Archive
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A New Thread with DIY
Following the successful tour of “Following The Thread”, DIY Theatre company has begun devising another original touring show about ‘Space’. I have been in running creative workshops to use design to help generate ideas and boost the devising process.
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First MA Pecha Kucha
I had to do a Pecha Kucha as part of my Textiles Practice MA at Manchester School of Art. For those who don’t know, a Pecha Kucha is a presentation of 20 slides, each shown for 20 seconds. Simple, right?
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CELLS – Live Art by Proud & Loud Arts at Manchester Art Gallery
“Cells – a body of work” is a collection of live art installations by Proud & Loud Arts created in response to the Manchester Evening News report, in October 2015, describing a 140% rise in reported hate crime incidents against people with disabilities These witty yet challenging artworks offer a thought provoking and creative glimpse into […]
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Colour Pop Exhibition
Colour Pop Exhibition by Manchester Craft Mafia
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
from 25th July 2016
A body of work using black & white or greyscale as the main colour bases that use colour as an accent to enhance the piece of work.
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New CraftyWotnots Redbubble Store
My Museum Linocut designs to a CraftyWotnots store on Redbubble. This means you can now get my linocuts on a range of products from clothing to home decor, bags to stationery.
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Shell Poem by Sarah L Dixon
I won a poem. I was asked for a photo or 6 words. Having created textiles from poems, I decided to give her a photo of my recent work.
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She Sews Sea Shells by the Sea Shore.
I have been exploring mussel shells in stitch through embellishing fabrics and free motion embroidery to create 2D & 3D textiles.
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Rock, Paper, Scissors.
I have been experimenting with collaging in both paper and textiles to create artwork inspired by rocks, pebbles & shells.
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Happy New Year aka Resolutions part 2
Happy New Year.
So back in September at the start of the school year I made a few resolutions. Now we have hit the traditional time for resolutions, it’s time to look back at how I have done and add some new ones…
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Photos from December’s Mafia Makes
In December, I was guest crafter for Manchester Craft Mafia’s monthly craft sessions at Common and The Beagle making Christmas decorations using leatherette and fleece.
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News – December’s Mafia Makes Sessions
I am guest crafter for December’s Mafia Makes. Here’s the poster with all the details of what, when & where…
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Still Learning…
I love learning new techniques & skills. Recently I attended a “Textural Collage” masterclass from Dionne Swift at Janome headquarters in Stockport.
A great introduction to the possibilities of an embellisher leaving me itching to do more.