Golden Light 2 is the second of a pair of silk wall hangings with both an ecclesiastical and a Welsh cultural inspiration..
Working wholecloth, using both free machine and hand quilting, was a joy as the shapes appeared in the glowing yellow silk dupion.
Extra areas of wadding were added to enhance this effect in areas of focal interest.
Golden Light 1 is one of a pair of silk wall hangings with both an ecclesiastical and a Welsh cultural inspiration..
Working wholecloth, using both free machine and hand quilting, was a joy as the shapes appeared in the glowing yellow silk dupion.
Extra areas of wadding were added to enhance this effect in areas of focal interest.
Tranquil Pond 2
The upper pond, on our terrace, is a sound-scape as well as a visual stimulus, as the water falls into the lower pond. By it we sit on beautiful days enjoying its calm presence, gazing across the Menai Strait to Snowdonia beyond. The ponds did not exist before we made them – now they are special habitats and reward us for our work.
The main image is fractured and rendered in solid fabrics: the sheers, by comparison, are used in response to the shimmering movement of water and its translucence.
Tranquil Pond 1
This work is a direct emotional response to one of the ponds on our land. My relationship is not only with the prolific wildlife, but also comes from the sense of calm working by it offers me.
The main image is fractured and rendered in solid fabrics: the sheers, by comparison, are used in response to the shimmering movement of water and its translucence, giving us a glimpse into another world.
Waves 3
Part of a series first shown at Oriel Ynys Mon, Anglesey, April to June 2015
Informed during my childhood on the North East coast and now the West coast where I live and sail, the inspiration for the ‘Waves’ series of hangings came from the tumbling, rolling and constantly reshaping moods of the sea; sometimes gentle, twinkling in sunlight, sometimes tumultuous and threatening.
A reflection on the poem ‘Autumn Dirge’ by Percy Bisshe Shelley.
Cotton fabric, painted, printed, stencilled, applique, machine piecing, couched, lithography, free machine quilted.
My response to greed and dishonesty found within the establishments of our society as exemplified by the banking crisis which lead to the financial crash and the expenses scandals within government.
It seems that these vices are always part of society and will never be controlled.
Cotton fabric, painted, printed, stencilled, applique, machine piecing, couched, free machine quilted.
Cotton fabric, painted, machine quilted.
Cotton fabric, machine pieced, appliqued, machine quilted and hand beaded.
Free-machine quilted in a variety of threads.
98cm x 76cm Cotton fabric, free-cut then machine pieced and quilted.
Part of a series of work following a long term interest and admiration of the work of outdoor sculptor Andy Goldsworthy.
Cotton fabrics. Various techniques used which include; reverse applique, machine quilting and applique, hand and free-machine quilting and beading.
Part of a series of work following a long term interest and admiration of the work of outdoor sculptor Andy Goldsworthy.
Cotton fabrics. Various techniques used which include; reverse applique, machine quilting and applique, hand and free-machine quilting and beading.
Autumnal colours highlighted by the warmth of orange
Cotton fabrics. Sampler quilt using various different techniques.
Silk fabrics, machine pieced and closely free-machine quilted, representing divisions, wherever they may occur.
Schisms divide societies, countries, friends and families. Rifts occur and are portrayed in this series.
Silk fabrics, machine pieced and closely free-machine quilted, representing divisions, wherever they may occur.
Schisms divide societies, countries, friends and families. Rifts occur and are portrayed in this series.
Adapted from the magic tile block, with the addition of applique motifs.
Cotton fabric, machine pieced, then quilted with various threads and hand beaded.
Painted habotai silk hanging, built around a piece of handmade silk ‘paper’ and free-machine quilted and embellished with silk floss, and, of course, just one feather.
Painted habotai silk hanging, with tumbling, opening pink silk rectangles, free-machine quilted and embellished with silk floss, and, of course, just one feather.
Painted habotai silk hanging, with wind blown leaves and the suggestion of a cobweb, free-machine quilted and embellished with silk floss, and, of course, just one feather.
The central section, based on a spiral staircase, is quilted both by machine and hand. It is framed by a machine pieced border.
It was made to be part of an exhibition celebrating the opening of Staircase House Museum – a medieval building in Stockport dating back to about 1460.
Cotton fabric, free-cut then machine pieced and quilted.
Commission based on Siwan (Joan/Joana) daughter of King John and wife of Llewelyn ap Iorwerth (the Great). She lived in the various courts belonging to this prince of Gwynedd and was buried in Llanfaes, near Beaumaris, where a friary was built in her memory. Her coffin, with her image carved on the lid, is in the porch of St Mary’s church in Beaumaris.
‘Breila’ is an old Welsh word for wild rose.
Cotton fabrics, machine pieced then hand and machine quilted and hand beaded.
In Private Collection
