
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Well that's what has been keeping me busy lately. I must try and post more frequently....<br />
Off to the Yorkshire Dales soon..... more photos no doubt... and some sketching too.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Just to let you know that my book Creative Quilts...Inspiration Texture and Stitch published in hardback in 2006, with a red embellished cover (see below) has been reprinted now in softcover. The quilt that Batsford used is from my 'Near North" series and it looks clean and fresh..... BUT it may confuse many who think it is a brand new publication. All the pages inside are the same as before.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For those of you who have not seen this book, it covers embroidery embellishment techniques, surface design and ways to explore creativity in contemporary textile art. Like my other books it includes mini workshops and design classes to try. It is illustrated with my own art quilts and textiles as well as work from many other stitch textile professionals. So, pass on the word that this is the original Creative Quilts book with a 'new look' soft cover. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Time has passed since my last blog - I've been busy with new work and a trip to Canada and the States. More news coming soon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Settling in nicely to life in Somerset and love our new home. I still have boxes to unpack but have been managing to get really inspired by the landscape in this part of England. So historic as well !!, Very near to the ancient seat of Avalon... King Arthur and all, - Glastonbury and the 'tor', and Wells Cathedral - on the doorstep. The Somerset levels are also very near.... a perfect blend of history, nature and the rural idyll of the west country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Many of these wide landscapes and big skies have inspired some current work in black and white. The colours are so subtle in winter, yet the shapes of trees are magnificent. Converting images to black and white is often the first thing I do with photos. It is possible then to really see shapes and detail in black and white. Too much colour for me sometimes gets in the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am excited by a combination of mark-making and photo images, and this piece reminded me of the floods in many of the areas of Somerset and beyond this winter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After a little break from any work for the last couple of months, I am inspired and busy creating new pieces. A recent exhibition called Chinese Whispers by Studio 21 at a stitch textile show in Birmingham at the NEC, gave me a chance to do a piece based on sound and ice. Using some images and marks made to sound, I researched the sound waves of ice breaking and combined the shapes together to create this small piece called "The Last Silence". I am excited about more pieces on this theme and the Studio 21 will be having a large exhibition in October at South Hill Park, Bracknell. We are planning some workshops, and events during that time. Watch this space for more news.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Finally, a wonderful view of the Murmuration of starlings a few weeks ago. Just before dawn when they all flock to an area on the Somerset Levels to roost, you can see the moving patterns in the sky of thousands of birds.... the most wondeful sight.</span><br />
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For those of you who do not know this terrific residential
venue for adult education courses, you must look at the new perspectus for
2012/2013 to see what wonderful creative classes are available. I have just taught a 3 day class there and it
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the new book <b>Connecting Design to Stitch </b>and we created a wonderful little book
full of design and composition ideas on a personal theme. Everyone brings something unique to a class
with their own personal theme and interests and the results at the end of the
course is always very individual and different.
It is great to see how work evolves from a photo design source as we
looked at the elements and principles of design. <a href="http://www.westdean.org.uk/CollegeChannel/ShortCourses/RequestaBrochure.aspx">http://www.westdean.org.uk/CollegeChannel/ShortCourses/RequestaBrochure.aspx</a> is the website - then look at the short course 2012/2013 pdf brochure for a wonderful selection of workshops. I am teaching there again next spring.</div>
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By working through line, shape, value, colour, pattern and
texture in any one particular theme or focus – dozens of potential ideas can
emerge. Only a small number might be
appropriate to the essence of the subject but by working through several
compositions, it is possible to see a series of pieces begin to emerge. It is always so exciting to see this evolve
in sketchbook form – a little treasured compilation of different ways forward
for new work. Here is a selection of work done in class – I am very
excited about this class and will teaching it again soon.</div>
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Well the MOVE is happening very soon and we shall be in
Somerton by the 2<sup>nd</sup> October (all being well). Moving house in the UK is certainly a very
frustrating process and somehow with all the technology today…email, downloadable
files etc. you would wonder why the
whole procedure has to be so lengthy.
Until this ‘exchange’ of contracts happens you are in ‘limbo’. Thankfully we had started to pack several
weeks ago. Very necessary with all of my
art and textiles and 22 years of ‘life’ accumulated in Binfield, Berkshire. I have given, donated, parted with as much as
I can and there are still more and more boxes to fill. It seems endless. I definitely wouldn’t want to do this too often.</div>
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Street (Clark’s Outlet village) and the lovely countryside of Somerset. Can’t wait. There is a very active Studio and
Arts week - SAW (the Somerset Arts Weeks) <a href="http://www.somersetartworks.org.uk/">http://www.somersetartworks.org.uk/ </a>which is on now until end of the month. The Courthouse Gallery
which is home of the Somerset Guild of Craftmen is located in the Market Square
in Somerton – just 5 minutes away. <a href="http://www.somersetguild.co.uk/courthouse.cfm">http://www.somersetguild.co.uk/courthouse.cfm</a></div>
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travelling won’t be too difficult. Just further from London, which shouldn’t be
too bad, as bus and train services are good. Once settled, I look forward to getting back to some new
work. Several pieces already started,
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My plan in the new year is to introduce an online 'Design Essentials' course (design and composition for stitched textiles) in 10-12 instalments - with homework involved. There will be one or two 'face to face' visits and tutorials (when possible) during the program, but for the most part it
will include online presentations with coursework as pdf files which will, with your own design and composition exercises create a wonderful resource for future
stitched textile work. The course will
include some of the feature workshops and classes in my latest book, taken further with
more possibilities. I am very excited
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the MOVE.</div>
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artspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233430337075555892noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733879356190960631.post-7719535289496826232012-09-15T05:51:00.002-07:002012-09-16T11:57:17.212-07:00Where has the Summer gone?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My feet haven't touched the ground all summer - Tell a lie.... I did watch plenty of wonderful Olympic coverage in a seated position and.... wasn't it wonderful. Team GB (and I am entitled to cheer for Britain after 35 years living here), did fantastically well and worth all of the accolades and gold medals for all of their years of hard work. They did us proud! Of course my next favourite team was Canada, and although we had a very British coverage did manage to catch some victories.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The students in my two workshops did some wonderful work... one of the classes was creating bound sketchbooks with design and composition exercises. The CQA continue to have these wonderful residential conferences across Canada, giving so many quilters and those interested in art textiles a great opportunity to meet, exhibit and share ideas with friends AND visit new parts of the country. Have a look at their website and see what is happening in quilting in Canada www.canadianquilter.com.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In July I had the opportunity to teach a summerschool for Sian Martin's Distance Learning program at Urchfont. I hadn't been to this wonderful country house adult education centre in Wiltshire for many years and it was wonderful to be back again. The class was about Digital Imagery in Stitched textiles and we learned about using personal themed images as a starting point for not only future design, but how to include transferred sections into contemporary work. Sadly, as the home and gardens are being sold in September, 'Urchfont' as we have known it over the years (stitched textile classes in adult education by some of the best embroiderers in the country) will no longer exist, but the memories, inspiration and creativity that came from these walls will be remembered for years to come. More information about Sian Martin's Distance Stitch Online program can be found on </span><a href="http://www.distantstitch.co.uk/">http://www.distantstitch.co.uk/</a></div>
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artspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233430337075555892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733879356190960631.post-60874074751292008042012-07-19T14:47:00.000-07:002012-07-19T14:57:08.028-07:00Spring travels<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Early this year was the proof stages of the new book 'Connecting Design to Stitch' and when it finally got to the printer, I could concentrate on other teaching and textile commitments. So, apologies for not updating this site.<br />
In March I visited Puglia, Italy at the Masseria for Twisted Thread teaching 'Design to Stitch' to a great group of ladies from the UK, Israel and Italy. We visited Polignano a Mer, a wonderful seaside town, - and Alberobello a world heritage site full of historic and regional buildings. The 'Truilli' houses in the whole town were an amazing site. Do you see the blue skies? The light was wonderful and I wish I could have brought some of that weather home with me to the UK.<br />
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It was great to take photos again and what a wealth of different colours and textures to choose from. The spring blossom was a bonus.<br />
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The students did some fantastic work and we made bound art/sketchbooks filled with photos, design and collage ideas on their own personal theme.
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I will have wonderful memories of that week in Italy - Must get back again to Puglia - there was so much to see.<br />
On the home front - we have decided to move house - Somerset or Wiltshire, so in my spare time I've been sorting through 16 years of accumulated textile and teaching materials in preparation for putting our house on the market. What a job....<br />
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<br />artspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233430337075555892noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733879356190960631.post-48395112879234874212012-01-19T08:10:00.000-08:002012-01-19T08:10:18.661-08:00More News 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjB5ezAjVQQVwqU6KxPPG7fZPq0ibsxZAu_WFk3M7DbUQ2WTDTrVoavgmQ5sg-G7tbXDr_BeuLL64ZLZfcjFoV5chWETdZ5q1fYMPjiMf5WK5yFedJQEcy7AsEogpGxsnXcA82OYnnXFXA/s1600/B4COVER+003+copy_edited-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjB5ezAjVQQVwqU6KxPPG7fZPq0ibsxZAu_WFk3M7DbUQ2WTDTrVoavgmQ5sg-G7tbXDr_BeuLL64ZLZfcjFoV5chWETdZ5q1fYMPjiMf5WK5yFedJQEcy7AsEogpGxsnXcA82OYnnXFXA/s400/B4COVER+003+copy_edited-1.jpg" width="363" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here it is mid January - no snow....and the daffodils are just peeking through. It may not last for long as it is meant to get colder soon. So far this year I have been involved with two exhibitions</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have produced another little gem of a book to accompany the exhibition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are still places left for the textile retreat in Puglia, Italy, sponsored by Creative Exhibitions (Festival of Quilts and the Knitting and Stitching shows, UK) </span><a href="http://www.twistedthread.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.twistedthread.com/</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It will be 5 wonderful days in a superb setting - a villa in southern Italy.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will be in Halifax, N.S, Canada for the <b>Canadian Quilters Association conference</b> end of May, <b>Cowslip workshops</b>, Launceston, Cornwall in July, and at the <b>Distant Stitch Summerschool </b>at Urchfont Manor, Wiltshire also in July. </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.urchfontmanor.co.uk/">http://www.urchfontmanor.co.uk</a><i> </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>And don't forget to visit me at the <b>Festival of Quilts</b> in August, where I am introducing my new book Connecting Design to Stitch.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>An exciting year ahead...... </i></span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for reading.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> A September trip to Ontario visiting family with side trips to Cape Cod, Princton NJ and Maryland to see friends has kept my computer busy with hundreds of photos. So many, I just bought a 2TB hard drive to keep up. Many of the images I wanted to use for small stitch compositions.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The biggest news is writing a new book ' Connecting Design to Stitch' (Batsford - August 2012) and it has been my main focus for the last 2-3 months. It will address design and composition through the eyes of a stitched textile maker- not just for contemporary quilters but embroiderers or anyone who loves fibre with mixed media and stitch. Similar to Connecting Art to Stitch, it will be full of wonderful pieces of work from international art quilters and embroiderers, composition collage exercises and design workshops. Hopefully, something for everyone. I will be at the Festival of Quilts in August (the NEC in Birmingham) with a small stand to introduce the book, so if you are in the UK and planning to attend, please come and see me. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> One of the main sources of inspiration this time has been images from the Jurassic coast in Dorset - that 135 km stretch of ancient coastline. Cliffs, beaches, boats and the sea from West Bay to Lyme Regis feature often, and of course the classic fossil shape - the 'spiral' as it relates to the 'golden mean' - perfect proportion in nature. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The 'rule of thirds' a simple version of this, helps us to practise good composition in both fine art and wall hung stitched textiles.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Here is a glimpse some of the new work that will appear. Inspiration throughout the book will come from photo images based on a theme, world textiles, architecture, the landscape, nature and many more subjects of interest. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Look for another blog very soon with the latest news for the New Year.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Thanks for reading....</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span id="goog_923827215"></span><span id="goog_923827216"></span></i></span></span></div></td></tr>
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The fibre-art, stitched textile group, Studio21 have been going strong since 1997 and we are all Stitched Textile Diploma graduates from the Windsor School of Textile Arts, over the years. We have an exhibition called 'Continuum...A Sense of Place' on stand A58, so if you are reading this, and will be at the show, please drop in. There is an interactive area where we are encouraging visitors to apply fabric and stitch marks by hand onto a very long piece of cloth that began at 40m in length and is still growing. By Sunday, when the exhibition finishes it will be fantastic. Here are some quick photos I have taken so far. More 'interactive' photos are on <a href="http://www.studio21textileart.co.uk/">www.studio21textileart.co.uk</a><br />
Another highlight for me was the opportunity to spend time in the Art Quilt category and there were some amazing pieces. (see below).<br />
The winning quilt by Janneke de Vries-Bodzinga from the Netherlands was breathtaking, and other strong pieces included work by C June Barnes, Linda Barlow, Maggie Barber, Turid Tonnessen, Sheena Norquay, Janet Twinn, Hilary Beattie, Jane Ashe and Carole Belfield to name only a few.<br />
(I hope the makers don't mind me sharing some of their work). I will be visiting the Festival again tomorrow when I will have the chance to see many more of the competition quilts and other textile galleries.<br />
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Teaching a one day class on Digital Imagery in Stitched Textiles kept me busy yesterday. Students brought a personal theme with black and white and colour imagery that was painted and collaged together. A short basic lesson in Photoshop Elements explained how their collage photos were edited before printing on t-shirt papers. The final heat transferred cloth could then be used as a fabric for stitch in a future piece of work.<br />
Here are a few of the collages that were done. Thanks to students whose work is shown.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I have been busy writing a new book and it is taking shape nicely. It will be called <b>'Connecting Design to Stitch' </b> - how we can find confidence in design and composition decisions in textile art.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It certainly has been a challenge - keeping the mix of a basic knowledge of the principles and elements, design styles to inspire, finding good composition and including a wide selection of artist's work. The format will be similar to 'Connecting Art to Stitch' - a self-study guide that includes Design classes and a great number of shorter exercises to try in each section. <i>Watch this space....</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did have a chance to go for a holiday to the Dordogne this month. It was great to do some writing in the quiet of a peaceful cottage in the country, as well as be inspired by so much colour, pattern and textures of the weekly markets and the towns nearby. You will see many of my photos as starting points for pattern and design exercises in the new book. Despite the cool and sometimes wet weather in Beaumont-en-Perigord, it was a great break. Here are some of the wonderful views and textures nearby - I came home with so many wonderful images to inspire the book - design and composition exercises with line, shape, pattern, texture and colour.</span><br />
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<b>Studio 21 <a href="http://www.studio21textileart.co.uk/wordpress/">http://www.studio21textileart.co.uk/wordpress/</a> </b> - our new website.<br />
We will be at the Festival of Quilts <a href="http://www.twistedthread.com/">http://www.twistedthread.com</a><br />
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</tbody></table><b>Teaching </b>- I will be teaching at <b>Masseria della Zingara in Puglia,</b> Italy next spring and can't wait. I have heard wonderful reports of the villa and the workshops provided so I am very pleased to be taking part. You can get more information from <a href="http://www.twistedthread.com./">www.twistedthread.com.</a> My course will be called 'Connecting Design to Stitch' and include design and composition with collage, imagery and stitch based on a personal theme. <br />
<i>Please see additional courses I will be offering in the workshop section of this blog.</i><br />
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<b>WSTA - the new Windsor School of Textile Art -</b> is open for enrolments now. Please visit their website at<br />
<a href="http://wstatextileart.blogspot.com/">http://wstatextileart.blogspot.com/</a> for the latest information on courses. It is great that this established and creative textile school has relocated to the wonderful venue of South Hill Park, Bracknell, Berkshire.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9gaf0Y6FYE4J9RIYjw3bdnaBbQ3SpO5CT98cb17QU7aAEMAlmj6Ch-PCgy9u9WdQxj8HIoBc3qVgsbUCSE2GA_y0qYdV3cMw4uHk1uLJPOa3lK6zfZwjprNvANqc8Fawcos9btetdC3i/s1600/greatocean2+097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9gaf0Y6FYE4J9RIYjw3bdnaBbQ3SpO5CT98cb17QU7aAEMAlmj6Ch-PCgy9u9WdQxj8HIoBc3qVgsbUCSE2GA_y0qYdV3cMw4uHk1uLJPOa3lK6zfZwjprNvANqc8Fawcos9btetdC3i/s320/greatocean2+097.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Not quite the last post from Australia but long overdue - After Ballarat, I travelled to Melbourne then on to a week of holiday on<span style="font-size: 11pt;"> the </span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Great Ocean Road</span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> in NSW - </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> another beautiful part of </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Australia</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> I had not visited before. Made of sandstone the coastal cliffs have been eaten away by strong waves that constantly beat the shores. A surfer’s paradise - huge waves and beautiful sandy beaches as well as the most dramatic scenery I have seen in years. A stay in Port Campbell for 4 nights gave us an opportunity to take day trips along the coast. Here are a few of those views including the 12 (-1) apostles, the bay of islands, </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 11pt;">London</span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Bridge</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> and the Loch Ard gorge. Quite wonderful!!!.</span><br />
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Such a beautiful part of </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Australia</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, so lush in vegetation as well as dramatic in history and coastal scenery. </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Bruny</span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Island</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> was especially terrific and we took the boat cruise around the tip which was a fantastic experience. The most southerly tip of </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Australia</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 11pt;">…. Next stop </span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Antarctica</span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I would recommend the island cruise if you get to </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Hobart</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 11pt;">. We were blessed with a sunny bright, but quite cool day and you can see from the photos how fantastic the scenery was.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFEWtYZzhROWIwcaeOaVs0ehFtIs27ivTtn1IspJevOYi-qA4rn6JU6GCkqNdbRMx57LE6-9P6HGBOr337ykD8lArbz7pRK6HrheiF9uAk6g8_nrrElJuUigmEv8faiKEtkYCjNWz4G8QT/s1600/tasblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFEWtYZzhROWIwcaeOaVs0ehFtIs27ivTtn1IspJevOYi-qA4rn6JU6GCkqNdbRMx57LE6-9P6HGBOr337ykD8lArbz7pRK6HrheiF9uAk6g8_nrrElJuUigmEv8faiKEtkYCjNWz4G8QT/s640/tasblog.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Port Arthur was also a great experience. Understanding the life that convicts had when they arrived in Tasmania over 100 years ago was quite a revelation. Many of the buildings are derelict now, but set in the most beautiful scenery you could imagine. It was hard to comprehend what life was like for many who found themselves so far away, banished for petty crimes in England. It is certainly worth a visit if you are visiting Hobart in the future. I could see so many textures and architectural images I am sure they will find their way into future work.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEide6R-MmMwriyYUU-PBXAdu3x2bVoOyKbLPfTY3lk-DEn8bjUU4AGlAuKxpBSyzWMVRt_r637nOZQinc_3sBvZy6adKjDbaXl2zY9gSpBWibXS5_Z61MGZiRy0P3d6Ok80xS4KxJgNo1-w/s1600/tasblog3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="553" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEide6R-MmMwriyYUU-PBXAdu3x2bVoOyKbLPfTY3lk-DEn8bjUU4AGlAuKxpBSyzWMVRt_r637nOZQinc_3sBvZy6adKjDbaXl2zY9gSpBWibXS5_Z61MGZiRy0P3d6Ok80xS4KxJgNo1-w/s640/tasblog3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">We also visited the 'Tesselated' pavement on the Tasman penninsula east of Hobart and I was amazed by even more </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">natural pattern. These 'pan' and 'loaf' formations seem unique to this area and full of rock pools and wildlife.</span><br />
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</div>artspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233430337075555892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733879356190960631.post-83468823773802784542011-05-07T01:10:00.000-07:002011-05-10T05:55:50.105-07:00Ballarat and Beyond<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-_2R24pgbGQDqt8meAO5KczZ_IEHJpF8g8Sqr6kpXjkpIxfUAA_gmQp7FSdZOEcWhaW0MrxTk_zdklwYdCSumU-oZExQQKTkF7fPjBwlfb6-Bxn5QXY8zxSkWWF8rk_i6eHXdtGhphsQ/s1600/ballarat3+102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-_2R24pgbGQDqt8meAO5KczZ_IEHJpF8g8Sqr6kpXjkpIxfUAA_gmQp7FSdZOEcWhaW0MrxTk_zdklwYdCSumU-oZExQQKTkF7fPjBwlfb6-Bxn5QXY8zxSkWWF8rk_i6eHXdtGhphsQ/s400/ballarat3+102.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Fibrearts Ballarat - that wonderful Easter Textile Forum that runs for almost a week in Ballarat NSW. I was teaching the ' Connecting Art to Stitch' class and it included a bound sketchbook. The students were terrific as usual and it was so good to meet women from all over Australia. We had such fun.<br />
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