Seasons greetings and I hope you are keeping warm,
I last wrote at the end of October and now we are fully wintering. It’s been -10 here in my corner of Wales, very slippery and very beautiful.
It’s been a great year in the studio and I’ve had some wonderful moments out on the exhibition scene and met lovely new people. I finally started a newsletter, kept it going and have received some lovely and encouraging messages from you.
Over the last month I’ve had my head down and hands in dye pots in between running a workshop series at Elysium Gallery in Swansea. I had a fantastic time there, sharing and exploring techniques in making willow charcoal, botanical inks, natural dyes as well as how to make a frame for a canvas. There will be more of those during my exhibition.
Every moment counts now towards my solo exhibition next year and this month the studio has been a flurry of textile colour, drying, ironing, sewing, painting, all finishing off a large installation piece for the exhibition. Below are some glimpses into the changing space.
And for a bit of fun, click on the button below to see a short studio time-lapse video.