You can see Warb's paintings at Twenty Twenty until Christmas.

Have a look at Judith James beautiful textile works here

I haven't seen Lynne Curran's tapestries for ages - see some pictures on Sue Lawty's blog here

brighton art fair

Warb and I will be doing Brighton Art Fair next month (19/20/21 September) If anyone would like an invitation to the private view please let me know.

I've been quiet/absent around here lately. A combination of tendonitis, loss of direction and summer I'm afraid...

I've been meaning to take a picture of this sign in Dublin for years. What an image to conjure with!

not weaving

This is a little Jo Barker tapestry which has recently come into my possession. She made it in 1986 for her post-grad show. Isn't it gorgeous?

Absolutely no weaving going on here however. My 'Lime tree - landscape' collage got through the first round of judging for the RDS crafts competion but when I started to weave it the niggling discomfort in my arm/shoulder got worse and my fingers went tingly/numb which I take to be a bad sign.

This coincided with my hearing from a gallery that people were remarking how much my work had gone up in price recently and baulking at it. In fact it hasn't gone up at all but I am making bigger things. I have made a lot of tapestries 4 x 4 inches (16 square inches) whereas recently they've been as big as 8 x 8 inches (64 square inches). As I price my work by the square inch you can see that yes, there is a big difference in price. People don't seem to perceive the difference in size though. Both 4 x 4 and 8 x 8 just register as - well - small...

So all in all I'm a bit disenchanted with weaving at the moment. I'll see how I get on with physio for my arm but it may be time to explore other media.

twenty twenty

My work is at Twenty Twenty until June. The driftwood sculptures are by Kevan Hopson.

Fiona Rutherford has been writing a blog about her trip to Australia for the Tapestry 2008 symposium.