When I read that this rounds prompt was ‘Kitchen Inspiration’ my heart sank. Sorry Regina but the first thing I did was google the opposite of inspiration. I found disincentive, discouragement, hindrance, characterless, uninspiring, unstimulating and many more. Actually I think ‘apathetic’ best described my reaction to the prompt.

  Once I understood that I couldn’t merrily print lyrics onto cloth to use for this piece I had to have a rethink. One of the lyrics I had been going to use was from a song called Scattered Black and Whites by Elbow. It is a song about memories

As soon as I read the prompt I knew what I wanted to do. I was going to print lyrics from songs that mean something to me onto paper, tear and collage then stitch onto a fabric base. But what songs, what lyrics?    I keep my 300+ CD’s in

  It was so obvious. Touch. The one thing artists don’t usually let people do. Even artists that work with textiles because of their tactile qualities. We hang our art on walls along with a ‘do not touch’ signs. At best invigilators’  wearing white gloves will carefully lift the bottom

  Isn’t it crazy that I work with textile because I love it’s tactile nature but don’t let other people touch my work? Hang my work on a wall and stick a ‘do not touch’ notice next to it.   Sometimes quilt angels in white cotton gloves will lift a

Cacophony – defined as a harsh discordant mixture of sounds.   Synonyms: din, racket, noise, discord, dissonance, discordance, caterwauling, raucousness, screeching, jarring, stridency, grating, rasping.   How do words sound? How do they make you feel? Do we each respond to individual words in the same way?   For me