"Just For The Present" is now open! It will be at the Cotswold Craftsmen Gallery, Market Street, Nailsworth, until 24th November. Tuesdays - Saturdays, 10.00 - 5.00
Artist's statement
As we develop as artists, our
ideas sometimes take on a life of their own and lead us to new discoveries and
passions so that we sometimes find ourselves taking surprising roads. 2012 has been a year when I have been
following new roads which may themselves lead in directions I haven’t yet
imagined. So, Just For The Present, what
you see here is a selection of the work I am making currently.
This year I’ve returned to my
roots in fashion (nearly forty years ago I studied fashion and textiles at
college) and I’m delighted to be showing some of my new silk-painted
scarves. Having worked on silk-painting
in isolation, I then moved on to give machine embroidery the same treatment and
three new pieces portraying lizards are worked entirely in machine stitching
with no other added colour.
Lizards seem to have become my
theme of the moment in ceramics too as they are ideal subjects for rich
decoration. As well as my tableware
ranges, I’m now making more one-off items - mugs, bowls, plates and vases - decorated
with individual designs in coloured underglazes, slips, lustres and precious
metal lustres.
Just for the present, these are
my preoccupations. Next year – who
knows?
The Purple Corner!
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