Catherine Campbell

I finished my embroidery. It turned out to be more like an old fashioned sampler in the end as I was experimenting with different techniques and various patterns. It's a bit all over the place but I think I like it, definitely something I am going to do more of in the future.

I have had the needle and thread out lately, inspired by looking at Crewel and Jacobean embroidery. It's a lovely free form version of embroidery, much like making a drawing in thread rather than ink.

Hopefully this little project will find it's way to being finished very soon and I will have some pictures to show. In fact I've already ordered it a box frame and am hoping to put it in an exhibition that opens next week. Oh yeah... a case of cart before horse I think.

For now... don't forget, if you're wandering around Collingwood tonight come and visit Gasometer Hotel as we're having a music and art show... it's upstairs, starting around 6pm!

I am in a show that is happening tomorrow night. It's called Moving Hands and there will be art by Andrea Innocent, Cat Rabbit, Darin Bendall and myself, along with music by The Icypoles, Ida Morris, Moon Dice and Yuko Kono.

It's at the Gasometer Hotel - Gas Gallery (484 Smith Street, Collingwood) from 6pm - 11.30pm so if you're in the area please come and say hello!

Hello Monday! I hope you have had a nice weekend, I've been making and eating pickles! I even grew the cucumbers that made the pickles... and the tomatoes that kept them company in the sandwich.

Quite exciting really... growing vegetables.

  

Huguette Caland. My new favourite.

Handmade Portraits: Sophie Blackall from Etsy on Vimeo.

This is great, I love the illustrations of Sophie Blackall.

What is interesting to me is that she seems to paint the entire piece in shades of grey then add a colour glaze over the top. I think this technique is called Grisaille? (It looks like it might be fun to experiment with.)

 

www.sophieblackall.com

Playing around with lines and colours and ideas...

Keeping things messy for the moment.