Small Geckos is a series of five pieces based on the magic tile block.
They developed as an experiment with colour combinations.
I return, from time to time, to the enchanting, lithe forms of geckos.
More geckos turned up to get their friends out of prison!
They all escaped, so there are no more ‘small gecko’ quilts!
Small Geckos is a series of five pieces based on the magic tile block.
They developed as an experiment with colour combinations.
I return, from time to time, to the enchanting, lithe forms of geckos.
Realising there was fun to be had, some of the geckos’ friends turned up.
Small Geckos is a series of five pieces based on the magic tile block.
They developed as an experiment with colour combinations.
I return, from time to time, to the enchanting, lithe forms of geckos.
Small Geckos is a series of five pieces based on the magic tile block.
They developed as an experiment with colour combinations.
I return, from time to time, to the enchanting, lithe forms of geckos.
Small Geckos 1
Small Geckos is a series of five pieces based on the magic tile block.
They developed as an experiment with colour combinations.
I return, from time to time, to the enchanting, lithe forms of geckos.
Bright Medallion
This is a medallion quilt, based on a central design which is then surrounded by border after border.
Cotton fabric, machine pieced, using a variety of different methods, including foundation piecing, then machine quilted.
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 4
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.
Waves 1
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.
Waves 2
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.
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, machine pieced, appliqued, machine quilted and hand beaded.
Fabric chosen for vibrance of colour
98cm x 76cm Cotton fabric, free-cut then machine pieced and quilted.
Patchwork reversible Kimono.
Strong coloured, plain cottons, set against black and white spotted fabric
Autumnal colours highlighted by the warmth of orange
Cotton fabrics. Sampler quilt using various different techniques.
Bright colours reflecting the delight of a walk through a summer garden.
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.
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
This is a medallion quilt, based on a central design which is then surrounded by border after border.
Cotton fabric, machine pieced, using a variety of different methods, including foundation piecing and magic tile, then machine quilted.
Based on information taken from the book ‘The Celtic Wisdom of Trees’ by Jane Gifford, about the tree associated with my birth date – the Elder. The associations are dark, with reminders of ‘death’ and ‘the inevitable’, witches hide in their trunks and the wood will not burn well: associated colours are dark green and black! However it isn’t all bad news – the tree has healing properties and it provided elder flowers to make cordial or champagne. The berries also make a good natural dye with alum and salt used as mordants.
Cotton and silk fabrics and silk floss – some dyed: machine piecing, applique, free-machine quilting and hand beading.
