What’s In a Name?

What’s In a Name?

by | Apr 5, 2024 | Inspiration

Naming your artwork is the final flourish and the full stop that can add gravitas and impact to your work. The title is important to acknowledge the concept of your work to help the viewer understand your design. So why leave it till the last minute? I know I’ve...
The Power of Pattern

The Power of Pattern

by | Mar 15, 2024 | Inspiration

Pattern – a repeated decorative design. So simple, yet packed with power and, even better, potential. The power to draw the eye, and lead the viewer on a happy dance along and around and up and down. Pattern demands attention. Now if that’s not something...
Wired Up

Wired Up

by | Mar 8, 2024 | Inspiration

I seem to have a love affair with wire at present. The idea of working ‘off the wall’ in a dimensional format is appealing not only to my senses but to my problem-solving skills. Who knew I rather like solving a problem and seeing a dimensional work...
Small Steps

Small Steps

by | Feb 23, 2024 | Inspiration

Every day we have choices ahead of us. Every day we can do a little better than yesterday. By taking small steps, every day we can set ourselves up to be winners. Do you want to stitch every day, but find it difficult to get yourself started? Why not organise your...
Exercise and the Embroiderer

Exercise and the Embroiderer

by | Feb 16, 2024 | Inspiration

Sedentary: inactive, sitting, stationary. Well, that’s what happens when we stitch. Now I’m not advising what form of movement one takes to help combat these times of stillness, but I am suggesting some antidote to those sometimes long times of inactivity....