A week in the life of a Textile Artist.

It’s been a week of interesting occasions. Funny, – life has a way of grounding you at times so just follow the path and eventually you go through the gate and it opens to more amazing things. I guess just saying “Amazing things” is a bit like going round in circles. “Amazing” means so many…

A week of working.

Working for me takes many different routes. Sometimes, it’s giving a lecture, sometimes it’s teaching, at other times it’s drawing, writing, stitching and designing in the studio. In all honesty I wouldn’t have it any other way – I have a lot of different roads I want to explore right now and I am indeed…

Camels

Camels I’ve had a love hate relationship with camels, and I’ve ridden them in Dubai, India and Jordan. You know I could take it or leave it, to be honest, I’m not built for camel riding. We visited Petra in Jordan and this is where these photos were taken. I have made and taught a…

Travel

I love staying in hotels….. actually it’s just as well because I’ve spent almost 7 weeks out of the last 12 living in them. 98% are Hilton Hotels so I know just what the bed will be like, the shampoo and the soap and even the coffee. It’s familiar, it’s comfortable, I get a great…

Frustration.

I’ve changed formats for my web page and blog and it’s really annoying me. It really should be quite simple, but somehow it’s taking more time than I allow myself to spend, but I have to get it right.

Travel

Travel is not for the faint hearted. My buddy, Miss Lisa left Dallas two hours earlier than I yesterday. It was the end of our tour and as I watched her drive off in the bright orange Dodge we had hired for the past two weeks, I felt a little anxiety for her safety during…

Creating the fabric image.

It’s been a rally busy day today, class with 27 ladies and then socialising afterwards…. however I had time to finish a little drawing. The flower has turned into a tea cup. Originally I saved the first line drawing by saving it into my photos on the iPad Pro, that way I can add to…

Creative thoughts

It’s been an amazing weekend and with presentations to a huge crowd now under my belt I can concentrate on working on a few more drawings. This is a bit fu fu…..but it’s an idea I’m playing with and it wouldn’t be the finished drawing… I just need to do a number of things and…

Dear Diary.

It’s the beginning of another great adventure, not the least eating tortilla soup for breakfast… (that’s what I do on the road) Lots of preparation, careful decisions and a huge amount of work to share with a multitude. Put on the pink and orange clothes and venture forth for one heck of a busy day…