End of year wrap up...well everyone else is doing it, so heres some of MY favorite 2015 pics:
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Tessuti Kate top sewing comp; leather straps and fancy buckle sets
Ok so the only words I got there were "make a Katetop modified from the original pattern". My takeaway was ‘make a top that bears little to no resemblance to the Kate top’….
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The very air we breathe. 505x505mm deep edge canvas
Gold thread embroidery on landscape painting on canvas
Gold thread embroidery on painted canvas landscape.
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Its a landscape. Handcut paper,& pigment on 8"x10" deep edge gesso board.
Little Thing
Handcut paper,& pigment on 8"x10" deep edge gesso board because its pretty
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Tah daaah
Sewing time: the Carolyn, the Keana, And a Skirt.
I made a Named Clothing Keana Blouse and the Closet Case Files Carolyn PJ top, back to back, as a thorough introductory embrace of all that is piping
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Gold thread embroidery on canvas
Embroidery on canvas, using DCM metallic embroidery thread couched with Scanfil metallic thread
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Portrait of Femida H
Femida H. She is my close and very dear friend and I made this portrait for her 50th birthday present. We met as neighbours in London (hello, NW3) and she is an incredibly kind & loyal friend, and a gracious & generous woman. I hope I've done something nice for her here.
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Bloglovin
Companion Piece 1. From the Body Mask Series 2015
Assemblages that go together
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Granny Corner: Camouflage Glam Sport Luxe
Bonus Vogue points for the fash/speak: Camo Glam Sport Luxe.... with a Leopard print trim.
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Lucent Visor: #superloveit
Yes, we are making hats now
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Frocktails 2015; DIY DVF
I love this dress. I really do. Its a great dress. I studied DVF's which is all about the column of graphic print plus bare skin (sexy older skin)
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The Changing Room. From The Body Mask Series 2015
I have my studio and my laptop and from here I can make anything. It's an irony not lost on me that our enforced confinement within this house has also been the greatest & most profound and sustained period of creative freedom I've ever known.
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Portrait of Caroline V
It's so, so pretty
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This then this then this.
Its not often I can track a piece from start to finish because I never really know the moment when something starts or when it finishes, but here we are
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Talking to Tractorgirl: interview by Julie Gibbons
Julie is a prolific creative practitioner and a supporter of makers everywhere!
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Feb/March/2015: recent work & the body mask
From one encounter, years ago, with an image in a book published decades before, a documentary about mid 20th century Papua New Guinea, I became fascinated by the concept of one particular kind of mask.
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New Year New Dress; Celestial hack
Pattern Fantastique's Celestial dress was definitely my dress of the year 2014 & now here we are again, a new year a new Celestial dress by jingo.
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Advice and how-to time
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