by Cathy Jack Coupland | Dec 10, 2018 | Creativity, Design, Inspiration, Process
My Bullet Journal goes with me almost everywhere…. Diaries work, computers work, notes on bits of paper work (sort of), and BULLET JOURNALS work too – but they’re different. Why? Because I like to use pen and paper to jot down ideas and...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Dec 3, 2018 | Design, Process
Focus supports what I do as an Australian Textile Artist. Firstly, what is the antithesis to focus? The Butterfly Effect! Think of a beautiful, jittery butterfly, fluttering from one flower to the next, having a great time, but not focussing on just one, sublimely...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Nov 26, 2018 | Process
Systems simply make my life easier. How do I approach my work day as a Textile Artist? It used to be a bit hit and miss. Yes, I did the work, no problem. But did I really look after the behind-the-scenes work? The answer is a resounding no! Now I have in place a...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Nov 19, 2018 | Inspiration, Process
MOMENTUM, HOW TO BUILD IT, KEEP IT OR GET IT BACK, BY MICHAEL McQUEEN, Published by John Wiley and Sons Australia Ltd, 2016 How often can you honestly say, you’ve read an INSPIRATIONAL, LIFE-CHANGING book? Well, this one was, for me. I could read it...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Nov 6, 2017 | Process
Ok, so I’m happy with my concept and how the design is resolving itself as to what works and what doesn’t. Love the dresses, love the quilting and believe the painting using black ink on the white background will be graphically energetic. This has to scream tension...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Oct 6, 2017 | Process
I’ve achieved a sense of what I set out to do with this work. It’s emotive, poignant, moving and ethereal. But many of these girls were furious at having their freedoms curtailed and raged against their confinement. Now I need to include their anger and frustration to...
