All artists need a friend who they can turn to for a critique of their work.  A friend who will say more than “Oh that’s lovely”.
When I lived down south - my Artist’s friend was Linda - but now we live 100’s of miles apart.  Although we still communicate about our work - it is [...]

Sometimes there comes a point where confusion and chaos reign - as they did to-day in the studio.
The piece of work looks (as it often does at this stage) like it maybe going nowhere fast.
My studio looks like a volcano has errupted spewing out fabric, paper and thread everywhere.
I knew it was time to
STOP
REGROUP
TIDY UP [...]

I  finished yesterdays piece to my satisfaction - I will have to give more thought on the “how to do it” before I embark on a bigger version.  If you want to see a detail, it is posted on my daily image blog “The Turning Year”.
So moving on.  The next piece has to fit in [...]

Journal entry 25/10/2008
My good friend Linda phoned yesterday she knows me well - and knows when I am struggling. She just had one word to say to me;-

Thank you Linda - you often know what to say to nudge me in the right direction

Lovely day to-day. Denice took me out shopping and this is what we bought!

We got up and eight - and drove to Mostyn about 2 hours from where we live to visit a shop called Abakhan. I didn’t know this shop existed in Wales and I was in heaven - fabric heaven, well [...]