Sampling marks on the stones.
A piece cut from a sleeve of a boiled wool cardigan. Painted bondaweb ironed on top then hand stitched.
A slice of the sleeve used for this line. Hand stitched
The lines on the stones are becoming Openings.
I am a little clearer about the way forward.
Friends have been staying this week, so no more work on this idea but definitely Openings.
Flicking through this book I saw this drawing by Carolyn Curtis Magri. Lines
My pink chair has settled into a new place.
The garden has enjoyed all the rain. I and my visitors have not.
The white clematis Mrs George Jackman is looking good.
The Foxgloves are attracting lots of bees, even in the rain. I tried to photograph them but the bees came out of the funnels with such speed I could not capture them.
The beginnings of another sample of surface decoration. Sari silk threads embellished on top. Hand stitching added. Not finished yet.
Please look in next week to view
1 Finish above sample
2 Work on Openings
Oh and I think Creative Fairy is back from holiday.
BYE BYE
Re reading this book, looking for inspiration. Something to get my brain in gear. Have got stuck.
Lines. I have been busy again this week and only managing to visit The Studio for small periods of time. Really need to be in it a whole day to crack Lines. Feel I am snatching an hour here and there and as a result repeating exercises, not moving on.
Have gone back to look at the stones I picked up from the beach on Arran. ( A good ideas, says Creative Fairy)
These are drawn in a A2 sketchbook. Larger scale than last week. Kalamkari will be exhibition at Aberlady in 2018 so will try to develop the stones. Still looking for inspiration. ( Creative Fairy has gone on Holiday I think)
Tissue paper glued on. Texture. Could these lines in the stones be openings? Openings to show what.?
Time to start a fabric sample.
Vegetable plot is my delight. I cant wait to pick the beans and harvest the potatoes. Ok I know it is small.
The act of growing my own vegetables and picking them fresh is important to me but as family and friends point out I have shops minutes away selling perfectly good produce. Indulge me.
Early potatoes in a pot. Hope they are not all foliage
and nothing underneath. My tomatoes are thriving
Please look in next week ( to hear if Creative Fairy has come back)
Openings, a whole new line of inquiry.
BYE BYE
