Today there was a Colour Work Bee in the Victoria College of Art.Textile students and faculty spent many hours sorting fabrics into...

Last week Ron and I went over to the west coast to storm watch (and for our wedding anniversary).We saw several 1sts, including surfers...

!st layer - 2 blues 2nd layer - with complements addes Left - 2 layers, right - 1st layer 2nd layers of 2 blues + complements left -...

Each of the students filled a tray with folded fabrics.... ...in the colour palettes they had chosen. We are exploring analogous colour...

This is Esther Paterson's display of work she did in the Pattern Design for Artists course.Esther chose to work with an eye motif and...

here are the results from the tray dyeing I did to make samples for the next Mark Making With Machine session i torn up a single bed...

Mark Making With Machine started at the Victoria College of Art this week. The students spent the day getting to know their sewing...

Dana has a dry run to practice explaining her work before the opening of the College Christmas Show Dana's completed presentation of her...

This is Su Mei's display of her work, produced during 12 weeks of the Mark Making With Thread course Su Mei's 3D project began...

Esther gets her body of work ready for the Student Show Her 3D project is a butterfly... ...made using a needle weaving technique

Kati setting her work up Friday morning Kati's project showing atmospheric perspective Kati's 3D project using needleweaving Kati's...

Here is Sarah setting up her work on the Friday morning Sarah worked with a very warm intense colour palette Sarah's couched...

Garland has just put her board in place on the morning of the show and she is talking to her class members about her work. It is a dry...

What a busy and exciting 3 days we have had in the textiles studio at the college.On Thursday students turned up with rubber gloves and...

The 3rd layer of needle weaving is finished. It is always a surprise when I take the work off the frame because I can see only sections...

Students in the VCA Textiles class have had their final class where they were busy finishing samples, projects and assignments.Dana Kati...

Progress Report on Red: 3rd layer is just about finished VCA student progress with samplesEsther's couching Sarah's couching Kati's...

An up-dated image of Red. Working on the 3rd layer using finer yarns. More samples of student work - Self Applique using their own hand...

Here is a progress shot of Red - it will be needing its pedigree name soonWorking on the 2nd layer - thick yarns Victoria College of Art...

Lesley Turner 'Valuing Women's Work' 81" x 62", composted, hand stitching; cottonAn afternoon tea cloth was left under a maple tree...