Oyster catcher feathers from my local bay. I have lived in Ireland for a year now - and I can safely say it is the best thing I have ever done. It was a big leap from Brighton, but so worth it. Where I live now is so very quiet, so different to where I lived in Brighton. I have made great friends here and have been accepted by the local community.  It has taken this long for me to find my reason for being here in this beautiful place. Which direction my work is going to go - I have fallen in love with seaweed and have become quite passionate about clearing our local beach of plastic. I never felt I could make any kind of  difference while living on the South Coast of the U.K. Here on this remote tip of County Clare I feel I can make a small difference. Ross Bay on a very chilly afternoon. My house is on the hill.    As the tide goes out, it leaves behind beautiful compositions. I just love the layers of seaweed.   Playing wit...

 A Tyvek and polyester organza corsage by Mo Henderson in France. Online workshop - Manipulating with Heat. A bit of news about the online teaching and how it is going.  Not having taught online before, I wasn't too sure how it would go. Not having a frame of reference, I could only be guided by what other textile tutors are offering.  It has been a steep but generally positive learning curve. We had one or two teething problems on the first workshop, Manipulating with Heat - but judging how a lot of the students are STILL producing work on this workshop, we have got everything right now . . . . . .    A stunning cellophane bead and flower necklace by Mo Henderson. Online workshop - Manipulating with Heat.  As the workshops are based on a fast paced one day workshop, I thought the students enrolled on the workshops would work through the exercises over a few days, maybe a couple of weeks, depending on how much time they had. Well th...

 Die cut shapes from decorated newspaper ironed onto S133 interfacing. Online workshop - A New Starting Point. Being interviewed about your practice is a strange thing. Particularly when you tend not to work the same way as most of your peers. It makes you feel a bit vulnerable. However, when the interview comes out and looks and reads - quite alright really, you feel much better. This is a link to the interview. I hope you enjoy reading it. www.textileartist.org/kim-thittichai-designing-process *** This is a catch up blog post.  In August I have my last two workshops in the UK til 2019. One at Art Van Go and one at the Old Needle Works in Redditch.  Art Van Go - there are 2 places left.  August - Thursday 17th and Friday 18th 2 day workshop 10am - 4pm  Stitched and Printed Textile Travels. Be inspired by your travels - from a stunning arch in a cathedral to the exotic delights of an elephant ride in India. £95 (Including £4 mat...

 Cutting Edge Textiles A very hard working and exciting group based in Ngaruawahia.  I had been looking forward to seeing Margherita Alan again. We first met when she attended one of my classes at the excellent Quilt Symposium in Palmerston North in 2015. Since then we have be organising this workshop and the one following.  Finally we are here - and it has happened - what a fabulous 2 days we had. The workshop was The Journey into Printing Blocks.  Just look at the size of the room we had to work in - and all the materials and tools were so organised, just brilliant.    Margherita is on the far left of this photo - she could hardly contain her excitement over the 2 days - she was a joy to watch.  The group getting stuck into The Journey.  Starting to build up the lines and marks.    Admiring the finished Journeys all lined up together.   The Journeys.  The Journey is my own design ...