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One Step, Two step.

This is the next step in my process. It’s actually two steps at a time but each one informs the other.  I start to plot out potential stitches. By this point I’ve narrowed down the stitches that will be in the design but there is always an element of surprise to it. Sometimes because they […]

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Doodle is the New Design

It’s funny how things work out. I was already to post the next step of my process, when I discovered a new technique which helps demonstrate my thought process. Essentially it’s to doodle. I’ve worked on some doodles based on my graveyard photos. I start by splitting the page into sections and then fill each […]

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A Picture Paints a Thousand Words

So the next stage of my process is to work with images. They can either be from my own imagination if the idea is a more abstract one or from photos and images I collect. For example a while ago I was reading The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.  This got me thinking of the […]

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In The Beginning Was The Word.

I thought I’d talk a bit about what inspires me and how that informs my practice. For me it’s all about the words and ideas of a thing. I love to read and find the way it allows the imagination to run free incredibly liberating. In my imagination nothing is wrong. The rules of physics […]

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