Textile Artwork
During 2004 – 2007 I took my City & Guilds Level 3 Certificate in Design and Craft – Stitched Textiles 7922 (Machine Embroidery) under the brilliant tuition of Gina Ferrari. This was a wonderful experience and I have learnt and enjoyed so many wonderful sewing techniques. There are lots of new products on the market which have been designed to give a varied approach to manipulation of fabric and design, and I try to keep up to date with as many as I can.
Since my City & Guilds, I have developed my skills in many new ways.
Here are pictures of some of my City & Guilds work plus further projects undertaken since then. If you click on each picture you will see an enlarged image and with some pictures if you click on “view original image” you will see an even closer image, but doesn’t work with all of them. Some of my work pictured here has now been sold.
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- City & Guilds project. A moulded shell bowl constructed with Sinemay and sheer fabric and sewn with cable stitching. It is designed to emulate the waves breaking on the shore.
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- An Acer leaf using heat treated copper shim with granite stitches in metallic thread and beaded wiring.
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- This is an experimental picture using different types of metal shim and wire mesh.
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- Manipulated Fabric Samples
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- Manipulated Samples, woven fabric sewn on Tyvek.
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- This is a Cushion Cover I made for my City & Guilds Certificate. The idea was derived from Clematis flowers in my garden. It depicts both Cutwork and Shadow Work together with automatic stitch patterns from my Brother sewing machine.
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- This is the other side of my cusion cover. I would be happy to run courses on this technique.
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- This was a City & Guilds project, and is my favourite piece of work to date. It was inspired by a wonderful bluebell wood where my father would have played as a child. I have tried to capture the distance, natural light, foreground detail, and a sense of being able to walk into the picture. It is all sewn with free machine embroidery. I am hoping that it will become a family heirloom.
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- Bluebells – Merlins Wood. A close up picture.
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- The inspiration for this box came from the Medieval Flushwork on the churches of East Anglia. The symbol in the centre of the lid has been sewn into copper shim.
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- Centre lid design.
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- This is a close up of my box showing stitched fabric beading manipulated with a heat gun. I would be happy to run courses showing this technique.
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- An Icelandic Bag. The inspiration for this project came from a trip to Iceland. It is sewn on painted bubble wrap fabric, and shows an icelandic scene reflected in the still water.
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- Icelandic bag, closeup of reverse side. This is intended to give the impression of ice flows on water.
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- Layering with Kunin Felt. I used one of the images in the wingdings selection in Brother PE Design as the template. I would be happy to run a course showing this technique.
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- A sample of Cutwork through several layers of fabric. Stitching has been sewn into these layers and areas cut away to reveal the different fabrics, before a final layer of sheer was laid on top and final stitching added.
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- A Shadow Work sample using sheer fabric over a design to create an interesting effect. Courses can be given on this technique.
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- Embellished background on felt, then leaves cut from sheer fabric have been laid on and various stitch techniques used to enhance the design.
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- Mark Making with a soldering iron – oak leaves
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- Mark Making with a soldering iron through sheer fabric.
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- Mark Marking with a soldering iron through sheer fabric, with fabric embellishments soldered onto the top.
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- “Images of a Saxon Church”. This is my first piece depicting an ongoing study into Church Architecture. It is based on “All Saints Church” Earls Barton, Northants. It is not intended to be a true likeness, but just depicts the character of the Saxon architecture. The fabric used is printed and manipulated water soluble paper with a little free machine stitching.
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- Images of a Saxon Church – closer detail.
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- Inspiration for this picture came from a photograph across the lake at Bennington Lordship near Stevenage. I took the photo through various stages in Paint Shop Pro. I then printed it onto tissue paper and bonded it onto the fabric with bondaweb. It was then stitched with various free machine stitching techniques. This piece has now been sold.
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- Meltingly Beautiful Beads course – organza fabric bead jewellery.
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- Meltingly Beautiful Beads course samples using organza fabric and embossing powder.
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- A clutch bag made from kunin felt, handmade felt, felted cord, organza strips, and felt beads.
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- “Meltingly Beautiful Beads” course samples – organza fabric beads.
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- “Meltingly Beautiful Beads” course – a resolved woven picture incorporating mark making on the organza beads with a soldering iron plus other techniques.
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- “Meltingly Beautiful Beads” course – a resolved piece using scrunched and pleated organza, developed Angelina film pieces, Angelina film beads, and beaded wire.
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- “Meltingly Beautiful Beads” course – a selection of beads that can be made on my course.
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- “Garden Flowers 1” – Felted artwork. Sold
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- “Volcanic Eruptions 1” – Felted artwork.
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- “Volcanic Eruptions 2” – Felted artwork.
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- 2013 – “Pondlife 1” Felted Artwork for Galleries.
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- 2013 – “Pondlife 2” Felted Artwork for Galleries
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- October 2013 – Felted Artwork for Galleries
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- 2013 – Felted Artwork for Galleries
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- Work inspired from a course by Angie Hughes.
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- This was made on a Batik course, and then machine and hand stitched afterwards.
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- “Seascape 1” – A study incorporating organza fabric and pewter metal. Sold
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- A seascape sewn onto an old linen skirt, and entered into the “Into the Fray” exhibition, at Cowslips, near Launceston, Cornwall 2018.
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- The Harbour, St.Ives, Cornwall. “Into the Fray” exhibition, Cowslips – 2018
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- St.Ives, Cornwall. “Into the Fray” exhibition at Cowlsips 2018
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- The Harbour, St. Ives, Cornwall. “Into the Fray” exhibition at Cowslips – 2018
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- The slipways, St. Ives harbour. “Into the Fray” exhibition, at Cowslips – 2018.
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- A study with leaves, with embossed metal etc.
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- Close-up.