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n sack in the post not so strange as it sounds as for many years now i have embroidered sacks so friends are inclined to gift me one or two from time to time however not all were suitable because i disassemble them so i have a beautiful flat expanse to work on to make a hanging and no longer any kin to a sack so i shamelessly disregard a damaged sack and wonder why anyone would open a sack with a knife and render it useless when it is very easy to remove the stitching and therefore facilitate further use so when i opened the parcel i disappointed that the sack had been opened with a knife and severely wounded and the sight was surprisingly overwhelming and my gut said repair it and give it use little did i know that as winter loomed i too was feeling damaged not visibly like the sack but seemingly irreparable so while i began the repair in the late summer when the winter rains came with unending heaviness the need for gentle repair became more urgent almost with vengeance each day from 1 st december i stitched and stitched random colours and threads and as i greet the spring the job is almost done it is still a sack mended no longer containing coffee beans but filled with love good wishes and hope i have much to be thankful for leave a comment from depression textiles lets find some joy september 21 2025 tags bookmaking continued learning delights design friendship gratitude hope kindness parents zines before i retired maybe ten years ago i spent the day in leicester with a graphic designer and typographer who taught me how to make a booklet using his press a beautiful beast whose name escapes me my type high lino cuts and his type from a selection of many fonts and sizes we made some booklets that i have since sold we have remained friends and i have continued to make booklets and cards using a similar technique with my much smaller adana press however i have found that using desktop publishing software with guidance from another friend and my drawings i can make booklets or zines i like to call them with interesting recycled card and paper i have a pleasing result the subject matter is pertinent to my mood and place in a world that is becoming increasingly uncomfortable for me while i don t want to dwell on the hardships i want to celebrate the good and the honourable in my life and that of my family mainly my parents who for all their shortcomings and i could wax lyrical or not about that instead champion the part they played directly or indirectly in my life my experience with teachers in school as child was not one i really want to celebrate so lest said the better however i do want to pay homage to teachers and facilitators more recently like nick and michael who have helped me so kindly often with little or no payment helping me find a way to become an artist besides that i want to remind myself of the beauty in this fragile world no more wasting time with grievance shame and regret but seeing the joy leave a comment from book making my press outsider art small private press back to the sacks august 31 2025 tags coffee friendship gifts gratitude healing human rights repair sacks slavery stitching writing this week i received a parcel containing a coffee sack an unusual gift except this was from a friend who understands my passion for sacks this attachment started when i first went to brazil in 2012 when i noticed the way in which hessian and sacks were used in traditional craftwork and in general use for door and window covering they were not always decorated but some were beautifully stitched so i took some sacks home to begin a project that would continue until 2020 and beyond i select sacks that are undamaged and with minimum documentation i understand the freshly harvested beans are transported in sacks that have been stitched closed and taken to the next stage of their manufacture at this stage the sacks are opened seemingly for expedience the sack is stabbed with a knife and the beans poured into vats to be roasted the sacks are discarded rendered useless if on the other hand the sack is carefully unstitched the sack is undamaged and can be reused these are the sacks i prefer i unpick the other seams to reveal an open canvas to be stitched painted and appliqued to make wall hangings or lately to make back drops for stop motion animated films another consideration when selecting a sack is the documentation and the farmers emblem while it is vital information for the industry to me it is another thing to cover up or enhance depending on the look i want using the reverse side is an option but some lettering or motifs still show through there is one good thing about the knife damaged sack as it remains in almost pristine condition only having been used once the sack opened more carefully has been repurposed and therefore shabby or perhaps pleasing in other ways so there are pros and cons so back to my gift it was from a dear friend and kindly intended and i am deeply heartened however there is a nasty slash and some stab wounds there is a lot of documentation relating to its content saying where the beans were harvested etc etc while i was delighted with the gift i was at a loss as to what i could do with it i laid gently as it was a precious thing why i did that remains a mystery it s a sack representative of a complex industry where human rights abuses are overlooked in all stages of its production i touched its wounds held them together stitching like a surgeon with his needle and sutures making little back stitches as if the encourage healing and minimise scarring it was a tender moment when i decided to repair the sack as if it were beloved a symbolic gesture rather than open up the sack in an undignified way but to heal it and give it back some life i will in time embroider it not to hang it on the wall or give meaning to a film but to express gratitude to the torn sack which is token of an industry that has given so much but also has caused environmental destruction and despair to poor farmers and enslaved workers i am truly grateful to my friend who unbeknown to her has given rise to a tender work that will aid my own repair 1 comment from outsider art a bunch of flowers every so often june 21 2025 tags beauty care dying essentials flowers garden gardening mothers nature photography self love sustainability town treats wild my mother rarely went to town and i mean made the journey to southampton to do shopping it was 10 miles away and although the fare was only 1 9 return it was a long trip and a quite a chunk out of the 30 give or take she had to spend on the essentials she needed to buy she only did the trip at christmas and a little before the summer holidays my mum didn t work for the man that is so any extra came from my dad and his trips to the scrap man or work on the side that might amount to an extra 2 or 3 for christmas gifts or sandals for the summer holidays so while there was no wild expenditure we looked forward to her return with maybe a treat for tea one thing i remember that on these days she would bring herself home a treat i remember it was tiny bunch of flowers some mimosa or freesia with the loveliest perfume they were gently placed in a vase and took pride of place until their petals dropped when we moved to a house in 1960s we had a garden and my mum enjoyed and endured many hours growing flowers fruit and vegetables to feed the family and spent most of her life as a jobbing gardener she was reluctant to pick flowers from the garden it seemed harsh to cut them so unceremoniously and shorten their precious lives i have a garden and i grow flowers i too am reluctant to bring them indoors i rarely buy myself flowers they have become so expensive or have they i don t know how much flowers were comparatively in the 1950s so my reasoning is probably not valid i am trying to address this and give myself a treat too however it is difficult to find a supplier that can meet my sustainability needs so i think i will have some fun researching this bunch was not expensive and seemingly the supplier is committed to making long term positive change for our community and the world around us this bunch lasted much longer than i expected and came by royal mail and posted through the letter box looked lovely and smelt divine and now much depleted and without water i think will continue to delight leave a comment from outsider art river story school june 5 2025 tags education further education home learning parents punishment school teachers my early life at home was not always comfortable warm or dry it was sometimes unsafe and i was allowed more responsibility than was healthy for a child personal hygiene was not a priority my parents sometimes neglectful and harsh nonetheless it was my home and i was protected from the outside world which for me was to be so much more hazardous looking back and now i am parent myself under the circumstances they tried their best school on the other hand was by far worse the teachers were judgemental intolerant and without empathy the teaching methods repetitive monotonous and deadly dull they used spiteful punishments for even the most trivial misdemeanour my parents for all their faults taught me the skills at home directly or indirectly that have stood me in good stead as healthy and creative person as a parent at work and socially i did get 6 gcses ba and ma and have had a rich and fulfilled working life but my experience at school was traumatic i have an inherent fear of teachers and the schoolroom situation since i remain a curious and eager to learn i approach learning with trepidation often i teach myself but i am a horrid taskmaster so while i don t wield a whip there must be a cake not so much a carrot leave a comment from coat hanger dolls river story always time for tea june 4 2025 tags comfort cups list memory shopping tea teapot as i child i did the weekly shop and the story engraved on my heart is told in a previous blog top of the list neatly written by my mother was 1 4lb pj tips 2lb sugar fussells condensed milk etc tea and the making of it was traditional and heart warming as soon as we were weaned a cup of sweet milky tea was accompaniment for every meal and often in between with a biscuit to dunk if we were lucky to this day it is a ritual i continue although now it is without sugar and milk also i have a preference to chinese tea and the accoutrements are a little less utilitarian nonetheless the memory with the gentle meditative routine is one i wish to continue leave a comment from river story whiteknights studio trail june 3 2025 tags anxiety art artist books charity creative writing depression fundraising local history painting storytelling studio writing in a few days i take up residency in the home of my benefactor for the whiteknights studio trail this blog is seen across the world so i will not bore you all with the background of this event it is enough for me to say for me in reading uk it is a huge privilege to be accepted and take part for two days in the streets that surround the vast whiteknights campus of reading university homes and studios of artists and creatives of all genre become massive gallery of works of art artists display their recent collections to neighbours friends and family who wander from home studio to home studio with a view to browse buy listen chat or partake in refreshments as they go i am a local artist reluctant or unable to describe my art coherently or in a few words two years ago after i graduated from university with a ma in textiles i began a venture into stop motion animation and storytelling using my textile skills i made 1 6 dolls with coat hanger wire sculpted them a little with felt and designed costumes so that they could potentially enact stories i began writing when i was an artist in residence in the turbine house reading museum in 2023 and 2024 during both these occasions i was joined by filmmaker matt hulse fortunately i was spotted by a local charitable fundraiser who encouraged me to make an application for a grant to make a film and publish a book the application was successful and the book s and film have been completed the illustrated stories document the lives of an imagined family who may have lived in reading by the thames and kennet and avon canal in 1850 tells the story of how they coped with the coming and arrival of the industrial revolution and it wasn t always a happy story the film while does show some of the stop motion sequences made during the last 2 years it is much to do with my magical world as an artist and my relationship with river life in the 1950s highlighting the cultural differences between town and country and coming to terms with peace where there had been so much devastation and the subsequent rebuilding of homes going on to show how i found solace in doll making then and now as i look towards life as an elderly person at a time when the world is not so kind i would like to thank rgspaces for their financial support in this project annette haworth who has kindly allowed me the use of her home this coming weekend also matt hulse the filmmaker and anne nolan the book publisher who have worked relentlessly with me dragging me into a world of art and social interaction which is nor always comfortable for me leave a comment from coat hanger dolls outsider art the river always something to learn june 2 2025 tags 35mm boat buiding camera creative writing family grief life love machine parents sailing sewing writing my parents got together immediately after 2 nd world war in essex where they both lived my father recently out of the merchant navy was keen to continue his boat building skills with some like minded souls he towed some boats including his own little sailing boat around the east coast of england to the solent particularly the hamble river here the yachting industry that was flourishing before the war needed investment and skilled workers it was an arduous journey my dad lost his boat tools and all his belongings he survived and they continued with a fleet to be converted into homes or sailing vessels this story was documented among others in a book called black water men by arthur and michael emmett page 81 my dad arrived with no tools and the clothes he stood in my mum joined him later she proved no less resourceful and helped him make a home for me to come their first child in 1950 between them they built at least 3 houseboats the first a motor torpedo boat mtb called heron and the last a converted landing craft lca called miscellany during these early days my dad bought home a singer sewing machine from the scrap man for my mum which she made good use of for many years she taught me dressmaking and embroidery giving me independence and joy and more recently a successful further education and now a flourishing career in textiles my mum was scholar before the war and continued to write and educate not only in the school nearby but at home reading...