Friday, 29 October 2021
Saturday, 23 October 2021
Mini watercolour doodles 25 and 26
Monday, 18 October 2021
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
Mini watercolour doodles 21 and 22
Both 3" square - watercolour, pen plus a touch of gouache |
Some of this series are based on past studies of plants, while others and purely imaginary.
Saturday, 9 October 2021
Lockdown Quilt
Back in March I mentioned that I was contributing a small embroidered square for a lockdown quilt project. A couple of weeks ago, six of the panels made so far were being exhibited during Cheltenham Open Studios so I, and a couple of friends, took the opportunity to go and see it.
It really was an excellent exhibit in a beautiful church setting, we could have spent hours discovering all the different images and imagining the stories behind them.
I have included pictures of 3 of the panels and you can find more information about this continuing project and my contribution here and here.
Photos courtesy PK |
Friday, 8 October 2021
Eco-dyed book (Part 2)
Eventually, I have finished recording the remaining flip-through of my eco-dyed book. (Part 1 can be viewed here.)
I have strengthened some of the fragile pressed leaves with tissue, either on one side or both. In addition, the veining in a couple of them has been highlighted with metallic wax crayon.
The book measures 8" x 4", using 140 lb watercolour paper (mainly Bockingford hot pressed). The buckle is made of a couple of layers of the same paper, the band from some calico which was dyed in the same pot.
Wednesday, 6 October 2021
Catching up with the mini doodles
Monday, 4 October 2021
Eco-dyed artist's book
I have finally got round to utilising some of my eco-dyed papers in a handmade book. Much of the inspiration has come from following the Instagram accounts of Sue Brown #sb.brown21 and Jo Horswill #paper_cloth_studio.
So far I have only added a few pressed leaves to some of the pages, but I might add some prints or drawings later.
The full filmed flip-through was too long to be added in its entirety, so I might re-film the second part later.