Mid-October already! I’ve spent the week at home, time slowly unfurling. I’ve sat in my studio preparing fabrics, dreaming of new projects, and making – of course, always making. The two months of Toni Hill’s online participation in Unbound – the FibreArts Take Two course I’m taking – are now over. I can’t believe how…
It’s been a funky sort of week. Not bad, not sad, just… strange. I have things I should be doing but can’t seem to muster the energy for, and the things I want to do feel slippery and out of reach. Too many ideas swirl around in my head, and the more I think, the…
An artist book stitched from rocks, fabric, and memory You may have noticed – if you’ve been following along – that I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the FibreArts Take Two workshop Unbound with Toni Hill from New Zealand on making artist books. Because I work in textiles, everything seems to take a little longer to resolve….
As I work through the FibreArt Takes Two course Unbound, I’ve arrived at the chapter on concertina books – one of my favourites. There is something irresistible about the concertina book—its rhythm of folds, its breath between open and closed, its ability to stretch like a path or collapse into a secret. The simple act…
I’ve just signed up for a new course with FibreArts Take Two, taught by Toni Hill from New Zealand, on the fascinating subject of making Artists’ Books. I hesitated for a while because of the cost, but in the end, my love for books won me over. Books have always held a special place in…