#SeptTextileLove Day 3: Influence
This was taken in the Toiles Room at the Christian Dior exhibition at the V and A. The power of the room was considerable, radiating,...
#SeptTextileLove Day 2: Current Project
I’ve been looking at this original design off and on for over a year, but I’m currently weaving a shawl in it in a lovely 2/8.25 British...
#SeptTextileLove Day 1: Introduction
So, this is us, Common Threads. We met whilst studying Contemporary Constructed Textiles part time at Bradford School of Art in 2015....
New Layers of Weaving
For a special project I need to weave a woollen shawl with fringes all around. Unfortunately my loom only has a weaving width of 70 cm,...
A Feast of Exhibitions
I always enjoy going to exhibitions. Some attendances are planned far in advance. These for me tend to be the Big Names. In the past...
Procrastination
To procrastinate: to delay or postpone an action; to put off doing something. Why do we do it? Or more to the point, why do I do it?...
Ideas Rich, Time Poor...
Two years ago was the Bradford Summer Show, where most of us showed our final collections as we finished up the HNC. I can't quite...
Part 2
This is the original drawing from Louisa Pesel's book. I have now drawn my own schema,in preparation for knitting it on a single bed and...
The Physics of Maths
From my favourite flea market two weeks ago, I bought a book by a Louisa Pesel, which portrays in exquisite, hand drawn detail, some of...
On the way to the exhibition...
It's those chance meetings and sightings between planned destinations that surprise and delight in equal measure. And the journeys...
