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I realize that small is a relative term, both for ice cream servings and works of art. For me, a small work of art measures less than 25 by 25 inches, which is a medium for some. A small ice … Continue reading →

Jag fortsätter i lagom (långsam) takt att sy textila bilder, 11 x 13 cm. Häromdagen målade jag på Tyvek och smälte små bitar som jag skall dekorera bilderna med. Jag har testat vid ett tidigare tillfälle men blev inte så nöjd med färgerna, de blev så matta. Jag minns inte vad jag använde för färg den gången men nu gjorde jag ett nytt försök och använde Pebeo Setacolor Opaque och jag blev mycket nöjd med lystern. Bilden visar fyra småbitar som jag lagt samman.

Målad Tyvek

I did the last four pieces of the SAQA 100 day challenge and then spent a long time arranging and rearranging the squares before finally sewing them together.

The SAQA Benefit Auction has been going on for the past few weeks and the piece I donated is still available. You can see it and all the others still available here.

I'm often asked what inspires my work.  Well, how long have you got?

There really isn't an easy answer to this as I'm inspired by so many things.  Sometimes I get so much inspiration from one thing that it leads to a series of work.  This was so when I began to see rusty objects over and over again and the more I saw, the more I noticed rust in many other places.   This overload of inspiration lead to two series - Corrosion, which was inspired by the rust itself, and Oxidisation, which used fabric and threads dyed ...