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12th-26th September

I have been a part of this since the Taster event.  This year we are coming back stronger than ever.  Events are planned - Workshops which can be booked through Eventbrite - also guided Tours of the town and art work.  There will be Free Art Friday - with work from artists which is yours to keep - if you find it!  We hope to have a plethora of Postcards - from the Artists and local schools, which are yours to buy for a suggested donation of £5.  Also a photography competition, with super prizes, and charity auction.

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Oh, and me... well I'll have work in Oak Dental which is right in the Square (the bus stop is outside) Actually I used to work in this building when it was a Solicitors office.  I'm displaying book art.

ERTF

On Friday Juliet and I went over to the Warner Textile Archive in Braintree, Essex. We went for two reasons 1) to see our work on exhibition, and 2) to start work on another ERTF/Warner collaboration.
Incidentally, ERTF - Eastern Region Textile Forum: www.ertf.org.uk The above is my entry (sneaky peek on previous posting) for the 2nd Challenge, making A4 sized work from a sectional piece of fabric/design from the Archive. We had no choice, it was pot luck which you were given in a sealed envelope. My design had just the pink honeysuckle flowers, which you can see - a bit of computer manipulation and my end result. Its on display at Braintree until 21st August, and then it will move to The Long Shop, Cambridge, from 8th Sept. There are over 40 pieces on display, alongside the design source, its beautifully displayed well worth a visit. I don't know if a calendar will go ahead or not... but my piece has been shortlisted for it.
The main part of our visit was taken up looking at fabrics designed by Owen Jones, in order to make work for a future display at the Archive. We can make whatever we wish, its not juried but its specifically for exhibition at Braintree. No dates have been fixed, but likely to be on show from early Summer 2010. So there's time to think, especially to come to terms with fabrics from the 1870s in bubblegum pink, or hot citrus yellow!!! And we think of these as being so modern.
It was a good meeting - and 2010 is filling up with potential opportunities.... and..... even heard about things for 2011! And I thought last year being able to buy the following year's desk diary in August, was a bit extreme.... perhaps not.

Progress

Had a meeting with Juliet regarding our joint exhibition in September. As she makes constructed textiles and wearables, and we both embroider, but mine is more likely to include the use of paper - finding a title has been difficult, but we have that solved now.

Knit One, Stitch One

I think it sums up exactly what we will have on offer. And once you have the title you can do all the rest, like info to magazines etc. We made great progress in working out the what, when, how and who.

Work wise progress has been slow... lots of ideas but none of them appear to be THE idea! Here is something started... since the photo its actually progressed considerably, as its almost 7" wide. What next for it....

Looking Forward

Today, along with my friend Juliet, (whose creativity lies in knitted textiles) we've looked at the exhibition arrangements at the local adult community college. Some very long corridors, but very bright, as they run around a quadrangle. We've a lot of space to fill, but its a great opportunity - reaching out in both directions, giving both local artists and the college a wider audience.
So we've got until September to make new work, organise ourselves, find a suitable title for our exhibition, and sort all the other things which are necessary to put on an exhibition.
But... before all that, June is full of deadlines - 4, if I try for them all. Well I've been shopping today, bought some larger canvases - just in case I can fill them!!