I teach technique but it's my students that impress

I realised years ago that I got great pleasure in encouraging others to explore, Creative Stitch Techniques and I am constantly amazed at the creativitity and initiative that my students demonstrate in their finished work. I have selected a few items to show just what can be achieved

A holiday/course in France

I got the offer of doing some teaching in France in 2009 and me, not being one to turn down any new challenge, I have accepted. It's great because its not necessarily all going to be "textile talk", running alongside my course will be a group, there for woodturning. What with that and visitors exploring the local area, there should be plenty of chit-chat. You can get all the details from the flyer above. It also gives contact details.

This is my "Iris" tryptique, each piece is 102 x 26cm. Fabric/paper, acrylic paints, gilding, kunin felt and sheer fabrics, machine stitched with metallic threads and cut out with soldering iron.

. . .this exhibit is a piece of needlepunch felt on a hessian background, measuring 58 x 156cm.

inspired by the paintings of Monet

I recently exhibited at Heswall, Wirral with a couple of other Textile Designers which created considerable interest. I've attached some photographs of some of my exhibits.

Introduction

" The real voyage of discovery is not in seeing new landscapes but in having new eyes"
Marcel Proust