tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28101207252645920862024-03-13T16:16:45.635+00:00Louise GardinerContemporary Embroidery with a Twist.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951881890800344204noreply@blogger.comBlogger372125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810120725264592086.post-67179527983820245442015-05-13T12:59:00.001+01:002015-05-13T12:59:17.518+01:00TA DAAAAA.... <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">I have recently completed a commission to create a giant painted and embroidered quilt as part of Liberty’s 140<sup>th</sup> anniversary celebrations - and I will be joining it in the window as part of a living display this Friday 15th May!</strong></h1>
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<strong>The quilt will be displayed in the department store’s window on Great Marlborough Street until the </strong><br />
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<b>The quilt, titled ‘The Liberty Lighthouse of Love’, takes Victorian maritime tattoos as its theme, inspired by the fact that the famous Tudor-style department store was built using timbers from two naval ships, </b></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> It depicts a stylised red and white lighthouse beaming out over stormy seas set within a rope frame. Beneath is a ship’s wheel surrounded by old English roses and steered by two busty babes reminiscent of the female figures sailors had tattooed on their arms. Above is a decorative scroll worked with the name Liberty and supported by two glamorous pouting mermaids, while other motifs include swallows, stars and union jacks. </b></div>
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<b>I spent 5 days researching historical maritime tattoos and was attracted to their subversive, faintly cheeky nature. To reflect this I used the strong reds, blues and blacks associated with traditional tattoos, but has also added brighter colours such as neon, gold and metallic and has placed the central lighthouse in frame of high-visibility fabric which will glow in the right direct light.</b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">“Everybody is blown away by Lou’s maritime quilt. We are so excited to have it in the window </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">and on display in the </span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">shop for our special Birthday celebrations.” </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>"Here's a beautiful Tribute to our <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/111941970864705001393" target="_blank">+Liberty London</a> 140 years from the fab @loulougardiner come and check out our window!" </b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;"><b>The quilt measures 1.6 m x 2.3 m and is the largest single piece I have ever made. The making process was highly time consuming and involved machine embroidering a full scale drawing of the design onto the linen ground using a domestic sewing machine. </b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; text-align: left;"><b>Next the embroidered outlines were worked up using a combination of appliqué, paint, ink and further embroidery to create a multi-layered, textured piece. It had to be complete for delivery in 20 days due to tight deadlines – which was I can tell you an exhilarating challenge. </b></span></div>
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Even now, I still get a tingling of excitement when the morning light in my bedroom says 'LOOK OUTSIDE!' and you pull up the blind or swing back the curtains and everything is white. What a wondrous thing snow is. For the earth to be covered in a soft white blanket and to see splobs of cold fluff to be falling from the sky is so refreshing and magical. Constant, fast but strangely slow.<br />
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Yes of course it can be challenging and chilly but its such a nice change to see the surroundings in a new light. A bright white light reflecting everywhere. And also knowing that it will soon melt and that you have to grasp the moment and get out there whilst it is untouched... seeing the new country side and listening to the unusual sounds under your feet. I love it.<br />
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At the moment I am grasping each January day as it comes along knowing that my creativity is stirring and building. I have some lovely challenging commissions ahead of me, birds and hedgerows, words and seedlings; I am looking forward to getting involved with these pieces for new clients. I am so lucky to be able to do this work and instead of panicking and giving myself a hard time - unless I am physically grafting away at the machine, often not giving credit to the rest of my important duties, giving myself unrealistic deadlines... I am now learning to concentrate and appreciate the smaller jobs, administration, technological blockages that come with being freelance. <br />
But most importantly, I am nurturing my own heart and filling my mind with calm and nourishment. Special things take time. <br />
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Look after yourself ... nurture your creativity however small you see it ... open your mind and your heart as much as possible. Its so important to stop once in a while and tidy your space, recharge and prepare. Life is fast but whats shocking and we all forget a lot of the time that we are meant to enjoy it. YES WE ARE!<br />
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So take the time to look at the heavily dusted branches of the hedge rows and trees, the crispy beech leaves mixed up with white, the thin long line of fluff along a wire fence, the mixed up foot prints of other peoples journeys, the fluffy tops of cars and appreciate the change, the diversity of our wonderful weather.<br />
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Hallelujiah ... there was just a flash of light and a huge crack of thunder in the sky. My writing isn't that good!!! Ha ha. I try.<br />
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And now I can hear rain against the window.<br />
Is the snow going... tomorrow maybe gone?<br />
But it was gorgeous whilst it lasted.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951881890800344204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810120725264592086.post-22716674527743006102015-01-22T12:59:00.003+00:002015-01-22T12:59:33.880+00:00Sometimes its scary that it all comes down to you and what you make of it .....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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All this 'life is what you make it' and 'fortune favours the brave' makes me feel tired sometimes. <br />
My new moto for 2015 is just be honest with how you are feeling right now and if thats rubbish then so be it. If its lazy... then so be it. If its joyous... great enjoy. If its boring... so what. <br />
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If I am not feeling creative ... well there you go I am not and if I am feeling frightened of the future well then I am and it will change on its own I don't need to pretend to be brave. <br />
I have had a life time of trying to achieve and do and be successful but 2015 for me is about just being. <br />
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So there you go --- thought for the day. Rock and Roll. I have become a guru. HA!<br />
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The longer cushions are great for supporting your back either in bed having a cup of tea, on the sofa or in the car. Some of the cushions have a tufty fringe finish which I found in a shop in Macclesfield. Which reminds me .. I must go back and buy the rest as they only have one off things there!</div>
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The story of the Saatchi piece 'You blow me Away' was such an important part of my career and the absolutely beautiful to touch grey velvet on the reverse was also used to line the ceilings of sports cars. It is the most tactile velvet I have ever felt and I only have a little left.</div>
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I have sold all my poufs except one which is super luxurious and looking for a glamorous home. Another quilt sold in Hoopers at my second appearance at my POP UP November shop - which was a great success. Will be doing another one soon! It has been very rewarding working with my first department store and a family run one at that! A great way to begin this retail adventure. </div>
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Emma does a lot of photography for the National Trust - if you are wanting to meet or hire the most down to earth photographer in the world... She is your woman! </div>
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Over the past 20 years, I have taught at Museums, Guilds and Universities across the UK. </div>
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I have demonstrated drawing with a sewing machine on R4's 'Women's Hour', taught <strong>Kirstie Allsopp</strong> a master class on Kirsty's Homemade Home and have a fabulous <a data-mce-href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/may/11/embroidery-masterclass-emma-kennedy" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/may/11/embroidery-masterclass-emma-kennedy" style="color: #cc3399; cursor: text !important; text-decoration: none;">workshop review</a> by Emma Kennedy from The Guardian. </div>
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My workshops take place at a historic water-powered cotton mill called <a data-mce-href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-quarrybankmillandstyalestate" href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-quarrybankmillandstyalestate" style="color: #cc3399; cursor: text !important; text-decoration: none;">Quarry Bank</a> in the village of Styal, Cheshire, which has a rich textile heritage and is a mile from my own studio. I was invited here to exhibit in 2011 and in conjunction with this solo show I began a series of SUPERSTITCHERS workshops to bring the rock and roll back into stitch. </div>
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The VENUE - QBM - is 3 miles from <strong>Manchester Airport</strong> and also from <strong>Wilmslow Train Station</strong> in CHESHIRE which is on the London Euston to Manchester line. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" data-mce-style="font-weight: 900; font-size: small; color: #b0e60e; background-color: #f5e9f5;" style="background-color: #f5e9f5; color: #b0e60e; font-size: x-small; font-weight: 900;">Please bring something to embellish and adorn for example- a collar, a waistcoat, a jacket, a pocket, a denim shirt or a fabric belt. It is best to bring something that has is not too fine or flimsy. We are going to Jazz it right up with gorgeousness!</span></div>
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<strong><span class="Apple-style-span" data-mce-style="color: #4d3434;" style="color: #4d3434;">2015 </span></strong><strong>(10 am - 5 pm)</strong></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" data-mce-style="font-weight: 900; font-size: small; color: #7716cc;" style="color: #7716cc; font-size: x-small; font-weight: 900;"><span class="Apple-style-span">A lively and rejuvenating workshop for the new year. Using a large circle as a basis, we will create a 'disco ball' of colour texture and sparkle using various techniques including applique, paint, sequins and thread. This will be a great chance to experiment and express yourself without being too precious, to use the sewing machine in a vigorous way and be forced to fill space with colour and texture Guarenteed to help you put the va va voom back into your creativity for the New year! </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" data-mce-style="font-weight: 900; font-size: small; color: #7716cc;" style="color: #7716cc; font-size: x-small; font-weight: 900;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" data-mce-style="font-weight: 900; font-size: small; color: #b0e60e; background-color: #f5e9f5;" style="background-color: #f5e9f5; color: #b0e60e; font-size: x-small; font-weight: 900;">The mill provides a relaxed beautiful and roomy environment and I provide the sherry! Ideal for all levels and those that just want a restorative creative break.</span></span></span></div>
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I think it is truly beautiful and the highest quality available. I wear my scarves all the time. </div>
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Having worked long and hard on creating a 'product' with local designers and British manufacturers I have developed a unique item which is a pleasure to wear. </div>
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These limited edition pieces represent the intense and highly detailed embroidered artworks that I have completed over the last 10 years. The designs are developed from high resolution photographs of artworks that I have completed for a range of public commissions, exhibitions and private clients. These clients include Liberty, The Saatchi Gallery and Gallery Espace, India. </div>
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They are not digital or photo-shop designs, they are photographs of my embroidered and painted and appliqued works printed onto fine quality Crepe de Chine silk.</div>
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I am now on my 4th edition print run but this time I am preparing my largest stock pile of gorgeous Crepe De Chine Silk Scarves for a Department store. </div>
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To kick start this collaboration I have just installed a double window display either side of Hoopers revolving door. In <b style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">window 1</b> I have staged a 'mock studio' to make the connection between threads, scissors, fabric and finished artwork. </div>
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It is wonderful to have found a prestigious place who will support and represent me at a crucial time in my career. It is absolutely wonderful that it is local. I am delighted that they believe in my work and have given me such an exciting platform to show my collection. </div>
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I have been invited to teach Kirstie Allsopp on the Super Theatre Stage at the Handmade Fair at 2pm on Friday 19th September and show how to master the sewing machine.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951881890800344204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810120725264592086.post-4438516519798881952014-08-02T13:49:00.001+01:002014-08-02T13:49:27.772+01:00I AM BACK!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JEEEEEZ LOUISE!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You wouldn't believe it but I have just managed to unblock the blockages that were preventing me from easily popping a good post on this here bloggarooney. Its been a YEAR! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I cannot believe it has been so long since I last wrote and I am <b>ASHAMED. </b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would imagine that quite a few of you have given up on reading my posts of late but maybe its done me good to have a break. And maybe you will love me all the more for missing me. Who knows but I am IN THE MOOD AGAIN my dear readers. YES I AM. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I actually miss writing so will attempt to get back into the habit of sharing a few things back here in BLOG LAND. Probably the last thing I need is to create another job for myself when I feel like I am chasing my own tail half of the time HOWEVER I am sure it will help me refocus on what I want, give me a place to vent my creative frustrations (mainly about myself!) and get my inspiration waves winging and wanging around the airwaves again because of late they have been feeling rather dusty and dull. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have an idea of why this is and of course it is life related but as I would say to any of my Superstitchers .... ride through it ... it will come back. Don't give up. Get on. Keep on trucking. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway ... I wasn't meant to be doing this at all.... I am meant to be updating and editing my website and sorting out my next order of scarves .... but I am glad I did have one last gander at why on earth I couldn't log in and blog and managed to unlock the problem which was of course ridiculously simple but could only be understood back to front upside down hanging in the wiry tendrils of that that is the World Wide Web. And a web it is. And I am a fly and I just keep getting stuck in it and all its shooting star pass words. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But now I am free and I am a butterfly again and getting all creative and arty farty as I type. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hallelujah! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please tell me you are glad I am back. I need your love. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951881890800344204noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810120725264592086.post-32831507517027608852013-08-19T22:25:00.000+01:002013-08-19T22:25:08.564+01:00Columns for SEW Mag - 1, 2 and 3 ... 3 more to go... :-)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951881890800344204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810120725264592086.post-18379480308332550102013-08-16T22:44:00.002+01:002013-08-16T22:44:27.100+01:00How did I do that? I have NO IDEA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I have always loved drawing especially with my younger pals. I usually buy a new pack of felt tips before I visit friends as there is nothing quite like replacing the ones that have lost their tops then losing yourself in a coloured mishmash of shapes and lines. Brandishing a new pack of pens ensures happy smiles and excitement. This therapeutic entertainment can last for hours, can be done anywhere and is extremely sociable. I think it is important to observe children's instinctive creativity and to be inspired by their natural bravado! Everybody loves a good doodle. Doodling is good for you. </span><br />
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I am a big fan of black biros, soft pencils and marker pens. I am the very proud owner of a proper desk-mounted pencil sharpener which was my favourite birthday present this year. Having a selection of good drawing equipment around me makes me happy and I love black fine liner pens more than cake. </div>
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BUT of course dear readers I am sure you can guess the Daddy of all tools in my life! It is of course my supersonic stitching machine or 'Aston Martin' as I like to call it. (I am hoping that if I keep on mentioning Aston Martin they might, just might, one day give me sponsorship). Some may fail to see why a sewing machine is cool and I must admit, I sometimes sit there threading the needle for the umpteenth time, eyes askew, wondering what on earth I am doing. However! As we all know, it's what you do with it that counts. </div>
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All tools have their own special qualities and sometimes when faced with the blank page or canvas its good to get back to basics and look at things as if just visiting from another planet. What actually is this? What does it do? How does it do it? See things in a new light. SO, I think of my sewing machine as a large pen, fantastic for doodling and drawing. </div>
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My sewing machine isn't fancy but it is new. Like opening a new pack of felt tips I felt a surge of excitement and relief when I opened the box. The promise of a smoother ride and the potential of this clean mean sewing machine shone before me. Its the 4th Bernina 1008 in my collection. None of them have fancy buttons and knobs and certainly no beeps. I see my sewing machine as a mechanical drawing machine with an accelerator and a needle which punches three dimensional lines of ink in and out of cloth. Its a means of drawing with a wonderful textural quality. I never make clothes, curtains or really anything utilitarian with this tool. It is an extension of my creative self, I am the final attachment that makes it work. It is hopeless without me! I am its master! Oh yes!</div>
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Like with a felt tip, a piece of graphite or a marker pen, different tools can make different marks. Everything has its own personality and when combined with a 'human being', well, the sky is the limit. We are talking individual creativity here, we are talking about self-expression, having an emotional outlet through your materials. Getting back to basic mark making, the beginning of all creativity. </div>
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How many marks you can make with a felt tip, a biro, a graphite stick? Imagine marks like these - spiky, curvy, soft, dotty, whispy, fluffy, dark, gentle, long, angry, short, gritty, smooth, sexy; the list is endless, there are thousands of marks in you! Just as with a felt tip, theres no reason why you cant attempt to celebrate lines and marks with a sewing machine. Down with the fancy stitches on the menu! Get the music on, the sherry out and go for it. Try to free your mind of imagery, planning, flowers and hearts. Use your emotional self to drive the machine and your intuition to spontaneously sew onto the canvas with no planning. Give the pedal some welly and take some stitches for a walk, for a trot and for a dance. </div>
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Lets face it we all love going out and buying new equipment, threads and fabrics and I know many people develop an addiction to buying crafty stuff. It is important to have the right tool to do the job properly and occasionally treat yourself to a pack of spanking new pens. Once you have sorted the basic tools, had a tidy up and cleared the decks of <b>STUFF</b> remember that YOU and your inner child are the magic ingredient of creativity. Your sewing machine is just the tool by which you express yourself. Create as many different textures as you can and enjoy yourself. Get to know your sewing machine again, look him firmly in the eye and repeat after me ...</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-size: small;">My name is Lou Gardiner and if asked at a party what I do for a living I now confidently say 'I'm a contemporary embroideress.' Most people at this point smile sympathetically and look a bit perplexed. 'I am an artist' I would further explain sipping my sherry. 'I use embroidery, fabric, paint, ink and thread in large colourful and explosive ways to make art. My mission is to make embroidery sexy. Oh, and I teach people to draw like the clappers with a sewing machine.' Generally, people seem to be intrigued by this and often the conversation turns to their creativity and occasionally leads to a sudden confession.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-size: small;">For someone like me who spends A LOT of time on a sewing machine in an old dairy, I am surprisingly quite good value at a social function. This may be down to the simple facts that a) I like drinking booze and b) I like expressing myself on the dance floor and I don't care if I look like a nerd. Like most of us, I have opposing sides to my personality. Theres the quiet industrious creative hermit who spends many hours on a sewing machine exploring the qualities of thread OR… the frustrated socialite who often feels like throwing my sewing machine out of the window and becoming a disc jockey. However, if there is one thing I am sure of, I love encouraging creativity in others and bestowing the medicinal qualities of sherry. That is why, when I was asked to write a column for SEW magazine, I thought WHY NOT! If I am going to write about something I love and sing about embroidery from the rooftops, well, this would be a great place to start.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-size: small;">For the past year I have completed an exciting hotch-potch of embroidered commissions including the Kettle Chips advertising campaign, a large spinning heart made of seeds for The Royal Oldham Children's Hospital, a series of quirky characters for my 'In Stitches' greeting card range and presently, a ridiculously large crowd scene featuring many outlandish folk including a Hells Angel, a Nun and a Pug. Without this rich variety of work, I would get bored of sewing and working on my own. The truth is that this is a job and I have to turn the creativity switch on everyday. I don't have much time for creative block as deadlines loom and bills need to be paid. Over the years I have learnt that in order to make good art you have to work at it and I believe that everybody benefits from creativity. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-size: small;">I hope that by sharing a sprinkling of my life and my techniques that I might inspire YOUR creativity and help you beat down the creative blocks that pop up now and again and can drive us to despair. So, if you are game, for the next 6 months I am going to help you put the va va voom into your stitching mojo with some crazy creativity tips to make you a proper Superstitcher. Its gonna be fun and its going to be different and you will need a bottle of sherry and regular bouts of 'you' time. That is very important. YOU time. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-size: small;">If you ask anyone thats been on one of my workshops the first exercise is simple. We are all creative but more importantly we all have something to express. Throughout our lives we are catching up with house work, being healthy, fashionable, cool and doing admin but for the moment we are going to all put that to one side. We are going to start at the very beginning. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-size: small;">I want you to imagine yourself as a special guest at my super dooper stitchery witchery party. The dance floor is empty, the lights are flashing, you feel good. The beat is getting louder and there in the middle of the floor is a table. You drink your sherry, you feel great, you go over to the table. Before you is the most amazing golden sewing machine with a <b>free machine embroidery</b> foot attached, a light and go-faster stripes. There is a piece of cream medium weight canvas ready in the machine and its threaded with good quality black thread. You are ready for action. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-size: small;">You pull your top down over your hips, sit at the table, put the presser foot down and slowly place your foot on the pedal. An amazing track fills the air. You breath, smile, shut your eyes and you say to yourself 'I CAN DRAW'. </span></div>
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My job was to create handmade<span style="color: #333233; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue UltraLight';"> embroidered</span> illustrations which celebrated the handmade and the beautiful medium of thread. I worked directly from life first drawing the designs then using my stitch and applique to create vibrant ingredients. </div>
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I think that the Kettle Chips Craft Challenge will definitely help promote the breadth of craft in the UK. Crafts people and artisans have been around for a long time, there are some fantastically talented people in this country creating beautiful things if you know where to look. Craft at home is enjoying a resurgence at the moment which I think is a result of both the recession and also a subtle collective rebellion against digital technology and the flood of perfect imagery which I frankly think is boring. It is a great way to get together and relax with purpose. </div>
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I am addicted to the colour and textures that I create. The iridescent and metallic areas of intricate stitching, painting and applique are both physically challenging and mentally stimulating. I get a buzz when I complete a large colourful commission and then witness the pleasure that it gives to others whether that be a private client, in an exhibition or for a hospital. I enjoy being a creative entrepreneur and business woman who is in charge of her own future. </div>
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I was thrown at a sewing machine and let go when I was 20 at Goldsmiths college, London. That was it.. a spontaneous medium with no rules and no planning. It was the same as drawing except it involved a needle and a crazy fast machine that was a little bit dangerous. It suited my fly by nature and energetic personality. </div>
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My Mum used to sew a few embroideries by hand and has always had a talent for preserving things, arranging or mending things but sewing was not part of my home life, I was too busy mucking out cows! My creative education was pretty low key and the only thing I can remember making at school was an apron and a skirt. I don't think sewing has much to do with what I do …. I see myself more as a once bionic sherry drinking Superstitcher and thats how I like to teach. </div>
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My degree at Goldsmiths was very intense and it taught me about being an artist and standing up for myself and thinking about what I was doing. This was at first a little bit of a shock as I was a straight forward cardigan wearing lass from a Cheshire Dairy farm. I discovered the East End Student Union, Soul and Reggae music and the rest is history! <b>7 </b>Years later I later I completed a Masters Degree in Illustration having already established an artists practice which gave me the opportunity to really think about what I was doing and improve my conceptual and technological skills. </div>
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Inspiration is everywhere but my mind is bursting with ideas and things I have to say, its almost annoying as it never sleeps. Maybe its because I get too much time to think but I feel that my job is not only to produce 'Wow-making' work in the future but also to spur on other peoples passion for creativity and using their hands. </div>
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<b>the ARTS and CRARRRRFT!!!!</b></div>
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<b>I want to shout from the rooftops about, get everyone to look up and take notice of the fantastic cultural legacy that 100's of brilliant crafts people in Britain are securing.</b></div>
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<b>I want to encourage people to be different, original and make creativity an important part of their everyday lives .. encouraging more creativity in their family, with their children and with their friends. </b></div>
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<b>Its a little step but its a step in the right direction. This competition gets CRAFT out there in the public realm... in the papers in the mags... being seen.</b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951881890800344204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810120725264592086.post-48895297280636092252013-05-12T12:22:00.001+01:002013-05-12T12:25:22.900+01:00WHAT PLANET ARE THESE PEOPLE FROM?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/49537" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/Rwc0hbI41c" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/49537"><span class="invisible" style="color: #0084b4; font-size: 0px; line-height: 0; text-decoration: none;">http://</span><span class="js-display-url" style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none;">epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/49537</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none;"><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0; line-height: 0;"></span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis" style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none;"><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;"> </span></span></a></span><br />
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Petition to stop the government reclassifying craft as non-creative</h1>
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Responsible department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport</div>
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"We request the Government reconsider the proposal that craft no longer be considered part of the creative industries, as part of the 30 April proposed changes set out in Classifying and Measuring the Creative Industries consultation paper. <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />The craft industry and those who work in it, over 88,000 people making a £3bn annual contribution to the UK economy, are inherently and by their very nature creative. We want the UK Government to stop ignoring The Crafts Council and the thousands of mostly sole trading craftsmen and women who consider themselves to be and indeed are creatives. <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />The Government should be proud & supportive of our vibrant creative craft industry & celebrate the unique, rich diversity of skills & craftsmanship, not seek to declassify, dismiss & undermine it. <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />Calling an IT Business Analyst a creative but refusing the title to a skilled potter or ceramicist shows the level of understanding that those proposing the change have of what is and isn't creative."</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please take a minute to sign this petition.</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a ridiculous state of affairs. </span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These people must be from a different planet.</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An exasperated and angry CREATIVE.</span></b><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951881890800344204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810120725264592086.post-82496762949502188752013-05-07T23:20:00.000+01:002013-05-07T23:20:02.913+01:00Collect yourself! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This time last year!<br />
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Good luck everyone and look forward to seeing CRAFT AT ITS BEST!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951881890800344204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810120725264592086.post-19189509357434069042013-04-20T22:49:00.000+01:002013-04-20T22:51:40.735+01:00Hello WORLD!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Interesting weekly stats as usual.... </h3>
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The 'where in the world' page views are my favourite. </h3>
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Hello Germany!</div>
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Hello Russia!</div>
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Hello France!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hello NZ!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hello Canada!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hello China!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hello Australia!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hello Guernsey!</span><br />
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Pageviews by Countries</h3>
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<tr __gwt_header_row="0" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><th __gwt_column="column-gwt-uid-405" __gwt_header="header-gwt-uid-406" class="GIL3GQOBM- GIL3GQOBK-" colspan="1" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(111, 114, 119); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4a4a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: left; text-shadow: rgb(221, 221, 255) 1px 1px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Entry</th><th __gwt_column="column-gwt-uid-407" __gwt_header="header-gwt-uid-408" class="GIL3GQOBM- GIL3GQOBE0" colspan="1" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(111, 114, 119); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4a4a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: left; text-shadow: rgb(221, 221, 255) 1px 1px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pageviews</th></tr>
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United Kingdom</div>
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199</div>
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<div class="GIL3GQOBBO" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap; width: 220px;">
United States</div>
<div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
</div>
</div>
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197</div>
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<div class="GIL3GQOBBO" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap; width: 220px;">
Germany</div>
<div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
</div>
</div>
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35</div>
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<div class="GIL3GQOBBO" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap; width: 220px;">
Russia</div>
<div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
</div>
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24</div>
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<div class="GIL3GQOBBO" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap; width: 220px;">
New Zealand</div>
<div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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21</div>
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Canada</div>
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France</div>
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8</div>
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<div class="GIL3GQOBBO" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap; width: 220px;">
China</div>
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7</div>
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Australia</div>
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6</div>
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Guernsey</div>
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6</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951881890800344204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810120725264592086.post-91129562862529444602013-04-19T22:58:00.001+01:002013-04-20T22:46:04.178+01:00Dear T,<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am sorry that it has taken me a while to get around to answering your questions which by the way .... made me laugh. AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. TO HAVE A LAUGH. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I haven't even met you but I reckon from reading your email that YOU will be ALRIGHT in whatever you do. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For starters, if you would like to come and do some work experience with me you are most welcome. I have no bloody idea where I will be living in a month, 6 months or 12 months but I am sure that we can work something out where you could come and have a taster of what its like , these days, to be a contemporary embroideress. I say the word 'contemporary' with particular emphasis ;-) </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">That's if you would like too....?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Nikhita was here last week and she had a nice time .... and Lyds who works for me every Friday well ... she keeps coming back AND has just got into GOLDSMITHS. GO LYDIA! WOOOOOHOOOOOOO! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Anyway ...your questions.... Mmm let me think.</span><br />
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As part of our Professional Studies module we are to research a designer maker that inspires us and that we can identify with. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">OKKKKK,cool.</span></div>
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I know how busy you are so I will try and keep this brief. I have been so inspired by you and your work. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Thank you.</span></div>
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Your blog is probably the best in the business and it never ceases to get my creative juices flowing. Would you mind answering a few of my questions?</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Not at all seeing as you put it so nicely. Etiquette is everything and is essential to doing well in life. :-) </span><br />
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I was wondering what advice you would have given yourself if you could pop back to 1994 in Dr Who's Tardis and have a chat with your newly graduating-self? </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">1994. I would have been 22. WOW. 22.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">First I would have to have a cup of tea no sugar (gave up this New Year ... one of the best things I have ever done). And if I had known how good it was to have in the morning... well... I would have had a sherry too. </span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span>I like questions like that. Have you ever thought of journalism in the arts? </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I would have said the following to myself. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Life throws up a lot of opportunity. Some good, some exciting, some mediocre, some not so interesting, some bland. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">So really you have to follow your heart and sometimes this means doing the more difficult things. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">We live in a very fabulous but pretty conservative society and to stand out takes balls. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">IF you work hard and really invest in what provides a reasonably steady yin and yang existence then I reckon that's a damn good start whatever that may be. I had no idea that I would end up being a full time artist. The experiences I have had throughout my life and the opportunities that I have chosen, have shaped who I am. And what I do, I suppose, is to many other people's perspective, quite unusual and privileged. I am very privileged to do this for a living but I have worked very hard which has made my life different from a lot of my friends. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">My work as an artist is complicated and it makes me all sorts of things.... it makes me thoughtful, happy, amused, glad of company, tired, knackered, bored, frustrated, excited, persistent, totally creative, ambitious, true, honest and also extremely proud of being completely and utterly my own boss. I am also brilliant at a party if I am in the mood :-) oh yeahhhh, but often on my own for long periods of time. You need to learn to be on your own. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">There are a lot of people out there like me but sadly not many platforms for us to meet on/at/in. Theres just not enough platforms. I am working slowly on creating more for embroidery ... its taking a long time. But it is gathering momentum and theres a few excellently dedicated textile artists out there who are making this happen. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">So I would have warned 'me' that it is a hard life being an artist but also really really worth it because you are hopefully quietly inspiring people and possibly making a small difference. To make a small difference in life is I reckon the most important thing. I am not sure you never really know you are but its the effort that counts. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">I would also have told myself to get my legs out more often (my Mother still says it now 'GET YOUR LEGS OUT!). I have quite good legs ;) but my knees, shock horror are now ageing. MY KNEES! Now, no one ever actually says " YOUR KNEES ARE GOING TO AGE. " So best advice I can give is moisturise your knees and get them out! </span></span></div>
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With the current economical climate being what it is, a lot of artists are struggling. How have you managed to keep your career so vibrant and successful?</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Thank you.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The current financial crisis is something I listen about on Radio 4 with Billy Fox in the studio </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">EVERY DUCKING DAY. Boring isn't it. We all need a bit of sunshine. IS IT really as bad as the press make out? Probably but I think the press is a little boring sometimes. Lets have some good news for a change eh!? Down with financial crisis ... lets have some inexpensive fun I say. Stop buying things. Start making things. I made two dog beds yesterday out of an old single duvet!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Anyway, I have been having a financial crisis in my life for years. Don't get me wrong, a 'financial crisis' is very relative. But I have been working towards making a living for 18 years and now I am secure in my work which I still cant believe and it could change at any moment. I am always aware of that.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">BUT being <b>vibrant </b>is probably the answer and thank you for calling me vibrant. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">SUCCESSFUL - you will grow more and more sheer bloody minded as you develop as an artist ... you have to ...to survive. Theres no salary and benefits. The great artists I know are often unknown. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">It's the most ducking strong bloody minded and energetic that are the ones that make a living. However, if I was to offer any advice that is current ... I would say .. be open minded in all aspects of your life.. AND be extraordinarily honest about what you are good at and what you are not so good at. Strive to be brilliant at what you do but most of all have some FUN. </span></div>
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Do you ever hold open events at your studios?</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">I haven't yet at this one in the dairy but maybe I should.... </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Would you and my Bloggerobberjob fansicles come??? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">I have very occasional parties or late night tea drinking and wine and beer sessions. But mainly tea. Sometimes I get the disco lights on and I am always pumping up the volume as I love music. My studio is a wonderful place. I love it. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">I am sort of planning a show at the mo... it may be a touring exhibition but its still in the 'subconscious stage'. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">I cant wait to do some new work purely for exhibition though. I am busy with commissions that are, don't get me wrong, ..fantastic and they of course maintain my security BUT to make work for an exhibition is very exciting and I have loads of new ideas. Scarf collection first though. Everything takes time. NOT ENOUGH TIME and getting lazier day by day. I am lucky to get a huge variety of work which makes my job worthwhile. </span></div>
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If you could spare the time to reply to this email I would be so very grateful! Before I go, I would just like to say while I have the chance that I really hope that somebody out there creates that documentary about you, it would be ducking fabulous!!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">SO DO I! It would be ducking funny. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Thank you for being different.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Ducking Fabulous innit.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Louiji x</span></div>
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