Welcome to the gallery of my work. For photographs of students’ work please see here
Quilts and wall hangings based on “traditional” and other quilters’ designs
Double Wedding Ring – This wall hanging, made from pre-printed cottons, was made using Dawn Cameron-Dick’s Invisible Machine Appliqué method.
Rainy Day – This bed quilt, made from pre-printed cottons, was made using Ricky Tims’ Harmonic convergence ideas. Umbrellas are appliquéd over the top, and it is quilted to resemble rain. The quilt takes its title from a cd – Rainy Day by Ran Tan Band
Ricky’s Tulip – This small wallhanging was made using some Ricky Tims Hand-dyed calico, and is based on his Tulips for Chantelle design. It is an improv design and is created without using a ruler! Lots of curved lines – fabulous.
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Leckford Morning – This piece is roughly A4 in size. It is made using my own hand dyed calicos and was inspired by Seachange: Whale Tracks, a work by Brenda Gael Smith, a textile artist based in New South Wales, Australia.
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Original designs
Colour from Culture – the pieces in this section all take their inspiration from the mythology of the Green Man, often represented as a foliate head. The line and colour of the eyebrow is the inspiration for all the following works.
Green Man Waistcoat – This waistcoat was made using silk dupion, ikat and tussah. The silks all came from The Silk Route – an Aladdin’s Cave of fabric!
Green Man earrings – These earrings were made in response to a challenge to design for a medium other than fabric. Swarovski crystals and glass beads on silver wires.
Sheer Eyebrow 1 & 2 – These small appliqué pictures were made from hand-dyed calico with a sheer silk organza overlay.
Earth from the Air – the pieces in this section all pay homage to the White Horse of Uffington, one of England’s oldest chalk figures. The line followed by a small section of the chalk figure, together with the texture of the chalk, is the inspiration for all the following works.
Fracture – the pieces here were all inspired after looking at the way that rocks crack along their strata. Along the way, I also started to look at Fibonacci numbers – an area of maths that has always interested me.
In terms of size, these go (as my Dad would say) from the sublime to the cor-blimey!
Quilt – roughly 60″ square
Using the first 10 Fibonacci numbers and a quilting line inspired by Lulworth Cover, this quilt is made from hand dyed calico with breakdown printed inserts.
Miniature – 12″x8″
Inspired by the clints and grykes of Malham Cove, this miniature references the technique used by Brenda Gael Smith in her Marine series. It uses cotton solids and a printed experimental piece. It is quilted using the walking foot, in a thread colour to match the individual layers.
