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Yesterday morning’s job at @thepilotsrest micro pub in Sheerness, decorating for Christmas - pared back by my standards!

Also took in a delivery from the  @hopfuzz and their fab limited editions which are brilliant: The Redhead - a Christmas R
Only 2 weeks left to catch Edgelands at The Grey Water Gallery @thepilotsrest – my first solo show featuring alternative photographs from either side of the Swale marshes 🌊

This weekend Rock’s got Gadds’ No.5 on tap plus a gorgeou
Starting to paint my new studio space within Stable Works – the end stall of an early 19th century fire station’s  horse stables. 

The space feels alive with its own material history.  There’s a beauty & generosity to these old
What a joyful celebration! Thomas and I went to @squarepegsarts 20th birthday party and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. 

Thomas was a Peg from 10 to 17, and it gave him fun, laughter, and complete acceptance. Watching the transformation e
3/4s of @treadcollective gathered at @minthousepevensey for the “hagstones as a portal” workshop facilitated by the lovely @walking_trees_collective

Examining thresholds through hagstones, collective ritual, and shared practice.

#hagsto
#proudmummymoment @the_olde_peckster is working incredibly hard converting an old trawler into a home…huge milestone yesterday getting it back into the water after sorting out the hull & sailing from Dover back to the Swale…he sent
@morrisgallery for the superb Women In Print show celebrating the evolving influence and status of women in Liberty textiles over the past 150 years. 

On the train up by happy chance I read  @favershamlife new article about  the lovely @helenadamsde
First frost at first light
In the weeds (literally) creating Edgelads (ii) for tonight’s opening of “The Graduates 2025” show @beachcreativecic , 6-8pm.
Install complete for the @beachcreativecic “The Graduates 2025”

If you’d like to see the finished show get yourself along!

The exhibition runs Nov 1-13, Mon-Sat 10am-4pm in Herne Bay. PV Saturday 1st 6-8pm (I’ll be flouncing
Last Thursday’s “Edgelands” Launch @pilotsheerness 

Thank you to everyone who made it a beautiful night…it was rammed (not sure because of my show but I’m nothing if not an optimist)!

Was having such a splendid time f
Edgelands is installed and ready to welcome you this evening.

Alternative photographs from both sides of the Swale, now open at The Grey Water Gallery.

Launch party tonight, 6-9pm - all welcome! 

Come visit us @pilotsheerness Micropub, 193 High St
6 DAYS TO GO!

Beavering away prepping for EDGELANDS launch night… final touches, framing, phaffing, and having a grand ole time 

My first ever solo show!

Launch: Thursday 16th October, 6-9pm

the Grey Water Gallery, The Pilots’ Rest m
EDGELANDS 

The in-between place where land meets water… Cyanotype, pinhole and watergram photographs made in & inspired by Sheppey and Oare marshes.

Opening 16th Oct at @greywatergallery (yes, it’s in the loo at @thepilotsrest - bu
#stl25day9
@seam_collective
Top Tips

Don’t think about it for months - just begin creating.

A painful lesson: over-researching, sketching, planning and mulling can kill a project before it breathes. 

Having spent 18 months contemplating a re
#stlday8 
“Friendship” prompt
@seam_collective 

Monday mornings at Seasalter Beach became our lifeline during Covid. @rosalind9868, @lindasyarntherapy & I with fibre arts tucked in bags, created our way through isolation and uncertai
#stl25day7
@seam_collective 

Asking Questions

…stay curious!
#stl25day6
@seam_collective 
Traditions

Morning walks - a family ritual. The outer wall on Dad’s workshop had a shelf which held our daily finds: stones, shells, hagstones, curious fragments gathered on dawn wanderings. I carried this forward
#stl25day4 “Warp”
#stl25day5 “Found”
@seam_collective #STL25 

Still playing catch up so woven 2 day’s prompt into one post(see what I did there)

Found carpet fragment with seaweed woven through synthetic fibers with an
@seam_collective 
#septtextilelove25 
day 3 “yellow” 

 #quincejacket which had screen printing taken from an earlier Lino cut & sublimation dye on the reverse side…celebrating the Spring equinox

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