This week has been quite busy already. On Monday I held a workshop for a group of embroiderer’s who were interested to here about me, my work and my inspirations. It was lovely to talk to a group of people who understand the time it take to produce a piece of work by hand and they were appreciative of my skills.
The group also made a contribution to the community warp. By weaving sample structures on the table loom. I am trying to encourage all visitor to add to this piece of weaving to create one long piece of work that shows everyones individuality.
If you want to join in the community warp and come and have a go at weaving on a table loom. Visit St Georges Church in Esher surrey on a Monday between 10 and 4pm for more information google St George’s arts esher.
Richard Long Exhibition Tate Britain.
Today I visited the Richard Long exhibition. I have always been interested in his work and the way he uses the landscape as his studio.
One of my favorite pieces was the mud drawing he had done using Cornwall china chalk. It had a lovely sense of energy at the same time as being peaceful. The splashes looked like rain falling.
Because of my own interests in site-specific work I was interested to read that although Richard Long’s piece are usually made to fit their first venue in terms of scale the work can be re-made in another space and place but the work my be placed in a different place within the work.
I left the exhibition feeling inspired to work on a larger scale and also to think about the way I record my workings.
