New work to see at the Guild at 51.

These 2 pictures are going to the Guild at 51 this morning along with some portfolio work. Jo in the gallery will have lots to sort out after the amazing exhibition at Rodmarton Manor. ( the Sparrow is a small picture but the photos make it large against Sedimentary Layers). Labels below if you want to see the stories behind the work.

These 3 are the unframed pieces -their label is diary story.

Sedimentary layers - finished

 I went back to this piece and added some more electric blue, after consideration it needed a shot more of colour.

 Layers of textures like layers of soil underground, a gradual accumulation of debris,stone,earth, bone.

A few blue beads in the layers. Gone to the framer now- will be on show at Transformations in Bristol. ( 28th April- 19th May Bristol Guild )

More news and new work.

 News update  about the postponed exhibition - there was a burst pipe inside as well as water from the roof. The damage is extensive on the tudor side of the house but the exhibition room is untouched. However to get to that room on the top floor you have to get through the house which remains closed at the moment. The National Trust are hoping to open the grounds and tea room as soon as possible. They are still assessing the damage to the house and it remains closed until further notice. We were due to put up the exhibition on Monday and all the damage because of the thaw happened on the Sunday, the day before, so thank you kind folks but no damage to our work. Terrible thing for the house, the National Trust and all the wonderful workers and volunteers there. We wish you all the best in this very trying time. Will keep you posted kind readers, thanks for all your good wishes.

 Meanwhile I have been finishing sedimentary layers for the Transformations exhibition in April at the Bristol Guild.

And I started a new piece on Tuesday for that exhibition. I took a picture of it yesterday in the sunshine as I worked on it. I liked the shadows so much I have put in more tufted stitching to retain that texture. This piece is based on a local footpath that is ancient and seen years of traveling. It is layers of textures again like the rock strata. Time passing is the big theme here. This footpath was completely blocked by drifts of snow. Even with all the thawing I didn't get along it on Tuesday- still piles of snow.

Jan 2nd 2018 mark making.

 Back in the studio after quite a long break I went wild with paint and mark making. I was thinking about sedimentary layers. In the ground and in the mind. On paper and on fabric. 

 These are my finger prints on tissue paper, bonded onto fabric and stitched.

But I liked the back best- more minimal. Pent up creative drive exploding!

Leaves underfoot - finished!

 This piece finished at last! It seems like a long time because I have made other things between.( 24 x 30 cm)

 The photograph, taken at Newark Park on our Autumn visit, that I worked from.

And these are some of the sedimentary samples mounted onto pages for a book or a beginning at least. It always feels good to make a little progress especially when the days are short and cold. The bird cafe is very busy outside my window and that is good company when I am stitching.

Sedimentary layers - experiments in paper, fabric and thread.

 I took a little time off from the Seasons work to begin some experiments on the theme of sedimentary layers inspired by those cliffs and rocks I saw on holiday in Devon.

 Just playing around with some ideas with textures.

It's a great theme and good to go abstract for a while. Layers of rock beneath our feet, laid down over the centuries buckle and distort. Layers of meaning, layers of textures. Hoping to produce some work for an exhibition called Transformations : Earth Matters.