What's this?

Here's an interesting photo. It's my bundle of cotton, full of veg, fruit, herbs and spices, ready for composting. I'll post another photo of it in a few weeks when it's done and ready to print onto for the skirt of my dress.

rough sketch

This is a rough sketch for the dress idea. I haven't put much detail onto the sketch because I don't want to give too much away at this stage! I'm also posting a page from my sketch book which shows the initial idea for the block print for the skirt of the dress.

ideas for 2010 exhibition

After some months of procrastination and tossing ideas around I am reaching some conclusions about my work for 2010. I am reversing my original idea of taking a garment, deconstructing it and making a textile piece out of it and am now planning to make a garment out of some silk that was lining my edwardian wardrobe. This project will take me back to my roots in clothing design and construction, at the same time making use of this beautiful, aged and worn fabric. I haven't made a piece of wearable art for some time so this is stirring my creativity. I'll include some printing too, thereby bringing together all my current themes into one project. More soon...