Yesterday....

....was meet the artist day at the Reveal exhibition at Bankfield Museum in Halifax. It was great to meet up again with all the "Revealers" (good name Jan!) and to chat to people who are textile enthusiasts....very rewarding!
In all the excitement and bustle I forgot to ask everyone if I could post photos of the exhibition but as its now been on public display for almost a month and hoping my photo shots don't detract too much from the wonderful work on display I attach a few photos below - sorry I can't show all the work as most of my photots didn't turn out well.














Wendy Rudd
















Janet Andrew




















Fiona Rainford

The exhibition is on till the 2nd Nov. if you're in the area and want to call by.

Back to the drawing .....

.....and photochopping. I have a real fascination for faces at the moment.

Took a trip....

....to Bankfield today. It was lovely to go into the exhibition space without all the pressure of an opening and the bustle of a lot of people (luckily I just managed to avoid a group of 32 children who had just visited!) I took a lot of photos but unfortunately the lighting/my camera skills are not particulary good and the photos are a bit dark. You can get an idea of my exhibit from these images but I won't post the rest until I have everyone's permission.

Heard recently....

....that I have been accepted to place some work into the Shop in Show at the Designer Crafts exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London in Jan. 2009. Great to have another excuse for a trip down to London.

....that northernskydesign have launched their outlet and graphic studio at Botany Bay with an online shop to follow shortly. They are featuring and promoting the work of northern artists including some of my work having seen it recently at the Saltaire Arts Trail. I wish them every success in their venture!

....that my Karin Erikson olive bowl set has arrived and is waiting to be collected at Hannah Nunn's gallery and workshop in Hebden Bridge.

Lots of good things happening all round!
Going to visit Bankfield tomorrow and take some photos....so will be posting some pictures tomorrow.

But because I cant' bear to post without any picture at all .....here's two I prepared earlier...both drawn from images on the net and then photochopped around a little.

Phew!......

its taken me almost a week to recover from all the last minute preparations, three days at Fashion Embroidery and Stitch, the opening of the Reveal exhibition (which was a lovely event) and a mini trip to London during which I managed to see the first week exhibitors at Origin Crafts at Somerset House. Its been a whirlwind few days with hardly any time to breathe and I'm looking forward to a lazy weekend catching up on sleep.















This was my stand at Harrogate where I spent 2 days (my husband covered the 3rd) meeting lots of very nice people saying lots of very nice things about my work.......talk about an ego boost!! I can thoroughly recommend it!
My day off was spent at Bankfield. It was great to meet up with (nearly) all the Reveal group members and see all our work on show for the first time. We didn't start with a common theme or overall concept or even colour scheme for the exhibition and so it is amazing to see it all come together. I hope I'm not being too immodest ...but it looks fabulous. It feels great to be part of it all.

Been to ....

Harrogate today to set up for this lovely exhibition....

which is due to start tomorrow.

On the way back called into Bankfield where the Reveal exhibition is almost ready to go..... its going to be a very busy weekend, should be fun!