Author: helen sill @mycathasniceboots

Went to West Dean looking for courses and inspiration! Got some great contacts that I can follow up on. Intended to visit MA show at Chichester too but had small person in tow so decided to leave for later on in the week. Desperate to set up something solid to follow on from course now top up at Eastleigh not going ahead for a while.

Been bad re blogging too tied up with modules. Had fantastic week in st Ives where you can’t fail to be inspired….Have lots more ideas about how to add to my boxes.

Went to open studios  in  Westbourne.   Robina Richter had her work on display at her home with other artists.  Wonderful atmosphere and great work to look at!   Feeling quite inspired to get involved with this next year.  Robina also kindly agreed to lend me some of her display equipment, still trying to get my head around how my final piece will look.  It keeps changing!  Not quite there yet!

Starting to make more boxes…how am I going to figure these influences in?

…watch this space…

Slave for a day at Anita Bell’s workshop. Anita brought along loads of her inspirational art work and talked about ideas and influences. What a lovely lady ….provided loads of inspiration for the ‘workshopees’ who then went on to create very individual pieces using paper and cloth using a variety of stitch techniques. Very generous with her ideas and her resources. Great buzz in room from all that hand stitching! A pleasure to be there helping out, also opportunity for me to stitch and get some of my samples under way for my next module at college!

Great to get response from Barbara re her show at the Barbican in 1999. Still waiting to hear from the embroiderers guild on what they have from the exhibition. Barbara sent some lovely pictures and ideas of people to look at for inspiration! Feeling re-inspired to make more…..watch this space….my Pinterest board is growing!

Manages to make a silk elephant this week…..don’t ask why! Then more badges for next weeks Matthew Harris talk. Am now going to start making more books…..honest! Life class later so hopefully more inspiration will come my way!

Feeling very arty this week….two exhibitions! Love Hannah Hoch (should have an umlout but can’t work that out but I have worked out how to add images from the internet! I heart my iPad)
bit disappoited by Attia…great concept and clever use of mirrors but expected to feel more…….