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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
Taking my own advice
Taking my own advice

This month Claire considers how to build a harmonious body of work without it feeling repetitive or formulaic, reminding herself of some key ideas to help us change the way we handle media, tools and even the cloth or substrate we’re working with.

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Art Textiles, Cloth, compositional cloth, Dyeing processes, earth pigments bound in a, hand stitching, Painting, Piecing, stitch, surface design, textile art, textiles as art, Texture, The process of art, thread, Wholecloth, Working in the studio, art process, avoiding stuckClaire Benncloth, art processes, expanding your repetoire, avoiding formulaic, media, acrylic, dye paints, resists, stitch, thread, collage, sanding, colour, value, monochromatic, mark-making
Inside Atacama
Inside Atacama

"The place has an ancient feel, a sense of the ground being somehow sacred. Vast and humbling.” Read Her Quiet Materials May 2019 blog to find out how textile artist Claire Benn draws on the landscape of the Atacama desert as inspiration for her work.

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earth pigments bound in a, fibre art, hand stitching, Painting, stitch, textiles as art, Texture, thread, Wholecloth, Landscape as inspiration, Chile, abstract representationClaire BennAtacama Desert, Chile, Art Textiles, Earth pigments, hand stitch, texture, landscape, inspiration, wilderness, representational abstraction