Page 77 - The Digital Cloth - Issue 5
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I love fabrics with a textural feel like linen, I’ve also been exploring the architecture and
velvet and silk but I’m also drawn to the landscapes from various travels at home and
colours and designs on fabric and sometimes abroad which has given me a broad range of
find myself buying something simply because I ideas to work with.
love it with no clear idea of where I’m going to My work always starts with my photos. I select
use it. Over the years though, I’ve learnt that I the picture that I want to recreate in stitch and
always find a use for it eventually! print it out. This is the template for the textile
In recent times I have taken part in the work to come and it gives me a guide of size
#100dayproject on my Instagram page by and scale. If I need to create a background
recreating pictures of the flowers, trees for the main picture (as I did with my garden
and birds in my garden under the hashtag pictures) then I will use my embellisher machine
#100daysinmygarden. (also known as a felting machine) to do so.
