My Heart & Soul

Working in threads "The Oak" for my exhibition at The Herbert Art Gallery in Coventry.
I'm on the Herbert website see here
Sorry this is a short post but I'm engrossed in my stitching and I'm putting my heart and soul into this piece.....it may take some time.

Tree

A tree for a friend stitched with love.

Moonlight Blossom

It's been a dark rainy day here today so I have managed to finish this brooch and add it to etsy.

The blossom trees are so beautiful, the petals are falling like pink snow in the wind and rain.

The new green leaf shoots are appearing and at last it feels like summer is around the corner.

Inspired By Threads

Hi,

This week I am off work for half term week, although I was at school yesterday helping students with their GCSE exam projects.

I found this bag of threads I had forgotten about which I just love, even in this tangled mess!

The purple tree above will become a tree brooch and work is progressing on this art piece of an orange tree from an idea in my sketch book.

I yearn for blue skies and warm sunshine and it seems to be influencing my choice of colours.

Hope your having a good week.

Calling All Pom Pom Makers!

Hi,

I thought some of you would be interested in this art project I was invited to join by

Elvis Roberts

You can find all the details here http://www.flickr.com/groups/1021804@N23/

So start making those pom poms!

Talking of groups I have also joined this group http://todaystitle.blogspot.com/

This has been organized by Helen suzanne Alexander

Helen says

You're invited to respond to it in any sort of visual medium that you fancy, paint, fabric, 3d or 2d, the choice is yours. I guess the only requirement is to start with the image that first comes to mind when you read the title. You can develop it to your hearts content and it will be exciting to see what you come up with. My particular interest will be a spontaneous response which conveys the first thought and I'm not going to pursue a "finished" state. I'll probably do sketches with notes, photographs, digital sketches and maybe if it really strikes me, something in oils.How about it? I'm going to post a title at least once a week. If you join in there is NO requirement to do all the titles and no deadline for a piece to be finished. It is always your choice :D

I have also to show you my pink tree and as it's just started to snow it seemed apt that my pink tree becomes Pink Tree In Snow.

Hope you have a creative week.x