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







Showing posts with label three. Show all posts
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Saturday, July 9, 2011

three....

I have three pieces of paperwork on the go at the moment. Two smaller ones and a large one. The large one is going to have cloth added....at least that's the plan. I have tried several options, none of which has worked. Never to be beaten I have another plan...tonight if all goes well.

I am having so much fun with these. Remember my list? my notes? well there are other things calling but I can't seem to put these down. These are all based on lace patterns, trying to replicate the delicacy and pattern of lace on paper. Someone from South London......AND YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE...will try and imply that they are about the beach, limpets, shells..don't listen to a word. It's my work, my creation and it's lace I tell you!!! That by the way is my attempt at being assertive......


 I have had the strangest of days so far.....parking my car at the supermarket next to a car with a baby and a toddler locked inside and not an adult in sight......?????? What do you do??? I took the registration number and went to Store Security who got on it straight away, phew!! and then you don't want to know about being told my shopping total came to around £40 too much...I queried, she argued...I was polite...the supervisor came...she charged me for FOURTY FOUR bottles of juice as opposed to the four I had....it pays to check your bills ladies!!!
It can only get better right?
and if you have shopping planned and need a tatty old scrap of paper for your list, don't forget to go here and leave a comment.