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kate bowles books pages monday 6 november 2017 matchbox book 4 it s november which brings me the annual opportunity to make another piece of matchbox art to raise funds for the yorkshire children s cancer charity candle lighters i couldn t resist exhibitors at this novembers crafted by hand 4th and 5th november have been asked to make pieces of art that will fit in a matchbox proceeds will go to the wonderful candlelighters i will be offering my book for sale via my folksy shop at uk time 7pm on monday 6th november includes free p p so using scraps of my indigo dyed fabric one of my tiny porcelain buttons images and text copied from my imperial dictionary published in 1883 i made an indigo matchbox book posted by kate at 08 11 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday 30 august 2017 english seaside indigo and walnut smocked books more english seaside than mediterranean coast inspired by recent trips to the jurassic coastlines of england famous for their fossils and alum mining kimmeridge and north yorkshire kimmeridge in the south and whitby in the north hunting for black treasure whitby jet posted by kate at 04 12 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday 25 april 2017 3 step mordant 3 dye pots and a bit of smocking an invitation to take part in the surface pattern exhibition at unit twelve gallery 27th april 26th august 2017 the opportunity to make more smocked books inspiration to replicate the gold tooling on the spine of the book with a feminine art form reminiscent of the smocked dresses many of us wore as children and for some the memory of the women who made those dresses dyes indigo madder and goldenrod mordant 3 step alum and tannin it may take 3 days but oh my the colours are so clear fabric recycled bed sheet and linen threads paper 130 gsm recycled cartridge paper madder and goldenrod dyed cotton and linens overdyed with indigo to hush the fierce yellow in situ and unit twelve topping up in june posted by kate at 04 00 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday 4 march 2017 darning revisited new darned books created for grace whowell who owns and runs the gorgeous beyond measure just in time for the edinburgh yarn festival years ago with two small children and a need to make some money i adopted the approach of only using materials that i already owned one thing i had in abundance was a stash of previously loved woollies that had been lost to washing machine disasters i no longer make these flower corsages but i did hold on to the felted wool and scraps of my hand dyed linen threads some of which have been used for the books posted by kate at 05 10 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday 8 february 2017 18thc madder dyed fabrics i find january and february particularly difficult months due to the lack of light and warmth although it impacts my productivity it does allow me the time to pause think and explore i ve just had coffee with my friend and fellow book artist annwyn dean she kindly brought along samples of 18thc madder dyed fabrics from her vast collection of historical textiles and was happy for me to tap her extensive knowledge re historical textiles and their production so much to think about and resear ch here are some of the prints and books she has produced inspired by these fabrics http www annwyndean com rollong on 12th january 2017 previous posts http katebowles blogspot co uk 2016 09 madder red html http katebowles blogspot co uk 2016 10 matchbox book 3 html posted by kate at 04 38 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday 31 december 2016 welcoming 2017 wishing you all a very happy new year 2017 indigo smocked book posted by kate at 04 38 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday 28 october 2016 matchbox book 3 it s october and i had the opportunity to make another piece of matchbox art to raise funds for the yorkshire childrens cancer charity candle lighters i couldn t resist exhibitors at this novembers crafted by hand 5th and 6th november have been asked to make pieces of art that will fit in a matchbox visitors to the event will be able to vote for their favourite s and buy them too proceeds will go to the wonderful candlelighters and the winner receives a prize from craft and design magazine so using scraps of madder dyed fabric images and text copied from my imperial dictionary published in 1882 i made a rose madder smocked matchbox book 2 6 cm x 1 2 cm spine rounded backed and lined rose madder smocked matchbox book posted by kate at 04 21 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to comments atom about me kate i am an artist and craft maker who thoroughly enjoys recycling previously cherished fabrics and papers into whimsical yet functional hand bound notebooks and journals view my complete profile find me here shop fb page pinterest and here 2016 blog archive 2017 5 november 1 matchbox book 4 august 1 april 1 march 1 february 1 2016 6 december 1 october 1 september 1 june 1 may 1 january 1 2015 9 november 1 october 1 september 1 july 1 may 1 march 2 february 1 january 1 2014 9 december 1 october 2 september 1 july 1 june 1 april 1 february 1 january 1 2013 28 december 1 november 2 october 1 august 2 july 2 june 2 may 5 april 2 march 3 february 5 january 3 2012 5 november 2 october 1 september 2 followers simple theme powered by blogger