safety first!

always best when dying something to where a mask the dye powder is not very nice if it gets in the lungs!

Dying and winding

so here is the bit I can't do in the shop front, the dying and winding of the warp. As you can see I've gone for nice bright colours I think everyone needs cheering up in this miserable weather! I've wound the warp so it looks a little like a rainbow but with streaks of the different colours in each section to mix it up a bit.

The Yarn

They may not look much but soon these yarns will transform into multicoloured stripes for my warp. I just have to wait for the dyes to arrive now!

The Poster!

OK here it is the poster for the residency! so the 1st thing is done, now I need to design what I am going to weave which starts with finding the yarn.........

watch this space for news of my residencey at the no.9 shop in Swindon!

Precious Things

I have again teamed up with TaP for an exhibition in Cirencester's New Brewery Arts centre. Its open every day until the 26th November so come and see us there are lots of lovely things on show and some great Christmas gifts too.

Substance

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=100466213363596

The next exhibition and the 1st weave piece in a year!
Really looking forward to seeing everyone's work - I think it will be a really varied exhibition .
My piece is a response to the life of Mary Branker OBE a vet, one of the 1st woman in that field. I have used natural yarns and animlal fibres including camal hair. I have also used stainless steel to show her strength in her work. The piece also includes a frog as she collected them and it's one of my lasting memories of her!
The piece is also a lose patchwork to symbolise all the different elements of her working and home life.

Hope that if you are in Swindon you can come and see the exhibition.