cheese grater and ice cream scoop

inspired by a cheese grater ~ this piece also has hand stitch and is one of my favourites

we're getting ready for our exhibition at college and that means painting wall and boards for all the work to be arranged on. The rooms look fresh and bright and on Thursday all the work has to go for final assessment and is then hung!! and so Im collecting all my work together Ive done so far in my HNC units, I dont think Ill be given much space to hang my things as Im part time but never the less it will be brilliant to have my work up with everyone elses

this piece is inspired by an ice cream scoop

My first wish is that my mum was here to see it! She would be so proud of me ~ that I know. My second wish is that all my kids would just come home from Australia ~ just for the exhibition mind they could then return to rainforests, diving off the Great Barrier reef, playing gigs and generally having fun ( what a life)! Back to the business in hand though ~ the exhibition, I'd forgetton some of the work I'd created back in September and so tonight I photographed it and thought I'd show those of you who are interested.

this piece is also inspired by an ice cream scoop

This unit was surface decoration for textiles and it was done with kitchen untensils! The media (which had to be black, white or shades of) could be dye, water colour or acrylic paint we could also use black ink and bleach and any kind of paper. We had to draw with our right hands and our left hands we had to oil the paper! bleach the paper, candle wax and batik wax the paper and then paint it with our kitchen utensils, the results were piles of fabulous papers which we then had to collage with again using the kitchen utensils as our inspiration.

this piece is inspired by an ice cream scoop

as you'll see, my chosen items were a cheese grater and an ice cream scoop.

this piece is 3 dimensional and the cones are made from painted tissue paper
this is definitely inspired by the cheese grater

another cheese grater inspired piece it is also
3 dimensional

think that will be all for now ~ will try and post more images if I find enough time later in the week, till then ~ Judy x

green for a year of colour

lime green leaves and mossy green

for May a year of colour is featuring the colour green ~ here's a selection of my work and photographs with all shades of green. Hope you enjoy click on the photos to see large! ..............

artist trading card

rose photographed at Aldie Castle open garden

inchies made to go with some banner triangles I made

one of the banner triangles

silk fabric

atc made for a swap

a sketch book with cover made for a friend

shisha stitch around a bit of rusty drainpipe

from my garden scimia I think

a little embroidery

simple stitch

inspiration from my garden

charms made for a swap Ruth Rae organised

old pan tiles

mossy walls

hand dyed fabric using procion dye

threads

more hand dyed fabrics after theyve been ironed

prefelt with stitch ready to be felted

algae on an upturned boat at Elie Fife

taken from a back street in Oxford England

my friend Julies mothers day flowers

great inspiration

At Dundee college we have 3 artists who come in and teach ~ they are all designer makers (I love that expression) and are all so different but a great inspiration. They gave us a chance on Friday to ask questions about their businesses and their art, it was brilliant. So the first tutor is Ruth who owns Roobedo which is based in Pitlochry Scotland where she makes contemporary Harris Tweed clothing, all to order and accessories and gifts which are beautiful, her wide leg trousers are amazing and when I finish my "healthy eating" (ok diet) Im going to have a pair made.

Click on the picture and you'll go to Roobedo!

Our next tutor is Claire Heminsley who graduated from Glasgow School of Art specialising in textiles. Her business is known as incahoots and here she sells her illustrations and textile art ~ Claire brought in her sketch books showing how alot of her designs are created, all I can say is that it was amazing and such an honour to see her work in this form. She has an exhibition coming in July in the Collins Gallery in Glasgow and if you can go ~ then go!
Claire does amazing illustrations in scraperboard and sells them as prints

Click on the picture and it should take you to Claires site.

Lastly but definitely not least we have James Donald ( he has been one of my mentors during my graded unit) who is a weaver ~ he is based in Edinburgh and has a studio Pick One and shop Concrete Wardrobe ~ 50a broughton street, edinburgh, which he co owns with Fiona McIntosh who also owns Tessuti !!! We are surrounded by so much talent. James weaves amazing beautiful scarves and shawls in scrumptious colours ~ I have my eyes on one which is red, pink and a touch of purple ~ look at the wonderful detail, they are real heirloom pieces and just beautiful.

Click on the photo and you should go to James' site

James is one of the founders of designEd a collection of 13 designer makers from different fields including glass, ceramics, textiles, fashion, metalwork, basketry, lighting and furniture the group stage exhibitions and are individually successful award winning artists and designers. Look out for their exhibitions Ill try and remind you when they arise.

So you see how fortunate I am ~ the morning with them was so informative and as the class was a mix of textile art students and fashion students there were questions relating to all aspects of their art. Hope you enjoy their sites ~ Make a cuppa and explore all this Scottish talent from the comfort of your home, till next time ~ Judy x

To all my lovely friends Im sorry Ive not been around, the last two months have just disappeared ~ alot has happened to me and around me since I was last here and things just got too much at one point ~ however Ive still been creating and making lots and lots of art ~ for now I wanted to share a couple of the digital collages Ive made using Nance at Crowabouts collage sheets ~ she does do awesome compilations. Hope to catch up with you all again ... Judy x