tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72539794302946778462024-03-08T11:34:34.679+00:00magsramsayExperiments with textiles,paints and plantsmagsramsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559934058887308651noreply@blogger.comBlogger1034125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253979430294677846.post-35295601457925255952021-06-20T16:32:00.000+01:002021-06-20T16:32:01.604+01:00Amulets and Talismanic Clothing <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFRm0AB-XC3wP-gkgjmqbLEXd0yv5jfVcyAGuQdleoA3kQGV8jiP0AYiIaoE27LScPQ2-cCHD9VMcv_TnZj5rCg7311aBr9GWyFXXzpeFB_-hV7kSwl2fEKbnpXxFM0BECeChjF8byqo/s600/lost+earrings.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="435" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFRm0AB-XC3wP-gkgjmqbLEXd0yv5jfVcyAGuQdleoA3kQGV8jiP0AYiIaoE27LScPQ2-cCHD9VMcv_TnZj5rCg7311aBr9GWyFXXzpeFB_-hV7kSwl2fEKbnpXxFM0BECeChjF8byqo/s320/lost+earrings.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> I've had a fascination with amulets for a very long time, from my travels to making a<a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2018/02/contemporary-collage-week-5-decoupage.html"> journal quilt and shrine </a> for lost earrings. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj672_0Int-RM_WZrMKj9q1_SslRyS2IEWuEFMOWg01meLjTxpI9dHaHaw5GIKrfcuhQk58OTNWuvcLOATWOXGofJnGWwW71aLTh2Yej0f7w_6nFO108AVzRJcvCybmMhHJIlpJD0_P4LI/s2048/MRamsay+shrine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj672_0Int-RM_WZrMKj9q1_SslRyS2IEWuEFMOWg01meLjTxpI9dHaHaw5GIKrfcuhQk58OTNWuvcLOATWOXGofJnGWwW71aLTh2Yej0f7w_6nFO108AVzRJcvCybmMhHJIlpJD0_P4LI/s320/MRamsay+shrine.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1985" data-original-width="1444" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvkrnO35JahKMSluyJGYxkVorcFOGm91Nb9ejYyAGJFDFl7zuPVnRFlytuePJ99j3vTPQPB4Z1cedKLglnS5D0DEOL1Xspu9ouCUCsSEQ3wC31oXAap61iPO3_bexkf34WtdEV678SIs/s320/turkmen+kurta.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turkmen child's kurta, Afghanistan ( from Amulets by Sheila Paine )</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My first outing with the ' Drawing Tuesday' group was <a href="http://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2015/04/sketching-amulets-at-british-museum.html">drawing amulets in the Islamic Gallery</a> at the British Museum </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz96RnLgITEzpRyoFUNMrsyXxrs3R1KWL46Koqu7r8zg1D6odQpWF16PDEPylkwzol8PD0WLqk6GQcPQyMkKV9m9YuGyuf3p_JNV2LDfh6rDdxgCCI5xV05RkI4V9iopH8o1cBErtvzZ4/s600/necklace.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLYngbRZvh13H19mHCq4mbUjJcZwJJbOawEs1_3w2kGiJST1pLU-tNeu8tp4ejERlsUYxL2ZcF_3fHCiORnkzy6jWDfL8BUakBGiF5b6wb30ru2RFqXYuZf-w9A6Od2L3FGTcgA-3L0a8/s600/amullet+array.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLYngbRZvh13H19mHCq4mbUjJcZwJJbOawEs1_3w2kGiJST1pLU-tNeu8tp4ejERlsUYxL2ZcF_3fHCiORnkzy6jWDfL8BUakBGiF5b6wb30ru2RFqXYuZf-w9A6Od2L3FGTcgA-3L0a8/w320-h240/amullet+array.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1wd2FiVtTp15bcCnxUhN4kMYQiKOcDhBysc1ge0jXKGHhtZ_K5EWDFF5BA4ZU4rQA5dyPtKHKikBstaDAxwZkKfozbvQv-D4nZn7lxVkb0u5Lci8SUzCwldZPbiHFwgQsae_akEOcp4/s320/amulet+cloak.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1wd2FiVtTp15bcCnxUhN4kMYQiKOcDhBysc1ge0jXKGHhtZ_K5EWDFF5BA4ZU4rQA5dyPtKHKikBstaDAxwZkKfozbvQv-D4nZn7lxVkb0u5Lci8SUzCwldZPbiHFwgQsae_akEOcp4/s0/amulet+cloak.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also seen in the Islamic Gallery on another occasion was this amuletic cloak by <a href="http://www.quiltmuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/archives/namad-a-persian-journey-in-felt-by-bita-ghezelayagh.html">Bita Ghezelayagh</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8AhaDA_9y9VXXiDvo5zp6H9tDT9-e_3cjqnYM5WjsT2oVbrc0r1qvZp2fnEIwzSAiPXCTrQJlpWmpRVke2c1jYgNsPjtlMMgcEx7VxflTo0m20_aYLasxd5DDZMDooIzmoRDEbo8J5hw/s1803/islamic+shirt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1261" data-original-width="1803" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8AhaDA_9y9VXXiDvo5zp6H9tDT9-e_3cjqnYM5WjsT2oVbrc0r1qvZp2fnEIwzSAiPXCTrQJlpWmpRVke2c1jYgNsPjtlMMgcEx7VxflTo0m20_aYLasxd5DDZMDooIzmoRDEbo8J5hw/s320/islamic+shirt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I first came across talismanic/ charm shirts in the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/arts/critic/review/0,1169,1393056,00.html">' Turks' Exhibition</a> at the Royal Academy in 2005 and the example above in the fabulous <a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/the-fabric-of-india/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwtaexBRCohZOAoOPL88oBEiQAr96eSGJnlTChpxwngqTeMxZdLBvy8TYyXH-_V6BrMIalmMMaAh_Z8P8HAQ">' Fabric of India' </a>exhibition at the V&A in 2015. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then in 2019 I drew a talismanic cloth at the <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2019/12/drawing-tuesday-african-textiles-at.html">Brunei gallery , SOAS</a> ( below) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmodGqTszK5ZCb7zrdobomXjStxm2Zdtn8eDl7WW3JXHvYO-wy1hkrc_zTXaUHCeYsq5OnJ79MnMtzfBD_2hHlwpQSpQLUIGVi_79qUj21HUwoWRpKZxu7WLarDS_vhFPAGhQB5s-exk/s1600/20191203_161537_resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmodGqTszK5ZCb7zrdobomXjStxm2Zdtn8eDl7WW3JXHvYO-wy1hkrc_zTXaUHCeYsq5OnJ79MnMtzfBD_2hHlwpQSpQLUIGVi_79qUj21HUwoWRpKZxu7WLarDS_vhFPAGhQB5s-exk/s320/20191203_161537_resized.jpg" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Recently on my first visit to the British Museum since lockdown ( !) I came across this wonderful <a href="https://islamicworld.britishmuseum.org/collection/EAF18070/">Talismanic Tunic </a> in the Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJRzUUa5SHOLRKWFVOePDq1aD8W4XjeN6go7UY0s6BelnHp_yfgjGdruMsiNLDXXge7M-8Ae4Lr5M2KoHREaQs0H-PtR7Nr03nr-mhtZgrEJIOevR9Q85SA_bRXu7Mxcbtvbk8W3e636g/s2048/bm+talismanic+shirt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1879" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJRzUUa5SHOLRKWFVOePDq1aD8W4XjeN6go7UY0s6BelnHp_yfgjGdruMsiNLDXXge7M-8Ae4Lr5M2KoHREaQs0H-PtR7Nr03nr-mhtZgrEJIOevR9Q85SA_bRXu7Mxcbtvbk8W3e636g/s320/bm+talismanic+shirt.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD9ZgmztchfeCPadjcUeAlFhsAPp6lCzvsMe7z34WvYVfxGqNi9Y47k8Sfz95uzCB9h05Dtr0bil-uny2QGFnXeeEwuNI0ghCHTYdaPu6GeG7L3FJ1i9DhDMdj1LarkoxwEnvSXfXIOtU/s2048/20210525_132518_resized_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> It was also shown at the inspiring Grayson Perry <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/oct/09/grayson-perry-british-museum-review">' Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman'</a> exhibition in 2011 - this detail of the tunic is from the book </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHz0CL24eKYE21bpCYKSt7WX9ovtVdtH6P25qLRSe1BrR7vuAUdv1R-j4Nmshoe2yRXZAErAsJKsh97rB36wXyVqtbMEnnqqG2veWLlYarzFenpcWGb35Bp7Px9TPa2wDhCqqdKJqPiY/s2048/shirt+detail+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1503" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHz0CL24eKYE21bpCYKSt7WX9ovtVdtH6P25qLRSe1BrR7vuAUdv1R-j4Nmshoe2yRXZAErAsJKsh97rB36wXyVqtbMEnnqqG2veWLlYarzFenpcWGb35Bp7Px9TPa2wDhCqqdKJqPiY/s320/shirt+detail+.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The back of the tunic ( and other 'Charm Cloths') are included in John Gillow's books on African Textiles and Islamic textiles. Besides books, I've bought many textiles from John over the years: kanthas , <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2016/05/ikat.html">ikats</a>, <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2008/02/kuba-cloth.html">indigo </a> and he gave us the details of a dealer in <a href="ttps://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2008/01/iranian-textiles.html">Yazd, Iran</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLBtpI8lkWnpiD_VN-BrmLCHkHgRCEluVL7KeSurMtbR4vtcWn8ny7Dv7qem-KK3rJEvnc7eNG4yOirWer9CVejm03BpnBeF9hy917HoLyGXb3Wo_m1LlQFWudkoi-6_gs4XYFgnl4o4/s2048/charm+cloth.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1345" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLBtpI8lkWnpiD_VN-BrmLCHkHgRCEluVL7KeSurMtbR4vtcWn8ny7Dv7qem-KK3rJEvnc7eNG4yOirWer9CVejm03BpnBeF9hy917HoLyGXb3Wo_m1LlQFWudkoi-6_gs4XYFgnl4o4/s320/charm+cloth.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviHwrS56EqGu-3iW_Rdh0J5Rj9VSoG4Djm8C13_TwZlaIy2s-csetcLyIfmW8JRG0hHw2sD3S-lqGomYjnu5H10CCNt-xO6V93YPBlTia-dfR8eoY9L5syUyPX63Gl55t55mjLB1KmPE/s1784/charm+cloths+text.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1375" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviHwrS56EqGu-3iW_Rdh0J5Rj9VSoG4Djm8C13_TwZlaIy2s-csetcLyIfmW8JRG0hHw2sD3S-lqGomYjnu5H10CCNt-xO6V93YPBlTia-dfR8eoY9L5syUyPX63Gl55t55mjLB1KmPE/s320/charm+cloths+text.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All this delightful research among my books and online was prompted by the idea of making a talismanic shirt from<a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2013/03/daily-art-colour-catchers-at-rydal.html"> Colour Catchers</a> as my contribution to Lito Apostalokou's participatory project <a href="https://www.litoapostolakou.com/clothesyoullneverwear">"Clothesyoullneverwear"</a> ( as featured in the <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/business/leisure-retail/popups-london-pandemic-art-shops-west-end-b940519.html">Evening Standard</a>!). Lito was a fellow student at City Lit on collage and EDAM courses and I sent her a box of fabrics etc ( which has made no impression on my stash... ) which has already been put to use in making some fantastic garments based on memories of clothes. The course I did earlier in the year on <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2021/02/memory-and-remembering-i.html">Time and Memory</a>, highlighted the importance of fabrics to me, I think I'll have to do some <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2020/01/surface-structure-stitch-at-city-lit.html"> 'mind mapping'</a> to explore this more and decide what I'm going to make. It might even be a hat ! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0KWtRnliYhSHlwN4clZNTGCDm5Fc68cgPPm08ZdFa5RcDieEas1BkpGhoVJSvgF8JtiCrpiY7JtPS0230lecMu48ZURJbFxH8C7nL1jKXuap5DRkDsT8F6mr7usb_f25EN5hYnznfPc/s2048/amuletic+hat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0KWtRnliYhSHlwN4clZNTGCDm5Fc68cgPPm08ZdFa5RcDieEas1BkpGhoVJSvgF8JtiCrpiY7JtPS0230lecMu48ZURJbFxH8C7nL1jKXuap5DRkDsT8F6mr7usb_f25EN5hYnznfPc/s320/amuletic+hat.jpg" /></a></div>Leather Amuletic hat from African Textile book.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQuGlLG24YAATCYebeOCY4Wftg8HS2OAABWrngGTT6Pjd2e-5YAnEIiG2fVME4p_msiQpOIZHLr8lMpIQSdw4M4XSpqrv5QfAm3Rbo3SF0hKNXCvWB9yPmHYlg1MHtfGXTM6HJvLFaKzM/s331/memory.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQuGlLG24YAATCYebeOCY4Wftg8HS2OAABWrngGTT6Pjd2e-5YAnEIiG2fVME4p_msiQpOIZHLr8lMpIQSdw4M4XSpqrv5QfAm3Rbo3SF0hKNXCvWB9yPmHYlg1MHtfGXTM6HJvLFaKzM/s320/memory.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />magsramsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559934058887308651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253979430294677846.post-23913297121348112662021-05-26T16:27:00.000+01:002021-05-26T16:27:59.512+01:00Place-Making Winter: A Book of Marks <p> Over the course of the last 6 months on my daily-ish walks down Abbeyfields in Faversham, I've been mapping and recording my impressions of this ' Place' inspired by Alice Fox course ' Place-making Winter. I've finally got round to compiling some of the drawings ( on Abaca tissue, Colour Catchers) prints, texts, fabrics into a ' book of Marks ' . The structure is based on that learnt on <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2013/11/human-marks.html">Dorothy Caldwell course </a>in Puglia 2013 of sewn signatures with a needle woven binding . I've used it several times ( in <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2014/03/rydal-inspiration-nwcq-retreat-2014.html">Rydal</a>, <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2014/05/book-of-elounda-textures-and-patterns.html">Greece</a>, Weymouth ) but not recently so it was a bit of a relearning curve but I love the interaction of the pages. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYYYqbuaNCxtKQoFSsGLORYb_UpIuFjI4zvCi_Haq7yt9VUlLZcOlxr0N4leRt-0W-tFrlrWoxFAjCYGK2Rjf3YeqBv1ACkvT07qMkKqYE5ypNqFZ9bGnF98Y5ljBWPKwGLY2ZdaJ91s/s2000/20210521_164242_resized.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYYYqbuaNCxtKQoFSsGLORYb_UpIuFjI4zvCi_Haq7yt9VUlLZcOlxr0N4leRt-0W-tFrlrWoxFAjCYGK2Rjf3YeqBv1ACkvT07qMkKqYE5ypNqFZ9bGnF98Y5ljBWPKwGLY2ZdaJ91s/s320/20210521_164242_resized.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This year they are to be of a theme and shape(s) of your own choosing but designed so that at the end of the year they can be joined together in some way for possible exhibition. My favourite / most successful set of <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2013/12/indigo-journal-quilts-for-2013.html">JQ's is from 2013 </a>when I chose 'Indigo' as my theme so that is what I've chose to revisit but deciding on size/ shapes took a lot of pondering on graph paper! I decided in the end on a combination of : 8 x 8", 10 x 10" , 8 x 10", 10 x 8" which I hope will give me enough scope for experimenting. So far I'm on track , having completed January to April and May's the current piece of ' trainstitching' </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2SDeilaRD7OdIl7MbtKw8Hq2pFTc0OtsVKJb1ASYCo8PIvCfmTTlhbViSBfcWE9behimXe18YW1fUqkTo5nb15deuOa3pxNRdEr4jbQ-e5b0w-Zjp3FDlpmxMo0PbpsjXnePXTpzmrk/s1661/MRamsay_Feb21_JellyfishBloom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1341" data-original-width="1661" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2SDeilaRD7OdIl7MbtKw8Hq2pFTc0OtsVKJb1ASYCo8PIvCfmTTlhbViSBfcWE9behimXe18YW1fUqkTo5nb15deuOa3pxNRdEr4jbQ-e5b0w-Zjp3FDlpmxMo0PbpsjXnePXTpzmrk/s320/MRamsay_Feb21_JellyfishBloom.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"> January ( Jellyfish Bloom ) is wet bulb thermometer wicks stitched onto shibori dyed section of old quilt. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IKfFrWoMQQ5Y0BnEIBCW8OtqXnR6Q5sfNqFMpL4mA2PlIsUuACLu0NGJZfveCMfJi_4pT9TNJyBo7EtiSvIQ8YVAKwAWjT3aky1opCAnquL1VmBXQ6bicURU0Sp8N_pBUtSVrA5346E/s1508/MRamsay_Jan21_HiddenDepths.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="1508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IKfFrWoMQQ5Y0BnEIBCW8OtqXnR6Q5sfNqFMpL4mA2PlIsUuACLu0NGJZfveCMfJi_4pT9TNJyBo7EtiSvIQ8YVAKwAWjT3aky1opCAnquL1VmBXQ6bicURU0Sp8N_pBUtSVrA5346E/s320/MRamsay_Jan21_HiddenDepths.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> February ( Hidden Depths) <span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is monoprint of net on silk layered with indigo dyed wadding and linen tablecloth , kantha stitched.</span></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89TI5z3QBFdVbECs8nhZjeo8bUDnr13kLUuTR-4BeHw3XwZKwm_XgOJ1Eseq5O_Gcn_qJHYwRDIQLysrePTapaWtdMMhAiS9zzYC7sSlhBBIu-3f5OBnUOopu8rPSVNbhIXtEf7ii_sQ/s2048/MRamsay_mar21_Stitch+ResistRipples.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89TI5z3QBFdVbECs8nhZjeo8bUDnr13kLUuTR-4BeHw3XwZKwm_XgOJ1Eseq5O_Gcn_qJHYwRDIQLysrePTapaWtdMMhAiS9zzYC7sSlhBBIu-3f5OBnUOopu8rPSVNbhIXtEf7ii_sQ/s320/MRamsay_mar21_Stitch+ResistRipples.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> March ( StitchResistRipples) Stitching back into a piece of Mokume ( 'woodgrain' ) shibori was almost as time consuming as doing the stitch resist ! Combined with a monoprint and a small scrap of Ndop stitch resist indigo from Cameroon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9-BKpF2XsDG82uYLsGOf4K-t1UBDexUNw5gxqTQITMqUr4fH_v2rpHY7il789V5gpV21ibugLzGc8o5YbA54hJOUrONgAiNFvDlE60Z0Jl68KqrkSNjFx4qf-QM7I9rpFxXnQrMUWFE/s2048/MRamsay+_Apr21_ThunderboltPier.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9-BKpF2XsDG82uYLsGOf4K-t1UBDexUNw5gxqTQITMqUr4fH_v2rpHY7il789V5gpV21ibugLzGc8o5YbA54hJOUrONgAiNFvDlE60Z0Jl68KqrkSNjFx4qf-QM7I9rpFxXnQrMUWFE/s320/MRamsay+_Apr21_ThunderboltPier.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><div dir="auto">April ( Thunderbolt Pier ) A couple of years ago the ' Edgy Stitchers' ( CQKent) had an outing to Chatham Historic Dockyard as inspiration for our exhibition later in the year. This is a recycled sample based on photo of 'Thunderbolt Pier' , manipulated in Photoshop, printed on fabric and fused to background of quilted silk arashi shibori.</div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>magsramsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559934058887308651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253979430294677846.post-56263543276014988712021-05-26T15:23:00.000+01:002021-05-26T15:23:35.184+01:00Sonic Landscapes<p> As part of Alice Fox's 'Place- Making Winter' course, for the last 6 months I've been recording/mapping my daily(ish) walks down 'Abbeyfields' in Faversham in different ways. </p><p>So I was delighted to participate in another project with Kimbal Bumstead as part of his residency at the BasementArtsProject this time making audio recordings on my phone in my 'Place' and then drawing from the recording with my eyes closed, responding to the sounds and textures. From the submissions made by the participants he has created a digital collage ' map' and a 'sonic journey' to accompany it. The result is interactive - you can move through the 'landscape' accompanied by the soundtrack, highly recommended ! </p><p><a href="https://www.kimbalbumstead.com/soniclandscapes">SONIC LANDSCAPES — Kimbal Quist Bumstead (kimbalbumstead.com)</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9_yXkJqxV0jzd7uQYQ7eRlzxgXyt5OEyhCBbQJ2wFOPVLsKIEGrIAS_g1Uet2KqtmW5gF4kbsYTBReL750MR2a2HPh4GEaM4_JCg_OKrTO59aSUAje7oLvz4zX9B0CDOwszlW-sQeKU/s2000/MRamsay+Abbeyfields+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9_yXkJqxV0jzd7uQYQ7eRlzxgXyt5OEyhCBbQJ2wFOPVLsKIEGrIAS_g1Uet2KqtmW5gF4kbsYTBReL750MR2a2HPh4GEaM4_JCg_OKrTO59aSUAje7oLvz4zX9B0CDOwszlW-sQeKU/s320/MRamsay+Abbeyfields+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Abbeyfields 1 </div><p></p>There was a zoom meeting with some of the participants talking about what they got out of it. On many of my walks I was aware of the some of the sounds ( a patch of brambles with lots of sparrows I call the ' shouting bush ' ! ) but listening to the recordings at home with headphones on and replaying it again and again I was able to isolate and identify far more. The crescendo of a car or bike going past on the road; the rhythms of a dog barking ; distant clanking of boat masts, blurred conversations and used different media and colours to try and capture those qualities on paper. <div> A fascinating process which I hope to repeat which has added a new dimension and awareness to my walks . Maybe have a go at blind stitching to the sounds ( as on Dorothy Caldwell course) </div><div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgw-cji3w1Mxvnf34IBaCYasCEAtUDcMp_AyVOqhoFisFbjqmqZAnQGEHb6nMo_43VhRhqUAqwAou-87sXfiHjoMNXOzWERu3hmD8fmRqo_PC7kCLRXEmrlInJwy4otsQmXXySjJACCmE/s1940/MRamsay+Abbeyfields+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="1940" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgw-cji3w1Mxvnf34IBaCYasCEAtUDcMp_AyVOqhoFisFbjqmqZAnQGEHb6nMo_43VhRhqUAqwAou-87sXfiHjoMNXOzWERu3hmD8fmRqo_PC7kCLRXEmrlInJwy4otsQmXXySjJACCmE/s320/MRamsay+Abbeyfields+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Abbeyfields 2</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHi9AIaAXJIjRKB8HpRS6J5ks7XKgPohLM1cXwgTxm4JpbR1_Woy7z7Q9U1KcRoOYbO3pRIYss76PYaAn4NJfu6GzC6AlYobKtlTfIdS_AoLNIdR6fUQxXmU4zy2tvEcgRbrmhc0YqF8/s1811/MRamsay+Abbeyfields+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="1811" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHi9AIaAXJIjRKB8HpRS6J5ks7XKgPohLM1cXwgTxm4JpbR1_Woy7z7Q9U1KcRoOYbO3pRIYss76PYaAn4NJfu6GzC6AlYobKtlTfIdS_AoLNIdR6fUQxXmU4zy2tvEcgRbrmhc0YqF8/s320/MRamsay+Abbeyfields+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Abbeyfields 3 </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqKyDdNz5hKjW3gYZvyZelDUbUELTbIdxagcSYq3OvaqhHFTGhf8EyInrzhXf0080MrgNrC4gCkYu_y7CqFGSpLmzCI0Z7vyNHHstaV9t-dblAGxVwQoTE7ePQJwDrcKYspGRWrOCqYh0/s1695/MRamsay+Abbeyfields+4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="1695" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqKyDdNz5hKjW3gYZvyZelDUbUELTbIdxagcSYq3OvaqhHFTGhf8EyInrzhXf0080MrgNrC4gCkYu_y7CqFGSpLmzCI0Z7vyNHHstaV9t-dblAGxVwQoTE7ePQJwDrcKYspGRWrOCqYh0/s320/MRamsay+Abbeyfields+4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Abbeyfields 4 </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVhFnr3-5leQ32eHIxMs9mB29P-QRtI-GJ6nB90XHEreVPe4CgMSrqwOnsK0MNGdJ2gDeY8AIWqNUKlME-Q5fWbywi8snNsz4YuPGVB22lICUf5lEeI_DJOqVe5mG5aPaGbgjWb_zd3I/s1287/sonic+landscape.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="1287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVhFnr3-5leQ32eHIxMs9mB29P-QRtI-GJ6nB90XHEreVPe4CgMSrqwOnsK0MNGdJ2gDeY8AIWqNUKlME-Q5fWbywi8snNsz4YuPGVB22lICUf5lEeI_DJOqVe5mG5aPaGbgjWb_zd3I/s320/sonic+landscape.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kimbal's 'Sonic Landscape': screenshots of Digital Collage ( above) and detail ( below) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaja-CaFNU8oVeFU97DjdfZHNcGpRLI4EJhIOG2u86ZE1xUT9WmBMjdEkIpIkitbrf17YIlsymlZteVKc-yGC7m4imQG5Cc8yfXHG0XD1FIuJccDdnK8cBIlFgaZGRzqzncTG9_aEtgUU/s1538/sonic+landscape++detail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaja-CaFNU8oVeFU97DjdfZHNcGpRLI4EJhIOG2u86ZE1xUT9WmBMjdEkIpIkitbrf17YIlsymlZteVKc-yGC7m4imQG5Cc8yfXHG0XD1FIuJccDdnK8cBIlFgaZGRzqzncTG9_aEtgUU/s320/sonic+landscape++detail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>magsramsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559934058887308651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253979430294677846.post-17030184461205789522021-02-18T15:39:00.001+00:002021-02-18T15:39:58.812+00:00Memory and Remembering : Recollections II<p> In addition to the City Lit Art and Ideas course , since November I’ve been participating in a monthly textile course with artist Alice Fox ‘ PlaceMaking Winter’ where we’re exploring means of recording our local natural environment . The different focus and emphasis ( on ways of retrieving the past and being in the present ) have complimented each other , but both share a lot of reading which I’ve enjoyed immensely. Books have always been important to me , to the extent that when asked about hobbies during a management course, I didn’t think to include reading as its more than that , its integral to who I am. For various reasons it seems I haven’t been giving myself permission/ time to read !</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMj0ZR6pZIEp1wTYSsFNptaVg6T1PJ4RTgg6z-BCfgMfXLtnatCEAoH31CAbhd0OG-1Rt4uDQAeQU-W_cpy13C6FS4_YPnNGEVDx4UIzg2HRdOTuMbtr-R_g3PT9g_H-A7sb1rl5Y41U/s2048/20210217_083259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1560" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMj0ZR6pZIEp1wTYSsFNptaVg6T1PJ4RTgg6z-BCfgMfXLtnatCEAoH31CAbhd0OG-1Rt4uDQAeQU-W_cpy13C6FS4_YPnNGEVDx4UIzg2HRdOTuMbtr-R_g3PT9g_H-A7sb1rl5Y41U/s320/20210217_083259.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>One of these books is ‘ Landmarks’ by Robert MacFarlene and lot of what resonated with me were the ways of looking and experiencing what’s around you, particularly the childs -eye view ‘ rapt by the miniature and close at hand’ . ‘wonder is now, more than ever, an essential survival skill’. </p><p> When the group shared memories , I realised mine aren’t generally about people but about places, plants and insects, colours, experiences . My first memory is of picking daisies and placing them in a pink eggcup ( I would have been less than 3 as it was on the lawn in our first house ) . </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpS7Yx9F-52Kzjsfuxq2k5YWOsXcj-6_6ouI4Oq9bfTkkLwu6a6LofjIix1me4h-zLcVYiqJZsywU5O-eB4fjeOexiuoCMZu2tyvhN8BhSYt7K_x8RSgbEGPvD1g5DM0b-_iqfU_Et0rw/s320/burnet+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="254" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpS7Yx9F-52Kzjsfuxq2k5YWOsXcj-6_6ouI4Oq9bfTkkLwu6a6LofjIix1me4h-zLcVYiqJZsywU5O-eB4fjeOexiuoCMZu2tyvhN8BhSYt7K_x8RSgbEGPvD1g5DM0b-_iqfU_Et0rw/s0/burnet+4.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> At the end of the final session of the course we watched some clips from ‘Afterlife’ by Hirokazu Koreeda . I think the memory I would choose to take into the Afterlife is of Prawle Point in summer 2013. I was sitting sketching the wonderful coastal scenery surrounded by rare plants , dazzled by hundreds of six-spot burnet moths flying around. It’s significant that it combines both my art and scientific sides. I was lucky that I was allowed to study art at ‘ A’ level as well as biology and chemistry ( it took some creative time- tabling !), continuing to draw and paint alongside my career as a botanist/scientist . What both disciplines share is a way of looking and thus my way of remembering </p><p>I’ve travelled widely for both work and pleasure and have always taken lots of photos. There are crates of slides and packets of photos in the garage unlooked at it 15 years. Like ' Funes the Magnificant ' I feel that if I started sorting through them there would be no time to experience the present ! I don’t feel the need to consult them however as I have ready access to my sketchbooks. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4uQiB3NXEN48PPtAIGqQuYT_1cnLv3bX4-Ce64jDeZNgMZDwM8eAP8FAUqe_53s8bAA426Lffntog4qs3iYfa_NzHVtRGxNlrAo12uwbIw9brZ9qO5bkK9_a2wQYV24PODaP_2uqUvAM/s2000/20210215_140901_resized_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4uQiB3NXEN48PPtAIGqQuYT_1cnLv3bX4-Ce64jDeZNgMZDwM8eAP8FAUqe_53s8bAA426Lffntog4qs3iYfa_NzHVtRGxNlrAo12uwbIw9brZ9qO5bkK9_a2wQYV24PODaP_2uqUvAM/s320/20210215_140901_resized_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Quick drawings and notes made at the time summon up memories of places, time, and people I was with far more than photos as when you're drawing you’re already editing to record what’s significant . I’m really missing going to art galleries and exhibitions , seeing how other artists interpret and edit what they’ve seen and experienced, what they regard as important.</p><p>In this example from Xmas day 2002 at Thien Mu Pagoda Vietnam, dragonflies were hovering, there was background hum of Buddhist chanting. A monk admired my drawing and gave me a pear. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZL1rPCNGZmyS9ABs5WGT-1u0pmFIbmSGl4c-9MRUjb7WCNUISXsc31Dha9hv0-oo7xpWVousbJLDxUJpJ0JMUKItMqIYOq8PdMwCowE7owxr4DbUfG4Edy-TfBXiLR-DvgVxkVa5Gpk/s2048/Scan_20210217.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1516" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZL1rPCNGZmyS9ABs5WGT-1u0pmFIbmSGl4c-9MRUjb7WCNUISXsc31Dha9hv0-oo7xpWVousbJLDxUJpJ0JMUKItMqIYOq8PdMwCowE7owxr4DbUfG4Edy-TfBXiLR-DvgVxkVa5Gpk/s320/Scan_20210217.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>In 2003 I printed copies of some of the photos taken and drawings I made in Vietnam onto fabric . It was early days in experimenting and they weren't very successful and they were consigned to the scrap box. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrrm-eD-F2z1hFt8oLHwSOdcbyFBqI-sFSV6zRG-JmBRLCe-ouo3Kc0HBE7bcF8umlHJgsHCAb2leqVbKYkDhhzrzGZbCiCcEaQZv0cgzp8YKHvmymDQB0NQi49VUfqLPn3UYe6bF25c/s2000/20210217_082019_resized.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrrm-eD-F2z1hFt8oLHwSOdcbyFBqI-sFSV6zRG-JmBRLCe-ouo3Kc0HBE7bcF8umlHJgsHCAb2leqVbKYkDhhzrzGZbCiCcEaQZv0cgzp8YKHvmymDQB0NQi49VUfqLPn3UYe6bF25c/s320/20210217_082019_resized.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>However , through the process of layering and stitching , not only have I been remembering my trip there but it's beginning to result in pieces that are intriguing in their own right. This may be the start of a series but what would you call them ? Layers of Memory? Stitching to Remember? </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBgDHujhGDgwtX4FqGxbvj6UH1EBnyc0VC9vAoXzrsLaxV1MvEzbH3o_i9QTxv-6IYBwgq4Thcw5A24XkaaoFGyfXeyuQ-mOMDhWPpndyl1iC_C3tB1vmgm1TFz4auhT1RHbhXBD_cv0/s2048/Mags+ClothMemory+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1567" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBgDHujhGDgwtX4FqGxbvj6UH1EBnyc0VC9vAoXzrsLaxV1MvEzbH3o_i9QTxv-6IYBwgq4Thcw5A24XkaaoFGyfXeyuQ-mOMDhWPpndyl1iC_C3tB1vmgm1TFz4auhT1RHbhXBD_cv0/s320/Mags+ClothMemory+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p><div><br /></div>magsramsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559934058887308651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253979430294677846.post-83642540215329310412021-02-18T14:53:00.002+00:002021-02-18T15:40:36.797+00:00Memory and Remembering : Recollections I<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLM9zblliZXem_k9UxfeLzJSmiU9NID792W_hZh3pgFMT20sS0f8eUYihwORTWdIYjLA3TI8G3GOmBEqih-PCT5JZoQOJKDOUTky90-Ki-MxMARAQFJFuXJbVnwYnS_tK6enav13-rNNo/s2048/Mags_+MemoryCloth+II.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1415" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLM9zblliZXem_k9UxfeLzJSmiU9NID792W_hZh3pgFMT20sS0f8eUYihwORTWdIYjLA3TI8G3GOmBEqih-PCT5JZoQOJKDOUTky90-Ki-MxMARAQFJFuXJbVnwYnS_tK6enav13-rNNo/s320/Mags_+MemoryCloth+II.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The final session of City Lit Art and Ideas Time and Memory was devoted to sharing our understanding, reflections and creative work made in response to the ideas explored on the course. What I chose to make to share with the group was a textile piece inspired by the themes covered in session 2 and 4 on involuntary and mediated memories </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Remembering involves all the senses. My ‘Madeline Moment’ was to do with the feel of fabrics and threads. I have kept a lot of my mums stash which includes scraps from childhood dresses. What I collect are old quilts, the layers worn through and colours faded, the ‘hand of the maker’ evident ,the cloth itself with memory and re-use them to make them my own. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In 2001 I bought my first home computer with inkjet printer to manipulate photos or drawings using Photoshop and print them on fabric. Over the years I’ve used these in my textile work but still have about 200 or so printed pieces of cloth!! These include 40 or so printed sheets of silk organza including photos of Krac de Chevalier in Syria and Tiryns in Greece. I’d printed the same image both on cotton and silk organza. Slightly offset they give a 3d effect, more of a shift and it starts to be unsettling , reminding me of the work of Idris Khan.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbDe1p5ovow_Szki6cU5XMWtnTpNnpjOTQJwBwXBem4rCQO4nfaYIbxk6akZSS_euevQVE0F1CCME-QIB8PVbpMeFBnw5MKQ9oYKMYjXONoJmi2eiqA2Mthyphenhyphen9vSZEq3wJop2OhIlJ0wk/s2048/Scan_20210213+%252812%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1413" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbDe1p5ovow_Szki6cU5XMWtnTpNnpjOTQJwBwXBem4rCQO4nfaYIbxk6akZSS_euevQVE0F1CCME-QIB8PVbpMeFBnw5MKQ9oYKMYjXONoJmi2eiqA2Mthyphenhyphen9vSZEq3wJop2OhIlJ0wk/s320/Scan_20210213+%252812%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhssICmN9Tdm9CzwWa4DKp6k-WM1tXq-hFznGLFhC1ygILOAwXR7fVR1Z-i3mHvfdZ5hZBCI10tjRDSgb8wMO7kFkrE0secN0RZsFhfxqxhCIvWm3MCpT6voR9rTGEtkSnNLCKr7365IfA/s2048/Mags+Krac+de+Chev.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1567" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhssICmN9Tdm9CzwWa4DKp6k-WM1tXq-hFznGLFhC1ygILOAwXR7fVR1Z-i3mHvfdZ5hZBCI10tjRDSgb8wMO7kFkrE0secN0RZsFhfxqxhCIvWm3MCpT6voR9rTGEtkSnNLCKr7365IfA/s320/Mags+Krac+de+Chev.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwaHo9Sbn0owhD4qEheW3Al3sQkmScW9z1gaY6wHZw-YVO_iWfQYkKuKlHTcGPUI1Mbo1f6VW4Vor8rNAAfdHGqe-7aK3rM4CN4wEQzNDULVyPHP9lsFhujuUdyzr7ZYjxgQ1UT-3R6Zw/s2048/Mags+kracdechev.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1554" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwaHo9Sbn0owhD4qEheW3Al3sQkmScW9z1gaY6wHZw-YVO_iWfQYkKuKlHTcGPUI1Mbo1f6VW4Vor8rNAAfdHGqe-7aK3rM4CN4wEQzNDULVyPHP9lsFhujuUdyzr7ZYjxgQ1UT-3R6Zw/s320/Mags+kracdechev.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A few years ago , for the
Contemporary Quilt suitcase collection with the theme ‘ Childhood Memories’ I combined scanned photos printed on fabrics with a monoprint that reminded me of Bamburgh
where we used to go on holiday. The
black and white photos </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of my childhood in the 60's and 70's are
mostly black and white but In fact it was very colourful time! So I used vintage charity shop fabric as
backing and using machine quilting ,
stitched from the back with flourescent threads following the wild patterns.Perhaps
because it was for public viewing it now it seems rather decorative and literal and my preference now is for a more abstracted approach.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlHHw0xI6pnj7u8bwTPrs73NNOzQYCWOIhxsG-ptDwgQE0tGz5uFRR9vP_bBClu7K5LiavwprHF9N-I7WFxRQxT6GuXalvhAUFpbak0PZ0zgrM0HpZq5ZiuXDvtdvUvnyUNMJ54ZBUVcc/s1153/Mags_MemoryCloth_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="862" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlHHw0xI6pnj7u8bwTPrs73NNOzQYCWOIhxsG-ptDwgQE0tGz5uFRR9vP_bBClu7K5LiavwprHF9N-I7WFxRQxT6GuXalvhAUFpbak0PZ0zgrM0HpZq5ZiuXDvtdvUvnyUNMJ54ZBUVcc/s320/Mags_MemoryCloth_1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"> For my response to this course I wanted to make something more personal . I layered printed photos on fabric of me and Ian with those from significant holidays overlaid with a print of Cyclopean walls from Myceanea on silk organza. Memories are buried but I know they’re contained within. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;">While I use my sewing machines for piecing fabric together and some machine quilting for quick results , my preference has always been for the slowness of hand stitching: the rhythm, ,the mindfulness, the connection to cloth. The stitch you get with machine is uniform ,unbroken, solid , the same on top and back. With hand sewing, the natural variation in size of stitch, the thread used and the way the fabric is held and manipulated results in the front ‘intentional side’ often being different to the back, the ‘unconscious side’. Stitching by hand through layers results in an integration that you don't get by any other means. Its difficult to describe ( though you can feel it) and photos don't do it justice but that's what happened here, with hidden marks/memories revealing themselves. I took the photo when it was partially stitched so the difference the stitching makes is more evident . </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3Vgod3Bgfevcf8SSlwwYTB2S1nAmWoKdCGIna75wUCEjMLMBSy2QlRdzHIxhXdK1EpEVYLzs9j4hPjpXw5ef8VgMZgfThwIothEvNAtl1IythfqftIb1QoR3TL-jPtiMixn4DBwP30s/s2048/Mags_+MemoryCloth+II.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1415" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3Vgod3Bgfevcf8SSlwwYTB2S1nAmWoKdCGIna75wUCEjMLMBSy2QlRdzHIxhXdK1EpEVYLzs9j4hPjpXw5ef8VgMZgfThwIothEvNAtl1IythfqftIb1QoR3TL-jPtiMixn4DBwP30s/s320/Mags_+MemoryCloth+II.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The feedback from the group ( with artists from a range of disciplines, non textile related) was very positive , preferring this to the earlier work, representing hidden layers of memory both physically and metaphorically. I had to laugh when some said the textures reminded them of doors....</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><p><br /></p>magsramsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559934058887308651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253979430294677846.post-11989758809153614502021-02-15T11:59:00.000+00:002021-02-15T11:59:57.322+00:00Art and Ideas: Time and Memory <p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSHT2uTh_dNh8SuJClQmT8b1f4b6VpnRs2MdDHGSFkxQ0MAgRV-tx1WOrOr-3siV_FwHqNPKLYHsNe8wG-WeBZ66T-iurlM86cbLOUIjRXeqshtnmzV5gor7Yh6NU7NFO89ENCcvuZMw/s1472/MRamsayChildhoodGarden.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="1466" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSHT2uTh_dNh8SuJClQmT8b1f4b6VpnRs2MdDHGSFkxQ0MAgRV-tx1WOrOr-3siV_FwHqNPKLYHsNe8wG-WeBZ66T-iurlM86cbLOUIjRXeqshtnmzV5gor7Yh6NU7NFO89ENCcvuZMw/s320/MRamsayChildhoodGarden.jpg" /></a></div> <i>' Childhood Garden' </i><br /> <div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">For the last 5 weeks I've been participating in City Lit online course ' Art and Ideas : Time and Memory '. I did a course in the same series in 2019 ( in a real classroom !) on the subject <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2019/11/edam-exhibition-meanwhile-javelin.html">' Space and Place' </a> and found it thought-provoking and inspiring - I've been re reading some of the articles recently. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In lockdown , without the stimulation of travelling , visiting galleries and new experiences, like many people I've been remembering the past, recalling people and places I hadn't thought of in years so it was a topic I was keen to explore further. The structure of the course works well using Zoom, each week we have a series of readings on a particular aspect which we discuss in small groups and then shared screens highlight work of contemporary artists . </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">For our last session this week, we will be sharing personal work produced in response to the course ( subject of another blog post) and in thinking about that , I've reviewed the themes and ideas that most resonated with me. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Week 1 ‘ Art and
Oblivion’</b> In the first session we introduced ourselves and looked at types of memory : semantic, personal, involuntary,
procedural, cultural, collective, shared.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The readings were : Jorge Luis Borges ‘Funes the Magnificant’ )A young man
who could reconstruct every moment lived or dreamt , spending so much time minutely reliving the past , looking backwards,no time to
observe or be in the present ) and Marc Auge ‘ How we forget to remember’ </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
Artists included <br />
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/rachel-whiteread">Rachel Whiteread </a> ‘
House’ </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cornelia Parker Mnemic Traces ( memories found in objects that hold evidence of what the object has lived through ) ‘ subconscious of a monument 2005’ Room for
Margins 1999 . Some of this work I was lucky enough to see at the <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2015/03/cai-guo-qiang-and-cornelia-parker-at.html">Whitworth gallery in 2015</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"> 'If we remembered everything could we make sense of anything?'</span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Week 2 'Haunted - involuntary memory '</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We looked at the ways in which memories are triggered, what is it that causes
the ghosts of our past to suddenly appear? Readings were from Proust’s
‘In Search of Lost Time’( ‘The way by Swanns’ translators intro and extract) and we shared our ‘ Madeline Moments’! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My memory to do with
feel of fabrics and threads. I still have scraps from childhood dresses and wear a fabric mask made from
fabric from one of my mum’s dresses.
She’s still protecting me.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIl7QjGl42C8ODojSte6V8QtonMZLboUjpzOxwmkxy9SUq6XRVeSTn5V5OGvWUxtsIZA2y5wV71DgtZEPXskZgCdvNH4DblpQkjdjpGefXOnsZno7eh54Socpznpqk9vvybFX2fUgzgmo/s2048/20210125_091727.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2037" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIl7QjGl42C8ODojSte6V8QtonMZLboUjpzOxwmkxy9SUq6XRVeSTn5V5OGvWUxtsIZA2y5wV71DgtZEPXskZgCdvNH4DblpQkjdjpGefXOnsZno7eh54Socpznpqk9vvybFX2fUgzgmo/s320/20210125_091727.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> A<span style="font-size: medium;">rtists looked at included <a href="http://www.artscouncilcollection.org.uk/artwork/why-i-never-became-dancer#:~:text=Why%20I%20never%20became%20a%20dancer.%20Like%20the,a%20group%20of%20boys%20chanting%20%E2%80%98Slag%2C%20Slag%2C%20Slag%E2%80%99.">Tracey Emin ‘ Why I never became a Dancer ‘ </a> ( an approach to ‘ recovered’ memory in visual
arts ) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kelley_(artist)">Mike Kelley</a> ( composite architectural models of all his school/ colleges constructed from memory</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> Our homework - to map spatial memory, quick floor plan
of childhood home/ school or familiar building from childhood </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWctrnV3FPyQorH03GygY5Sup9U7QSdCeeRcXl6nGX_46TTRpfgIoEnidsOaFW2mrzq6CmddUPNUY-JwEbkHpbUmxKPYk2vlHlpdsRFUFPZiU_QoiEhfoVWI6hqiPDRmcgg19WULNAk1M/s2048/MRamsayChildhoodHome+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1549" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWctrnV3FPyQorH03GygY5Sup9U7QSdCeeRcXl6nGX_46TTRpfgIoEnidsOaFW2mrzq6CmddUPNUY-JwEbkHpbUmxKPYk2vlHlpdsRFUFPZiU_QoiEhfoVWI6hqiPDRmcgg19WULNAk1M/s320/MRamsayChildhoodHome+1.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <i>' Childhood Home'</i><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">We moved into a new build in 1964 ( when I was 3) . From 1979 when I went to university only visited for
short periods until 1995 when Dad died and the house was sold. <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2010/06/going-back.html">Revisiting in 2010 </a>
with Ian who was seeing it for the first time, they’d made substantial
improvements , my old bedroom knocked
through to make new bathroom etc it looked so different. The owner still remembered my mum on her Pashley tricycle
with ‘ wide load' ‘ sign on basket
from more than 20 years earlier. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Week 3 'Collective Memory' </b> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">This session explored collective and cultural memory with discussion of readings :Introduction and essay by
Maurice Halbwachs from The Collective Memory Reader and David Rieff, In Praise
of Forgetting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;">Artists/ Artworks included : </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif">Cornelia
Parker</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"> '</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif">Magna Carta ( an embroidery)</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif">2015', 'War Room</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif">2015' </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/thomas-demand-room-zimmer/#:~:text=Drawing%20upon%20his%20background%20in%20sculpture%2C%20Thomas%20Demand,a%20photograph%20of%20the%20room%20as%20his%20source."><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif">Thomas Demand</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"> ' </span></a><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/thomas-demand-room-zimmer/#:~:text=Drawing%20upon%20his%20background%20in%20sculpture%2C%20Thomas%20Demand,a%20photograph%20of%20the%20room%20as%20his%20source.">Room 1994</a>'</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"> A</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif">i
Weiwei</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif">Dropping a 'Han Dynasty Urn</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif">1995' </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif">‘
Straight’ 2005- 2012</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"> ( both of which I saw at <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2015/10/ai-weiwei-at-ra.html">RA exhibition</a>. </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/deller-were-here-because-were-here-p82019">Jeremy Deller ‘ We’re Here because We’re Here’</a> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Looked particularly at work of Anselm Kiefer ( unforgettable work seen at<a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2014/12/artworks-as-triggers-of-memory.html"> RA </a>and <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2017/02/a-day-out-in-bermondsey.html">White Cube</a> which triggered memories of my own) </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <span face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Week 4 'Mediated memory' </b> focused on photography as a
medium of memory storage, and exchange – as well as questioning the reliability
of our memory when shared with others or filtered through other </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;">Readings were : Susan
Sontag on Photography; </span>extracts from Mediated Memories in the
Digital Age by Van Dijck - ( <span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;">Pictures
of Life, Living Pictures ) and a wonderful extract from Esther Kinsky's ' River' ( I ordered and am now reading the whole book !) A lot of the discussions were about authenticity. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">Artists included <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2012/01/gerhard-richter-its-all-in-detail.html">Gerhard Richter</a> and <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/christian-boltanski-2305">Christian Boltansk</a>i:
sharing’ autographic’ memories. I particularly liked work of <a href="https://www.saatchigallery.com/artist/idris_khan">Idris Khan</a> , every page of <a href="http://www.artnet.com/artists/idris-khan/every-page-of-roland-barthes-book-camera-lucida-ElnY0JNPvVekSzmBWXcArA2">Roland Barthes 'Camera Lucida</a> ' superimposed ,
illegible. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> Our homework was sharing a photo ' Seeing/seeing yourself through the eyes of others' <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I c</span>hose<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and sent photos before<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>reading the texts !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘ The Day of Bees' <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>July 17 2020.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I also had</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ideas around ‘ memory<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>storage' : crates of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>slides and packets of photos
in garage , not<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>looked at in 15
years<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>! Many people<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> are </span>spending lockdown sorting through old photos: like ‘ Funes the Magnificent’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I </span>feel that if I started doing that there wouldn’t be
any<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>time for experiencing the present. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjg4Rj101ltuRFDD0l_pL0Fb3IzUimnL49xg0iL_OphJUUg9x7TprySHA2AtonrwhrhZsnfQpelgp8G9ZjfIblEfXiSJi05y_6FRWH-UVNYPgmFoG5iHJZLVDqi3IoZ7p8cu70Szuqrw/s2048/20200717_135850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1652" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjg4Rj101ltuRFDD0l_pL0Fb3IzUimnL49xg0iL_OphJUUg9x7TprySHA2AtonrwhrhZsnfQpelgp8G9ZjfIblEfXiSJi05y_6FRWH-UVNYPgmFoG5iHJZLVDqi3IoZ7p8cu70Szuqrw/s320/20200717_135850.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <i>' Day of Bees' </i><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_z4de7lj_-_K_bYTH44lBj3KsR1H131VsIhNRNzP7XZxiXKJg7Q-6i9UmLAH70b5RRUNuodrvA0MuOH50YjxZLLzkyIi42oIlaiH8dBt6U_G-TibY0zjHJV-2f3uVnYsqRI54xmQJnTw/s2048/storage+comic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_z4de7lj_-_K_bYTH44lBj3KsR1H131VsIhNRNzP7XZxiXKJg7Q-6i9UmLAH70b5RRUNuodrvA0MuOH50YjxZLLzkyIi42oIlaiH8dBt6U_G-TibY0zjHJV-2f3uVnYsqRI54xmQJnTw/s320/storage+comic.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">'Memory Storage' </span></i></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Week 5 ‘ Momento Mori’ </b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b> ( remember you must die )</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Readings: </span>Chapter 10
of Gulliver's Travels; describing a race of immortals ( Struldbrugs ) living
among the mortal. Lucretius 'On the
Nature of Things'; an extract from 'An Introduction to Heidegger' ( Dasien's
awareness of mortality)</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Art works were mainly video/film : <a href="https://artinyorkshire.org.uk/events/threshold-to-the-kingdom-mark-wallinger/#:~:text=Mark%20Wallinger%E2%80%99s%20significant%20work%20Threshold%20to%20the%20Kingdom,border%20guard%20playing%20the%20role%20of%20St.%20Peter.">Mark Wallinger ‘ Threshold to the Kingdom’ </a> 2000</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-V7in9LObI">Bill Viola ‘ Ocean without a shore’ 2008 </a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.lensculture.com/articles/kris-vervaeke-ad-infinitum#:~:text=Ad%20Infinitum%20is%20a%20selection%20of%20over%201%2C000,focus%20is%20on%20our%20relationship%20with%20human%20faces.">Kris Vervaeke Ad infinatum</a>. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Life_%28film%29#:~:text=For%20other%20films%20with%20similar%20titles%2C%20see%20Afterlife,Kore-eda%20starring%20Arata%2C%20Erika%20Oda%20and%20Susumu%20Terajima.">Hirokazu Koreeda ‘After Life’1998 </a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The subject was challenging and might seem morbid (especially in the times we're living in ) but ultimately
life affirming, in accepting mortality, to make the most of life as you don’t know when you will die. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Lucretius : "Life
is granted to none for freehold, to all
on lease"<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div>magsramsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559934058887308651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253979430294677846.post-25896413516518647452021-01-18T15:09:00.000+00:002021-01-18T15:09:19.767+00:002020 Highlights <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfmc5n0otuuDMICvClgTdjZtKvpQ6342R5Xk_oiNVjKgT2Qc4h2FRtUUZMoAAFI7eHgxx6jaYFbeNztoac5mG5mjR1cqdOo0FZq9QBXmQRhSxgK_FXdCm5pXtaXZYPqrIiwLMKn2iSYE/s2048/2020pages.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1967" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfmc5n0otuuDMICvClgTdjZtKvpQ6342R5Xk_oiNVjKgT2Qc4h2FRtUUZMoAAFI7eHgxx6jaYFbeNztoac5mG5mjR1cqdOo0FZq9QBXmQRhSxgK_FXdCm5pXtaXZYPqrIiwLMKn2iSYE/s320/2020pages.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Favourite double page spreads from daily drawing sketchbooks</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I didn't do been much sewing in 2020 (apart from about 110 fabric masks made for family and friends which made no impression on my stash). However, I did some daily art projects, mainly drawing, starting with the annual #30daysketchbookchallenge and keeping going . At the beginning of the year, a local artist set up a ‘Small Reflections’ Facebook page to post daily Black and white photos. As one of the The ‘Hot Tin Girls’ ( named after the venue we used to meet regularly) we took it in turns to set daily drawing prompts continuing to Day 169 before things started opening up . The ‘Drawing Tuesday ‘ group is still active, sketching at home rather than London museums but missing the catch-ups over lunch afterwards</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhaJG6RHikeKgXdEsjkEV9SohsAZrecTxSChjrFcGeL2IcNFjvUpo616SeYixEZrdi48OkkCfOTDUAOY1TFHt5e-oKmX50H71I51l2GENwB6vXb6DYn6NPS5SkEra0G-YFDFiwVq8lko/s2048/20200717_130058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhaJG6RHikeKgXdEsjkEV9SohsAZrecTxSChjrFcGeL2IcNFjvUpo616SeYixEZrdi48OkkCfOTDUAOY1TFHt5e-oKmX50H71I51l2GENwB6vXb6DYn6NPS5SkEra0G-YFDFiwVq8lko/s320/20200717_130058.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The most memorable thing that happened , a day of wonder, was
the visit of the bees. We like to think
our garden is wildlife friendly with
lots of herbs and have many bees and hoverflies visiting. But to have a swarm of about 5000 arrive was
magical and we felt so privileged for them to choose us. I'd seen what I thought were wasps around a crack in an upturned trug over some compost (Ian
had emptied and sifted one of our compost bins earlier in the year). But when
we saw a huge cloud descend we knew it was bees not wasps and contacted the local beekeepers
association. ‘ Steve Bees’ came with a portable hive loaded with sugar
to tempt them ( we had an excellent view as it was just outside the kitchen
French doors) and left it for a couple of days before he came back for it. There
were about 100 girls who were out on a ‘cleansing flight’ when it was collected
and came back to find everyone gone. Felt a bit sorry for them but at least
they had plenty of food. <span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hBw7ePsKKTRb3Um_KZ061Gcmu0fKbPEdT5j-8IqMABjp-gH3cyqU_FWJzg2djng06f2cqQvXgvtPzakcR4mE1eSb6DyFjKU8csiKvLnFqydsEXS3ksVBz6hJgLCymn_wdxcWO_qAX-k/s2048/20200901_162055_resized_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1425" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hBw7ePsKKTRb3Um_KZ061Gcmu0fKbPEdT5j-8IqMABjp-gH3cyqU_FWJzg2djng06f2cqQvXgvtPzakcR4mE1eSb6DyFjKU8csiKvLnFqydsEXS3ksVBz6hJgLCymn_wdxcWO_qAX-k/s320/20200901_162055_resized_1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HdDyuYwhB1hwvFdaoso61lSle047IYEB5OE5lRXwGxWIypT-TpXl_UDLNZSQ6bnCJszD9gMY1rqz0qzcXubk496KlYiOvoYahejKShFeRvM6q5ckxjXEseM9LhcTrt4jgwbXZcvImbI/s1632/20200605_143843_resized.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="1224" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HdDyuYwhB1hwvFdaoso61lSle047IYEB5OE5lRXwGxWIypT-TpXl_UDLNZSQ6bnCJszD9gMY1rqz0qzcXubk496KlYiOvoYahejKShFeRvM6q5ckxjXEseM9LhcTrt4jgwbXZcvImbI/s320/20200605_143843_resized.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We had a very fruity summer, discovering all the local
produce in the area on my cycle rides. At the beginning of
the cherry season, hand painted signs began to appear along the road directing
down a bumpy track, past a small holding, through orchards to ‘Terrys Cherries’
(Sound Horn for Service). I’d ring my bicycle bell to summon him from the
incredibly tall cherry-picker ladders.
Terry is quite a character (and a bit of a celebrity – he’s featured in
foody articles in the Telegraph). We tried about 8 or so different varieties,
many of which aren’t available in the shops as they bruise easily. When the
cherry season was coming to an end, in a field further down the road, a series of
enormous wooden crates stacked against the hedge were transformed into a fruit
stall. We bought raspberries, strawberries, rhubarb, gooseberries,
loganberries, and then later in the season, so many varieties of plums and then
the first of the apples. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZWvq0_fJe6fvivVoIOHIhaofhwFW353k1FZw2XVDFNtdJSnbGq18j2T9UfzYzK0AaPCESwBIGdpn8-HZnCfr9qvvxO8hm8Sein0z5Er3Xc14HOtb0gnvalqPikD0-L-QkaGzUQxmAB4/s2048/20201110_094018_resized.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZWvq0_fJe6fvivVoIOHIhaofhwFW353k1FZw2XVDFNtdJSnbGq18j2T9UfzYzK0AaPCESwBIGdpn8-HZnCfr9qvvxO8hm8Sein0z5Er3Xc14HOtb0gnvalqPikD0-L-QkaGzUQxmAB4/s320/20201110_094018_resized.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ian’s office was the major project of the year. Months in the planning, Ian had his computer set up in the
dining room which wasn’t ideal but we somehow managed to squeeze in the
decoration and then construction of the bespoke bookshelves / built-in
wardrobe by a local carpenter in between
lockdowns! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>magsramsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559934058887308651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253979430294677846.post-89621670180995295942020-11-30T17:24:00.001+00:002020-11-30T17:31:35.324+00:00Wind Me In The Sea : SOLD <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7xwyOdRt3g5_0uLVIpv5eQvmXJlGh9aXKHHNVSX8XpG5dscYmpnXNZYaumCA9MEEDZGTmJex_TJrKNw8WayVRMVif2E4KDA46Sqn54aGCGP93MfrkOoVe2SJEJ5tLeRJLuqTY59LCO0/s2048/1.WindMeInTheSea_Whole.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1556" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7xwyOdRt3g5_0uLVIpv5eQvmXJlGh9aXKHHNVSX8XpG5dscYmpnXNZYaumCA9MEEDZGTmJex_TJrKNw8WayVRMVif2E4KDA46Sqn54aGCGP93MfrkOoVe2SJEJ5tLeRJLuqTY59LCO0/s320/1.WindMeInTheSea_Whole.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Amongst all the gloom, something wonderful. I've sold my textile artwork ' <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2018/06/wind-me-in-sea-moving-in-breeze.html">Wind me in the Sea'</a> to a collector of Japanese textiles. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I was contacted out of the blue, they'd seen it when exhibited with <a href="https://www.textilmuseum.ch/en/7th-quilt-triennial/">7th European Quilt Triennial </a>, was it for sale ? After an exchange of lovely emails ( we found we had many shared interests ) I was very happy to sell it knowing it would be going to a good home where it could be displayed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Its a very personal piece of indigo scraps stitched to lengths of Japanese kasuri from a kimono purchased in Tokyo when I travelled there with Susan Briscoe in 2006: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">" <span style="text-align: left;">A</span> year of stitching in the form of a winding cloth: double-sided, semi-translucent in a continuous loop. Mainly sewn on train journeys, my stitching, like my travels, continues and repeats looping back to familiar and treasured places " </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJPB5yMA588qAWDDz-9poR4jtRDySwSBcBCTWOmsaL9yrFVVrZNm6CHEfSM0pVlSvgr07utVzvRCSUxnxCaO3Np_R8S2bP77svLBgrxQajfjTzh7px9CR4Sq9qdCrt0b4aJ7fovqt5Bw/s2048/2.WindMeInTheSea_Detail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJPB5yMA588qAWDDz-9poR4jtRDySwSBcBCTWOmsaL9yrFVVrZNm6CHEfSM0pVlSvgr07utVzvRCSUxnxCaO3Np_R8S2bP77svLBgrxQajfjTzh7px9CR4Sq9qdCrt0b4aJ7fovqt5Bw/s320/2.WindMeInTheSea_Detail.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">I was thrilled when it was juried into the 7th European Quilt Triennial, it was exhibited at: </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Textilsammlung Max Berk Heidelberg (D)</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">19.09.2018 – 06.01.2019</span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Kreismuseum Zons Dormagen (D) 18.01.2019 – 24.03.2019<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Textiles Centrum Haslach (A) 11.05.2019 – 30.10.2019<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Textile Museum St. Gallen (CH) 14.02.2020 – 19.04.2020<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> It was supposed to have come to the UK as part of the Festival of Quilts 2020 where I was looking forward to not only helping to set up the exhibition and steward but also to see all the wonderful other quilts in the exhibition. Alas COVID intervened so it was returned to me and was still carefully packed up in its bag . </p><p>
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It has now arrived with its new owner who has let me know how much they appreciate it. I hope one day to visit . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpgJFPgEVn-DMywzvVpCExg5yNsL99l8tZ7_jxRCxNi8Fm7y5yI_FxlQUkCsxlIx-m17b7MdA45OQUNvnYtxm19y4VSk-dtbwFnRZOzJqYwMDIwRJbyGO-xOh1OK9M3TlY24C5Lad9CE/s2048/20201122_104457_resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpgJFPgEVn-DMywzvVpCExg5yNsL99l8tZ7_jxRCxNi8Fm7y5yI_FxlQUkCsxlIx-m17b7MdA45OQUNvnYtxm19y4VSk-dtbwFnRZOzJqYwMDIwRJbyGO-xOh1OK9M3TlY24C5Lad9CE/s320/20201122_104457_resized.jpg" /></a></div> Now I'm inspired to start again on it's companion piece "Wrap Me In The Shore" which has been put aside since <a href="http://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2020/03/grasmere-retreat-2020-and-surface.html">NW retreat </a> in February . Though I won't be stitching on the train anytime soon I look forward to playing with scraps and remembering past travels. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIDox9Tyobd6FhNhzj-9JT2LhcYCk6UNhK6KlU8W-foLzin4R983rCjROpgD8VVWVRsB_-rUy5kbT403cUoIpOrpP3fFDsyNy2ja1JOyk5nS4SxdqPSTomoIXgvQuRLw3lyiQd9QdcVE/s2048/20201122_104414_resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIDox9Tyobd6FhNhzj-9JT2LhcYCk6UNhK6KlU8W-foLzin4R983rCjROpgD8VVWVRsB_-rUy5kbT403cUoIpOrpP3fFDsyNy2ja1JOyk5nS4SxdqPSTomoIXgvQuRLw3lyiQd9QdcVE/s320/20201122_104414_resized.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>magsramsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559934058887308651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253979430294677846.post-62457364519387251052020-10-16T12:04:00.002+01:002020-10-16T12:04:40.894+01:00 Livingmaps: Dreaming of a Post-Covid World <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1OkgtniMWi9iNMH_NWgn_ViWgJ2oTjbN1XKtx5U2BB_cVbO5I_TAeHP4A-kqw5vDTe8wT92TQExzZhiGen68OD00F0nog8IFXQO9ho995-ETaSVHb5vopJWwAIWuBoxmmqKrqumio3I/s2048/Creek_creative+Lockdown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1OkgtniMWi9iNMH_NWgn_ViWgJ2oTjbN1XKtx5U2BB_cVbO5I_TAeHP4A-kqw5vDTe8wT92TQExzZhiGen68OD00F0nog8IFXQO9ho995-ETaSVHb5vopJWwAIWuBoxmmqKrqumio3I/s320/Creek_creative+Lockdown.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> I currently have 2 pieces of work in the Lockdown Art Exhibition at <a href="http://creek-creative.org/">Creek Creative</a>, Faversham. I've visited a couple of times now and there's some really interesting artwork on display reflecting different peoples experiences. Wonderful to be doing something almost ' normal' again! <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoqNXNJ1KB7LNpnEr1RZ5grrERjy6r_j5-R5eB6dmmMu5EBgJvwaea9tiiDveSBz_zlJhO1Has9aZIzpfeChDXcuG4gKyUPIIpIzeaesjHBgsd8UojZw6WldwcWpC80MACoaYNO33ExP8/s2048/MRamsay_Nimbushimano.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoqNXNJ1KB7LNpnEr1RZ5grrERjy6r_j5-R5eB6dmmMu5EBgJvwaea9tiiDveSBz_zlJhO1Has9aZIzpfeChDXcuG4gKyUPIIpIzeaesjHBgsd8UojZw6WldwcWpC80MACoaYNO33ExP8/s320/MRamsay_Nimbushimano.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> ' Nimbushimano' </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSYFjM172nYq58bZTZx2iyDpWePi5ON2UGkwXg48mpxlzjzBd7ygX278z0Ha6LqOXex-o9zcdjJrIi3ZvogI6FeRkPICkpmvmwHWnZxXoE5YvK85otMn0KrKUkdfMIKXBJTjGBEP8waw/s2048/MRamsay_Shimanonimbus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSYFjM172nYq58bZTZx2iyDpWePi5ON2UGkwXg48mpxlzjzBd7ygX278z0Ha6LqOXex-o9zcdjJrIi3ZvogI6FeRkPICkpmvmwHWnZxXoE5YvK85otMn0KrKUkdfMIKXBJTjGBEP8waw/s320/MRamsay_Shimanonimbus.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'Shimanonimbus' </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> In July I produced these collaged maps in response to invitation by the <a href="https://www.livingmaps.org/">Livingmaps network</a> to submit work on the theme of 'Mapping the Pandemic : Dreaming of a Post-Covid- World' and took part in a fantastic <a href="https://www.unmapping.space/post/dreaming-of-a-post-covid-world-mark-making-and-pandemic-storytelling-webinar-for-livingmaps-network?fbclid=IwAR39Y4bpVnVi_CM71JlFTd_7ttUX-UIpr9OaBuRWCMtab9jiml4r_MH0PXI">webinar</a> . I've just been re-watching it ( I'm at 57 minutes ) and had forgotten how varied and poignant the work was. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This is now being written up for publication in the <a href="http://livingmaps.review/journal/index.php/LMR/index">LivingMaps Review</a>, below is the image of my submission and a summary of the ideas behind it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVQSfgpCggAiWKTRbj31Zkzl_haA1GSnuJa1oadMEJKav6Y8MLmGUCkU_qq64GM98BOZPdhH8MeJ9gYEX-eqqNSq0Q2nL-0pRW87hrgIYzCS7kPVFSLqf5EFiN3u7ZocklUYZCpH0YkU/s2048/MRamsay_Shimanonimbusunframed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVQSfgpCggAiWKTRbj31Zkzl_haA1GSnuJa1oadMEJKav6Y8MLmGUCkU_qq64GM98BOZPdhH8MeJ9gYEX-eqqNSq0Q2nL-0pRW87hrgIYzCS7kPVFSLqf5EFiN3u7ZocklUYZCpH0YkU/s320/MRamsay_Shimanonimbusunframed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"> "Before
lockdown I travelled regularly by train from Faversham in Kent to London to
visit galleries and for art courses and made artworks based on my journeys, my
‘Space Out Of Time’. </span> <span style="line-height: 107%;">These included an installation of
stitched overlapping booklets of tracings of maps along the route. I primarily work with multi-layered, worn, textiles: double- sided semi-translucent loops,
referencing the continual repeats of my travels and linear records of walks on
painted strips of calico. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">In lockdown,
my focus has become been very local, using my bike to explore the countryside
around me. I’m increasingly risk averse and feel safer on my bike than on foot,
a travelling island with limited contact with people. My map ‘Shimanonimbus’
uses photos of my bike, altered in Photoshop, de-constructed and collaged onto
a background of painted newspaper with glimpses of underlying text and colour.
The shapes remind me of places visited and where I hope to travel to once
more." </span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7RpUHTf9vlMcgPluB3gQZsKXBwuHQ03Yj7JPbLyoG4pE-16Dk6dN8gjX5_IVe9yLNFreIhJtSX7VdNmp6qCwsP-Wb1iHzO9-8ovTL5PXoO4cw8fKsOnd_6JByeNAP9A6iYkg9O9087U/s2048/20200602_091334_resized.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7RpUHTf9vlMcgPluB3gQZsKXBwuHQ03Yj7JPbLyoG4pE-16Dk6dN8gjX5_IVe9yLNFreIhJtSX7VdNmp6qCwsP-Wb1iHzO9-8ovTL5PXoO4cw8fKsOnd_6JByeNAP9A6iYkg9O9087U/s320/20200602_091334_resized.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Hop Fields, Graveney Road , June 2020</div></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfA6J4dW9S56zALqktHrb9mnqN7GI7ow4OC21kdB5kKX6d49lmSngRsqyV2etaZiTsssmoQTm4jFuMPBmhyYGdbJles8RYPXz9gPJRVwiS993vY0f-kFKuwBR1PyaddR-MhtRp72m8QVs/s1600/WP_20161004_12_10_59_Pro_LI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfA6J4dW9S56zALqktHrb9mnqN7GI7ow4OC21kdB5kKX6d49lmSngRsqyV2etaZiTsssmoQTm4jFuMPBmhyYGdbJles8RYPXz9gPJRVwiS993vY0f-kFKuwBR1PyaddR-MhtRp72m8QVs/s320/WP_20161004_12_10_59_Pro_LI.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2016/10/drawing-tuesday-cycling-to-reculver.html">Birchington-On-Sea October 2016 </a></div><br /> <p></p>magsramsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559934058887308651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253979430294677846.post-25250518335475730732020-05-21T17:39:00.001+01:002020-05-21T17:39:23.620+01:00Drawing Tuesdays <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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14 April: View from a Window</div>
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21 April: View from Below </div>
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28 April: Bags Purses, Bins ( I didn't know I had quite so many bags on the back of the door...) </div>
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5 May : Vases, Jugs, Pitchers ( think<a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2013/04/morandi-workshop-poetic-still-lifes.html"> Morandi</a> ) </div>
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12 May : Holiday Souvenirs ( Echidna from Australia above, Guinea Fowl from South Africa below) </div>
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19 May : View into a cupboard/ drawer ( kitchen drawer continuous line above; watercolour below )<br />
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Enjoyed the doodles round the edge, capturing the essence of implements! </div>
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Today we had our traditional Bank Holiday brunch , yesterday we had our usual Easter lamb with veg ; summer pudding and ritual sacrifice of a Lindt chocolate bunny. In some ways it didn't feel that different to usual holidays when we have quality time together but outside the bubble of our dining room the world around is a scary place </div>
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We've been focusing on projects around the house , dismantling bookshelves, re-organising the garage ( and I've pumped the tires up on my bike ) and I've pulled out a lot of dandelions from the lawn <br />
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Last weeks ' Drawing Tuesday' was 'Self- Portraits' so I refreshed my rusty sewing machine drawing skills ( counterintuitive as you move the fabric rather than the drawing implement) </div>
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In theory have lots of time for creative projects but little motivation, doing the ' Small Reflections' , the 'Drawing Tuesday' sessions and the daily prompts with the 'HottinGirls' is enough and all offer contact and support. </div>
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When it was my turn to set the prompts , I used the titles from quilt exhibitions I'd been involved with and was amazed with the different imaginative responses . My interpretation of 'Horizons' was the rooflines from the bedroom ( my original was ' Nautical Dawn' which featured on the cover of the catalogue) </div>
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' Dig' my mum's trowel , well designed and balanced , a pleasure to use. <br />
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I miss going to exhibitions in town , going to the sea, my journeys by train but I'm enjoying the small things, like seeing daisies come up in the lawn. Keep safe<br />
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It's difficult to believe that just 5 weeks ago , Ian and I were having Sunday lunch at the Carriage Restuarant in between talks at Faversham Literary Festival before I headed off to the Lake District for my<a href="http://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2020/03/grasmere-retreat-2020-and-surface.html"> annual sewing retreat.</a> So much has changed.<br />
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At the Carriage, Nicky and Tania are doing a fantastic job <a href="https://www.kentonline.co.uk/faversham/news/delivering-meals-to-those-in-need-for-free-224578/">cooking meals for those who need them </a>, and we're luckier than most. Ian was already working 3 days a week from home but now full time, not having to go into London which was our biggest worry tho' he's working longer hours answering peoples concerns. <br />
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I was lucky enough to squeeze in a haircut just before lockdown which should last me a while. Faversham has a real community spirit and open spaces to exercise in. There's several local food suppliers besides the supermarkets, and we've got a full small chest freezer ( batch cooking is something we've always done)<br />
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Like many creative people, in theory I have lots of time at home now to stitch and draw , and lots of projects I could be working on but as many people are finding, concentration and motivation are limited. This week I've spent a lot of time in phone calls with my MIL , finalising an online food order for them to delivered on Monday ( she's used to shopping almost daily ) .<br />
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Likewise the 'Drawing Tuesday' group, with museums closed and not able to meet up has gone virtual. Last week we were all drawing tablecloths.<br />
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On the Oast Quilters Facebook page we've been keeping in contact , posting photos of our studios, first quilts and having a drink together at 6.30 on a Friday ! ( the small circular depression on my SewEzi table is just the right size for a wine glass!) What do you call #trainstitching when you no longer travel?...<br />
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The 'Edgy Stitchers' group I belong to had met up at a members house at the beginning of March - most of what we discussed then like visiting exhibitions is irrelevant now. It was lovely to have a Zoom meeting with some of them , see their studios and sharing what we'd been up to, as well as our frustrations, I look forward to more of these virtual gatherings.<br />
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Being in contact with friends and family is so important , sharing helps to diminish the worries a little ( as does shared laughter)<br />
Keep well, keep safe. magsramsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559934058887308651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253979430294677846.post-29914585962452565202020-03-13T14:43:00.000+00:002020-03-13T14:43:35.001+00:00Daily Drawing: February 2020 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Week 8 of Surface, Structure, Stitch and the start of our 5 weeks working on our own project . Each person shared their ideas and I showed my '<a href="http://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2020/03/grasmere-retreat-2020-and-surface.html">homework' from Glenthorne</a></div>
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When I was talking to Louise , we looked in particular at the multiples I'd produced ( the stack of colour catcher shapes disintegrated as she handled it as I hadn't secured it sufficiently, beads everywhere! ) suggesting overlapping strings of them, perhaps using an <a href="https://www.muji.eu/pages/online.asp?Sec=9&Sub=39">acrylic box from Muji</a> to display them. I went at lunchtime to have a look , what an array of possibilities. </div>
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I put together more ' sandwiches' of indigo fabrics with bondaweb between but then started playing with the 'holes ' leftover from cutting them out , putting together 9 inch journal Quilts using denim from jeans in the scrap basket. </div>
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The stack of colour catchers with holes in was particularly exciting and Louise had some ideas about stitching them together. Many people weren't familiar with the potential of used colour catchers ( or what they were ) but I've been using them for years including the start of <a href="http://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2013/01/daily-art-first-week_9.html">daily drawing practice</a> in 2013 ( tho it didn't get too far ) </div>
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I've even used the holes before in this J<a href="http://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2009/01/colour-catcher-holes.html">ournal Quilt from 2009 </a><br />
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I was also reminded how much I like the shapes and limited colour palette in <a href="http://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2019/11/drawing-tuesday-at-tate-britain.html">Paul Feilers work </a></div>
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Back at home, I followed Louise's suggestion of quilting from the back with a heavier thread in the bobbin<br />
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Now I just need to sort out what I'm doing in tomorrow's class....</div>
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<br />magsramsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559934058887308651noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253979430294677846.post-5082611705180513232020-03-02T17:03:00.001+00:002020-03-02T17:03:51.851+00:00Grasmere Retreat 2020 ( and Surface, Structure,Stitch homework ) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last week I was in the Lake District, staying at <a href="https://glenthorne.org/">Glenthorne Guest House</a> in Grasmere on my 9th <a href="http://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2012/02/nw-retreat.html">NWCQ retreat</a> . Unlike <a href="http://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2017/03/rydal-hall-retreat-more-sketching-than.html">previous years</a> , I didn't do very much sketching this year ( even falling behind a bit on my daily drawing ) but a fair bit of stitching. Given the poor weather conditions I'm glad I did my <a href="http://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-summer-of-exhibiting.html"> 'Grasmere Cloths'</a> last year, it would have been very challenging this year! </div>
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The trains to Oxenholme had been delayed/cancelled in the storms of the previous week due to flooding so I was relieved that it was only 15 minutes late. Karen picked me up and the driving conditions in snow and flooded roads were difficult ( these photos near Windermere were taken out the window waiting our turn to go up on the pavement, the water being so deep) </div>
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Glad to arrive at Glenthorne, this was the view from my bedroom window ( and below , on a better day , the view towards the guest house )</div>
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The studio building among the trees and the table space divided equally with masking tape between the 13 of us ( with the usual jokes about ' encroachment' when materials creep over the line) ) </div>
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The main project I'd brought to work on were the different sections of #trainstitching work in progress " #wrapmeintheshore" as I'm getting to the stage of working out how to hang it/ display it. I don't want to replicate exactly what I did for <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2018/09/7th-european-quilt-triennial-opens-in.html">#windmeinthesea </a> so was seeking advice from the others and I'm glad to say have come away with lots of suggestions. It looked lovely with the wintery light shining through it, shame it would be difficult to replicate under gallery/exhibition conditions.<br />
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As it was the 10th year of these retreats , we had several shared activities to mark it. We know each other so well now, it feels like we pick up where we left off , always lots of laughter but also understanding of each others circumstances .</div>
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Besides 2 entertaining and informative quizzes in the evening from Jean and Ruth and a fun drawing session with Millie) we'd each brought a piece of denim which was sewn together by Judy to form a bookcover/ bag for the photo album/ scrapbooks that Millie puts together documenting our activities. We took it in turns to add some stitching by hand and machine </div>
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The ' extension' activity for those who wished to do so ( all of us in the end!) was to each bring a piece of fabric/thread/ beads in indigo or red and make something with them ( we did a similar exercise led by Linda B. when we used paper ) The rules evolved into being allowed to incorporate 2 other materials of our own and leave out one of the original if we wished. <br />
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The resulting works were extremely varied, from a beaded tree; bookwraps; mini collages; bookmarks; journal quilts to my '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnacle"> barnacle</a>' . </div>
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I used a patched piece of the Japanese kasuri from my trainstitching with pieces of the fabrics with a mussel shape cut out. My other addition was red thread which I used to sew 13 lines in <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2020/02/surface-structure-stitch-at-city-lit_13.html">kantha style stitching</a> </div>
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In between sewing sessions went for short walks in the ever changing weather conditions, going shopping for Grasmere Gingerbread and warm <a href="https://www.mountainwarehouse.com/winter-trek-stretch-womens-trouser-p17063.aspx/black/">winter 'trews' </a> ( the trousers I'd brought with me, even with thermals , weren't up to it ) . </div>
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We were very well fed at the Guesthouse with cooked breakfast and 3 course evening meal but still managed to fit in lunches of delicious soups and cakes at <a href="https://www.heatoncooper.co.uk/mathildes-cafe/">Mathildes</a> after browsing the <a href="https://www.heatoncooper.co.uk/">Heaton Cooper art shop</a> painting supplies ( buying more Pitt artist Calligraphy Pens in different colours) </div>
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Fortified by coffee and cake I returned to work on my 'homework' for ' <a href="https://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2020/02/surface-structure-stitch-at-city-lit_20.html">Surface, Structure, Stitch</a>' at City Lit , taking one shape and playing with it in multiples<br />
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I took a mussel as my source shape, in 2 different sizes, using colourcatchers ( above) with a spacer bead between each shape and some indigo and cream fabrics sandwiched with bondaweb ( below) , with a few stitches to hold them in position. Lots of potential. </div>
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We left at Friday lunchtime under ominous skies with very wet snow. I was travelling with Judy , the spray on the motorway was dreadful , so glad that thanks to her hospitality I could make a more leisurely train journey back home on Saturday<br />
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The view from the train between Crewe and Stafford in particular was of a landscape of flooded fields<br />
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Safely back home in Faversham , after an early dinner at ASK, appropriately enough we had tickets for ' <a href="https://www.favershammusicclub.co.uk/event/waterways/">Waterways</a> ' in St Mary of Charity's Church. The Sunday before we'd gone to 2 talks ( <u><span style="color: #000120;">M<a href="https://www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/index.php/component/k2/item/199-lara-maiklem">udlarking</a></span></u> and <a href="https://www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/index.php/component/k2/item/197-caroline-crampton">the way to the sea</a> at Faversham Literary Festival with lunch at the<a href="https://www.thecarriagefaversham.co.uk/"> Carriage Restaurant</a> in between so it's been a watery week ! </div>
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Week 6 already of Surface, Structure , Stitch with Louise Baldwin at City Lit and we were looking at joins, seams, darts , pleats , and tucks. I'd done some homework looking through some of the many books I own , especially the ones above. We looked at the work of <a href="http://www.karennicol.com/index.html"> Karen Nichol</a>, <a href="https://carolinebartlett.weebly.com/">Caroline Bartlett</a>,<a href="http://joanlivingstone.com/"> Joan Livingstone </a>, <a href="http://debbielyddon.co.uk/statement/">Debbie Lyddon</a>, <a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/690387817851004476/?lp=true"> Tanana Takite</a><br />
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Louise had lots and lots of samples : use of darts to give volume; pleats on different fabrics, manipulated into shapes; joining different fabrics( the seam of the 'back' being just as interesting); inserting small pieces into seams; pintucks in different directions with waxing ; working on the bias with zigzag giving ' lettuce' effect ; working with various weight/types of fabric, giving different effects; smocking, suturing , faggoting stitches to join edges. </div>
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One technique caught the imagination of several of us - using a bobbin of tightly wound shirring elastic ( or ' knicker elastic' as someone referred to it !) on very taut fabric held in a hoop, stitching from the top with ordinary thread, </div>
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I didn't have a chance to do a ' before' shot as the tension while stitching finally came too much and it burst out of the hoop ! Nice effect but would need a lot of practice ( and hand winding the tensioned bobbins was hard )<br />
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Thinking of my limpet shapes, I spent time just using different weights of calico and muslin , using darts to make the shape and then using pin tucks in between to give structure ( Louise suggested I could insert kebab sticks in the pintucks to give it even more form ) </div>
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Then while I was in pleating mode, Louise suggested I use the<a href="https://www.princess-pleaters.co.uk/"> 'Princess Pleater'</a> smocking machine . Caroline Bartlett ( who also <a href="https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/textiles-manipulation">teaches at City Lit</a>) puts yards and yards of it through to make her work . </div>
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This is my 16 needle <a href="http://www.readpleaters.com/">Read Pleater</a> which I bought secondhand years ago for shibori but have used very little, but I'm keen to experiment with after seeing its potential.<br />
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This could get addictive but I need to concentrate on sorting out what I'm going to take on my annual textile retreat at Glenthorne in the Lake District next week ( it'll be my 9th trip) . As I'll be missing a class , Louise went through what we'd be doing exploring the possibilities of using one shape in a variety of ways , manipulating and making multiples so I have homework to do ! </div>
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This week the focus of Surface, Structure, Stitch at City Lit was on machine covered cords " A line in space" . For homework I'd looked through my copy of <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stitch-Structure-Technique-three-dimensional-textiles/dp/1849941211">Stitch and Structure by Jean Draper</a> ( and also <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Three-Dimensional-Embroidery-Janet-Edmonds/dp/1906388547/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3TW5Z700RKMLJ&keywords=janet+edmonds+books&qid=1581609678&s=books&sprefix=janet+edmonds+%2Cstripbooks%2C137&sr=1-2">Janet Edmonds Three Dimensional Embroidery </a>) but had misread the instructions on bringing an image with strong mood , texture and colour.</div>
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And on a sheet of watercolour paper divided as we'd done for<a href="http://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2020/01/surface-structure-stitch-at-city-lit.html"> black and white studies in week 1</a>. I used neocolour crayons and W&N Watercolour Markers which I've had for ages ( and was reminded why I still don't like them , back in the drawer they go! ) <br />
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I'd cut my thumb badly with a breadknife, tacking pebbles on my trainstitching piece on the way to class was trickier than you'd expect!<br />
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What we were doing with the images we had ( or hadn't!) brought in was to describe in words some of the qualities of our image then interpret the words in drawn/collaged lines . These examples Louise shared were based on a photo of a cactus with red flowers, </div>
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These drawn lines were then translated into stitched cords of fabric or thread wrapped string <br />
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I did have some photos of shells with me but to more accurately describe their qualities used some of the items available in the class. </div>
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I was struggling to capture the true colours using the art materials available so Louise suggested I construct ' moodsticks' , covering a stick/piece of card with scraps of fabric and winding threads around them from the exciting range of fibres available. Similar to swatches prepared for weaving but freer , with overlapping threads and colours giving more texture and optical colour mixing. This could get addictive! <br />
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Then an attempt to make some machine wrapped cords : laying a string under free embroidery foot with feed dogs down and using a wide zig zag stitch and pulling it through. My poorly thumb hampered me somewhat as I couldn't hold it taut enough so didn't have enough control. </div>
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Still , enough to see the potential, discussing with Louise how they could be coiled or joined together to make circles or stitched into a network . I spent the rest of the session gathering bits to bring home and try out on my own machine. <br />
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Week 4 of Surface, Structure, Stitch was on Kantha and Boro , definately in my comfort zone ! And with a week away , I'd been making good progress reconnecting with my #trainstitching of #wrapmeintheshore with the addition of precious fragments from the City Lit Textile Studio scrap box </div>
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The notes that Louise supplied recommended reading of books by Ahmad, Gillow, Morrell and Zaman - I have them all (!) plus the catalogue from the <a href="http://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2014/04/boro-at-somerset-house.html">Boro exhibition at Somerset house </a> which she also showed. Apart from an example of a kantha stitched sari silk scarf ( of which I too own several), her own samples showed how kantha could be used in reversible 3d forms, either a spiral stitched bowl or a strip that could be manipulated in different ways. </div>
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I had a go first using circles of felt and linen furnishing fabrics - another time I wouldn't start right in the centre and would add a coin in the bottom between the layers to produce a base.<br />
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The second one was a small strip of layered creams and blues with crude running stitches, pulled up into a shell shape. Lots of possibilities. Louise suggested I make a much larger piece of layered fabrics and incorporate ' lumps' of buttons between the layers to add further distortions and texture </div>
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I finished the stitching on the way home on the train and spend quite a while manipulating it into different shapes<br />
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Then , deep breath, I started pulling up some of the stitching, taking photos as I went along </div>
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I love the potential of inside and outside being equally important<br />
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Finally for my' daily drawing' I did a small patched stitched sample showing the effect of the rippling from pulling up the running stitch. </div>
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I missed the 3rd session of Surface, Structure, Stitch at City Lit as I was on holiday for the week in Weymouth( our 13th visit). I'd had a discussion with Louise t<a href="http://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2020/02/surface-structure-stitch-at-city-lit.html">he previous week </a>on how I might approach adding handstitch to my machine quilted piece so I'd brought lots of supplies with me to do my homework, spreading out on the dining room table in the cottage. My mum was an embroiderer but my stitching so far has been very plain, variations on straight stitch, so I spent time on the train studying my mum's copy of Anchor pamphlet ' 100 Embroidery Stitches' ( Price 6p!) and a more recent purchase of Constance Howard's Book of Stitches ( which cost rather more than secondhand ) </div>
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A lot of restaurants and pubs were closed during our stay for either holidays or refurbishment so we had several meals at old favourites the Cove House Inn in Chiswell, Portland and the Taste Cafe at Chesil Beach Visitor Centre overlooking the Fleet lagoon. Spending nearly a whole day there on Ian's Birthday, we were aware of the tides and the effect on the screened views from the underwater cameras ( which I drew in my sketchbook)</div>
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On the Wednesday when I would have been in my class, somebody posted work on Instagram at lunchtime so I could share in what other students were doing . Several were using embroidery hoops so I had a practice on a bit of old shirt sleeve of some new stitches - I particularly like the 'wave' stitch in different types of thread .<br />
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I then had the confidence to add these to the machine quilted piece I'd started the previous week </div>
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When I got home, I cut it down to 9" square, the format for this year CQ Journal Quilts which has to contain a piece of something repurposed , having had a previous life. My theme was going to be " Assemblage" but " Scavenged Scraps" might be more appropriate since most of the fabrics came from the wondrous collections of dressmaking offcuts and recycled materials in the City Lit textile studio scrap boxes. </div>
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I'm also taking part in an invited Facebook group challenge posting a year of daily black and white photos " Small Reflections 2020" which certainly makes you look at the world differently. </div>
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It's several weeks ago now , but the second class with Louise Baldwin at City Lit was just as exciting as the <a href="http://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2020/01/surface-structure-stitch-at-city-lit.html">first</a> . The focus was on machine quilting/stitching and as predicted , my major challenge was getting used to the machines ( Bernina 1008 ) and how they worked. The dedicated textile studio is very well equiped - I was looking around for where the power sockets were , they descend from the ceiling on pulleys ! </div>
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The session started with a review seated around a table of what we'd done the previous week and any images or samples we'd done for homework, a very useful process. </div>
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We then started off drawing shapes and creating designs for quilting </div>
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Louise had a variety of samples showing the effect of different thicknesses of waddings/ felt, slashing ( faux chenille) ; layering and making holes; different fabrics. </div>
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My first sample I used orange felt as the wadding and raided the scrap basket for pieces of fabric with colours and textures of shells, using free motion quilting foot to stitch lines</div>
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For the 2nd sample I used both the felt and a very thick polyester wadding, with scrim and upholstery samples, doing ' twiddles' in different areas leaving long threads between them </div>
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She demonstrated for me other properties of scrim - stretching it in a hoop then free machining causing fabric to distort like drawn thread work - definately one to try! Other people were using a cording foot to make corded lines and a tailor tacking foot to make interesting large stitches and loops. Definately ones to add to my list ( I've checked and they do them for my Bernina Activa 125) </div>
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I like to combine machine and hand stitching so prepared a more traditional sandwich of thin cotton wadding with a calico backing and applied some scrap fabric 'limpets' and did some machine quilting to secure them . As I knew I would miss the class the following week , I had a chat with Louise about how I might add hand stitching ( basically try lots and cover the whole thing! ) </div>
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Well I completed the #30daysketchbookchallenge2020 and stuck to the prompts ( mostly) although some of my interpretations were a bit off piste. With the confidence of have drawn for a year, I didn't count it as cheating that some were done in collage, Photoshop, a piece of fabric or a copy of some artwork done previously rather than conventional art materials , it was more important that what I did meant something to me or came from my own images . </div>
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Like last year, for January 31st I did a page of thumbnail sketches ( above) showing my responses to the prompts. It was great to share my work and to see the imaginative interpretations of over 5000 participants ( and several of my friends also took part ) </div>
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Day 15 'Something that Floats' Day 16 'Something that smells good' </div>
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Day 17 ' Something that smells bad' Day 18 'Supermarket' </div>
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Day 19 'Technology' Day 20 'The Four Seasons'</div>
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Day 21 'Reflections' Day 22 'Cartoon'</div>
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Day 23 ' My Hobbies' Day 24 ' The Zoo' (<i> woodlice in my compost bin and all the vernacular names for them</i>) </div>
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Day 25 'Famous People' (<i> Zandra Rhodes in fluorescent markers</i>) Day 26 'Fairies and Goblins' <i>( ancient goddesses )</i></div>
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Day 27 ' Weird Science' Day 28 ' Favourite Place' (<i> Fleet Lagoon while I was there! </i>)</div>
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Day 29 ' Film' ( <i>Chesil Beach</i>) Day 30 'Goals' ( <i>Stitch Samples</i> )</div>
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1 and 2 February : Views from underwater camera at Fleet Lagoon; Streets of Chiswell </div>
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The prompt for ' My Favourite Place' was excellently timed for when I was actually at my favourite place, the Chesil Beach visitor centre overlooking Fleet Lagoon ! And I made a good start continuing in February drawing while on holiday in Weymouth. </div>
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I really enjoyed the first session of ' Surface, Structure, Stitch' with <a href="http://www.62group.org.uk/artist/louise-baldwin/">Louise Baldwin</a> at City Lit. Although I've done lots of drawing and painting courses there, this was the first textile course I've done . The session with <a href="http://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2019/04/edam-term-2-drawing-with-manipulated.html">Ruth Brison during EDAM</a> gave me a taster of the possibilities of combining drawing and stitch and I'm interested in moving more into 3D work so it seemed the prefect combination. I love Louise's work, and bought a <a href="http://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2016/08/festival-of-quilts-2016-more-you-look.html">small piece for our wedding anniversary</a> in 2016 and I'd heard from other students that her teaching and encouragement were excellent. </div>
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EDAM Limpets in paper and stitch </div>
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The course is 12 weeks , the first 7 weeks exploring techniques and the final 5 applying them to a theme ' Held by Nature' . We started off with a mind-mapping session in small groups exploring ideas around the starting point of containers that occur in nature. </div>
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There was a wide selection of shells, seed pods etc available and we made several sketches of the textures on sheets of paper divided up with masking tape ( good tip to give frames around the marks ) </div>
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After lunch we worked from these sketches using a variety of different white papers ( tracing paper , photocopier paper, tissue paper etc ) and gluing, stapling , stitching to hold them together . </div>
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I loved the effect of crumpled tracing paper and once home , I scanned some of my paper textures ( Louise had taken some peoples work to photocopy, to show the effect of change of scale and multiple copies )</div>
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When she came to see what I'd been doing, seeing how prolific I was ( !) she suggested taking one or two of my ideas and producing lots and lots of them and join them together in different ways<br />
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I had good intentions to make more of these knots but concentrated instead on ripping photocopier paper and gluing them down with torn edges slightly raised ( based on drawings of oyster shells.)<br />
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We finished with a Powerpoint showing images of how a variety of artists had interpreted natural objects , creating relief or 3D structures . Some like Debbie Lyddon ( who I'll be doing a course with in July ) I was very familiar with, others less so. </div>
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The next session is on machine quilting ( my main challenge will be getting used to the college sewing machines !) and homework to start collecting images to do with the theme. </div>
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I'd certainly like to continue to explore mussels further. </div>
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From last years sketchbooks I'm inspired by the ' pod' forms of Junko Oki and Fabienne Dorsman Rey </div>
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Chestnuts might feature </div>
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And limpets of course!</div>
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Day 1: Spots and Dots Day 2: Bottles </div>
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Day 3: Butterflies and moths Day 4: Toys and games</div>
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Day 5: Garden tools Day 6: Clothes</div>
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Day 7: Money, Money, Money Day 8: these are a few of my favourite things</div>
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Day 9: Musical Instruments Day 10: Yellow</div>
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Day 11: Signs and Symbols Day 12: Twelve </div>
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It's 'Drawing Tuesday' but I'm not at Museum of London Docklands but at home still recovering from a horrible cold and glad I'm not going out in the wild weather. I've been enjoying the daily prompts for the 30daysketchbook challenge (more in another post) but also sewing together a record of my <a href="http://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2019/12/a-year-of-daily-drawing.html">daily drawing</a>. </div>
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I've started another 'dropcloth' ( A1 sheet of paper) which I place underneath my sketchbook when I draw. Over the year it accumulates paint splashes, colour trials, doodles, notes. </div>
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When on the <a href="http://magsramsay.blogspot.com/2013/11/human-marks.html">Dorothy Caldwell course in Puglia</a>, we made small books using our ' dropcloth' to practice making signatures and sewing them together, needle weaving with embroidery floss. The paper we had then was half the size ( 32 pages, 18 signatures) . I wasn't sure how 64 pages, 32 signatures would work but I'm pleased with the effect even if I did lose count during stitching in a few places!<br />
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