Living Crafts

I had a great day out at living crafts yesterday with fellow HVAF members Jan Clark, Linda Gifford, June Faulkner and Tessa Barnes. The day started of rather quietly and unfortunately very cold. I have got used to the sun shine so consequently was very underdressed and couldn't stop shivering. Luckily the sun made an appearance in the afternoon and brought lots of visitors with it. Living crafts is on over the weekend so if you go visit HVAF.

Living Crafts

I am spending the day at the Living Crafts at Hatfield House tomorrow with HVAF as part of the textile event, where I will be showing some of my work and displaying my portfolio. It should be a good day and I am really looking forward to it. Come and visit us if you go!!!

The good times

I have just had a very proud moment watching my daughters 'A'level dance which was brilliant, all the challenging teenage moments just seem to dissapear.

Art 88

I have been very busy working hard and have just finished some new pieces of work for the new Gallery Art 88 opening soon in Berkhamsted so hear is a preview before they are framed.

Art 88

Art 88 is a new contemporary Art Gallery opening late April in Berkhampstead. The Gallery is featuring a range of products from applied Art, prints and paintings, so I am just starting some new work to put in the Gallery. I will post when it is opening!

It's the first week of the Drawing With Thread exhibition and my work was chosen to be on the promotional poster which I am really pleased about.

Installation week at Shire Hall Gallery

After a very busy few weeks (well perhaps a bit more than a few) getting three new pieces of work finished for the new exhibition at The Shire Hall Gallery and as usual still framing them the day before, they were all finally wrapped and ready for the exhibition, so I finally made the journey to Stafford this morning. If you have never visited the Gallery it is in a lovely old building that used to be the old court rooms in Stafford. The Exhibition Drawing with Thread is a joint curated exhibition of six textile artists and it opens on Saturday 5th of March. It promises to be a great exhibition. Kim Gould the curator showed me around and I had a sneaky preview of some of the other artists work as it was being prepared for hanging. Debbie Smythe had started work on her installation and will be filmed while working to show visitors how she creates her work.

The exhibition is on until the 1st of May and will be well worth a visit. The web site is .http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/museumandgalleries/shirehallgalleries/Exhibitions/