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