Very excited that my work made the cover of the Summer 2015 edition of Fiber Art Now magazine!
I was tickled pink to be featured in this great magazine and the article was written by no other than Mr X Stitch himself (Jamie Chalmers). Mr X Stitch features my work on his blog last year (you can see the post here) and it was quite an honour to have him write about my work for Fiber Art Now.
My studio is a very special place for me.
It is my place of creation and solitude, where I can escape everything and just focus on myself and my work. It is really important to me that my studio is a comfortable place, like a second home. So I have filled the space with things that I love. Plants grace the windowsill and hang from the roof, collections of natural curiosities and family heirlooms crowd the shelves, often arranged under glass domes. Everything has it's place and purpose.
Square Leaf study (2014) Embroidery thread and pinups paper.
Square leaf studies (2014)
While I have been working with leaf shapes and designs for a few years now I have always used very dark, muted colour schemes - like dried and dead leaves. But I do love the bright colours that leaves turn, especially in autumn, so I felt it was time that I used this as inspiration for some new work.
I recently married my high school sweetheart, and as a result of this fabulous bonding of two souls … I got to go on a honeymoon! Now a honeymoon is probably the most important holiday one ever goes on and you want to make it super special. Most people splash out and go somewhere extra special or extra fancy, blow the budget on a nice hotel and fancy dinners. Now while that all sounds lovely my new hubby and I prefer a more active kind of holiday which is why we chose our fabulous honeymoon destination. Palau!