Wangaratta Textile Project
Well, I was full of good intentions..... A funny thing happens when there is no deadline any more. I imagine that this occurs in the case of many artists, not just me, but I'm so much less focused and…
Wangaratta Textile Project
Having finished my piece I was feeling very motivated to go back and follow the "threads" that I started exploring in my development process. However, there was a slight hitch in that I had an impendi…
Wangaratta Textile Project
For the past couple of weeks I've been working non-stop on constructing the table runner and hand stitching details on it. I abandoned you all for a while but there wasn't much to say except I was sti…
Wangaratta Textile Project
Yesterday I finished the stitching on the outside edges of my piece and then cut some batting just a little smaller than it and layered those two with some black felt (for the backing). I safety pinne…
Wangaratta Textile Project
Well, after yesterday's warts and all expose I'm trying to claw back some credibility by showing you how it has all come together.All four panels comw together.Today I joined up the fourth panel and d…
Wangaratta Textile Project
I have basically spent the last week at the sewing machine and fatigue is setting in. I identified some technical issues surrounding parts of the design which were not going to match up due to differe…
Wangaratta Textile Project
So, I met my 10 bobbins a day target for 3 of the 4 days I have spent so far stitching my piece. Each day it got a little harder and on day four I got to 9 but had some time trialing thread colour com…
Wangaratta Textile Project
There are quite a few things I want to talk about today. First, in these final stages of producing my textile piece, I feel the need to recapitulate and tell you -in a more organised manner- about th…
Wangaratta Textile Project
So, Monday was a whole day of printing. I really miss spending days at RMIT just designing, sampling, producing....making, making, making. I had forgotten how tiring it can be though, I can't believe …
Wangaratta Textile Project
When involved in intensive stitching of a repetitive nature one's mind tends to wander. One of the thoughts that crossed my mind today was that I probably had not made clear to the uninitiated what di…
