HERMES

Overdue with my blog update yet again, so I will quickly wizz through my most recent news. Firstly Origin, went amazingly. It was second year exhibiting at the show and so far my sales are up on last year. I am currently swamped with orders but loving it.
Also during the hectic week of selling at Origin I was installing Hermes window displays. At Origin by day and at Hermes Stores by night. quite an exhausting week but the most exciting too.
So how did this Hermes commission come about? all thanks to Origin last year, I met a lovely lady, Becky Cocks at the show who is a stylist for Hermes. I worked in conjunction with Becky to produce the nationwide Hermes windows for October/November. "Hermes, contemporary artisan since  1837" was the theme, so all window drawing were produced with this slogan in mind. My drawings are currently installed in Hermes stores at New Bond St, Sloane St, Royal Exchange, Manchester and Brown Thomas in Dublin. Please if your passing, do have a look in and I'd love feedback too. Here are some installing shots......

Such a great commission to get and it was great fun working with Becky Cocks, production team Creea and Hermes of course. If you don't get chance to see them, here are some photos, hope you like.........

ORIGIN 2011

I will be exhibiting my exciting new range of work at Origin 2011 at Old Spitalfields Market from the 22-28 September

STAND B06

Please stop by, I'll be there all week for a chat and to answer any questions you may have.......

Heres a few work in progress pics.....getting ready for Origin

Stroud International Textile Festival

Working locally this week in the lovely Museum in the Park in Stroud, installing a piece called Fly Away Home, for Stroud International Textile festival which opens this Saturday 30th April.

LIST OF ALL EVENTS HERE

So heres the draft drawing of FLY AWAY HOME I hope to complete by Saturday.......the final piece will be 8m x 4m

And heres some images from the gallery today....... getting through it.... 

 obvoiusly the lighting has to be adjusted

More images of the completed piece later in the week......provided I get it completed on time that is.......

And remember to check out SIT, theres loads of exhibitions, talks, seminars workshops etc spread over the month of May in lovely Stroud and the surrounding area.

LIST OF ALL EVENTS HERE

Drawing with Thread

After a week working on site at Shire Hall Gallery, heres the result

 And check this out........a big thank you to Rich, Phil and Tom for creating this video

Exhibition runs until the 1st May.......catch it before you miss it!!!

I AM A THREAD TOO SLENDER TO SUSPEND ALL THIS REALITY

summer #1

project/ten, cardiff's only roaming gallery, will be settling for three weekends in june, taking residence in a warehouse on northcote lane, cardiff.


opening hours: every friday 8 - 11pm and saturday 1 - 11pm from june 11 - 26; entrance through milgi, 213 city road and from northcote lane, cardiff.


this, the gallery’s second pop-up exhibition, will be a continually changing exhibition in respect that sold work is replaced and walls refreshed throughout. summer #1 will also introduce the collective’s latest additions - new artist from west wales, ben lloyd; matt needle, a graphic designer boasting an impressive list of clients that include nike, reiss clothing and tiger beer; and carwyn evans, who recently graduated with a masters from the royal college of art, london.


as well as exhibiting new work from the growing collective each weekend will feature a large-scale site specific installation which promises to make this exhibition bigger, better and bolder and will build on the foundation laid by the first pop-up.


all are welcome to the official launch at the milgi warehouse on friday june 11 from 8-11pm where debbie smyth’s( thats me!!!) outstanding and intricate nail and thread work will be produced on-site in a 'live pinning.'


all work is for sale with prices ranging from £15 - £4500 and can be viewed at our new look website www.project-ten.co.uk