New work - keeping busy

Winter Fruit Pickers

No sooner finished, photographed and frame and it was gone.

'Acquired' for partner's study! 

Time for Tea

Started life as demonstration linocut for my students.

Printed on to material, modified and embroidered.

Only took five days.

Now finished. Just needs suitable frame.

I can finally get on with those prints I have been putting off starting.

Freehand machine embroidery

Developing my cockerel piece

The initial image was developed as a LINOCUT.

I printed the bird on to smooth, plain weave cotton using Caligo oil based relief ink.

It does take a long time to dry on fabric.

The fabric was stretched on an embroidery loop and the basic composition 

was stitched over in black thread.

I didn't want to work with the bold lines of the linocut so the cloth was reversed in the 

embroidery hoop revealing the background / underneath.

This gave me a 'starting point'.

The bird was the big challenge so I chose to start with him rather than the background.

It's also a little easier to work from the centre outwards as you get less distortion of the cloth.

Gutermann viscose embroidery threads

Building up the background using Madeira rayon thread - very shiny.

The finished piece with close zigzag stitch to frame the edge.

Rosemoor opening day

Alan Dilly

Jenny Bone

Douglas Anderson 

RHS Rosemoor Exhibition January 2017

Alan Dilly

Having studied Fine Art at Exeter College of Art in the 1970s I spent the following years teaching and working as a practicing artist. 

I have always enjoyed working with a broad range of media but have specialised in oil painting and more recently free machine embroidery. Ideas created in drawing, painting and sculpture have been developed further by ‘painting’ with thread on the sewing machine.

Jenny Bone

The wonderful thing about living in Devon is its constant inspiration : 

the big skies, powerful tors, beautiful rivers, sweeping vistas and the colours, textures & moods each season brings to the moors, valleys and coastline.

I trained in ceramics and followed with a career in art education.

Textile arts are a new focus in my creative direction. These works are the start of my journey in wool &  thread; an exploration of the painterly effects of fibre as well as its tactile qualities. 

I travel hopefully!

Douglas Anderson

I initially trained and worked as a textile designer, specialising in silk jacquards and fabrics for period costume design.

After a long career in Design & Art education I am now in the fortunate position to be able to concentrate on developing my own skills and creative art practice.

I am a multi media printmaker and illustrator with a continuing passion for cloth, thread and fabric construction.