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Little Laura 4
This one is the first of this series that I did. It has a very geometric stacked-up pattern feel, but the bronze on bronze pattern made with metallic machine sewing thread, here used for hand...
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Little Laura 5
I rather let rip on this one and added about as much embellishment as I could squeeze in. Sometimes more is more. I think it works because there is a lot of patterning and repetition in it,...
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Tacita Dean at the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
The last time we were in Copenhagen to see our lovely friends, we went to the National Art Museum (also seen in the most recent series of Borgen). One of the special exhibitions that was on was a...
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St Judes Fabrics
This is a website I would like to share for anybody who likes fine graphic prints in slightly nostalgic colour schemes. The link is http://www.stjudesfabrics.co.uk/ Several of the cushions and bags...
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What I did at the weekend
I have no idea where to start today so this might be a real ramble, for which I apologise in advance, but lots of things have come together in that last few days which has been fun but hard to...
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What I did on Sunday
Well, I should have been working at the day job, but for some reason I have the big Urge to Create yesterday and so I gave in. I finished the last of the little Laura panels just after lunch and I went...
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What I did at the weekend
I love Bank Holidays because I don’t feel so guilty about spending a chunk of time in my workroom. I started off today making a quilt for a new baby, but it went horribly wrong when I rather...
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The £50,000 question
Big Keith’s appraisal in ‘The Office” Events took a surprising turn this week: I had a really useful appraisal with my new colleague, Jon Beaverstock. Appraisals, for those of you fortunate enough...
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What I did on Saturday – Bristol Quilters’ Exhibition
This weekend we held Bristol Quilters’ Exhibition. It comes round once every two years which is a really good spacing because it gives us time to produce some very nice pieces. I can’t single out...
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A post as much for me as you
Today is a momentous day. I have finally started work towards my book. I have sat down and written out plans before for a book which all came to nothing, because I think books have to be ‘ready’...
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War Collars project
I have spent quite a lot of the summer at conferences presenting my research to my colleagues. One of the new projects for this year was on the connection between suits of armour and contemporary...
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War collar number two
The second collar in my series of wearable armour for corporate women is this blue neckpiece. The idea here is to make a protective piece. So, according to the sort of folklore I was brought up...
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War Collar Three: The Don’t Mess With Me Collar
This piece is another which has been looking for a home. I made the piece on a workshop at Heartspace Studios with Basil Kardasis in 2012. I’ve noted before that I love things that are really heavy...
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The ‘Little Me?’ Collar
This collar in my War Collar Series is examining the popular feminine tactile that comes from believing that if you are sweet and demure enough the warrior men will protect you. This is nonesense, of...
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The ‘Don’t Take Any Wooden Nickels’ Collar
I made this collar because I wanted to say something about the need women have to look out for themselves, because despite Equal Pay acts they are often paid less than men doing equal work of equal...
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The Evil Eye Collar
This piece is based on a very common amulet. Amulets to ward off the Evil Eye are found all over the world, and the eyes are often blue, as seen on the cover of Desmond Morris’s book containing...
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Janet Clare Workshop
I was very lucky last week to go to Janet Clare’s talk at Bristol Quilters and then to her workshop the following day. The talk was about publishing her books, and came in a series of talks we have...
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On the joy of getting something right
Last week I had a particularly bad day at work. I went to a meeting where just about every behaviour I warn students about was on display. So, no-one (except idiotic me) was prepared to stand up to...
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The joy of making
I am not entirely sure what this post is going to be about. I spent quite a lot of the weekend sewing, which was a massive luxury. I am preparing a new talk which will be given its first airing...
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Malvern Autumn Quilt Show
This is a quick photo post of the Malvern Autumn Quilt show that I went to today with my excellent friends Ceri and Alison. It’s quite a small show and so you could see it all easily, and you could...
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