weaving

sort of!

international blue string

When we lived on Shirlett all minor repairs around the farm were effected with bright blue polypropylene string. Repairing fences, tidying stuff up, holding vegetation out of the way, a makeshift belt - all used blue string. Years later we find that French farmers are just as fond of it especially for tricking cows into thinking it's an electric fence. It is known as international blue string in our house. I have taken to photographing it - it makes for a bright splash of colour on these grey days. I think of it as a line of scribble across the landscape although as you can see from the photo below - some people are neater than others!



I haven't been round here much lately. It's meant to be a tapestry blog or at least a maker's blog and I haven't been making anything... I hope to rectify this in the new year.

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!