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Category Archives: Silk
Stealing from the past – painting Silvia
Living in East Anglia there are many parish churches that still retain both medieval and Victorian church art. Painted rood screens and colourful stained glass provide a wealth of inspiration for my silk scarf designs. I like to steal ideas for … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Silk, Visual Culture as Inspiration
Tagged colour combinations, creativity, design, inspiration, medieval, medieval church, motif, rood screen, stained glass, Victorian
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Spring sunlight, apple blossom and photographing my work
Fresh spring weather and I have been making the most of the late afternoon sunlight. Re-photographing a few scarves with different styling.And, almost capturing a smile!
Posted in Scarves, Silk
Tagged blue silk, design, hand painted, model, photoshoot, Scarf, silk, silk painting, silk scarves, spring sunshine
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Mother’s Day – 26 March 2017
As we approach Mother’s Day (here in the UK) I have been lucky once again to be selected by UK Handmade to have a couple of my scarves featured in their Spring Showcase. As you may already know I … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Silk
Tagged cherry blossom, design, handpainted, Mother's Day, Mothering Sunday, photos, pink scarf, product photography, silk painting, silk scarf, silk scarves
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Visual Impressions
Scrolling through various Instagram accounts for craft marketplace platforms, I noticed there was almost a ‘house style’ for images. This is despite photographs being selected by different platforms and originally uploaded by many different crafters. Neutral rules the day with plenty … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Silk
Tagged Craft Council, feeds, Folksy, Hermès, images, impressions, Instagram, Liberty, model, product photography, silk scarfs, studio photo
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Silk scarf painting
Last autumn I felt like renewing how I approach my work. Nothing major, but some adjusting here and there, some tweaking and a few small changes in how I create my silk pieces. I have been developing using some of … Continue reading
Valentine’s Day – Red, pink or maybe . . . ?
It’s just under two weeks’ to Valentine’s Day. Naturally, there’s plenty of red merchandise filling the shops, but I’ve noticed there’s more choice than ever and if red Valentine’s cards, red flowers, red boxes of chocolates, and so on, are … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Silk
Tagged grey silk, handpainted, model, pink, pink scarf, red, red scarf, silk, silk scarf, Valentine's, Valentine's Day, wearable art
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‘Reproductions’ – a pictorial essay
This follows on from last week’s post, ‘John Berger – Look again’.
Posted in Contemporary Culture & Design, Scarves, Silk
Tagged art, art history, authenticity, images, meaning, originals, painting, photo essay, pictorial essay, reproductions, visual narrative
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Starting today, Thursday 29th December
Click HERE to visit AGNES ASHE eBoutique New Year Sale Proper old-fashioned sale for 5 days on my online shop. Over half of my work is now 20% off and a few pieces are over 50% off for the next … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Silk
Tagged handpainted, Holiday sale, reductions, sale, sales, silk scarf, silk scarves, textile art, wall hanging, wearable art, Winter 2016
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Talking Sales – a preview
General question – ‘What happened to the January Sales?’ Answer ‘They’ve become the Boxing Day Sales’ I suppose I am old fashioned and I simply can’t get my head round going to the Sales the day after Christmas. When I … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Silk
Tagged Boxing Day sales, handpainted silk, online sale, painting silk, preview, sales, silk art, silk scarf, silk scarves, small business, textile art
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If you can’t wear wool
Like many people I can remember being bought a scratchy woollen school scarf as a child. Worn once and never again. No winter scarves for me as I discovered that all wool next to my skin brought me out in … Continue reading
