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Off the Beaten Track

  • 16 May 2023

Walking shoes required for this workshop! I’m so looking forward to “Off the Beaten Track”  on Saturday the 20th May in Pringle Bay, as its brand new and will include a gentle walk in the fynbos, some simple mark making inspired by what we see, a bespoke working surface, a little drawing (no drawing skills required!) and even some simple stitching if you like. We will make an abstract recording of our walk with fabric, paper, pencils, pens, paint, thread, etc.
This is a jam packed  mixed media workshop so will run a little longer than most.
*If the weather doesn’t play ball, we’ll go for an imaginary walk!
Includes materials, refreshments and a light lunch.

to book  please request a booking form 

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TextileArtist.org Stitchclub

  • 14 January 2022

Early in 2021 I was delighted to receive an invitation from TextileArtist.org to do an online workshop for their online membership stitchclub.  I happily agreed and was told I could do anything I wanted to.  I had to get a proposal together to give them an idea as to what I wanted to do and there lay the difficulty!  I am a serial experimenter and love to try all sorts of things so it was tricky to whittle it down.  In the end, I had to ask myself what is at the core of everything I do and therein lay the answer – botanical printmaking.  There are many, many ways to make prints, so I chose the simplest way I could think of with the least amount of equipment, which was easily accessible across the world.  As most of the members work in stitch on fabric, I used fabric paint/fabric printing ink as the medium and my preferred substrate – paper.  As a mixed media artist, I use collage in a lot of my work, so there was step two and then of course, nothing is complete without stitching!  A workshop was born. Read more “TextileArtist.org Stitchclub” →

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Artists Interview

  • 10 January 202210 January 2022

My interview on Textileartist.org is up on their website – read more about my process and details of some of my work.  I’m so excited to be presenting an online workshop for the members of the Stitchclub.  Unfortunately membership is closed for the moment but subscribe to their really interesting newsletter which will give you a heads-up when membership is open again.  There is a subscription box on the interview page.  Leave a comment here or there and I’ll do my best to answer soon.

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Portrait

  • 30 December 202130 December 2021

Even taking the dreaded lurgy out of the picture, it’s been a tough year – the toughest.  I’m not always sure how I manage to keep making work but somehow it’s what saves me, time and again.  It’s a valuable lesson to keep creating, in spite of circumstances – it’s very definitely therapy.  I may not be creative every day but there is generally something on the boil to keep me moving forward.  I have found in the last couple of years that I am stitching into my work more than I ever have – perhaps an analogy for keeping things together.

The South African portrait award was held again this year, hosted by Rust-en-Vrede Gallery in Durbanville, despite losing their major sponsor. All kudos to the team for keeping things going under very difficult circumstances.  I took the plunge and entered my stitched self portrait with the title “Every Woman in me is Tired!” Read more “Portrait” →

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Flight of the Bumblebee

  • 1 March 202130 December 2021

A valuable part of my process is walking.  Besides being good for your health, it’s good for the psyche too – and Scout, our dog would never say no!  I’ll often sit and do a quick sketch or watercolour but collecting samples is also an important part of my practice.  I pick up all sorts of things, from dried leaves to rusty bits and pieces and Fynbos too from which I make monoprints.  Most of my work starts with printmaking, whether it be a print with stitching, a collage, or painting – and I’ll often experiment with different papers, including teabags.  Read more “Flight of the Bumblebee” →

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Vice Versa

  • 12 May 201730 December 2021

What a wonderful theme for an exhibition!  I am part of an exhibition running at Art.b gallery at the moment entitled Vice Versa, curated by Juria Le Roux.  Invited artists were asked to find a ‘partner’ and each were then asked to to a work of their impression of the other.  This could take the form of a construction, written work, sculpture or a portrait which some chose to do, while others are more abstract works and some just simply quirky.  My partner is Victor Harley, and these are our contributions… every picture tells a story.  Victor’s mixed media work is entitled ‘Conversations with a disproportionate loss’, while mine is ‘The dichotomy of the seen and the unseen ‘. Read more “Vice Versa” →

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Next up is a Botanical Printmaking workshop  in Gansbaai on 27th May  I will also be doing a Printmaking workshop in Johannesburg in June – details to be announced.

 

 

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