Happy Leap Day 2016! The final just a moment preview post features the artwork of Mary McArdle of Melbourne, Australia – Time is, was and will be: It doesn’t matter how we try to control time, how many schedules we fill in, time has its own rhythms. Time is dependable. The sun will always set…. Read More →

A few years ago Alicia Merrett from the United Kingdom discovered the potential of maps and aerial views as sources for textile work.  Spacetime Geographies:Town Journeys is a continuation of that creative practice: In life we move through the three dimensions of space, and also along the fourth dimension of time. In this abstracted map of… Read More →

Textile artist, teacher and author Sarah Ann Smith of Hope, Maine, USA enjoys regular walks with the family pug.  The milkweeds in her area are the inspiration for Milkweed No 2: The milkweed seedpod encompasses the passage of time from growth to decay to rebirth through the seeds, borne on wisps of silk and the… Read More →

Spend just a moment with Neroli Henderson of Melbourne, Australia and get drawn into The Eternity Spiral: We are all held mercilessly by the hands of time, our bodies dissolve or perhaps evolve depending on your point of view. Our souls to float the fourth dimension. A human Möbius strip—no end and no beginning—shows our… Read More →

Just a moment with Lisa Walton, textile artist, teacher and author from Sydney, Australia as she reflects on Where does the time go? You watch as your children slowly grow.  Then one day you look and their childhood has gone. Lisa shares the process of creating this poignant artwork in her blog post. Lisa is… Read More →

Wabi Sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in nature and the acceptance of life’s’ natural cycle of growth, decay and death. This philosophy has continued to stimulate Julie Haddrick in her creative practice. In Seasonal Yellow Julie has combined bird illustrations with fabric and stitch. She breeds and at times… Read More →

Just a moment with Catherine McDonald of Christchurch, New Zealand as she recalls some family history in Coming Home: Telegrams sent to my grandmother, Sarah Scott, telling her that my dad, Clem, had been injured in WWII. They take you from knowing he’s injured, his turn for the worse and lower leg amputation through to… Read More →

Take just a moment with Betty Busby, a prolific fiber artist and enthusiastic teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America.  Betty maintains a busy international exhibition schedule and I am delighted to include her artwork Song of the Tribolites. Long before the age of the dinosaurs, trilobites of many sizes and shapes teemed… Read More →