Blog
Hello and welcome to my Blog especially for textile artists, combining inspiration, personal growth, creativity and design. All the good things!
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.
Inspiration From Simple Images
Do you want to re-ignite and re-engage your passion to stitch, design and create? Well, inspiration may be closer than you think.
Let’s do a Photoshoot: My tips for styling
Do you love beautiful images? Do you need them to showcase your work on social media or just for inspiration?
A Checklist for Photographing Your Own Textile Art
Are you like me and just want to take your own shots of the textile art you make? Then this may be just for you.
Using your machine?
Do you want to dig deeper into what you and your machine can do? Delve into what you can achieve here.
My Hierarchy of Design #4 Work
Work: an activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a result.
My Hierarchy of Design #3 Design
Design needs an intention, an aim, and an objective. It must include purpose, passion, and ambition.
My Hierarchy of Design #2 Research
‘Anyone who stops learning is old. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young’. Henry Ford.
My Hierarchy of Design #1 Passion…
Work does not magically appear. My design process, has a set pattern and rhythm. It’s comforting, I know where I’m going and what I need to do to achieve that desired outcome.
Creative Journal 2009! #3 The Leap of Faith
Connecting the dots from inspiration, to design, to a fully resolved piece of textile art, is a leap of faith! It’s hard, but it’s so, so worth it.
Creative Journal 2009! #2 Design, Design, Design.
Designing and creating my own work is a magical part of the process of being an Australian Textile Artist. I’m able to design and create meaningful textile art.
Creative Journal 2009! #1 Inspiring Words and Sampling
Becoming a textile artist didn’t just happen. It’s about what excites me and most importantly, what doesn’t excite me!
Inspirational Artists.1
We all need inspiration. It promotes a sense of wonder, excitement and that golden ‘what if?’ moment. Who’s your muse?