Posts in textiles
Joya Time
Joya Time

In March/April 2022 I undertook an arts residency with Joy-AIR in the Alméria region of Spain (www.joya-air.org)  As some of the work I produced there is about to go on exhibition, it seemed a good time to write about the trip.  A new catalogue (‘Here & There’) is available which covers work made here in the British Isles and there, in Spain.

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abstract representation, Art Textiles, Cloth, earth pigments bound in a, fibre art, hand stitching, Landscape as inspiration, stitch, textile art, textiles, textiles as art, Texture, thread, contemporary craft, minimalist art, Gallery 57, Flow Gallery, Earth MaterialsClaire Benncraft, contemporary craft, contemporary art, minimalist art, earth pigments, cloth, thread, hand stitch, wood, ceramics, makers, Gallery 57, Flow Gallery, Fibre Arts Take Two
Mending Our Ways
Mending Our Ways

Time to start thinking about the next body of work. The studio is tidy, my stash of ‘potentials’ from the summer are stacked on a workbench and a couple of backing cloths have been prepared for something I can’t quite decide whether to stitch. Which probably means I shouldn’t.., or I should at least think more deeply about it before threading a needle. And then James appears clutching a sweater. “It’s got a hole in it, can you patch it for me please”.

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hand stitching, pin & thread, Restoration, stitch, textiles, thread, mending, darning, patching, slow fashion, restoring garments, threadbare, Mindfulness, Slow stitchClaire BennMending, Sustainability, Mindfulness, Slow, Revitalise, Thread, Cloth, Stitch, Slow fashion, Patching, Darning, Therapy