So today, wearing cotton, linen and silk I bless their natural properties when crowded into a shuttle bus for 20 minutes and driving across a busy Tarmac in Dubai. It wasn’t a pleasant experience and with 100’s of arms raised high in the air, the hands clinging to the bright yellow plastic rings for support and the lack of air conditioning I said to myself…. Welcome to the world of polyester.
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Capturing The essence. – Texture and stories.
I try to capture the soul of the scene. I don’t take wide panoramic images, I like to stand back and just capture the scene as it happens
The way I see things – translating your images to textile art.
I see things. Well, not bad things, I see things that make my heart stir. It’s not like a scary movie. I call it Capture and Create. I’m doing a lunch time lecture in Houston called “You must plant seeds today for a harvest later” These are the things I will be sharing, plant the…
Traveling, teaching and tall tales. A textile artists view of far flung places.
My driver arrived at 7.10 pm and chats for the entire trip to the airport and I learn of his beginnings in life, his childhood and his children’s careers. Captured in comfort as we wind our way down through the hills to the airport I’m a patient participant in his patter.
AMQF – quilt showcase. – You need to go.
I had the opportunity to attend the AMQF (Australian Machine Quilt Festival) cocktail party last evening and after the event we were able to spend some time looking at some of the wonderful quilts on show. I’m going to share a few but the images are only for your enjoyment, certainly not to use for any…
Norway, – Converting my travel images to textile art. How do you do it?
Two years after my teaching trip to Norway I get the opportunity to work on the creative ideas I worked on as I travel. But even in that short time, the opportunity to use different methods of completion have suddenly appeared on my computer.
My permission slip.
So tonight I give myself permission to wind down just a little and empty my mind from everything personal and everything I ‘need’ to complete before my next journey in a few weeks.
It feels good my friends, you should try it.
Capturing the textures and colors.
These images are copyright to Pam Holland, please contact me if you wish to take advantage of any of them. I took a friend to Cleland Wildlife Park the other day and these are some of the images I took of our native animals. I tried to capture the beautiful intricacies of the feathers, fur…
Capture and create.
All I can do is keep working, keep auditioning, keep talking to people – and whatever it takes to show other colors. Jim Parsons
Inspiration for images. – photography.
Photos for inspiration The images in this blog are owned by Pam Holland if you wish to use any of the images please email me at  pamholland3@mac.com These images were taken in the lotus Garden in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.  The pool into huge blooms in December and its always a race to get…