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‘The unknown’ is a monster

by | Dec 14, 2024 | Cartoon, Children, Collaboration, Conceptual Craft, Craft, Craftivism, Creative Process, Embroidery, Hand Stitching, Inspiration, Kids Art, Monster, Narrative, Needlework, Patriarchy, Personalispolitical, Process

I’m betting its bite will be worse than its bark Lately I’ve been asking anyone I come across: Is it just me or are we all sort of in a calm-before-the-storm, high-alert mode? So far, the score is 100-per-cent ‘Yes.’ Although in retrospect those affirmatives...

Stitching a story of a final send-off

by | Jun 16, 2024 | Boro, Clay Yandle, Collage, Culture, Denim, Embroidery, Fabrication, Found Materials, Hand Stitching, Jeans, Landscape, Narrative, Patchwork, Quilting, Recycle, Sashiko, Slow Craft

This one’s for my brother, on his second memorial Father’s Day.​I started the artwork just after returning from his ashes-scattering ceremony on one of the Gulf Islands, as he requested in the few weeks before his death. I had suggested a flotilla led by his...