Gill's Elephant

Gill and I went to India last year with Jamie and Colouricious.

A trip of a life time.

See some of our inspiration and videos HERE

Gill has been inspired to make a 'Toran',

an India Celebration Door Hanging.

This is her sample for one of the elephants that will be at the

top of the hanging.

The fabric is dyed, resist dyed, printed and stitched,

then heavily embellished with beading.

Gill is going on to do her 

Diploma in City and Guilds Creative Textiles,

Machine Embroidery.

Indian Inspired Bags

I taught an 'India inspired' Workshop last year and Bev made these ones.

They are made with five 6" squares.

They are just so sparkly.

See the workshop day HERE

See more of India Inspired items by clicking the labels below.

Ladies and Sarees

Kim's Printed and Embroidered Elephant

Printing Elephants

Mixed Media Textile Tuesday and Thursday started with 

printing elephants this year.

I brought a carved would block Elephant set while I was in Jaipur.

It has four layers and takes quite a lot of concentration to 

to match the pattern sections up.

Everyone had a great time and the Elephants all look fantastic.

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Saree Treasures

On the 9th of January Mum and I laid out all the Saree Samples on the 

studio tables and arranged them in size, types and colours.

Seeing them all laid out we could appreciate on the amazing 

embroidery, colour and techniques. 

It is now a matter of cataloguing the samples for 

The Art Room.

See more of Indian Inspiration HERE

Wow Look At The Sparkle

The Old Art Room is full of sparkle and colour now its all dressed 

with the "India Inspiration". 

Lots to look at and lots to inspire colourful projects and techniques.

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India Inspiration Prep At The Old Art Room

Gill and I came into The Art Room on the 8th of January and laid out

all the Indian Inspired Textiles I have gathered, brought, made and borrowed.

It looked amazing and we could already see the studio full of

colour and sparkle.

I wanted to portray a little of what we had experienced on our travels but

also the sparkle of my sketchbook. 

See my India Inspired Sketchbook on my portfolio site

HERE

See more of Gill's  and my Indian Holiday 

HERE

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all.

I have started the creative new year very different to others due to my creative holiday with Jamie at Colouricious. See some of my fellow travellers and a taste of what we saw in the video below. I make an appearance after Lesley:) I can highly recommend a holiday with Colouricious.

I created a sketchbook of memories while I was there, which you can see some of the pages of on my portfolio site Art2inspire.co.uk  The front cover is in the photo above, so you can see it is no ordinary book! full of Bolliwood bling, extraordinary places and wonderful people. Just a taste of what we experienced.
I have a soft spot for India, its colour, food, artisans and culture, you can see more of my collecting and appreciation of India HERE 

The Old Art Room has had a "make over" and it is all things Inspired by India this month. Sessions based and inspired on the colour and culture. Pop in and enjoy.