The Design Equation

When it comes to creating a design, full to the brim with meaningful content, it really is as simple as an equation. D = I + M (Design = Inspiration + Momentum) We’re all inspired by something – that’s step one, but I think it’s that next...

Dynamism: How To

How about some ideas and inspiration for creating Dynamism and that sense of energy and movement in design work for new textile and fibre art? And as you already know from reading this blog, looking back is the only way I know, to move forward.  So that’s...

Dynamism

There’s one thing I want from a piece of art and that’s excitement. I want to feel reverberating, unrestrained energy, not just glimpse it.  I want my eyes to gallivant all over the work, not just puddle in one place, if at all. And that’s exactly...

The Attitude of Learning

Learning is a skill, but it’s also an attitude.  Memorising facts and figures, for some, is where it’s at – but that can be risky – where’s the solid footing?  And it’s from that substantial knowledge base, that understanding...

Design Development

You know that saying, a picture’s worth a thousand words, well, that’s how I felt when I took an off-the-cuff image of a stunning Sydney coastal plant, the Gymea Lily, named by the indigenous Eora people, it also proudly denotes the suburbs of Gymea and...