Scroll of The Year: Update

Dear loves

It is Autumn and although it has been quite warm in the UK, even summery on occasion, I am so glad this season of abundance and preservation is here. Summer was way too hot for this perimenopausal woman. When it comes, I am relishing the cooler air, the rain and wearing long sleeves. Even though I love how grounded and fresh I feel walking around barefoot during the Summer, I am looking forward to wearing my boots, getting my clomp on and swishing through the fallen leaves!

You may have followed my ‘Scroll of the Year’ project this year; my visual, textile journal, where I document small and simple joys, moments, feelings and dreams. If you have, you will know that June was my last entry. I have decided that it will be just that, my last. Perhaps I should rename it ‘Scroll of the Half Year’.

You can read each entry and see pictures of each month by clicking on the months in the captions below the images…

I feel good about where I got to with this ambitious project. I have poured many hours into it, I have documented numerous joys, moments and thoughts and I have made many many stitches! I am most grateful for how it became a place to experiment with my developing style. I began creating imagery using black embroidery thread and that is very much what I still do. Over the months, I learnt that I wanted to introduce my own hand printed fabric, more colour and a vintage element to my work. It has very much led me to where I am now and that perhaps was it’s job.

I now spend my days in the pursuance of a mixed media art practice and I love it! I am working with paper, fabric and paper-like fabric. I am printing, mark making, collaging, patchworking, sketching, embroidering and writing, by hand and sometimes with the help of machines. I am mostly inspired by nature and nostalgia. I feel like I may be home…