Thursday 30 August 2018

Exhibition count down...

Can you believe it, we hang our exhibition on Monday, then we open Tuesday until Saturday. Everything is ready, we've ticked all the boxes, now it's down to each one of us to pack, try to remember the little extras and stay calm. I have to admit to being a little excited.

After all the final arrangements had been talked through we started a little side project.
Below you will see a neat pile of second hand books, we will work on a page or two a month and then pass to the next Maid. These altered books will become a place to experiment without the pressure to produce a piece of work...

Selection for Altered Books



Jenni - page in progress




Maggie - page in progress


Margaret - page in progress


Sue - page in progress


Diana - page in progress

Diana - second page in progress




Jane - page in progress

With such a diverse range to explore it should be great fun to challenge ourselves each month to a different topic. I look forward to showing how these pages have changed next month.

I'll make sure to pack my camera so I can share a few snaps from our exhibition next time.

Thanks for reading, back soon.
Sue


Wednesday 8 August 2018

Textile Art Cards...

We thought you may like to see a few of the cards the Maids have been making, these will be on sale at our exhibitions...


Margaret - selection of printed cards from original embroideries  

Sue - selection of handmade textile art cards

Debbie - handmade textile art card

Debbie - handmade textile art card

Debbie - handmade textile art card

Debbie - handmade textile art card

Debbie- handmade textile art card

Maggie - printed card from an original embroidery 

Maggie - printed card from an original embroidery 

Maggie - printed card from an original embroidery

Maggie - printed card from an original embroidery

These are just a few of the super collection of cards that will be available.

Back soon
Sue

Wednesday 1 August 2018

Exhibition planning on track...

Dare I say it, but we seem to be fairly well organised for our exhibition, which is just over a month away. Our July meeting was spent planning our wall lay out, checking the stewarding rota, personal statements for our leaflet and labels for our work. All very successfully achieved by a super group of Maids.

Here are just a few works in progress to share with you... 



Liz - 'Fragility'

Margaret - 'Unrestricted' 

Jenni - 'Unrestricted' 

Our meeting in August is for final preparations and a little pre-exhibition celebration with a potluck lunch to share. And...probably a lot of conversation about our next theme.

Back soon
Sue


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‘Textile Maids’ is a group of like-minded Contemporary Textitle Artist in Cornwall, providing encouragement; creative direction and the enhancement of techniques, with a view to collaborating in exhibitions.