Christmas Eve

 

It has been very satisfying sharing my photographs and work with you over the last few months. It has taught me a great deal and I hope the learning curve will continue. Thank you for visiting my pages and I hope that you found something to enjoy along the way. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and look forward to returning in 2022.

Small Pleasures

As I get older, engaging with my own creativity (in whatever form it takes) has become more important to me. From walking to photography to making, the daily journey has become integral to my well being.  It fulfils the inner urge in me to make a statement of creativeness and to use my imagination; a daily celebration.

I value family, friends and living life to the full above everything but small pleasures add so much. One of my favourite is the making of cards, a little creation to share with family and friends to say Happy Birthday or just Hello. There is much so satisfaction both in the making and also the giving.

 Time to Move On

Lutradur is quite an amazing product that can be used to achieve some wonderful effects when painted, stitched and heated. It will melt, distort and disintegrate and with a degree of effort I have found that it can be moulded as well. Any product I can use to bring about a 3D effect always gets a 10 from me.

When I first decided to feature leaves I came home from my walk with handfuls of suitable contenders. The number was soon whittled down to a single leaf variety with a very pleasing size and shape which has added continuity to the finished tubes. Following the same logic I restricted the colour palette of the threads and the urge to add contrasting colours. Overall I am pleased with the results as each tube can be a standalone vessel or grouped together.

It has been a very satisfying few weeks but it is time to put the Lutradur away until next year. Once again I have been on a journey of learning and discovery; I have amassed copious notes and numerous samples which will be of great benefit in the future. I am always wondering where I can go next with a project and have made notes and a few doodles (not quite sketchbook standard!) to begin again. Why do the tubes have to be circular? How many layers and what effects could I achieve by adding more products that like to be heated such as chiffon and organza. I think I have found a supplier of larger pieces so how big could my vessels be? My list goes on and on but always begins with same question I ask myself when I step into my workroom..... What if??