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The Unconscious Influence of Taking Photographs
I use photographs a lot for my work. I am always looking for inspiration from the world around me and use my camera to capture these moments. Recently, when reviewing and rearranging my current online shop collections, I recognised subtle … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Silk
Tagged colour, creativity, flowers, hand painted, inspiration, motif, photography, scarves, silk, silk scarf, stained glass
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Inspirational medieval stained glass
Last year when I visited the Great Church of the Holy Trinity, Long Melford, I knew it had some of the finest surviving fifteenth-century stained glass in England. Naturally, I made sure I had plenty of time to photograph the … Continue reading
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
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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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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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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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Christmas 2016 – UK posting dates
It’s the first day of December and we can now ‘officially’ mention Christmas! Round my way we’ve already had an increase of delivery vans and hardworking folk dropping off parcels well into the evening darkness. Each year the Royal Mail … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Treats
Tagged Christmas, Christmas post, deliveries, gift, posting dates, present, Royal Mail, silk scarf, special delivery
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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
Are we in tune?
Sometimes you feel totally out of step and then suddenly with one extra long stride you’re right back in time and notice that you’re also in tune and on trend. That’s how I felt when scanning through lines of photographs … Continue reading
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Tagged fashion, Gucci Ready to Wear, hand painted, luxury fashion, on trend, pink, Scarf, silk, silk scarf, twill, ukhandmade
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Autumn UKHandmade Showcase feature
The English autumn has yet to turn chilly and most of my garden is still verdant with the heavy, dark green leaves of late summer, but autumn it is and the light is changing. Last week’s photoshoot certainly underscored this … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary Culture & Design, Scarves
Tagged autumn, autumn light, design, hand painted, model, photography, photos, photoshoot, Showcase, silk, silk scarf, ukhandmade
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