Alice in Waterland

A few weeks ago, I went to the O3 Gallery in Oxford (www.o3gallery.co.uk/) with my FDA group. The exhibition they were just putting together at the time was a 'Wonderland' exhibition.

We were shown slides, and given a brief presentation on some of the research and ideas behind the Wonderland exhibition, and this one image stood out to me over all the rest - 'Alice in Waterland' by Elena Kalis.

About a month later and I still can't get this picture out my head. I absolutely adore this image, and it has really encapsulated me. I'm sure this image will be my inspiration for something in the future - I'm just not sure what yet.

Drawing With Stitch

So in exchange for my helping out at college events recently, I was offered a place on a one day class during the 'summer' in various subjects. I opted for the 'Drawing With Stitch' class taught by Heather Zeal, who taught me for a few weeks in different methods of drawing, last year.

I could not wait for this to come around, and it felt brilliant to be back at college learning new skills.

Drawing with stitch is definitely one of those subjects that you improve in with practise, and I will definitely be using this method in future as I loved it so much!

I'm very, VERY excited to start year two of the FDA now, and put my new skills into practise, and get back into the college routine.

I feel like a small child at Christmas, so excited to get on with drawing with stitch, and find out all the possibilities of what I could do!

The Contemporary Craft Festival

So I've just come back from a lovely relaxing break in Cornwall, and part of my reason for going down when I did, was to go to 'The Contemporary Craft Festival' at Mill Marsh Park, Bovey Tracey, Devon.
I went with not a great idea of what to expect, and was thrilled with what greeted me.

The sheer amount of artists and crafts people from not only Devon, but all over Britain was amazing, and so inspiring. Stalls, and stalls of so many media's of work, with many new techniques to learn about and try yourself.

One of the most inspiring to me was Poppy Treffry (www.poppytreffry.co.uk) who was a textilist, and did a lot of drawing with stitch, and screen printing from them, which I have loved doing this year, and am desperate to carry on with! She was a lovely, inspiring person, with some absolutely beautiful pieces! I can't wait to do more, and get my own idea's out my head and into reality.

www.craftsatboveytracey.co.uk