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Nottingham Lace Market (1)

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 KAttwood

Here’s how my enormous textile applique version of the view of the buildings on St Marys Gate from Warser Gate is coming on…

Playing card themed cakes

April 15, 2019 KAttwood

I made a set of cakes for Sylvia’s 90th birthday last week.

The brief was: Playing card themed; Personal; Quirky and Delicious – tick tick tick tick!

It has been a pleasure to return to highly bespoke cake-making, in between my other creative work.

ABC Art Trail

April 8, 2019 KAttwood

This is shaping up to be a great weekend – with the whole team of 30 artists pulling together to make an eclectic, entertaining and exciting spectacle in Attenborough, Beeston and Chilwell.

Keep the dates free – 1st and 2nd June, 11am to 6pm

And keep watching for full details on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/abcarttrail/ and website http://www.abcarttrail.uk/

New felt work

March 18, 2019 KAttwood

I will be exhibiting a new collection of felt landscapes at the ABC Art Trail this year, on 1st and 2nd June.

I love the painterly qualities of felting and embroidery and as you can see I’m still in a colourful frame of mind!

Totally bespoke roses

March 11, 2019 KAttwood

I now offer totally bespoke paper roses in my Etsy shop HERE

One recent customer from Staffordshire wanted to combine the lyrics of Beautiful Boy by John Lennon with pictures of the newborn, for a Mother’s Day present.

I used the lyrics on the inside, in different text sizes, and the pictures on the bottom of the roses. A very nice effect!

Reframing

March 4, 2019 KAttwood

My very first felt customers got in touch got in touch over the weekend to let me know they had reframed the picture with a green frame and behind a non reflective glass.

They generously sent me pictures of the enhanced artwork in situ.

As a new and developing artist, it makes me feel quite GIDDY that someone is enjoying my work every day!

Being part of the ABC (Attenborough, Beeston and Chilwell) Art Trail was a massive highlight for me last year, for many reasons. Not least because I got to work (and chill) with a lot of lovely creative people.

I am therefore delighted to be part of the team again for 2019.

Save the dates! 1st and 2nd June 2019. More news to follow…

Simple felt squares

February 18, 2019 KAttwood

Oh the beauty of felting!

I have been making some felt squares in my favourite colours (addicted to green) on canvas and I think they are very effective on my white wall, next to my green wall.

What do you think?

Personal publications

February 11, 2019 KAttwood

Creativity Online was involved in two very interesting projects just before Christmas…both involved dealing with wonderful people who had poured their hearts and souls in to highly personal projects, one a memoir and the other a collected book of poetry.

My job was to hold their hands while we got the pieces finalised and published.

This wasn’t just about editing and not just prepping for publication, but largely a discussion about the purpose, the audience, the presentation – essentially (and rather crudely) a light touch branding and marketing initiative.

Having been involved in large scale, large budget marketing campaigns in former private and public sector employments, I realise that nothing done previously quite comes close to such a touching experience, helping people tell their story and communicate about their hopes and dreams.