Inside out envelopes

Christmas card envelopes turned inside out for drawing practice, bird watching at home and at Slimbridge Wildlife and Wetland Trust.

Plastic flowers for Nature in Art workshops

I will be running a workshop making flowers from plastic waste. I am drawing attention to the amount of unnecessary plastic bags in our environment, often found in trees!!

Fungi

For Nature in Art I am looking at mycelium; the threadlike roots of mushrooms and fungi.

This was the spore print of a toadstool left on the cover of my sketchbook!

Nature In Art invitations

Work in progress trying out ideas for Exhibition invitations..

Pen and ink drawing with machine embroidery

I like the concept of 'back of the envelope' quick sketch drawings to capture an idea!

Strawberry Thief

This is my version of The Strawberry Thief by William Morris. My real strawberry thief this summer was a blackbird but his is a little more colourful.  Merry Christmas to one and all.

Carla's work in progress for Nature in Art

Look at these wondrous pictures of Carla's work in progress... We look forward to seeing more of this intriguing work 

Come if you can...

Sea memories Sketchbook

I am beginning some new work for the next BB exhibition at Nature in Art next year. I always begin with some experiments in a handmade sketchbook. This book is a tiny concertina with initial thoughts and memories.( 6cm x 8cm when folded up)

Exhibition visit

Kay and I visited the  Town Hall, Malmesbury on Saturday, where Pat Clayton and Janet Edmonds are holding an exhibition of their latest work. Well worth a visit. 

Pat has captured the beauty of the coastal landscape in these exquisite flowing cloths, books and landscapes. While Janet's hand stitched pebble forms show how hand stitch can be used to create beautiful 3 D forms.

Exhibition only on till end of this coming weekend, hope you can visit.

Day trip to Weston

Kay & I spent a lovely afternoon in Weston super Mare yesterday, visiting the Weston Quilt Show; admiring some beautiful quilts, especially one made using half inch hexagons and French knots as quilting stitches. A great way to use up all those little scraps of fabric, I can't bear to throw away.

I've always enjoyed piecing over papers and am sure will be part of a contemporary quilt, I'm working on for Nature in Art. 

Berber Landscapes

More ideas for next year's exhibition at Nature in Art. Hoping to grow some henna from seed!!

The Bees Knees