Flora Japonica


inspiration

Went to Kew Gardens this weekend for Flora Japonica exhibition. A friend of mine kindly booked my place for the exhibition tour by co-curator Masumi Yamanaka. The exhibition was at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art. Masumi’s talk was very informative. I always wondered what the differences were among floral painting, botanical art, botanical […]

27th February 2017

Sophie Long’s Ribbonwork Embroidery


Ribbonwork

Sophie Long‘s new book Ribbonwork Embroidery is out now. I’ve been waiting for this:)           (Photo credit: Sophie Long) Sophie is having a book launch at the Sunbury Embroidery Gallery on Sat 18th February from 11:00 to 14:00. Sophie once gave us a special workshop as I organise a stitching group […]

13th February 2017