Blog
Hello and welcome to my Blog especially for textile artists, combining inspiration, personal growth, creativity and design. All the good things!
Energised Writing
We have to convince and persuade our readers to want to read the next word, the next sentence, then the next paragraph.
Mentoring 2020
A mentor wants to see you grow – each petal at a time, like an unfolding flower ready to show its true inner beauty and purpose. Mentoring really is about unlocking potential – your potential.
Finding that Pearl
The pearl is, after all, formed because of irritation. Well, I have a form of irritation too – an itch that needs scratching. To produce a pearl, I have to cultivate layers of research and learning before being able to produce something miraculous and one-of-a-kind – just like the oyster.
The Pearl Gatherer
This is my year to become a pearl-gatherer and explorer of thoughts and imagination.
It’s time to deep-dive into whatever touches my soul and stirs my curiosity. Figuratively speaking of course – I don’t think my swimmers would even fit anymore!
Begin Where?…
Setting goals, knowing what I’m aiming for, being professional, prioritizing, following a brief, designing a cohesive body of work, hanging work, researching and writing, confidence to go my own way – these are the sort of things I’ve learned.
So, What’s Your Plan?
A plan I hear you ask? Yes, a plan! A way of moving forward so I know exactly where I'm going. I always have a plan. I'm always heading somewhere. I couldn't imagine working any other way. Right here, right now, what's my plan to continue moving in a forward...
The Business Behind the Business – Work Flow Chart
From collage to photography to editing to social media and finally filing – yes filing!
Just what do I have to go through to achieve a simple collage work which I can then use for inspiration, marketing, promotion, and pure enjoyment?
Look Back to Move Forward!
All too often it's very easy to become entranced with the new. But for me, looking back through old ideas and design work is just as mesmerizing and often uncovers forgotten gems. Looking through old or discarded design work with fresh eyes can be a revelation. But...
Textile Artist Series: Ailish Henderson
This Textile Art Series focusses on Textile and Fibre Artists from around the world, who use stitch in their artistic practice. I’ll delve into their processes, inspiration, and materials to understand what makes each of us unique in our endeavor to create.
Quilt Shows/Group Shows/Guild Exhibitions
What about the wonderful opportunities Quilt Shows, Group Shows or Guild Exhibitions offer?
How to Expand/Extend Design.
A design isn’t necessarily finished just because you’ve finished stitching it out. Go back and look at it with a view to seeing how much more it may have to offer?
Make a Vision Board for Textile Art Inspiration
Vision Boards are the visual embryo of a concept I need to move forward to design or to move a design forward!
Vision Boards – Storytelling for Textile Artists!
Vision Boards are a playground for ideas to coalesce and develop – all on one page on one concept.
The Stitch Aesthetic! Stitch and Design with Passion.
So why the Stitch Aesthetic and what’s it all about? I’ll be looking at Stitch holistically and sharing that here.
Textile Art: From Image to Stitch – One Process I Use for Inspiration.
Some artists make the leap from inspiration to stitch look easy. It’s not. Here’s one process I use.