by Cathy Jack Coupland | Apr 1, 2022 | Books, Creativity, Inspiration
Being asked to be part of a new publication entitled ‘Finding Your Thread’, was a wonderful experience for me – but it was so very much more. ‘Finding Your Thread’ was curated by Anne Kempton, Gallerist of Australia’s only fibre art...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Mar 25, 2022 | Books, Creativity, Inspiration
Call me old-fashioned, but set me on a way forward that honours art, life, and beauty and I believe we’d do a lot to improve the human spirit. As a means of overcoming pressures, traumatic personal experiences or simply to fulfil that need to make, the road to...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Feb 11, 2022 | Books
I’m a confessed bibliophile – a lover of books, deriving huge satisfaction and titillation from the enjoyment of a good story. But now I’m deriving the greatest amount of pleasure in discovering, devouring, and drafting book reviews on my Stitch...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jan 28, 2022 | Books, Inspiration
It’s no secret I love books. So when I come across a publication that absorbed my interest the way this one has, I just have to share. Trace, The Embroidered Art of Michele Carragher, published by Search Press in 2021, is possibly one of the most engrossing...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jan 14, 2022 | Books, Creativity, Inspiration, Process
Over the last ten to fifteen years, there’s been a plethora of ‘how to’ books revolving around the area of what I disparagingly call, Slash and Burn embroidery. And honestly, very few have appealed to me – at all – until now. Waiting for...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Aug 13, 2021 | Books
Yes, I know it’s out there. I’ve never been shy in alluding to my passion for books. Old books, new books, books on history, poetry, art, but especially books on textiles, concept and process. And I have to say, books on concept and process are hard to...
