Message to My Students
To my students, I firmly believe that there is a level of creativity to be found in every individual.
The love and passion for both textiles and teaching combined with the vast knowledge and experience in technical skill, colour and design are made available through my workshops.
Students are guided through a set process from the very basic techniques to the more advanced contemporary textile art form. Students quickly learn how to master techniques and gain the knowledge of knowing how to combine these newly learned skills into producing exciting and individual embroidery.
I encourage my students to develop their own designs, to relax and enjoy the journey and continually ask themselves the question WHAT HAPPENS IF?
The success and pleasure derived from "Free Motion Embroidery" on, under and within surfaces will depend upon technique, colour, design and notions used, combined with the degree of experimentation, practice, experience and imagination undertaken.
Individuality
Developing individuality. Many visual surfaces such as landscapes, plants and solid objects provide inspiration in our everyday lives.
As individuals we have the ability to view and interpret these sights in different ways. Our ability to relate to shape, colour, size and physical appearances allows our interest and imagination to unfold.
Interpretations in fabric and fibre create wonderful visual surfaces, to view, feel, sense and enjoy. Our interpretations can be created into highly individual forms of art, be it realistic, naturalistic of abstract in form.
Fabrics are able to be folded, pleated, twisted, scrunched, collaged, layered, coloured, layered, stitched and cut away to produce subtle and dynamic visual effects
The simplicity of experimentation yields success. Having no limitations placed upon us, promotes innovative and spontaneous works. From these creative pursuits many designs and ideas unfold.
Whether it is a small sample, a completed work, wearable, wall hanging the finished product will be more dynamic and individual when the surface has been decorated.
The possibilities are endless.
- Learn to look
- Learn to experiment
- Learn to know what you want
- Relax, enjoy and have confidence in your creative endeavours
