Harrogate knitting and stitching show 2013...tommorow!

in Harrogate now....all begins tommorow! Com and see me tommorow either on Art Van Go's Artist in Action stand, i will be on all day in between teaching workshops. If u fancy learning how to stich a birdie, book in at the learning curve at 3.30pm. Or before that make a felt ball necklace at 11.45am. Also on artist in action stand Friday and Sunday afternoons. I will have various bits for sale too! See you there. X

Customs House Felt Bag making WORKSHOP - 14th December 2013 - LIMITED PLACES

Another chance to make your very own hand felted bag..........!

SATURDAY 14th DECEMBER 2013 - 10am - 3pm

Here's the link for more info:

http://www.customshouse.co.uk/whats-on/Gallery/1355/creative-masterclass-felt-bag-making

Be proud and use as your own, or give as a special gift.

Examples below of the types you can make:

                                                       

BOOK NOW, to reserve your place, either through the customs house website or phoning them direct on:  0191 454 1234

Dreams Exhibition.....the latest..25 Oct 13

Getting nearer and nearer to finishing the pieces for the exhibition.........lots to do and sort...but I think I have already mentioned, for the Exhibition I will be showing three main pieces, as well as my dolls and back up work such as never before seen Watercolour paintings, wall mounted Textile art and back up sketchbooks.

Just not long finished Part 3 - Seen partially here:

I don't want to let too much go...so just sneaky peeks at the moment.

Please spread the word as much as possible, as all my pieces will be for sale will all money going to Macmillan Cancer Care.

Thanks!

Dreams Exhibition - CHARITY INFORMATION

Without giving too much away, part of my work for the 'Dreams' exhibition at The Customs House, opening in November; will hold a personal theme and because of this, parts of my work for the exhibition will be for sale, with collection being after the exhibition has ended in January.

The money raised from the sale of the parts of my work that are specified as for sale, will go to Macmillan Cancer Support.

I will be supplying more on this as my work for the exhibition continues to progress.

The actual exhibition will open to the public on the 30th of November 2013

I would appreciate any interest in this and who ever is willing, to spread the word on this, so there is a maximum chance of my work selling and the money going to such a worthy charity.

Many Thanks

Ailish

New watercolours from Lake District Holiday, September 2013

Here are four watercolour's, painted on a lovely hot day at Brockhole Visitor Centre in the Lake District..........

 

They may be used as inspiration for stitch, as soon as I get time!

Preview of upcoming exhibition...Dreams. Part 1

Here is a sneak peak of one of the pieces I am doing for my space in the exhibition at The Customs House, in South Shields.  This will be a wall mounted piece.

Only parts of it are seen here, as I do not want to give it all away!

All hand dyed and hand sewn, no machine work involved.

Shelter from the rain.....A new pure stitch piece.

 

 

This stitch piece, was done on pure cotton canvas, with black thread.

I free machine embroidered the piece, using my sewing machine.

 

I like to base my work on poems and illustrations that I have worked out myself and then use these as a basis to stitch........

 

The piece was based on a poem that I wrote and a watercolor piece,  which I have pictured first.  The below stitch outcome has been designed through inspiration through the poem (as written below) and watercolours.....

 

The Torn Umbrella

 

She stood,

Uncontrollably sombre,

Staring at the grey forlorn sky,

It seems to slowly engulf her,

Tainting her mood with its own.

 

She didn’t realise how long she had been

Standing there,

It had seemed like seconds,

But her feet were sore.

 

A storm has come,

Unable to move,

A brief blank expression

Frames her face,

Time had worn down,

Her former grace.

 

Standing uncovered,

The storm slowly evolving above,

Detains her mind,

Slowly seeping away,

The thoughts behind,

Carrying her away.

 

Quick enough to stay,

She plays her last card,

The plastic umbrella that has

Become her guard.

 

Someone is near,

Yet she does not hear,

They stand close,

Staring at her fragile existence,

Reaching up to her umbrella,

Gently tearing particles

From its frame,

Helping the storm to gain.

 

Both stay in a stance,

But she does not like this unemployed

Gesture,

Fending for herself,

She lays a hand

On the frames shoulder,

Making clear her distant view,

Never to ensue.

 

The person remains in silence,

Holing onto possibilities,

A determined character,

Willing to wait.

 

A tree stands near,

Time twisted all over its chest,

Even leading up to its arms,

These have bred to become many.

 

She stares at the twisted branches

 Of time,

Seeing the contradictions they behold,

 

She must though make a choice,

To let in,

Or let go,

She must know.

 

Her skeletons frame wears thin,

A quick decision must commence,

 

No protection is best,

She gets so wet,

The clouds anger sustaining,

This watery flow,

It feels so good,

A setting free,

Now a victim of what might

Be.

 

Time is all she needs to repair,

The umbrella must be torn,

No shelter for protection,

From the hurtful sentiments of rain.

Only then will she learn to trust,

What she loves and must.

 

No clouds or storms will envelop her,

No umbrellas to hide her

From the rain.

Only a new jacket,

 With the option of a hood;

This way she can still see

What is good,

But is never far from the protection,

And the affection she needs.

 

With this option of a hood,

Yet this time a vague uncertainty,

And a reluctance for it to be used.

Never again will a plastic protection

Be abused.

 

The form still beside her….

 

Yes sadness could grow,

Yet happiness may also sow.