by Phoenix Textiles | Jul 18, 2021 | Phoenix Blog
As lockdown lifts our artists are beginning to get out and about and are visiting exhibitions. Maria Walker made a trip into London recently and has picked out some highlights from her visits to galleries on the Southbank and Bermondsey. The Hayward Gallery I started...
by Phoenix Textiles | Jul 11, 2021 | Phoenix Blog
Rosaline Darby reports on an exciting workshop she organised for some members of Phoenix, despite the prospect of uncertain weather conditions. It was disappointing not to be able to meet as a whole group at our usual venue in July, the lifting of Coronavirus...
by Phoenix Textiles | May 31, 2021 | Phoenix Blog
Some of our members are just too modest to write a blog about themselves so Maria Walker decided that she would just have to interview them instead and Robertta McPherson offered to go first. Maria: Can you tell me what initially captured your imagination about...
by Phoenix Textiles | May 9, 2021 | Phoenix Blog
Kate Davis reports on her project, which relates to a group venture about mudlarking on the foreshore of the River Thames, near the OXO tower in London. Most of the items found were affected by being in the water and gritty sand for some time. They included a variety...
by Phoenix Textiles | Apr 18, 2021 | Phoenix Blog
This second and final part of Lynne Butt’s series on Sketchbooks demonstrates how integral it is to make notes as a progression of ideas, whatever your medium: “My spiral book, size 21cmx29.7cm, is more a record folder than a sketchbook containing drawings and...
