Art on the Prom 08/29/2009
 
Not been saying much of late, up to my armpits in silk, paint and felt. Am off tomorrow to Felixstowe to Art on the Prom. Looking forward to it I think, as long as the weather is fine.

Lots of hand painted silk scarves and silk hangings, but have also been felting silk chiffon too. I love the dyeing of fibres and combining those fibres with dyed silks into a whole new fabric. Delicious.
It isn't just the painting and dyeing, all the scarves have to be washed and ironed when then are finished. I hate ironing, but I have to confess to enjoying ironing silk. Very satisfying to see the finished effect.

So hope to see you all at Art on the Prom. Think there are 86 stands, so 86 different artists will be showing their wares. Looking forward to seeing them too. It's always interesting seeing what other people are doing.

I do feel that I have not said much on my blog yet. Still feel very new to this and a bit strange. 
Must write more often. Should have lots to say after tomorrow and a bit more time in which to say it.

Next date on the Craft market agenda is Aldeburgh on 12th and 13th September when I plan to have lots of cards available too.

 
Thanks Megan 08/10/2009
 

Just read your comment - how kind. Glad you like it. Lots more to go on the site soon, so do take another look.
Great to get a bit of feed back - nice to know I am not just wittering away on my own here in cyberspace.
Thanks again.
Pat
 
 

Great week end with the family - busy busy busy but all good. Pleasurewood Hills is our local theme park, such good fun with a four year old in tow along with grandad and a couple of mad parents.
Not so hot today, so back to work.
Have this idea to put 'tails' on some of my hangings. Collected shells - some from Walberswick, just a few miles away from us, and some from the Northumberland coast where we were a week ago.
Planning to add the tails and then put shells on the bottom to hold the hangings straight.
Will let you know how they go and upload pictures to the site when I am done.
Have also done some drawings for new hangings and ordered more silk because I was running out. Get through so much of the stuff and sometimes don't realise it's coming to the end.
Not doing too much writing at the moment (that's my other big thing). The cupboard is too hot - the heat from the computer just tips it over the edge of bearable (which is why this blog will be short!), but have sent a couple of things away to see if I can get them published, so keep your fingers crossed for me.
Well, it's back to the garage for me.
Thanks for reading, if you have been...
 
Thursday and hot 08/06/2009
 

Ah, the life of an artist.
Surrounded by hand painted silk. Gorgeous dyes. Silk hangings all around. Working hard in a garret.
Quietly putting dyes and paints onto silk scarves in intricate patterns, steam fixing silk paints, washing silks, ironing...
Er, no.
 Not today.
Not even painting today. It is far too hot.
Not really doing anything much. 30 degrees outside and the garage where I paint on silk is like a sauna. The sun beats in through the window and I can't reach up high enough to pull down the blind since I put in a wide worktop underneath. A good idea, but ... Why do these good ideas always have a flaw?
So I have spent the day tidying.
Sounds boring, yes, true, but necessary sometimes.
I did a craft fair recently and all the boxes of silks were still in the house along with several hangings, so my major contribution to the day has been to cart them all back outside where they belong.
A little sketching, musing about designs and adding something to my website and that's about it.
Feels lazy and since I have a show at the end of the month, I do need to get down to some work, but it isn't going to happen today.
So for those of you who are at the beach or enjoying the garden, good on you, go for it.
If you have to work today, then I feel sad on your behalf and a little guilty that I have been able to give in and do nothing.
Ah, the life of the artist...
 

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    I live in Suffolk with my husband John, where I paint in the garage and write in a cupboard - that's where the computer lives.

    Suffolk is on the east coast of England for those not familiar with the place, where the wind is called 'lazy' because it blows right through you, rather than going round.

    I ran a shop in Southwold for a number of years, selling through there as well as at local craft fairs, such as Heveningham and Halesworth, but have also exhibited wall hangings all over the place, mostly at Southwold's Buckenham Galleries, The Works at Beccles and more recently at Halesworth Gallery.

    2009 Was a good year with a solo exhibition at Ichameleon in Halesworth - a good venue, which I shall be repeating in October 2010. Lots of Craft Fairs and lots of talks to interested groups like WI and Art Societies which are always good fun. Thanks to all who invited me last year - I'm looking forward to several for this year and even for next year already. 

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