For centuries women have used cloth as a tool of comfort and as an expression of beauty within their homes. Creating cloth for warmth, cloth for shelter, our female predecessors embellished these linens with hand stitch using laborious and time consuming techniques thereby enhancing the functional beauty of objects which enveloped and protected their families. Inspired by these women I hope my creations pay tribute to and recognise the devotion expressed in cloth by our female ancestors .







''the use of traditional often time consuming process alludes to the devotion of a mother''. c K. A. Ruane 2007







Sunday, January 11, 2026

Composition. Inspiration.

 

The design sheets here were created some time ago.

Now they are inspiring this collection, informing next steps as I continue to develop my current body of work. 

The colour and pattern aren't what I am looking at here.

Rather, I'm examining the composition of these large design sheets in order to feed where I go next with my current surface design explorations.

If you look closely at the lower edge of this image you will see some very small pattern references which measure one inch by one and a half inches.

These pieces will find their way onto the current design sheets as I continue to develop my resources for this project. 

 

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1 comment:

Magpie's Mumblings said...

I once thought you were the Queen of All-things White, but you have evolved into the Queen of Colour too.
(and I STILL think you ought to write a book - or three)

January 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM

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