Come along to the fantastic Christmas Open studios event at Cockpit Arts, and find me in studio E14 at the Holborn site. It is my first Open studio event since moving into the studios in July this year. It's an exciting place bursting at the seams with inspiring and beautiful work.

I will be selling textile wall hung art works, a selection of 'bandit' and 'tweedy' pigeons and my new SpotMe refelective badges www.spotme.cc

(Left) 'Wednesday' 2010.

Hand dyed silks.

(Right) Part of the process for the above piece.

'Shoreline colours' 2010.

Hand dyed silks.

New design 'Jagged rose'. 2010

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'Burst'

A natural textured silk backing with a spectrum of gold raw silks.

Each canvas is 20cm(W) x 20cm(L) x 7.5cm (D)

June 2010

New work manipulating fabrics into three dimensional forms.

A new flock has landed!

The Corner shop at Craft Central

for London Jewellery Week, 7^th – 13^th June 2010

A pop up shop of contemporary textile inspired jewellery from 4 of London’s freshest and exciting designer makers.

Venue: The Corner Shop, 21 Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0DX

Dates: Open Mon-Fri 7th-11th June, 9-7pm

Special Launch drinks: Tuesday 8th June, 5-8pm

Admission: FREE!

The exhibitors are:

Macha - Jewellery. www.machajewelry.com

Yuki Sasakura Assiter – Jewellery. www.craftcentral.org.uk/yuki-sasakura-assiter

COCO KATO - Jewellery. www.cocokato.com

Katie Barton – Textiles. www.katiebarton.co.uk

Three Jewellers and one textile artist, all from varied cultural backgrounds, met in London through their interest in textiles and love of detail.

Through their collections you can see how their individual disciplines and interests have inspired each other.

A 5 day opportunity to enjoy and pick up the most original and beautiful jewellery, exhibited alongside an endearing flock of crafty London pigeons and textile artworks.

The beginnings of some new wall hung pieces.

I wanted to create something more 3D and sculptural with fabrics.

Abstracting natural forms and using neutral colours with hidden vibrant colours to accentuate

the shapes and patterns made.

Thursday 18th March - noticed my first bumble bee today. Spring must be in the air!

Last week to visit' Craft London: Emerging New Talent' exhibition!

The exhibition will be closing this Friday (19th March)

These are a few images of the work I am exhibiting, 'Cobwebs' an installation piece in glass cabinets usually reserved for exhibiting jewellery, and the 'Crafty loitering London pigeons' in the window of the exhibition at Craft Central.

I am at the exhibition on Wednesday 17th March from 11:30 - 6pm and am available to discuss the work, and also Thursday 18th March for the Artists talk at 6pm. (Cost £5, booking is required. See the previous blog for info or contact Craft Central on 020 7251 0276 or onshow@craftcentral.org.uk)

For all the details of the exhibition see the previous blog below.

I am currently exhibiting in 'Craft London: Exhibition of Emerging New Talent' at Crafts Central in Farringdon.

8 - 19 March 2010

'Craft and Design by London's rising stars.'

Inviting Londoners to discover the relevance of craft and design to your city with this multi-disciplinary celebration of London-based creative talent.

Opening times:

Mon - Fri 8-19 March, 12-6pm

Meet the Maker Artist Talk:

Thursday 18 March, 6pm.

Costs £5 (including complimentary wine, booking requied)

FREE ADMISSION

For more info:

Crafts Central

33-35 St Johns Square

London

EC1M 4DS

020 7251 0276

onshow@craftscentral.org.uk

www.craftscentral.org.uk

Nearest tube: Farringdon.

Myself, working methods and why London inspires me

I am a London based Artist in love with textiles. I use fabrics, mixed media and textile techniques to create individual wall hung and installation art works. I work in an intuitive way.

I am fanatical about colour and its qualities on different materials.

I like to express the details in everyday life through texture and colour, mixing techniques like appliqué, embroidery, dyeing and surface embellishment.

London inspires me because it is immense and full. Its people and communities, movement and vibration, and rich visual detail and history provides a sensory overload - and spotting the little details and personal touches excites me.

The work I am exhibiting

My installation piece is inspired by everything that ‘London’ represents, including the people, communities and movement. The cobwebs offer a glassy, silent and delicate quality which is contrasted against how they are created – frantic, yet structured - like Londoners weaving their own lives. They are almost invisible and you have to look twice to notice them fully.

The window houses a playful expression of London’s most iconic creatures. Pigeons. They loiter around eyeing up your lunch and flap around your head spraying dirt and dust everywhere. But would you want London without them?

installation piece:

Title: ‘Cobwebs’

Materials: metallic embroidery thread, adhesive.

Price: from £500

(My framed work ranges from £100 - £800, and commissions are on request)

Crafty loitering city pigeons (in window):

Materials: mixed fabrics, wire, stuffing, crystals.

Dimensions: approx 34 x 16 x 8cm

Pigeons

I'm knuckling to a bit of pigeon R&D!

They are going to be dusted off and made a bit more glamorous for a trip to Liberty's 'Best of British Open call' in February and and to pose in the Craft Central window display, to advertise the 'Craft London:Emerging New Talent' exhibition I am involved in in March.

I made them originally as part of an installation for the City of London Festival's 'Drop by studio'. An alfresco art space in a city square where the local community, anything from school children to city workers, were encouraged to join in.

(Photo copyright www.martinstewart.co.uk)

New works

After spending some dedicated time in the studio in Ireland at the end of last year, photographing, drawing and dyeing. I have finished a selection of wall hung pieces.

I would love to hear any feedback.