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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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

this year....

This year I have,
made these and more,
deleted too many files so I can't find all my pictures,
painted on fabric,
worked on paper,
created artist books,
messed up my html codes...hence the rubbish at the top of this page,
waited patiently to no avail for someone to sort it out for me,
spouted a lot of rubbish on this blog,
visited Sweden,
spent too much money,
missed my daughter every day,
loved my family to distraction,
been proud of James,
been proud of Helen,
visited hospitals too many times,
made wedding favours, 50 to be precise,
been over producing hormones,
made new friends,
lost?? (I think) another friend and I don't know why,
attented a beautiful wedding,
spent 2 hours in the car on a journey of 4 miles, (yesterday!!)
welcomed baby Lydia into the world,
done very little housework,
given up the day job, hence becoming poorer but enormously happier,
and finally,
have done zero, zilch, nothing for christmas, so I am now signing off for a ''rest'', to get sorted and put on my santa hat.
wishing each and every one of you a magical festive season.
this is a little gift from me to you.
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