A monoprint a day
This is my latest multi-day art practice, inspired by a class that I didn’t end up taking from Karin Otto at Waterfall Arts. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was having...
Author: Catherine
Rags and scraps
I have resurrected this old project started around Valentine’s Day. The concept was heart motifs stitched to rough-cut squares of a eco-printed tea towel. Using mostly scraps and a semi-transparent layer on top of...
Tidal falls water collection
This is the location where I collected some water from the Atlantic Ocean to send to David Cass in Greece. It is just a few miles from our home.
Stitcher’s sketchbooks
A spur of the moment project – Stitcher’s Sketchbooks as taught by Ali Ferguson via TextileArtist.org. I enjoyed making these and I’m glad I did, but I’m not sure I will use them as...
Golden houses backgrounds
I had a lot of fun applying a layer of stitching embellishments to each of the 12 golden houses. Then I chose some tentative backgrounds to stitch them to, eventually planning for a patchwork...
Dandelion harvest
Alice Fox* on Instagram got me interested in the stems of dandelions. The earlier ones were on short stubby stems, but later in the season I found these very long glossy beauties. They had...
Sewn board book
Another adventure in bookmaking with the Handmade Book Club – the sewn board book. This is the first time I’ve sewed, pressed, glued and covered a spine. I made a lot of mistakes as...