With the Kapiti Coast Art Trail approaching, in October I was busy stitching new works for display and sale. In contrast with last year when a lot of my work was darker (eg Ghost Trees), this time I stitched in both wool and acrylic in a vibrant palette. Here are some of my latest fibre artworks:
Click here or on the link below to see the latest in my ShapeShifters range. These are called “Autumn Forest” and “Winter Forest”. I hadn’t planned a series, but you can guess what’s coming next…
I just received this comment following a sale from my online shop:
“This is beautiful, thank you so much. A very high quality piece of art, well framed and packaged.”
It’s so lovely to hear back from purchasers once they’ve received their fibre artwork! I’m so happy “Vivid Meadow with Silver Birches” has found a good home.
See my latest range and the story behind the vague names I’ve given the first stitched works: “ShapeShifters“
I set off entries today (April 2025), for the Creative Fibre Festival’s “Regenerate” challenge – three fibre artworks I designed and handstitched. I’m really looking forward to the Festival of Fibres in Christchurch next month! This, if you’re interested, was the brief: https://festival2025.creativefibre.org.nz/challenge/
Update: May 2025
Since the Festival’s over I can now post images of the fibre artworks
L to R: “Transitions” – “Along the Avon” – “Regenerating Forest”
A tiny preview slice of one of the works…
I’ve decided to donate a percentage of all sales in this range to the National Collective of Women’s Refuges. I sold a number of quirky village fibre artworks before Christmas 2024 and will add 10% of those and future sales to my regular support for the Women’s Refuge ‘Gift a Safe Night‘ program.
Women’s Refuge is New Zealand’s largest nation-wide organisation that supports and helps women and children experiencing family violence. On average, 52,000 women and children are referred to their services each year. A $20 Safe Night helps a woman and her children escape family violence.
See my growing Quirky Villages range here.
See my latest range of fibre artworks, Vivid Forest. In October, I posted about a New range evolving – this is it.
In September 2024, I designed and lead a workshop on Stitching a surprise! Creating pattern-free, process-led fibre artworks for Wellington Embroiderers’ Guild. I’d be happy to facilitate similar workshops for interested groups or individuals.
Please Contact me if you’re interested.
| Do you sometimes think, “I wish I could do that”, when you see a fibre artwork that’s clearly not from a pattern, or colourful abstract stitching that suggests a theme or landscape rather than recreating it? If you’re great at following directions and creating stitched perfection, here’s your chance to relax the rules and let yarns and colours inspire you. If you struggle to count stitches or if charts confuse you, you’ll enjoy creating from your imagination. Stitching a Surprise offers the chance to be free of expectations and enjoy the adventure of stitching something individual and uniquely yours. |
I’ve just won “Highly Commended” in the Craft section of Kāpiti Arts and Crafts Society Inc‘s annual awards, sponsored by Forsyth Barr. The award is for my diptych, “Memories of Blue (i) and (ii)”. These are two of five (so far) in my new Ghost Trees range.
The exhibition theme is “Past, Present & Future” – a nod to Kāpiti Arts and Crafts Society‘s 50th Anniversary this year; you can visit the exhibition and see the winning and highly commended works in both Art and Craft sections this month.
Kāpiti Gallery hours: 10 am to 3 pm, Thursday to Sunday (or group visits by arrangement outside these hours),
Eclectic Yarn fibre artwork 