by Cathy Jack Coupland | Dec 8, 2023 | Creativity, Inspiration
When you have an idea for a theme and that urge to stitch grabs hold, you just have to follow your inspiration. And that’s exactly what I did with this small series based very loosely on Wildflowers. I wanted to capture the essence of wildness, freedom, pattern...
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 28, 2023 | Inspiration, Personal Growth
20 years ago, I wouldn’t have believed I’d be doing what I’m doing now. Life doesn’t always head in the direction you think it will – and that was certainly the case with me. Never in a million years did I believe I’d become a...
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 | Oct 13, 2023 | Inspiration, Personal Growth
Creating art is the easy part. Learning to manage the business behind the art can be a huge learning curve. But, it has to be done – and done to suit you and your way of working. Full stop. If you don’t, then the chances are that opportunities will slip...
