Reflecting on doors, entrances and exits, endings and new beginnings.
Read MoreLa Filature du Pont de Fer door ~ holding up a worker's rights poster from my woven artist book
Storytelling
Kobo paper pinpricked and backlit on a window for l'exposition
L'exposition
in Storytelling, Paper
My exhibition to honour the spirits of the women from the Lasalle spinning mills where I had my artist residency.
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My first day in the studio with screens which became the pages of my woven book and branches of heather.
Metamorphosis
A fitting tribute to the humble silk worm and its interrupted life cycle at La Filature artist residency.
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Silk industry posters - detail of first page of woven papers in artist book
Le Travail
The work we do. I’ve been thinking of that today as I wove strips of photocopied posters advertising the silk industry which dominated the Cévennes up until fifty or so years ago.
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Flags of paper bags hanging in the windows of la filiature.
Viva la Domestics!
Today was a day for tidying up in the studio. Tomorrow I will be joined by a choreographer from Portugal who I hope will bring another way of thinking through movement to this artist space.
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Where to begin? The floor of la filature.
Warp and Weft
How to actually start a new project from scratch? When I walked into the studio space this morning, I was again struck by the idea of making a space for me
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Detail of angels on the outside wall of the church at Rila Monastery, Bulgaria
Of Angels
in Storytelling, Paper
I've been thinking about angels. The ones in fluffy cumulous clouds, just out of sight.
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Glenfinnan viaduct taken from the Jacobite Express carriage window
The idea of it
in Storytelling
Sometimes it is the idea of something which propels us into action. If we are lucky, the reality meets or exceeds expectations.
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