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clarabella: repetition
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Monday, February 17, 2014. Photographs taken this weekend in my studio, backyard and allotment. There was just a slight shift in the air today that made me think of Spring. The cycles of growth and renewal and all the repetitions that accompany them are about to start again. Sowing, planting, nurturing, processing, dyeing and stitching. Repetition changes nothing in the object repeated, but does change something in the mind which contemplates it.' Gilles Deleuze. I felt it too! I adore those tiny stitches.
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clarabella: recently
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Sunday, May 11, 2014. I've had an unplanned break from the blog due to a difficult month: the loss of a dear friend, illness in the family and deadlines everywhere I look. A couple of quiet days in the studio last week making mordant-printed samples helped me to get back into some sort of rhythm. I'll be moving shortly from this space to a self-hosted website. More details soon. Dear Claire, please accept my condolences. I am thinking about you and sending you supportive hugs across the pond. xo C. You c...
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clarabella: snippets
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Friday, March 14, 2014. It's all been a bit quiet in this space recently. Some big deadlines and end-of-winter blues had left me a little wrung out. Now we have lighter days and signs of green again, I'm feeling brighter and ready for this happily busy season. I've been adding to my collection of old unfinished patchwork. See here. For more examples of this obsession. These scraps have some very interesting text hidden inside, more of which another time. I've been using instagram. The Fabric of Bradford.
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clarabella: studio days
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Friday, April 04, 2014. I love your studio.so inspiring. have a creative weekend! You too Magdalena x. I could live in your studio, I love the muted chalky colours. As always, so beautiful. Your studio is beautiful. The textures and colours look like your works. I really like the feel of the pictures, I can almost smell rain! Thank you for leaving a comment. I always try to reply to you here if you do. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). You can also find me here. The Fabric of Bradford.
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clarabella: moving on
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Monday, May 26, 2014. This is my last post here. I've been blogging as clarabella for a long time, the name originally a childhood nickname, later the brand name when I made and sold small textile objects as my main job. There have been many changes in my life and work since then, so for consistency and ease I've decided to move my blog alongside my new website. Id already found your new website. Good luck with all that comes next for you x. Till later, Claire. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Growing...
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clarabella: Boro at Somerset House
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Saturday, April 19, 2014. Boro at Somerset House. I was lucky to catch the Boro exhibition. There is a catalogue with some very good photography. 'Boro' continues until 26th April. I would also recommend reading 'Boro: Rags and tatters from the far north of Japan' for more detail about the social and economic context of these textiles. Helen has written an excellent review of the exhibition here. Yes - it is moving to see the work knowing the context and imagining the history. Lucky you to catch it :).
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clarabella: outside
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Monday, March 03, 2014. Spring has arrived. Photographs taken at the allotment and in the community dye garden. I wish we had comunity gardens in my city! We have just borrowed a bit of abandoned space in a town centre, we get to use it until December this year, then I expect it will just return to weeds.Come to Yorkshire and visit! You are focussed on the emergence of spring just as I am finally using my acorn dye from the autumn. Perhaps its because our garden is still sleeping. The Fabric of Bradford.
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clarabella: About Me
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Claire Wellesley-Smith is a textile based practitioner living in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Her slow textiles are made using naturally-dyed, repurposed fabrics, traditional piecing and hand-stitching techniques. She grows her own dye plants and forages for other natural, local sources of colour. Her research interests include hand piecing and other hand stitch based communal activities. Claire has 9 years teaching experience. The Fabric of Bradford Project. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Japanese Textile Wor...
