artist activist - maker of organic botanic textiles, prints, colours and spaces
as a market didn’t go ahead this weekend, i’ve stock to sell. it’s been good to get making simple things this week, clearing out scraps n offcuts. the baskets are stylish, useful and much better for a good life than a bag full of frayed odd pieces. https://colourfield.bigcartel.com/product/textile-baskets i hold onto to much cloth [ ]
in the quest for more seasonal and local dye practice, i’m playing with the fresh japanese indigo grown by Tracey, making n mending club member, at their allotment (my balcony being out of use this summer for cladding renewal!) i’ve been used to using imported powder for so many years, making a reduction vat the [ ]
on the last day of my week retreat i spent today gathering and learning about devon and cornwall earth and mine waste pigments with Pete Ward at Studio Kind in barnstaple. we started at fremmington quay, for a little geology class. this is where coal and lime from the welsh valleys landed in devon to [ ]
i want to talk about making, slowness, process and purpose, again. the making n mending club have been at St Fagan’s museum all day, a whole crew sharing, processing, spinning, teaching and talking about flax and linen. among the frequently asked questions is ‘what are you going to make’ …. as if the most beautiful [ ]
It’s open day at Tudor Lane. After being away for most of the last 4 years, i’m opening up shop too. Cloth, flax, prints, dyes, books there’s lots to see and buy. We’re open 11-4 so come on down 😊
with my limited energy, i choose to spend time on real interactions above writing blogs and social media posts. i no longer use instagram twitter etc. i’ve been pondering on the energy used to store all the information we stack up, forget, duplicate and don’t consider as a climate issue. 28,000 images on my icloud. [ ]
the week has been amazing. I’ve been at three flax harvests in cardiff. St Fagan’s museum first, where the making n mending club pulled just a little, as the main crop needs a couple more weeks. it’s hanging outside Gweithdy building undercover, to then move to a barn in a week for keeping as display [ ]
the summer season of making n mending gatherings at global gardens has started. we’ve started solar dyeing with garden plants and dye powders and we’re making a collection of samples for reference to be kept in the classroom. here’s what else is planned: 21st june making a bag from recycled cloth19th july making botanical inks26th july sashiko [ ]
i spent the day a day in the swansea sun, cwmdonkin park birds tweeting in the background, working with owen to dye cotton cloth for an exhibition piece he’s making. we used pomegranate, onion, cabbage, with some woad, madder, weld and iron. we did simple clamping and twisting to get pattern.
an update blog on the llieinwe flax project at global gardens and st fagans museum