Very pleased to say I have hand made prints on display in the More Gallery, Wayfarers Arcade, Lord St, Southport – great to be included in the current selection of artists in this lovely bright space within a special architectural landmark in Merseyside. Come along and have a look at the fabulous range of work…
Author: Patricia Greaves
We are enjoying the garden and the newly planted flowers, though the lack of rain could have an unwanted impact. These plants and flowers have been the mainstay behind my current work. I’m doing quite a good amount of printmaking, which may in turn impact on ideas for my feltmaking. Take a look, some will…
‘Gentle Waters’, a hand made felt work currently on show in the Balcony Show, through October / November 2022
All ready for Online Guild do Spinners, Weavers and Dyers workshop in February
Completed private commission for a music room: Feltmaking with Japanese paper and embroidery have been combined to complete this triptych. Each panel is 18 inches square.
A posy of felted flowers, with Patricia M Greaves February 2022 What we will do – In this workshop we will explore a variety of ways of making flowers through hand felting – mainly traditional wet felt making, but needle felting can be used for further embellishment when the pieces are dry. We will be…
Dried and fresh flowers(scarce at this time of year!) printed on to iron infused fabrics and steamed for 90 minutes. Followed course led by Caroline Nixon on textile artist.org. – so this was my first successful foray onto eco printing on natural fabrics. ******* Geranium and Rowan leaves, Fuschia flowerheads.
August…. inspired by an online workshop led by Cas Holmes, with whom I’ve exhibited in the past at the Bankfield in Halifax, and Castle Arts in Frodsham Cheshire. Therapeutic scrunching of paper while hiding from the blazing sun led to my producing this muted landscape of an imaginary place. Still experimenting with eco dyeing, finding…
Enjoyed doing these – a departure from usual work, and quite engrossing