About me:
I teach and work with textiles - and as part of the AA2A scheme, have explored using digital print on cloth with embroidery. The textile archive at Bradford College has provided a rich source of inspiration , beautiful old sample books full of little snippets of treasure . I wanted to work with the original colours of some of the samples , but to greatly enlarge the scale of those pieces. I was able to use digital technology new to me , combining that with handstitched embroidery and applique. It was important to me to retain and include an element of 'craft' , of something worked by hand . I liked the idea of combining the rythems of both the printer as it printed across the cloth and the repetitive action of simple, hand sewn stitches.
