by Cathy Jack Coupland | Nov 17, 2023 | Creativity
How many times have we heard the expression, ‘Learning Through Play’? Well, it’s true – we do learn through play. I’ll pop in some of my ‘play’ pieces. Early childhood educators will attest that play is a valuable learning...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Nov 10, 2023 | Creativity, Inspiration
Yes, I’m old school. I love working with paper. Collage, paint, drawing, and design, you name it, I love it. But, have you actually used it to stitch into? Yes, it can be done, quite easily, surprisingly, with a history of punched paper designs that were quite...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Nov 3, 2023 | Creativity, Inspiration
New work is the ideal – but coming up with the ideas is really where it’s at. The creation of new work is sometimes just the last stop along a journey of mistakes, or the beginning of new concepts that finally coalesce into something exciting, different,...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Oct 20, 2023 | Creativity, Inspiration
I’ve been working with myriad combinations of beads and sequins a great deal recently and I can’t wait to continue further – I’d go so far as to say they’ve almost become my raison d’etre. Almost… So what is it exactly that...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Sep 15, 2023 | Creativity, Inspiration
Perfection isn’t what creativity’s about. Perfection, if it happens at all, is about honing skills, and it’s constant repetition that allows perfection to evolve. And while we’d all like to create the perfect artwork, it’s far more...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Sep 1, 2023 | Creativity
Stimulation is a word that’s not often used anymore when it comes to the textile and fibre arts. We’re inspired. And while they have very similar meanings, they can also be used quite differently. Let me explain. I was reading a very old book recently by...
