Heres some pics of my stand.
I am showing at Birmingham Motor Cycle Museum next Sunday so need to restock some more dolls.
Do come along and have a chat.It really is a great venue and a mixed range of dolls to see.
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Kensington Doll Fair
Today I had a journey into London to set up my stand at the kensington Doll Fair. It was a great show for antique doll collectors - it was like a museum of dolls and toys. Very few Art dolls or even hand made dolls there, so that was a bit dissapointing. Lots of lovely people to chat to.
Heres some pics of my stand.
I am showing at Birmingham Motor Cycle Museum next Sunday so need to restock some more dolls.
Do come along and have a chat.It really is a great venue and a mixed range of dolls to see.
Heres some pics of my stand.
I am showing at Birmingham Motor Cycle Museum next Sunday so need to restock some more dolls.
Do come along and have a chat.It really is a great venue and a mixed range of dolls to see.
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Sunday, 14 November 2010
Remembrance Day 2010
As part of my solo exhibition Cloth Collection I made a very special personal piece that is so appropriate for today - Remembrance Day.
In 1944 my mothers first husband was away in Holland fighting in the second World War.She was knitting a Fairisle jumper and had nearly finished this very complicated knitting when she recieved a letter from his commanding officer to say that he had been killed whilst in battle.
My Mum gathered up the pieces and threw them in the fire !
Of course I never knew this man but even as a young child I could feel my mothers pain. As an adult I understand more now that pain that she must have gone through.
She told me years later that she just had to get rid of the knitting and that it was a natural reaction to throw it in the fire. It wasn't that the knitting was unimportant - in fact quite the reverse. Its because it was important and had value that she wanted to feel the pain of destroying it.
I have kept the letters ( my mum died when I was 25, Thirty years ago now) that she recieved and wanted to honour her and Mickey in a piece of art work using the letters.
I knitted just part of Fairisle sleeve which took me some hours to do and then knitted the (hand written in pencil) field letter into the piece. The letters were scanned in and transfered onto cloth ( so I still have the original paper letters). Upon recipt of the letter the knitting becomes out of scync with the pattern, as her mind would have been clouded by grief.
I then burnt my knitting, crying as I did this. Just like my mother must have done.
It was a very personal piece to work on and to share with the world. I hope my mum would have liked this tribute to her and her beloved first husband.
In 1944 my mothers first husband was away in Holland fighting in the second World War.She was knitting a Fairisle jumper and had nearly finished this very complicated knitting when she recieved a letter from his commanding officer to say that he had been killed whilst in battle.
My Mum gathered up the pieces and threw them in the fire !
Of course I never knew this man but even as a young child I could feel my mothers pain. As an adult I understand more now that pain that she must have gone through.
She told me years later that she just had to get rid of the knitting and that it was a natural reaction to throw it in the fire. It wasn't that the knitting was unimportant - in fact quite the reverse. Its because it was important and had value that she wanted to feel the pain of destroying it.
I have kept the letters ( my mum died when I was 25, Thirty years ago now) that she recieved and wanted to honour her and Mickey in a piece of art work using the letters.
I knitted just part of Fairisle sleeve which took me some hours to do and then knitted the (hand written in pencil) field letter into the piece. The letters were scanned in and transfered onto cloth ( so I still have the original paper letters). Upon recipt of the letter the knitting becomes out of scync with the pattern, as her mind would have been clouded by grief.
I then burnt my knitting, crying as I did this. Just like my mother must have done.
It was a very personal piece to work on and to share with the world. I hope my mum would have liked this tribute to her and her beloved first husband.
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Cloth Collection Exhibition
Today I have finished putting up my solo exhibition of textile work.
The exhibition is called Cloth Collection and guess what its about - yes CLOTH !
What else could you expect from a textile lover?
Heres a few photos for you to peruse.
Cloth Collection is essentially about Cloth - which we take so much for granted every day of our lives. But it can have this amazing presence and is so important to us in all its guises.
Some of the 14 pieces are simply a look at how we manipulate and decorate fabrics and other pieces are personal reflections and recollections of cloth that has been part of my own life. One of my aims for the work was to enable the viewer - you, to remember perhaps long forgotten memories about your own lives through cloth.
The exhibition is on for one month 2nd Nov - 2nd Dec at UCMK, University Centre MIlton Keynes, Bucks, UK. The private view is on Thursday 11th Nov 6.30. So if you get the chance please come along.
And of course I had to include a very ART Art doll.
The exhibition is called Cloth Collection and guess what its about - yes CLOTH !
What else could you expect from a textile lover?
Heres a few photos for you to peruse.
Cloth Collection is essentially about Cloth - which we take so much for granted every day of our lives. But it can have this amazing presence and is so important to us in all its guises.
Some of the 14 pieces are simply a look at how we manipulate and decorate fabrics and other pieces are personal reflections and recollections of cloth that has been part of my own life. One of my aims for the work was to enable the viewer - you, to remember perhaps long forgotten memories about your own lives through cloth.
The exhibition is on for one month 2nd Nov - 2nd Dec at UCMK, University Centre MIlton Keynes, Bucks, UK. The private view is on Thursday 11th Nov 6.30. So if you get the chance please come along.
And of course I had to include a very ART Art doll.
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