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







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Sunday, January 29, 2012

sparkle....




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a short video today....only four minutes. This cloth is named ''Sparkle Cloth'' as I made it for a show called Sparkle. Least said about that the better...it was a disaster for me...consigned to the nether reaches of my brain.
There's quite a lot of colour in this one so please don't faint with shock, none the less I like it. It has a certain something that attracts me....
The good news today...the strangers in the bathroom have left for good and I don't think I have ever been to the bathroom as many times in my life to gaze at the newness and brightness of it all...From here on in every visitor to this house will be positively encouraged to go to the bathroom whether they need to or not so if you are planning on coming round for a brew (cup of tea or coffee to those of you who aren't English) be warned!!
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