Memories of 2021

 2021 and the pandemic continues.

Another year of being very cautious about mixing and socialising, so art has become a big part of my daily life, going back to favourite techniques and trying new ones.

Over the year I've:  cyanotype printed, mono printed, thermofax printed, embroidered, collaged, plaster cast flowers,  gold-leafed, embroidered some more and mono printed some more! 

Walking has also been a big part of my daily routine and we have made the most of having the New Forest right on our doorstep.

MakroTex challenge

Themes of 2014 - camera and memories

The subject for April's challenge was camera and memories.

I decided to try and create a faded, ethereal set of photos to represent this - a lot of my textile art work has been based around memories and I love the idea of haziness, how two people can have such differing memories of the same event, and how little details can be so elusive.

As well as the old Kodak Brownie I used a treasured 1960's postcard of Worthing from my childhood holidays and a photograph of my father's Morris Oxford car from the same era.