Page 7 Soluble lace sample based on mark-making from Lakeland rain

Mark making with bleach

Marks suggested zig-zag to reflect wobbly lines of rain drops - used spiralling lines of zig-zag - leaving holes - variegated colour thread to create undulations.

7.5 cm x 7.5 cm

Page 6 Soluble lace sample based on drawing of Lakeland rain

Short pencil mark shapes then turned paper round and made straight lines over corrugated card.

The drawing suggested straight direction lines. I used lines/layers of straight stitch replicating marks - colours and shapes blended beautifully together.

8 cm x 9 cm

Page 5 Series of small squares using different stitch methods

From top left to bottom:

1. Whip stitch straight - navy and blue underneath
2. Whip zig-zag - straight lines overlapping - orange in bottom - variegated colour in top
3. Cable straight stitch - open lines
4. Straight cable - open and dense
5. Small zig-zag - open effect
6. Straight stitch - different directions
7. Straight in curved stitches to reflect a ripple
8. Cable straight - metallic in top
9. Straight stitch in one direction - dense and open
10. Straight stitch - two directions - dense and open
11. Straight in spiral shapes - catching in fabric
12. Fancy cable stitch Z - metal thread in top

12 cm x 8 cm

Page 4 Use of dissolvable fabrics

Technical samples using one type of stitch on different cold water solubles

Feels like light weight vilene. Did not split despite a number of layers of stitching - can see stitching easier while using as it is not see through.

Feels like very thin plastic. Doesn't split when doing layers of stitches.


Feels like thick plastic. Went in to the ring very easily and takes dense areas of stitching very well but did split slightly after a few lines of stitching in the same area.

Page 3 Work of Mary-Anne Morrison

Mary-Anne Morrison

I selected Mary-Anne Morrison as I particularly liked the way fabric has been manipulated and stitched to create movement and flow which is relevant to the theme of water and sky.

Mary-Anne Morrison is a selected member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen and the 62 Group of Textile Artists. Mary-Anne's holds solo exhibitions and pieces of work tour nationally and internationally.

Mary-Anne trained under Julia Caprara with Opus School of Textile Art. She experiments with unexpected materials making highly individual 3D sculptural forms involving swirling rhythms, continuous circular movement and multiples. These dynamic sculptural textiles are made from varying materials which are stitched with thread. Mary-Anne allows her sculptural forms to develop in the direction dictated both by the material and the techniques of stitching, claiming only to intervene only to balance the piece rather than control it. Usually working in monochrome and sometimes introducing colour, she makes connections and achieves a harmonious whole.

Mary-Anne has currently developed a new technique with wearable art. She makes unique Fascinators and Neck Ruffs.

Here are some example's of Mary-Anne's work:

Medusa

Cosmic Hybrids

Cosmic Hybrid

Cosmic spores

Peelings

Page 2 Work of Jan Beaney

Jan Beaney

Jan Beaney is one of Britain's leading contemporary embroiderers and teachers. Jan has written many publications, articles and appeared on several television programmes. Jan lectures throughout Britain and abroad. Jan joined the 62 group in 1963 and has shown in all of their major exhibitions. Jan's work involves using innovative machine stitchery, often using water soluble techniques to create new stitched fabrics. Design themes are based on drawings of colour and texture in landscape.

Here are some examples of Jan's work:

Crete Series: Kalo Chorio Garden (detail) 1991

Skala Erossos - Early Evening (2009)

In Unison 3 (2008)

Rhododendron Tunnel (1976)

From Just One Drop (2008)

Page 1 Work of Jae Maries

Jae Maries

Jae's main theme since graduating from Reading University (BA Hons Fine Art) has been to represent people in everyday situations. She often makes use of thumb nail sketches as inspiration which are then developed in to life size wall hung textile pieces.

More recently, Jae's work has changed direction and she is creating panels using her Visual Diaries as her resource. The marks, symbols and relevant studio fragments represent the events, feelings and actions that impact on Jae in her everyday life.

Jae trained as an oil painter and moved in to stitched textiles later in her career with the intention of combining stitched surfaces with painted fabric sections. The challenge of working simulatenously with oil painted surfaces and fabrics is technically stretching but she enjoys the contrast between the spontaneity of the brush stroke and the hands-on tactile approach that comes with dyeing, manipulating and stitching in to fabric.

As well as being an artist, Jae is an internationally recognised lecturer and tutor in creative textiles and has taught in Australia and USA. She has also exhibited widely in Japan, Israel, USA and Switzerland as well as the UK. She is an exhibiting member of 62 Group of Textile Artists.

Here are some examples of Jae's work. These are all painted fabrics with hand and machine stitching.

Shoreline

Flora

Tracts 1

Lorna and Bridget

Barbara