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Deconstructed stitching2 comments

annjrippin wrote 2 weeks ago: This is the first in a series of small pieces which I intend to bind into an artists book.  The book … more →

Tags: Artists' Books, Books, cloth, colour, Embroidery, Inspiration, lace, Textiles, Walter Benjamin

Thinking about dolls - research in progress

annjrippin wrote 4 weeks ago: Two posts today as this one is very much from the academic quilter.  I thought I should leaven the l … more →

Tags: Dolls and doll making, Narrative, Work in progress

(D)rag Doll III2 comments

annjrippin wrote 1 month ago:       Some of you who read this blog regularly will know that I have been working on … more →

Tags: cloth, colour, costume, costume dramas, Dolls and doll making, lace, Textiles, Work in progress

(D)rag Doll 26 comments

annjrippin wrote 1 month ago:   This is the second in my short series of (D)rag Dolls.  I am very proud indeed of those brack … more →

Tags: costume, Dolls and doll making, embellishment, Exhibitions, Orientalism, Textiles, Work in progress

The Drag Doll Workbook2 comments

annjrippin wrote 2 months ago:       On my travels this week I have had a lot of positive feedback about the Drag Do … more →

Tags: Artists' Books, Dolls and doll making, Drawing, sketchbooks, Work in progress

My latest doll7 comments

annjrippin wrote 2 months ago: I  apologise for the large gap that there has been between posts.  The first reason for this is that … more →

Tags: costume, Dolls and doll making, Embroidery, Work in progress, writing

I'm still here2 comments

annjrippin wrote 3 months ago: I am aware that I have not posted much recently.  This is because of the hailstorm of deadlines for … more →

Tags: Art Quilts, Inspiration, Narrative, Textiles, Walter Benjamin

Nothing Christmassy here

annjrippin wrote 5 months ago:     I am at my mother’s for Christmas and so brought some hand sewing with me to do … more →

Tags: Artists' Books, Embroidery, Making, Quilting with mother, Walter Benjamin, Work in progress

New Project: Benjamin's 'Destructive Character' Art Book1 comment

annjrippin wrote 5 months ago: Sadly, I own and wear one of these… Although I haven’t been doing much stitching or anyt … more →

Tags: Art, Artists' Books, Creativity, Inspiration, sketchbooks, Walter Benjamin, Work in progress

Threads of Identity V2 comments

annjrippin wrote 7 months ago: Those of you who have been reading the blog for some time may remember that I produced a series of s … more →

Tags: Embroidery, Textiles, Laura Ashley, Creativity, finishing work, Making, Art Quilts, making is connecting, Inspiration

Ghost dolls at Hawkwood1 comment

annjrippin wrote 8 months ago: I have spent most of the week at Hawkwood College just outside Stroud, Gloucestershire, on a writing … more →

Tags: Work in progress, Laura Ashley, Narrative, writing, Creativity, Art, Making, Dolls and doll making

My latest quilt7 comments

annjrippin wrote 8 months ago:   This is my new quilt.  It is a cautionary tale really.  I wanted to have a second large … more →

Tags: Quilting, Embroidery, Work in progress, sketchbooks, Textiles, Laura Ashley, collage, Making, Art Quilts

The York Exhibiiton2 comments

annjrippin wrote 8 months ago:   I was talking to the Medieval Historian this morning and saying that I seem to have had a med … more →

Tags: Body Shop International, Work in progress, Laura Ashley, finishing work, Art, Making, Art of Management Conference 2012, Anita Roddick, Exhibitions

Back home and ready to blog2 comments

annjrippin wrote 8 months ago: Well, finally back from my conference-going travels.  Last week it was the Art of Management in York … more →

Tags: Art, Inspiration

What I will be doing next week3 comments

annjrippin wrote 8 months ago: I can’t quite believe it but next week it’s my exhibition at The University of York.  Ra … more →

Tags: Textiles, Art Quilts, Art of Management Conference 2012, Exhibitions

Laura Ashley Ghost Dolls Continued3 comments

annjrippin wrote 9 months ago: This is a close-up of my latest doll, Sandie.  This was inspired by the very earliest dresses that L … more →

Tags: Work in progress, Textiles, Laura Ashley, costume, Dolls and doll making

St Laura and the Nuits blanches1 comment

annjrippin wrote 9 months ago: On Friday night I found myself completely unable to sleep: wide awake, thoughts racing through my he … more →

Tags: Artists' Books, Drawing, Inspiration, Laura Ashley, Museums, patchwork, Quilting, sketchbooks, Work in progress

Introducing Angela

annjrippin wrote 9 months ago: I finally managed to get into my workroom this week and decided to dress one of the Laura Ashley gho … more →

Tags: Work in progress, Laura Ashley, Making, Dolls and doll making

Try not to get too excited...2 comments

annjrippin wrote 9 months ago:   I have just published a new permanent page on this blog.  This is entirely to do with a publi … more →

Tags: Work in progress, writing, Anita Roddick, portraiture


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