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Author Archives: Margaret Ford
Chain of events forms luck: Invited to exhibit!!
I’ve never really believed it when people said you have to “put yourself out there” to get noticed. At least, I didn’t think that would work for me. Wrong! Last year the Designing Women group had an exhibition. I put in … Continue reading
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Yarn dyeing or what to do while the cricket’s on
Having a lazy day today watching the Australia vs England one day match on TV so wound off some balls of yarn from small skeins I dyed last Friday. Fibres include two weights of cotton, baby alpaca, silk in two … Continue reading
Dyeing various natural fibres with E.wandoo
With a large bag of Eucalyptus wandoo bark , fresh from York in WA’s east, I thought to see how it dyes different natural fibres. I’ve been collecting fine undyed yarns for while in order to put them into freeform … Continue reading
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Back to Work!!
Well, it’s a month since I last posted and still no leaf sketches….but I’ve been on a fantastic holiday in Malaysia with Prudence Mapstone and my interest in freeform crochet as a medium for 3D patterning is rekindled. I’m intent … Continue reading
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Dyeing with Listerine
First, I know that I should be blogging about my leaf drawing. It’s just not happening right now. However, I’ve just done something more interesting. Last night I was testing a recommendation for a foot bath recipe involving Listerine: white … Continue reading
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Leaf Drawing: Week 1
I found the leaf for the first week of my drawing challenge on the doorstep of a friend who’d been ill and unable to sweep her porch. Lucky me! I drew it. Using an app called C4LA (Camera for Line … Continue reading
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A weekend to dye for
My two briefs from Ruth Hadlow’s workshop invoke exploring crochet a bit more. Armed with skeins of undyed alpaca, alpaca and silk, silk, wool and cotton of different weights, I drove to York (120 km east of Perth) to indulge … Continue reading
Development Briefs: Ruth Hadlow Workshop
The take down of the Hidden Revealed Transformed exhibition (http://www.meldarts.com/wordpress/) has given me a pause. A pause to reflect on where to next. Felicitously, this pause coincided with the opportunity to do a workshop this past weekend which was sponsored … Continue reading
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Going Live!
Well, we’ve had our opening and it went well. No need to duplicate here as it’s all on http://www.meldarts.com.au. Our work is on show right now. Until Saturday 1 November. We are (or at least, I am) pleasantly surprised at … Continue reading
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Hidden Revealed Transformed: MELD exhibition
The opening of our MELDArts exhibition, Hidden Revealed Transformed, is documented on our website at http://www.meldarts.com/wordpress/ The exhibition is the culmination of months of planning and collaboration and I have learned a great deal not only about organising exhibitions but also … Continue reading
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