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      <image:caption>NOMAD 21cm sphere Cotton with a layer of open weave plastic for stability. Created in the shape of a sphere it consists of letters forming the word nomad in eight languages. This work carries the notion of no fixed roots, a pillar at the centre of nomad living.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Odd one out 58cm X 21cm Cotton, silk, paint The notion of standing in ones own difference motivated this piece.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Departure gate 27cm X 31cm Quilted fabric, velvet, waxed tissue paper on a cotton backing. We are always departing from one situation and entering another, often knowing what we are leaving behind but not quite knowing what we are entering.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Marilyn 28cm X 29cm Silk, velvet, lace. pearls, beads, crystals and various cleaning cloths. The inspirational photo triggered the combination of the glamorous and the domestic characteristics often expected from women. One side of the interlocking circle is made from materials associated with the glamour while the other is created from cleaning fabrics and images of domestic situations.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Manrique 30cm X 30cm Cotton, linen, silk threads, hand stitched Inspired by the colours of the Monumento al Campesino</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Bonnard 21cm X 25cm Cotton, gauze, embroidery threads, hand stitched. Inspired by Red Carpet using stitching instead of paint</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Nadir Afonso 50cm X 67cm X 12cm Cotton, organza, acrylic paint, machine stitching, 5 3D shapes made using two fused layers of acrylic painted cotton organdie, hand stitched.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>John Piper 43cm X 53 cm Dyed hemp gauze, tulle, fusible bias binding and a magnetic frame. There is no stitching in this piece. Appreciating stained glass I wanted to create a piece that was visible from both sides.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Michel Folon 40cm X 40 cm Cotton fabric, Markal paints, beads, machine and hand stitching.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Frida Kahlo 42cm X 30cm Commercial fabrics, cellulose paste, cotton threads, machine stitched I wanted to capture Frida’s love of colour but also her torn and shredded life.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Hidden Beauty (2011) Size 49cm X 49cm Hand dyed cotton, fabric paints, machine quilting The directive was to create a piece inspired by the plant world. My work is an image of a highly magnified Xsection of a plant stem.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Oriente (2010) 22 X 22 X 25 cm Commercial cotton, stitch in ditch quilting, manipulated fabric to create openings The brief was to create a work inspired by architecture. I chose the Oriente railway station in Lisbon, a magnificent structure comprising mainly steel and glass. I also made each of inside panels a different colour to reflect the vibrancy within the building and then displayed it with a mirror beneath for extra interest.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Underside (2010) 41cm X 23 cm Commercial cotton, organza, silk, taffeta, cotton thread, cut work and machine quilting A little piece inspired by the underside of a mushroom.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Round in Square (2010) 48cm X 48 cm Commercial cottons, fused and cut and turned. No stitching. A challenge I set myself and really enjoyed the outcome.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Blown Away (2009) 58 cm X 87 cm Commercial cottons, organza, Markal paint rubbings, wire, cotton thread, machine embroidery (lichen) and machine quilting. The brief was to create a rural scene. At the time I was living in France in a forest setting. This was very apt.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Coat (2022) 65 cm X 65 cm X 20 cm Woollen coat, embroidery cotton thread, silk ribbon, silk thread, fabric paint, cork, linen, printed organza and a little teddy bear! The Coat carries a family story. My parents immigrated to South Africa with two little boys, my brothers, aged two and three. They each had a coat and this is one of them. It has been embellished with symbols and motifs that embody the heritage from which I have emerged. It carries the threads of connection to the culture, to our family and to the incredibly enduring journey my parents undertook to give their children a better future.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Fitting In (2020) 90 cm X 90 cm Monoprinting on hand dyed cotton, fabric paint, appliqué and heavily machine quilted. It’s an odd image: a person contorted in a watering can plus a sunflower! Well, it’s a metaphor for what I see as the process of conditioning. It happens to us all, particularly so during the vulnerable years of our growing up, but not only then. We are conditioned to fit into all sorts of ways of thinking, ways of being and ways of behaving. Needing love, affection and protection to survive we will contort ourselves into any shape to remain alive. And so we adapt to what is necessary to be loved, to be accepted, to be recognised, to feel valued, to have friends, and not be alone.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Origins (2012) 86 cm X 200 cm Hand dyed cotton, strip piecing technique, hand dyed cord, machine quilted. Depicting the story from my origins, through my growing up in an apartheid SA, following different paths, entering the phase of reassembly and finally emerging with a very different configuration.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sisters (2012) 49 cm X 49 cm Hand dyed cotton, fabric paints, machine quilted This is one of a pair of wall hangings made for my sister’s 50th birthday. Hers is the same size and design but the colours are reversed.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Woman (2009) 100cm Ø Commercial fabrics using foundation piecing method, machine and hand quilting. Created in a circle, symbol of the feminine, this piece depicts woman’s soul.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Giving Thanks (2003) 49cm Ø in 60 X 60 cm Fabric, vine tie, ribbons, trimmings secured onto card plus drawings on card This work was created at my 50th birthday celebration by family members and close friends. I had asked each to lay a thread of something I wanted to give thanks for and together we created this very special piece.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Toll (2022) 30 cm X 700 cm Hand dyed cheesecloth, cotton stabiliser, batting, perle cotton embroidery thread and a Swarovski crystal A simple stitch marking each death due to covid in the UK, starkly, in rows and rows and rows. The work has been purposefully left un-edged, uneven and unfinished in sympathy with the rawness of the subject matter. The needle, still with thread, left on the last row as part of the work. The colours red, black and grey amongst the white representing the anger, pain, bleakness and loss in those affected by each death. The Toll was started on 29 January 2021 when the death toll in the UK reached 100,000 The 100,000 stitch is marked with a Swarovski crystal. The piece consists of 520 rows and holds 145,046 stitches. This number of deaths was reached on 24th September 2021. The final stitch was stitched on 18 June 2022.</image:caption>
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