Jo Rolfe Artist' Studio

Jo is participating in Norfolk Open Studios.

She specialises in Hand-dyed and stitched textiles.

Her work is inspired by the coast, landscape and

architectural detail.

Her wonderful studio is in her garden at Fincham

and opened on two weekends

22nd and 23rd of May 2010.

29th and 31st of May 2010.

Stewart and I had the opportunity of visiting Jo

and looking and being inspired by her work.

Jo will be opening her studio in 2011 Open Studios too!

Visit www.nnfestival.org.uk/openstudios

See inside my studio on my website

http://www.art2inspire.co.uk/

In the Natural Order

Art in the Garden.

This impressive installation was produced by

conceptual artist
Lynn Hutton.
It has a presence and size which fits within a landscape setting.
(I am 5ft 6").
Each metal strut has a verse.
Three being,
'Let the dry land appear'.
'Let ther be light'
and
'Let the land produce plants and vegetation'.
All grounded in a bed of slate.
To see more of Lynn Hutton's work

under artists at
http://www.artworksinfo.org.uk/

Stitch in Time

Art in the Garden.

Being a textile inspired artist this installation

by Julia Sheila.

I was lucky enough to meet Julia and talk

art, cameras and textiles.

She is a very vibrant artist.

Elements of Life

Art in the Garden.

This installation is by Liz Murfit.
Such a clever use of the Garden gazibo and the
modern plastics of life.

Ewe and Lamb

Art in the Garden.

This is the work of sculpture Andrew Williams

and was on the pillar plinth of a garden path

opening.

Beautiful in the sunlight!

Sculpture

Art in the Garden.

This wooden sculpture was made by Claire Heath.

'Bringing Nature to the world of people'

This as really impressive in this space.

You can see why it had already been sold.

Claire likes to work with reclaimed and weathered materials.

Art in the Garden

Yesterday Stewart and I went to Art in the Garden at Fincham, the next village to us.

As usual Brenda had organised over 20 Artists and their work in

her garden at St. Mary's Lodge.

With a gallery of artwork,studio and amazing garden filled with art.

It's on May 22nd and 23rd.

May 29th, 30th and 31st.

June 5th and 6th.

It is really inspirational, unique Art Event

and well worth the visit.

The Bongleweed Page

This screen printed fabric was inspired by the childrens book

'The Bongleweed',

where a child watches a plant grow outside their window.

It takes over her world and she has adventures exploring in it.

I have had to deal with an awlful lot of weeds

this spring but as many a gardener has told me,

"Weeds are just plants, growing in your wrong place!".

So true! but they do take over!

See more of Quilters Cottage garden throughout this blog.

Back of Bongleweed Page

This is the back of The Bongleweed page.

There is a section from some of my screen printed fabric

I usedon the front.

The quote is,

"May all our weeds be

wild flowers"

Anon

See more of the pages as I add to them

throughout the Summer.

Yellow Iris Page

The Yellow Iris page contains all my own dyed fabrics.

The back is a section from a a dyed flowered duvet cover.

I recycle most things!

The quote is

"Nature is the source of

all artistic expression"

See more quotes and how I have used them

in my work at

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Purple Iris Page

This Purple Iris Page

contains alot of my own dyed and screenprinted textiles.

It was the end of the day and screen, so I

sprinkled it with talcum powder and you get

wonderful bubble shaped spots on your fabric.

I had previously laid a resist pattern down of a flowered

heart and this is on the back, using this same technique

with the talcum powder.

The quotes are,

" Imagination is everything.

It is the preview of life's coming attactions"

Albert Einstein.

and

"By changing our course of action

in a moment,sometimes in a very

small way we may redirect an

entire outcome"

See more quote andhow I have used them in my work at

http://www.art2inspire.co.uk/

Pink Iris Page

This Pink Iris page contains several quotes as you can see.

"If a journey had no struggle.

If life had no effort.

If work had no pride.

Where would the meaning of it all be?"

Anon

Blue Iris Page

This is the 'Blue Iris', page.

The pages are all A4 size,

with the intention to join them all together into a book

ready for Alveva's Exhibition in October.

Our theme for the Exhibition is

'An English Country Garden'.

I have layered materials and made pockets for

keepsakes and memories to be added onto

the pages.

Each one contains quotes, poems and verse.

The backs are decorated too! with additions such as buttons.

I have written longer quotes on them

in my own handwriting.

Iris Photograph

These Iris's have been beautiful every year and I keep dividing

them and moving them round the garden.

These are in the long flower bed which was

completely re-designed this year.

I just love how exotic they look.

I have been making fabric 'Garden' pages and have

made several inspired by the Iris,

in the different colours.

See more of Quilters Cottage Garden in previous blogs.

Bonnets for Norma Bean

At our busy Alveva meeting some more bonnets were given to me

to send to Norma Bean.

They are beautifully made and carry

the embroidered name of a

'Rose' who was transported to Australia.

These are in the post now to Norma with our best wishes.

See previous February 2010 blogs

'Roses from the Heart'

'The Bonnet Display'

'Roses from Tthe Heart Bonnets'

and see all the information about the

exhibiton and history to these bonnets at

http://www.christinahenri.com.au/

and

http://www.femalefactory.com.au/