I've been away to beautiful Shropshire this week and spent two days of my break at a wonderful workshop, part of a programme developed by
Bobby Britnell and delivered by
Shelley Rhodes. In the company of some very talented people we painted fabrics and papers ...and then we did some stitching. It's a bit of a running joke that I don't stitch things but I had a go, using my photos taken of the graffiti marks and initials etched into the walls of St David's Cathedral as my ongoing inspiration. Then we made plates and printed them , drew on the pages with sticks and inks, laminated papers to fabrics and did more stitching. I think I was the only one who actually stitched the book together but as I look through it the silk organza pages reveal and hide the drawing or stitching on the other sides.There is more to do. I may laminate some pages together and then re-draw or stitch over them. It's a long time since I made anything so enjoyable. I loved every moment of it.
