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Under A Topaz Sky

A textile art jack-of-all-trades.

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1. Upcycling: 

This talk looks at the current interest in upcycling and repurposing unloved, damaged and unwanted items and how they can be given new leases of life. It focuses mostly on  upcycling jewellery with embroidery and other textile art methods and also combining it with found objects.

 

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I also look at upcycling clothes, as with this shirt cuff which has been turned into a notebook…

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…furniture…

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…and anything else that has inspired me to save it from landfill!

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2. Memories – stitched and embroidered holiday journals

This is a look at how memories of special places can be recorded in creative ways, specifically through textiles, and the different ways I use embroidery and other forms of stitching to record family holidays and visits.

These method include: stitching with found objects,

Journal Tour 2l

crazy patchwork,

Finishing the NC wallhanging 1

altered books,

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embroidered patchwork,

Haven 5
Tuesday Bodmin and Wenford Railway

accordion books with daily embroideries ,

Cornish Holiday Journal 5e

all of which can be viewed and handled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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