Come and celebrate Rome Art Week at Counterweave’s open studio on Tuesday 23 October 5:00-9:00pm. Counterweave will be showing the work of textile artists Felicity […]
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I’m teaching at Counterweave Arts in Rome this autumn. One of the reasons I love teaching is to see people’s joy and surprise when they […]
Continue readingbe part of the art!
If you enjoyed my posts on making the artwork for Il Sangue delle Donne exhibition you might like to get more insights into my creative […]
Continue readingmy work on Etsy
The Counterweave Etsy shop has just been updated and has two of my small weavings and three types of my handspun kami ito paper yarn […]
Continue readingIl Sangue delle Donne – the final artwork
And some details. The work is based on a vintage Italian menstrual cloth, provided by Il Sangue delle Donne’s curator, Manuela Di Leonardis. After the […]
Continue readingIl Sangue delle Donne – the last phase
Over the past few days I have been in the raptor phase of my creative process. There’s always a period where I’ve done my research, […]
Continue readingIl Sangue delle Donne – research
Research is a crucial part of my creative process. I spend a lot of time reading about my subject, researching techniques and making samples. In […]
Continue readingIl Sangue delle Donne, The Blood of Women
I was really thrilled to be invited to participate in the Il Sangue delle Donne project, curated by Manuela de Leonardis. The project uses the […]
Continue readingworking with me
Did you know that it’s really easy to work with me? I teach textile-related workshops (using a drop spindle, knitting, stitching, dyeing) here at my […]
Continue readingThe Write Word interview
I was so pleased to be invited onto writer Janet Groom‘s podcast and Youtube channel series The Write Word, here she talks to writers from […]
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