I don't know if you follow Lorna Reid @stichbirdie on IG but you might enjoy her 100 days Scotland project exploring different ways to incorporate circles with stitches, wool, felt etc. It's very inspiring
Yarnstorm is eagerly anticipated each Sunday - and this week is no exception because as always it’s joy-full and joy-bringing, sharing so much and inspiring. Thank you!
What a wonderful way to start the day. I learn so much from your writing. I can’t wait to visit the UK again. Last summer we spent several hours in Barbara Hepworth’s Garden, what a joy it was.
Thank you so much for this. As others have said, your work makes Sunday morning very special! Your posts are always so full of interest and education. And I particularly admire, and am delighted by, the way you always manage to add a Beatles reference to every subject you cover.
Terrific source of inspiration, it’s going to take me various reads to follow each link.. so kettles on and looking forward to diving in deeper. Thank you. PS love the Lennon photo.
So illuminating ! I too took a picture of that window in Helen Ede’s bedroom because I loved the idea of softening the light with marks like that - didn’t realise it was a piece of art so that’s fab. It also reminded me of an exhibition I loved by the artist Sue Lawty at the V & A years ago where she made marks with hundred, thousands of small stones all beautifully considered and placed. Thank you Jane - such an inspiring start to the day.
As always, these emails are an absolute delight to read. Your likes and interests are so similar to mine, including the Beatles. Your writing and topics are equally charming and informative. Thank you so much for sharing this gift with your readers each Sunday!
Thank you for these. There was something cumulative in the effect of these images together — plus the text, of course. Wonderful to encounter this morning.
Interesting....I like your examples very much, particularly the Cornelia Parker and the Hodgkin and I am very much looking for ward to the Tirzah Ravilious show at Dulwich Picture Gallery in the autumn.
For me, as a painter, mark making is when the mark becomes less about description and more about its effect. It doesn't pretend to be what it's not. Gestural mark making happens when I let fly (in the confines of my dining room, which doubles as my studio), when the hand holding the brush takes over from the thought process. If that makes sense! Much more difficult in terms of embroidery which by its nature requires a more laboured technique. And that's probably why I've given it up in my old age.
My (now grown) offspring still cackle uproariously about the time I painted on our windows with porcelain clay to diffuse the light of a particularly fierce summer. I now know that I was in good company!
What a brilliant article, I always learn so much. Many thanks for such a stimulating piece this morning, a joy to wake up to.
I don't know if you follow Lorna Reid @stichbirdie on IG but you might enjoy her 100 days Scotland project exploring different ways to incorporate circles with stitches, wool, felt etc. It's very inspiring
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Yarnstorm is eagerly anticipated each Sunday - and this week is no exception because as always it’s joy-full and joy-bringing, sharing so much and inspiring. Thank you!
What a wonderful way to start the day. I learn so much from your writing. I can’t wait to visit the UK again. Last summer we spent several hours in Barbara Hepworth’s Garden, what a joy it was.
Thank you so much,
Elaine Pew Alna, Maine
Thank you so much for this. As others have said, your work makes Sunday morning very special! Your posts are always so full of interest and education. And I particularly admire, and am delighted by, the way you always manage to add a Beatles reference to every subject you cover.
Terrific source of inspiration, it’s going to take me various reads to follow each link.. so kettles on and looking forward to diving in deeper. Thank you. PS love the Lennon photo.
So illuminating ! I too took a picture of that window in Helen Ede’s bedroom because I loved the idea of softening the light with marks like that - didn’t realise it was a piece of art so that’s fab. It also reminded me of an exhibition I loved by the artist Sue Lawty at the V & A years ago where she made marks with hundred, thousands of small stones all beautifully considered and placed. Thank you Jane - such an inspiring start to the day.
As always, these emails are an absolute delight to read. Your likes and interests are so similar to mine, including the Beatles. Your writing and topics are equally charming and informative. Thank you so much for sharing this gift with your readers each Sunday!
You may be delighted to have splashy enso practice with a tool like this?
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Another wet Sunday brightened by a thread of intriguing ideas rounded off with the ubiquitous John Lennon.
We have a water feature in the garden which we call Barbara…
Thank you.
Thank you for these. There was something cumulative in the effect of these images together — plus the text, of course. Wonderful to encounter this morning.
Interesting....I like your examples very much, particularly the Cornelia Parker and the Hodgkin and I am very much looking for ward to the Tirzah Ravilious show at Dulwich Picture Gallery in the autumn.
For me, as a painter, mark making is when the mark becomes less about description and more about its effect. It doesn't pretend to be what it's not. Gestural mark making happens when I let fly (in the confines of my dining room, which doubles as my studio), when the hand holding the brush takes over from the thought process. If that makes sense! Much more difficult in terms of embroidery which by its nature requires a more laboured technique. And that's probably why I've given it up in my old age.
we must all make our mark. I love using ‘The Dot’ by Peter Reynolds with my students; it’s a book that works on many levels.
My (now grown) offspring still cackle uproariously about the time I painted on our windows with porcelain clay to diffuse the light of a particularly fierce summer. I now know that I was in good company!
So thrilling Jane to read your article and to learn so much. Thank you xx