Tag: textile art
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All or Nothing
I’m the first to admit I’m an obsessional, all or nothing person. I worry that I repeat myself too much in this blog, and I almost certainly do, but that reflects my character, for good or ill. Whenever I get interested in a new thing, my first reaction is to buy lots of books on…
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An Alternative Start to the Year
I’ve always felt as if September should be the first month of the year. A hangover from childhood, no doubt, the school year always beginning in September. A new uniform, empty notebooks, newly-sharpened pencils. For many years (in particular the first two year of high school) also a time of dread. But most of the…
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The Reluctant Stitcher Falls in Love with her Sewing Machine
When I wrote my last blog post, at the end of July, I’d admitted temporary defeat with my sewing machine and was waiting more or less patiently for a one-to-one workshop booked with Hobbycraft. The workshop was basically make or break: if I remained frustrated and clueless at the end of that, I’d put the…
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To Sew or not to Sew
In my last blog post, back in May, I mentioned how inspiring I was finding Fragmentation and Repair by mixed media textile artist Shelley Rhodes. I’m still working through all the tips and images in that book, and have also bought more books on the subject of textile mixed media art, including Shelley’s first book,…
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Putting myself back together again
I’ve written before in this blog about the urge of collage artists to collect all manner of weird and wonderful things and this post will revisit that theme without apology: it’s such a fundamental part of my identity as a collage artist, and to a large extent serves as an end in itself. My urge…
Helen Kitson 