by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jun 11, 2022 | Creativity, Inspiration, Process
Improvisation: ad-libbing, spontaneity, lack of pre-meditation. And it’s hit hard – Improv embroidery, that is, championed in part by the purchase of a recently published book, Improv Embroidery by Australian embroidery artist Carol Cooke. It’s...
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 | Dec 10, 2021 | Process
Understanding the rationale behind our art is significant and powerful and should form a large part of our process. It’s almost as important as choosing the perfect materials to develop our concept and working out the best way to display the finished piece. But...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Nov 12, 2021 | Process
Transformation and change come through tremendous effort – day in, day out, hands down. And expending effort is the one way to produce textile and fibre art of great beauty or that makes a passionate statement or simply creates magic – our very own unique...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Nov 5, 2021 | Process
Exhibition/competition organisers require numerous skills surrounding the writing of a brief, format, set of guidelines or directives to encourage textile artists to enter competitions or exhibitions. The pre-planning required to constitute part of the vast processes...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Apr 30, 2021 | Creativity, Design, Process
A large part of being a textile artist is our ability to problem-solve, and have I had to use it this last week. Now I’m no fast thinker. – I like to take my time and really think things through – but eventually I get there. And I’m prompted to...
