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Revisiting and Intensifying
Some time ago I painted my ‘La Donna’ series of silk scarves. Two of the five colour combinations I created didn’t really chime with the contemporary trends, however they both sold quickly. Then the green version was purchased as a … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Silk
Tagged artisan, colour photography, crafters, creative process, designer maker, designing, hand painted, layering, silk painting, silk scarf, small business
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St Edmund’s, Southwold. Revisiting Rood Screens Suffolk V – Working from ‘David with harp’
Here is another of my Edlyn series. Working with the same design, but this time choosing colours from another panel. I rather liked the melancholy of the ‘David with harp’ panel and I thought the blues, the very pale grey, and … Continue reading
St Edmund’s, Southwold. Revisiting Rood Screens Suffolk IV – finishing the first Edlyn
When I last posted about my Edlyn series I had just begun painting the first Edlyn scarf. With continual reference to my photograph of the Isaiah panel of the rood screen, I began selecting my colour combinations and mixing up … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Suffolk, Visual Culture as Inspiration
Tagged creative process, inspiration, medieval art, painting, rood screen, silk painting, silk scarf, Southwold, St Edmunds, textiles
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St Edmund’s, Southwold. Revisiting Rood Screens Suffolk III
Four years ago during the autumn of 2014 I blogged a sequence of posts relating how I was inspired by the Ranworth rood screen to create some silk scarves. Now is that time of year when I turn to looking … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Suffolk, Visual Culture as Inspiration
Tagged creativity, design, heritage, inspiration, medieval art, rood screen, silk painting, silk scarf, Southwold, St Edmunds
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An Experiment with the Microwave
Recently, I have been reading about the traditional Japanese skill of Shibori. You’ve probably seen examples around as it has become very popular. Shibori is a dyeing method that involves folding and binding plain, undyed cloth and then submerging the knotted … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Silk
Tagged acid dyes, experiment, microwave, painting silk, pleating, resist dyeing, Shibori, silk, silk scarf
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Layering – Part II
In a recent post I uploaded photographs of the layering process. I used green dyes for the new top layer on a square silk twill scarf. Here, is another combination of colours on the same original coloured background, but this time on … Continue reading
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Tagged creative process, hand painted, inspiration, layering, one offs, silk painting, silk scarf, silk scarves, textile design, updating, wearable art
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Layering – Part I
It is time for changing two or three older pieces of work that haven’t sold. I am happy to say that overpainting previously painted and steamed silk can give some very pleasing results. Here a (boring) pale cream, lilac and … Continue reading
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Tagged creative process, hand painted, inspiration, layering, one offs, silk painting, silk scarf, silk scarves, textile design, updating, wearable art
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Hand-painted, really?
This is not what I was going to blog about today, but I need to have a little, or not so little moan. This is how my morning started. Firstly, I received an email from a company asking me if … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Silk
Tagged design, digital design, hand drawn, hand painted, one offs, silk painting, silk scarf, silk scarves, textile design
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Stealing from Tudor Artisans – Part II
Last week I posted about my discovery of a beautiful example of Tudor woodwork, the Parham fire surround. I found the detailed carving inspirational and have developed a motif from one of the pheasants lurking in the carved vegetation. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Art History, Visual Culture as Inspiration
Tagged bird motif, handpainted, inspiration, motif, pheasant, pink silk, silk scarf, Tudor, work in progress
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Stealing from Tudor Artisans – Part I
Always on the lookout for captivating visual imagery with which to work, a trip to an exhibition often yields a good collection of useful photographs. Mind you it is surprising how often I go thinking I know what I need … Continue reading
