by Phoenix Textiles | Mar 27, 2021 | Phoenix Blog
Lynne Butt brings to life her love of sketchbooks, along with her fellow Phoenix artists: Sketchbooks…..An indispensable tool for artists A finished piece of art grows from a sketchbook. They are the place where the seeds of ideas are stored, where they...
by Phoenix Textiles | Feb 28, 2021 | Phoenix Blog
Maria Walker takes inspiration from the everyday events of the past. THE LIGHTFOOT LETTERS This story begins with a bundle of old letters I found one rainy Sunday afternoon in an antique centre in Cheshire in 2009. I had originally intended to cut up the letters to...
by Phoenix Textiles | Feb 7, 2021 | Phoenix Blog
TEXTILE RETROSPECTIVE BY JOAN BINGLEY Past and Present – Finding Connections from Nature One’s present often echoes one’s past. Looking at samples of textile work completed over my lifetime, I find that subjects, colours and techniques recur and perhaps a...
by Phoenix Textiles | Jan 17, 2021 | Phoenix Blog
Here we reach the fourth and final part of Maria Walker’s captivating series on mark-making. “Mark making is the broad term used to include all marks that are made visible as a manifestation of applied or gestural energy”. The Tate Over the past three blogs we...
by Phoenix Textiles | Jan 11, 2021 | Phoenix Blog
Maria Walker continues her epic mark making series, capitalising on the natural world’s ability to continually inspire us. Natural Talent “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” Pablo Picasso Our previous blog...
