The MOST delicious chocolate cake It's been a while!  I have been thinking, you could probably hear the noise from where you are . . My birthday was last week and I hosted a lunch for 12. It was more a celebration of me moving to Ireland and into this amazing house 8 years ago. A small group of friends and neighbours who have helped me settle so well into this great community. My sister was here for a week which really helped. Lynda got the housekeeping and cleaning gene that seems to have passed me by!!! She was godsend. An absolute star and I love her dearly. (not just because she cleans!!) Pavlova with fruit decoration - one I prepared earlier! I don't entertain a lot at home, the house is usually too messy - anyone who makes will understand. But I do love feeding my friends, so it was wonderful to cook and create a big spread for my guests. I had such a great time, I didn't take ANY photos . . very rare for me.  There was some chocolate cake and trifle left and some of ...

Remarkable Architecture In six months I will be traveling to Uzbekistan for a nearly a month. The plan was to travel with one group on a tour of 14 days 7th - 21st April. However, that booked up so quickly, we had to add another tour for the people that missed their chance. We now have 5 places left on the second tour which is 23rd March to 7th April. Strong simple forms The tours are concentrating on the amazing architecture and textiles of Uzbekistan. We will also be enjoying the local foods and culture of each area we visit. I have a particular interest in in the geometric designs and colours used on many of the beautiful buildings. You will notice the buildings are generally strong, simple shapes which means you can appreciate the colour and designs. Perfect inspiration for artists and anyone interested in beautiful architecture. Beautiful colour and form     We will also be visiting a fort in the desert, I get excited just typing that!! How amazing. Again strong shapes bu...

  An image of work created by Carrey Gorney, featured in the exhibition and book Burnt Histories     The conversion started this morning at 8.33 on Messenger. I don't mind messages on social media as I can choose to answer when I have time, or feel like it! But as it was Carry, we started to chat. Carry Gorney is an artist and a past student of mine. She played and developed new ideas in my original online workshops several years ago, and came to my home in Ireland to take part in one of my Look, Draw, Print, Stitch weekends.   An image of work created by Carrey Gorney, featured in the exhibition and book Burnt Histories   Here is part of Carrey's question this morning - "Your surface teaching work is still wonderful. I would like to develop that using photographs ...from my Burnt Histories exhibition which is still being shown and referenced.  . . . and I suddenly thought why don't you incorporate digital photos into your work and teaching? Photos are ...

I do love silk fibre bowls, they look so wonderful in the light.     Yes, it's been a while. Life got in the way of things for a few months . . . But I am very happy to tell you that The Experimental Textiles Video Library is now complete. It took me much longer than I thought to film and edit all 12 workshops. But they are now all live on the website. www.kimthittichai.com Lutradur, zapped with a heat gun and decorated with puff paste and acrylic paint. From Zap! Pow! Slash! and Melt! The last 3 workshops to go live were Working with Silk Fibres, Zap! Pow! Slash! and Melt!, and Raising the Surface. I really had fun filming and creating the samples for these workshops, they round off the video library perfectly.  All existing subscribers have had the end of their subscriptions moved to 15th July 2025. The students who already subscribe to the video library have been creating some brilliant work. This piece is by Sally Thompson in Australia, inspired by the bark of a tree ...

A beautiful bowl and vase from The Blue Pottery in Jaipur  I don't often dust . . the housekeeping gene definitely missed me!  But sometimes, when I have time, or I am avoiding doing something else, I dust, and admire and enjoy the many beautiful and colourful artefacts that have traveled home with me from different parts of the world. I am particularly fond of the mementos/trophies that I collected from my 4 textile holidays to Jaipur with Colouricious. What an amazing time we all had together. Lovely long beaded, decorated cords with bells on, hanging in my beaded curtain and on the wall of my lounge.    Small, inexpensive, purchases can bring such delight, even years after, bringing back happy memories of warm, colourful days.   The simple beauty of un fired terracotta lassi cups. I am particularly fond of these lassi cups, they are quite fragile and I was delighted they got back to Ireland in one piece. The yogurt drink lassi is served in the cups and then ...