Posts in Materials & Making
Inspiration and Outcome
Inspiration and Outcome

In September, Claire looks back at her photographic images and selects some where inspiration turned in to outcome.., and some that did not!  Proof that there’ll never be enough time to realise all of the ideas we have; some just have to be enjoyed.., and let go of.

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abstract representation, Allanbank Mill Steading, art process, art textiles, hand stitching, Imagery, Landscape as inspiration, Materials & Making, Painting, seasonality, stitch, textile art, The process of artClaire BennInspiration, outcomes, minmalism, art, visual sources, texture, lines, rows, shapes, forms, colour, interpretation
Of Materials and Making
Of Materials and Making

If you enjoy hanging art in your home, then read Claire Benn’s February blog on the pleasure of materials and the art of making.

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Materials & Making, The process of art, Working in the studio, Art TextilesClaire Bennmaterials, medium, making, process, cloth, thread, Albers, dyes, surface design, painting, printing, screen printing, mono printing, stitching, hand stitch, materiality, making process, creator, art, art textiles, textiles, artist, personal language, composition, engagement