Sue Nicholls Blog
Printmaking - a rekindled passion
I've been expanding my horizons over the past couple of months and rekindled an old passion of mine, for printmaking. Long before I discovered textile art, and still worked at the BBC in London, I enrolled on a printing-making evening class at Camden Arts Centre.
Contemporary Textiles Fair 2018
Soon, it will be time to for me to head into London with a boot-full of stock and props for the Contemporary Textiles Fair. I’m both excited and nervous at the prospect of taking part in this all-textile event. It should be a really good opportunity to meet some fellow-artists and to try out some new designs on some textile-loving customers.
Preparing for Herts Open Studios 2017
I’m busy at the moment, really busy. It’s just a couple of weeks until Herts Open Studios starts and I’m only just getting round to firing my ceramics work ready to have on display.
A Few Experiments with Natural Dyes
I have done a bit of hand dyeing of fabric to use in my work in the past – usually using synthetic Procion & Acid dyes. I have occasionally gathered elderberries to dye wool, boiled up tea bags to age fabric and experimented with rust dyeing but nothing too substantial.