Literature
Verse and writing often provides a powerful starting point for me. Inspiration comes from poetry, drama and fiction. Pieces not for sale are in my collection.
On to the Eastward
Enchanted
August Midnight
Listen
Gerontius
Gaps
Moon-Made Friends
A Good Book
The Half - Light
Buds and Blooms
Descending Blue
Leaves and Blooms
En ma Git est mon Commencement
An Afternoon of Heat Cotton
On to the Eastward
inspired by a short story by Edgar Allen Poe, A descent into the Maelstrom
winner of the 'Charles Henry Foyle Award for Stitched Textiles' 2006
mixed media, machine stitch, digital printing, 120x120cm (nfs)
Suffolk
inspired by a trip to India and my father's poem in 'Poems from India',
published by OUP 1945/6
cotton, velvet, digital printing, hand and machine stitch, 86x51cm (nfs)
August Midnight
inspired by 'August Midnight', Thomas Hardy
mixed fibres, recycled, machine stitched, 82x110cm (sold)
Listen
inspired by 'The Listeners', Walter de la Mare
mixed media, digital printing 70x102cm (sold)
Gerontius
inspired by Edward Elgar. Silk, applique, 72x92cm (sold)
Gaps
inspired by Robert Frost, 'Mending Wall'
mixed media, digital printing, hand and machine stitch, 145x33cm (sold)
Moon-Made Friends
inspired by 'Iris by Night', Robert Frost
cotton, applique, machine stitch, 33x114cm (sold)
A Good Book
mixed media, paper cotton and silk 100x100cm (sold)
The Half - Light
inspired by W.B. Yeats poem, 'The Cloths of Heaven'
cotton, scrim and wool, machine embroidery mounted on velvet. 98x38cm (sold)
Buds and Blooms
mixed fibres on velvet, framed, 53x103cm (sold)
Descending Blue
inspired by woods in spring and Gerard Manley Hopkins, 'Spring'
mixed fibres on cotton velvet, 74x100cm (£350)
Leaves and Blooms
inspired by Spring, Gerard Manley Hopkins, mixed fibres on velvet, print, 34x44cm (sold)
En ma Git est mon Commencement
inspired by 'Four Quartets', T.S. Eliot and Mary
Queen of Scots (sold)
An Afternoon of Heat
cotton and velvet applique walhanging, 60x80cm (£525)