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Visible Mending or Creative Repair ideas
Creative repair or visible mending is the art of repairing clothing with the intention of the repair being seen. It's good for the plant, saves money and means you'll have clothes that you'll wear time and time again.

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Spinning and plying fibre from a prepared sheep fleece
the process of spinning fleece

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Using precious snippets of fabrics creatively
Most of us have snippets of fabrics in our stash that are too small to use for projects but too precious to throw away. Rather than leave them in a drawer they can be used in many meaningful ways.

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Preparing a clean sheep fleece for spinning - commission
Preparing sheep fleece for spinning through combing.

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Why come to an embroidery workshop?
All embroidery and textile workshops are different; each tutor teaches in different ways and the reasons for people coming along are different too. You could attend the same workshop taught by different tutors and come away with new knowledge and ideas. This blog post explains what happens at the workshops I teach, how they work and what you get from coming to one of my workshops. The most obvious place to start is that you learn embroidery or textile skills such as how to em

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How to add texture to textiles
samples of textured textiles There are so many ways to add texture to textile artwork and embroidery, as can be be seen in the video...

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Cleaning and Processing Sheep Fleece for Spinning Commission
My latest commission is an interesting and lovely one, though not the usual textile artwork that is normal for me. However, it is very...

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What hand embroidery equipment do I need?
The short answer is not a lot! There's so much available to buy for textile work, especially hand embroidery that it's hard to know what...

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Identity in Textile Art
In May my solo exhibition Identity shows at Bottleworks in Newcastle. The exhibition explores the themes of identity and personality...

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What is Applique?
Applique is a textile technique in which smaller pieces of fabric are sewn or adhered to a larger piece of fabric to create a pattern,...

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Creative Cosy Evenings
Although longer, the evenings are still cold and dark this February. What's better than a cosy creative evening? There's something so...

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Choosing the right art workshop; a guide to finding your perfect embroidery experience
There's so many textile and embroidery workshops out there to choose from it can be hard to know which one(s) to book spaces for. Whilst...

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Creative Connections - being creative with others
Being creative alongside others can offer a huge wealth of benefits; not just artistic ones. Meeting and connecting with other like...

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Spirit of Wakefield Textile Installation
The Spirit of Wakefield, a community arts project creating a textile art installation with young people. Commissioned by Wakefield Museums

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Making Space for Creativity
Having space to be creative is important; be that a physical space, time to be creative or emotional space to be creative.

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Textile and Embroidery Workshops; what is the difference between group, private and community art workshops?
There are many types of art workshops and it can be difficult to understand the difference between them. Many offerings are out there;...

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What is Boro Boro Embroidery?
Boro Boro, or Boro Embroidery is a Japanese embroidery technique, derived from necessity rather than for artistic pursuit. Boro Boro...

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What does an artist do all day?
That's not an easy question to answer as every artist is different; some work as a full time artist and some have other jobs. Each artist...

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What is a Textile Workshop like?
Recently there's been a few messages on my website asking about workshops; how they are structured, do people come alone or with friends,...

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Commissioning personal and bespoke artwork
Commissioning an artist to create a personal and bespoke piece of artwork for you is a way of having a truly unique piece of artwork.

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