Work in progress

I am currently working on a wall hanging.  I am working freeform crochet onto a framework of withies and with a hessian backdrop.  I will be posting more details as it progresses.

detail of withies

working up the withies

central layout

connecting the parts

differend bands

smaller elements

hairpin crochet in wool

hairpin crochet band in fine jute

Wherever I go I am intrigued by patterns and textures.  Last Autumn I took a leisurely walk with a friend round Cauldshiels Loch near Galashiels.  It was a dreich grey day.  Wet and still.  Yet the cool quiet atmosphere was wonderfully relaxing and refreshing.  Colours everywhere sang and shone in the wet.

Afterwards  I returned to this wonderful atmospheric feeling and worked on capturing some of that vibrant,stripped-away stillness on canvas.   Here is one of them in various stages of its emergence.