Hashtag life
My final piece as a member of Cloth in Common is inspired by the masks we all wear in public and specifically the masks we wear on social...
The masks we all wear
We all have multiple roles in our lives and, although we may not consciously do so, we all wear different masks in our different roles....
Broken
When I set 'Disunity' as the prompt for the group I was interested in seeing the response from members of the group living in different...
Disunity
How often do you hear the phrase 'we live in interesting times'? It feels like too often. Especially when 'interesting' isn't always what...
Times New Roman
It doesn't matter how hard I try, I just can't make time. It is a finite resource. And one that I continue to abuse - if taking on too...
Flow
When I read the prompt I was in the middle of a protracted fabric dyeing session so my mind went to how much water we use when drying or...
How much water?
I have been doing a lot of dyeing recently and that got me thinking about how much water I use to colour my cloth. Although I'm not on a...
Night Shadows
I thought I was going to make a piece inspired by Patti Smiths 'Because the Night' but Patti (and Bruce Springsteen who wrote the song)...
Because the night ....
Some of our earlier prompts have been transformed into cloth within days. Others have inspired nothing for the longest time until a last...
Good Intentions
There is a saying - 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions'. And I guess we can all think of times in our history when good...
