Bee bottle top jewelry!

Another trial. Had this bottle cap for a long time stashed away. Knew I would do something with it!

New ideas...embroidered lace jewelry

Beautiful pieces of lace, embroidered with silk and embroidery threads.
A bee theme here!

New work for my BA...1st August onwards

Mood boards and mixed media work for my Textiles BA.

New hand dyed silk scarves...

These are ready for teaching Nuno felting at The Customs House on 30th of August. Google The Customs House to visit their website. Or call in to book at box office!

A great fun day....you will learn how to use fibres in both silk and wool to felt into a silk scarf. You should leave with an artisan piece!

New watercolour work for BA Textiles

Random musings from last week in South west france. Fields full of sun flowers. Just beautiful. All will go towards assignment 5 watercolour for my BA in textiles.

Veggie patch musings....

Due to having acquired a garden 5 his year.....i now have a vegetable patch. Let's just say the veg produce is rather characterful! Thus I am finding it very inspirational. I began with some simple sketches...and then converted these into fabric...All based on a fabric manipulation theme. I used cottons to make a book to hold my finished pieces. And attached my drawings to the front of the book. As seen.

Heat distressable materials...such as voiles were used to create the veg; as I wanted to blast areas with my heat gun. This was to show off layers and create frilly edges.

I think I'm addicted to this veg theme!

As you can see in the pictures; onions, tomatoes, carrots and lettace all seen.

Customs house workshop....letters survived in stitch. 26th July 2014

Interesting workshop today. During this season of memory; students gathered together precious letters and photos that were personal to them. We then worked towards printing these onto fabric and creating stitched pieces.

Lots of prints created; and plenty for students to try at home too!

More workshops coming up at customs house...next one:

30th August 2014 Nuno felting.

Pop into the Customs house in South Shields to book your place!