Plenty of time to do lots of different things, paid architectural work, lampwork, building, gardening, riding the motorbike (!), amongst other things. Never an idle moment. So the past two Mondays were spent in the studio and this is what came out of the kiln...
This morning the back of the house looked like this, unfinished, exposed to the elements.
By the end of the day you can get the gist of what it will look like: a textured fibrous cement cladding to infill around windows between the brickwork panels. Talk about slow progress...
This week I finally managed to complete the top of this quilt. Now it is time to quilt it, which will be done by my very clever friend Deborah on her Gammill. I have used a winding ways/wheel of mystery pattern to surround an oriental panel and then gone nuts in the border. Next time I think I would do it differently. I'll show you that if there ever is a next time.
I have always been obsessed with creation and colour. These days I play with glass and fabric as much of the time as I can. The rest is taken up with a little paid architectural work, family and playing with our two cats.