Preparation techniques...

Preparation…drawing, printing and collage...

I use a range of media and supports when I develop visual compositions for fibre works. Drawings developed through the use of aquarelles or watercolour pencils and felt pens on different types of paper are still incredibly useful, but I have also used monoprint techniques, and I produce collages based on the use of existing photographs and sketches, and even scraps of fabric.  

Preparation techniques...

Preparation... paper weaving...

I have often prepared visual compositions for fibre works by using paper weaving techniques. Paper weaving may seem to be a quite simple technique, but I find it useful as a means to develop colour combinations, and determine different line and shape combinations.

Sourcing and reviewing printed publications for fibre arts and crafts...

I recently discovered  Mary Rhodes’ Needlepoint. The art of canvas embroidery. (Octopus, London, 1974) in a garage sale. This publication provided valuable historical material as well as useful insights into needlework techniques and approaches to design methods that could easily be adapted to twenty-first century fibre art works.