International Freeform Fibrearts Guild

Every year, the International Freeform Fiberarts Guild votes on a theme for the annual challenge. Work is made of a period of a few months, and is then presented in the form of an online exhibition and a book. We dont publish the pics anywhere online until the exhibition is live on the website. Which it is now, go head over for a min and have a look www.intfff.com/ 


 All this is done through volunteers of the Freeform Guilds Yahoo group. A virtual meeting place for lovers of all things fibre and freeform. They have done an incredible job this year, both with the online exhibition and the beautifully self-published book.

The theme for 2013 Freeform Challenge was Mother Earth and a total of 46 participants from all over the world interpreted the them, using a variety of fibres, techniques and influences.


To buy the book, all proceeds of which go to charity visit:
www.blurb.com/b/4392408-mother-earth

 Since I'm still obsessed with Lace, I made yet another experimental piece of lace for this years project. This time trying to work with depth. As someone who loves working in 3D, I struggle with the flatness of lace. I really enjoyed making this piece, and will be experimenting more with layering lace.

I always find it hard to talk about my work and my influences, they are generally multiples of vague notions, colours, techniques, words. As this piece was made in Spring, I chose this poem by Emily Dickinson to be beside my work as it expresses a beauty in Spring, far greater than I can.

A light exists in Spring by Emily Dickinson

A light exists in spring

Not present on the year

At any other period.

When March is scarcely here

A color stands abroad

On solitary hills

That science cannot overtake,

But human nature feels.

It waits upon the lawn;

It shows the furthest tree

Upon the furthest slope we know;

It almost speaks to me.

Then, as horizons step,

Or noons report away,

Without the formula of sound,

It passes, and we stay:

A quality of loss

Affecting our content,

As trade had suddenly encroached

Upon a sacrament.