Artist Jo Atherton works with found objects gathered on the UK coastline. Artist Jo Atherton has exhibited her unique flotsam weaving around the UK and beyond, at venues including the National Maritime Museum Cornwall. And the University of Edinburgh. In 2017, Jo was invited to speak at the University of Cambridge. In support of their Curious Objects. Exhibition, and subsequently Being Human. The National Festival of the Humanities. She also produced a weekend of activities beneath the iconic Cutty Sark.

Late in taking my creativity seriously. The exhibition is on and almost over. It opened on October the 6th with eight pieces being sold over the first weekend. Unfortunately I have done little since although I did have plans.

Dye Colours for Eco Prints. Dye Plants for Eco Printing and Eco Dyeing. Mordants, Natural Dye Assistants, Colour Shifters. Dye Gardens for Eco Prints. Eco Printmakers and Natural Dyers. References for Eco Printing, Eco Dyeing and Native Plants. A Garden Printed in July. Orange calendula print and bloom, above.

And should be a fast grower. Stitching a Journal of Sorts. A map of the trip. The inner and outer journey. What one sees and what one senses. When I look back at pictures of the cloth, before stitch was added, I wonder. There was so much potential, I think, and yet, like a dream catcher, this is what was caught.

Lending a Hand to Save Norton Folgate. I arrived at around 2. Just as the banner was being strung up across Elder Street and already a.

The pieces have been filled with a mixture of sand and salt and soaked in the sea until wet through and then left. They have taken between three and four weeks to dry out fully. This entry was posted in experimenting.

Where does the time go? July 2, 2015. I seemed to have disappeared into my self these last several months. No blog posts, not even the thought of it! Hopefully that will change. I mean it to, but you can never tell what will happen in the future. Definitely not as messy as my usual technique.

Slow Cloth Feels Like Home. I have plenty of inventory ready and would love to sell some.