Well the stand is set up…lets hope it stays that way. The work is framed and the silk all labelled…The stand is a bit smaller than i had reckoned but it will look great.
Nationwide are going to interview myself and Emma Jane. i already sold some pieces at the weekly farmers Market so the omens Are good!!
Here are some of the new pieces , some framed and some unframed. and some lovely Wraps and painted scarves…
Some of the pieces that I have been working on for the fair
I had some pieces of fabric I was playing with some time ago with a view to submitting for the Eigse thing! Here is a piece Of Lutrador that I had painted stitched and cut and manipulated into a kind of vase. I like the colours and wish it was wider….but I have more fabric that has been painted to work with so watch this space!…
This was the starting point and
this is how it went!
I have been itching to try t o make a dress in felt so here it is….I fear I may not enough patience to be a good felter! Anyway here is my first attempt all by myself it is not great and I put the silk in the wrong place so it is transparent in front and not nuno felted everywhere!! I think Nick might get a Black waistcoat with some embellishment
I am getting ready for the Borris national Country Fair and Kilkenny Arts Festival…
All the below are 20x20cm and will be framed. I may do some reproductions if I can get the paper1
The camp is over, the children are gone. They seemed happy with what they did and want to come back. keep it short and sweet and then we are all happy to see each other again, nobody has time to get bored!
Here are some shots from the week…..now I have to get going at my own work for the National Country Fair at Borris House 5th and 6th of August and my show for Kilkenny Arts Festival in Thomastown, same venue as last year over Ray Challoner’s Rooms, Thomastown!!!
A lovely wet simmer day in Dranagh, we barely got out to say hello to the ponies.
I have just finished with all my groups here are some shots of the exhibition put on by the Fetac Textile group in ? Ferrybank…..
I am so lucky with the groups that I work with, they are all such lovely people and just did everything I asked….and then some more. It is such a pleasure to work with people who take responsibility for their own learning, it is at the core of adult and continuing education!
Next week is the last week of my work for the summer months, everyone has been finishing off their pieces and we have been filling the folders and ticking the boxes
Ferrybank
Thomastown Painters
Ferrybank
Thomastown
Borris Active Retirement
Unfortunately I have to change the dates of my adult course. I will have to omit the sunday from the course and just do Saturday and Monday. This will work well as it gives the work time to dry and then on the Monday we can do more with the various fabrics to embellish them.
