The first image is a drawing I made about 7 years ago of a sort of fantasy landscape, which I have always wanted to make into a quilt- but somehow never got around to it. But as I am teaching the on-line linocutting class ( and there are still 2 places for the course starting 14 August) I have been scouring my line drawings for making into lino-cuts as examples. I am really pleased with the way this landscape turned out- the line drawing really lent itself to being reinterpreted into lino.
I finished the quilt in order to enter it into the Ozquilt art quilt thing- got everything ready and then saw the exhibition dates-the exhibition does not finish until 17 December, and by That stage we may already be overseas- and we certainly won't have a fixed address.The quilt measures 52 cms by 127 cms long and is whole cloth stitched silk. It is for sale if you are interested for $750 US.
The inspiration for this piece is waterways of my childhood. Colombo Creek was near the station ( large large farm) where we lived - and on hot summer evenings we would go down there and take a splash- the creek wasn't really that deep and the waters were black with tannin form the gumleaves. You had to be careful for snags ( submerged branches) and the leeches were always there so we always took salt with us.We also saw a snake taking a dip one day too- but somehow that didn't deter us- guess it must have been hot! I am an air sign but am also the water carrier and I am always drawn to rivers and creeks ( and way back when canals) much more so than the sea. I wonder what state Colombo Creek is in these days- does it still run?
I have been stitching on my Colombo Creek piece- I am not sure that I will get it done for the Ozquilt call for entries- there is a long way to go still and the stitching is taking a long time. But it has given me food for thought for a series of work around the idea of creeaks and rivers and canals that I have known since being a small child. I am the water carrier, even if I am an air sign, and water is such an important part to our existence and we are so wasteful with it.
The seocnd image is a cd cover for an album entiled "Sea Sew" by Lisa Hannigan. Lisa is Irish and I saw her on Youtube after someone mentioned her youtube on a blog ( and I can't for the life of me remeber whose blog it was). I loved what I heard and saw- a clip in a pub in Dingle which I went to many moons ago- and have been on the lookout for the cd since. My daughter found it in Sydney on the weekend and bought it for me- and it's wonderful- it is kind of jazz, folk and celtic- and the lyrics are wonderful . The cover is knitted and stitched made by Lisa and her sister and the lyrics and acknowledgements have been stitched on irish linen!!!
Thanks for the commisses about having to move- I am actually feeling rather sanguine about it-the house has allowed me to come to some sort of peace and for that I am grateful- it is good that it is transitory in a sense, because now I can move on to new dreams and places. And I will!.
I have been working on a piece of charcoal coloured silk. I wasn't expecting to be working on it at all- but suddenly an idea arrived that I just had to do- fortunately I had just the piece of grey silk that I had dyed ages ago- I am thinking of the dark dark coloured waters of the creeks in summertime out the back of Jerilderie- and the dry dusty summers ..... It might be a companion to my flag piece.
I had some bad news the other day- we had hoped to stay in this house until January when we go to France- but unfortunately the landlord wants his house back as soon as possible after our lease expires- I think they will let us stay until my eldest daughter has finished exams mid November, but then we have two months of limbo. I am thinking hard about what I will do.All our furniture has to go into storage- lots of packing up to do! I also want to put my block of land on the market.
I haven't organised any workshops for January in Europe- but if we go earlier I do need to be earning money as we need to organise a car and various other things, and I haven't sold much work at all this year. I have been lucky that I had the books.
However we have found a home for our cat- so that is one worry out of the way, and she knows one of the people already- so that is even better.
Those of you who expressed intereste in the on-line linocutting course and left comments- please email me through my profile ..
I reproduce this image with the permission of: The Sion Tapestry Reproduced with the permission of Historisches Museum Basel - Inv.-No. 1897.48.
I have been working hard on my lino-cutting course- trying to make as many examples as I can to illustrate what I have written. The notes are starting to turn into a book at the rate I am going- who knows I may make it into a book!. There is still a couple of places available in my next course starting on 14 August if anyone is interested. Course price is $30US and comprises of three lessons delivered in two weekly intervals. The first group have made some wonderful work already, and their enthusiasm is very infectious! Thank you! Some of the work can bee seen at the Jolly Good Yarn Blog and at Robbie's Pawprint blog
I did however want to share the Sion textile with my blog readers. Most of you have probably never heard of this textile but it is said to be the oldest European printed textile and was found at Sion in Switzerland, though it is believed dto have been made in Venice. it is a large fragement measuring about 2 metres and this small section shows a few of the blocks that were printed-the piece is two coloured and the imagery represents the Eoedipus cycle. It dates from the second half of the Fourteetnth century. It is now housed at the Historical Museum in Basel but sadly won't be on display this year or in 2010- I asked! I found it in a book I purchased some time ago called the Origins of European Printmaking.I have given a link to Book Depository Co- they are a British company who supply books worldwide and the shipping is free!! I have never had a delivery take longer than 7 days- so am a very happy customer.
I have been working on making lots of lino-cuts and this one is inspired by Jumeiux Cathedral in Normandy. It is said that William the Conqueror set out from Jumieux Cathedral on his quest to invade England. Anyway it is a most delightful ruin in a delightful little village. We took a lot of photos as I am especially fond of arches and arches framed within arches. The intention has been to make a quilt inspired by the rui but for now a linocut will have to do!
And I am now taking bookings for my next lino-cut course which will start on August 14 which is a friday. The course will consist of three fortnightly sessions looking at linocutting and developing your own imagery. The cost is $30 US for the three sessions. If you are on my waiting list I shall be in touch with you soon.
Bleak horrid weather outside- but the rain is needed and I slowly see dams that dried out last summer filling up again slowly.
I have been doodling in my journal , playing around with lines for linocutting. The flowers are inspired by lace, and the face by an image of Mary from the St Serge Convent in Maloula by Michel of Crete ( 1813). I love the detail of ornamentation on the icon image.
I have been quiet- life has gotten busy and I have been desperately trying to finish my quilt so that I can send the entry to EPM Concours. The photo is of a snippet of the quilt- can't really show you the whole- but I did use the three colours of the flag- just changed them into a much nicer red and blue!
We have also started our on-line lino cutting course and that has been fun.Developing the work for the course has been a good exercise- it has really pushed me to look hard at design, which is not a bad thing!I will definitely be doing another on-line course starting sometime in August- I already have a waiting list.
And on another note- Fiona Wright from Creative Art Safari's and I have been working/dreaming on a tour we will do in August 2010 of England and Belgium inspired by the Arts & Craft Movement. The design elements of the movement fit in nicely with the lino-cutting work I am doing) So I am also looking at the philosophy underlying the movement- revisiting John Ruskin ( whose work I so briefly encountered when doing my masters)I love researching things- it fulfills the intellectual side of doing.
The image is of some work I have been preparing for my on-line lino-cutting course.The spiral block has been done on a speedball block and though the edges looked rough on the cuts, it printed cleanly, which surprised me. Can you see the cutting mistakes I made?It is taking a lot of time cutting the blocks demonstrating various aspects of lino-cutting- and despite the fact that there are books out ther eon lino-cutting , there is very little that is design oriented. There are some that show the work of artists utilising the medium , and though they are wonderful , the images can be rather daunting for someone starting out. I look at some of the images and think how on earth did they do that? Was surprised that dremel tools and routers and power tools are used ( I am not sure why I was surprised by this- just had not thought of it I suppose)
However I am enjoying the directions the cutting is pushing me in with this concentrated effort at creating blocks. Now to make a book with worthy content... I mean a book with images- a hand made book.
My eldest daughter turned 18 today- such a milestone but where has the time gone???
Yes I do have a cat- and finally I am sharing a picture of her- she sleeps on my bed most nights- who knew a cat takes up that much space????? I am probably 50 times (or more) her size and yet she manages to take over the greater portion of the bed. But nonetheless she has been a part of our lives for seven years now ( it's her birthday soon). Her name is Mitsou- she is a lilac point burmese and has a wicked sense of humour, and is just a little crazy, but funny as well. But most of all I think of her as a "vredig beestje" - it's dutch I am sorry- it sort of means peaceful animal- but a little more and in a sense more surrounding as a feeling- it's gotten me through some of the worst moments thes e last 2 and a half years- it's my little mantra- she sits on my lap and I think "vredig beestje" ( even though she is super good at killing mice ,rats and I hate it ,but birds too, and she has even be known to bring home decapitated baby snakes, one wonders where the head went????) In fact it has become such a mantra- that when I sit to hand sew/quilt she thinks that is the signal for her to sit on my lap and be vredig! We are hoping to find her a home for a year when we are in France ( anyone interested?)- the quarantine regulations make it too hard to take her with us.
I think I am making some headway in my thinking for the theme for Val d'Argent."Le Carredour Europeen du Patchwork invited all the continents to show their treasures. From this idea,travel through the country of your choice, upon a free topic, as long as the piece only includes the colurs of the flag from your selected country"
As someone has already observed red/white/blue of the Australian flag are hardly inspiring and yet when you think of th eoutback you do think of red and blue- just a different red and blue, and there is white too with saltbush, bleached bones and flannel flowers...... i am still thinking but this blue/red combo is much more pleasing and so much more like the country I live in.
A week or so ago I showed the Madonna transferred onto the Evolon. I have now stitched her with machine stitching. She looks quite different to the hand stitched Madonna I did awhile ago.
I also have to put the thinking cap on for the Carrefour Europeen du Patchwork concours this year with the theme "Colours of a Country"- you have to include the colours of the flag of the country- and well red white and blue of the Australian flag is hardly inspiring. I do have a few ideas, but I am still not entirely happy with how they are panning out.
I haven't fallen off the planet but the power supply to my computer did and I was left computerless for five days as the necessary repairs were carried out. This put a considerable dent in the week but perhaps it was for the best as last week the contract arrived for the publication of Lovely lutradur written by Marion Barnett and myself in French. We had discussed it eons ago with Editions de Saxe and as we had heard nothing I had assumed that maybe they were no longer interested. Wrong..... but alas I had sold some of the work we photographed for the cd and I could no longer track it all down. And of course the publishers want to take their own phtographs. So I had to recreate quite a few of the smaller pieces. I decided as long as the subject matter was similar I didn't think it mattered it the work wasn't exactly the same.
So I sewed and sewed to get everything ready for the courier by Thursday afternoon. Thankfully my machine behaved, the twelve weight threads that I am trialing for Aurifil proved to be a godsend ( these are brilliant for doing satin stitch binding and quilting- I hope they do decide to go ahead with producing the threads), and surprisingly some of the pieces turned out better than those I did first time around. I don't really revisit work but I think the little stone angels piece and the boabab tree are better the second time around. The fabric I lay behind the printed tree on the lutradur proved to be particularly effective for creating interesting texture.
A Change in the Weather is an exhibition curated by Clare Smith looking at the issue of climate change. Clare's husband is a climate change scientist. The exhibition is on display at Minerva Gallery in Wellington, and will move to the Cloakroom Gallery in Queenstown for July.
These two quilts are by Ronnie Martin and JennyBowker.
These two quilts are by Sue Wademan and Gloria Loughman.
Alison Schwabe , Margery Goodall and Sue Wood also have pieces in the exhibition.
Here are the artists statements which also includes quilt prices for Minerva Gallery- if you are interested in purchasing a piece please contact Minerva Gallery direct
Statements - A Change in the Weather
MAELSTROM - Alison Schwabe
$2000
My design was developed around the cartographic symbol for cyclones/hurricanes. The dark green base colour represents The Earth. The swirl of coloured inserts represents the variety/maelstrom of scientific data and expert opinions on changing climatic phenomena, and the highly charged emotional and political atmosphere surrounding the facts and the measures needing to be implemented to ensure the survival of humanity at this critical time in the planet's history. The hand quilted grid is red, a colour associated with danger.
Acid Rain - Gloria Loughman
NZ$1800
Burning fossil fuels, coal fired generators, and smelting furnaces produce pollutants that react with moisture in the atmosphere to become acid rain. This can have catastrophic effects on the environment, killing our forests and polluting our rivers. Using alternative energy sources such as wind, geothermal and solar will help reduce this appalling situation.
Background composed of fused and stitched rectangles. Trees machine appliquéd. Mainly hand dyed and painted cotton fabrics.
Changing Tides - Ronnie Martin
$1200
Historically many of the settlement areas of our country have been on coastal areas. This early trend has continued and now many of our cities and large towns are based in the very places which are most likely to be affected by rising water levels. I am reminded of the children's bible song about the wise man building his house upon the rockŠwhere should the wise man go now?
This piece uses both hand painted and commercial fabrics in a naïve style and simple colour way to reflect the continuing Polyanna - like attitude we have to what is really happening around us.
Wendy Lugg - Mourning Cloth
NZ $1,900
Modern civilisation has made its mark on the earth, resulting in vandalism far worse than these muddy handprints photographed on the wall of a dilapidated house. It seems unlikely that the various current attempts at makeshift repairs will be sufficient to halt the disintegration of the fabric of our world.
Margery Goodall - Watching the Weather: views # 9-12
NZ $1100 (group), individual units $NZ 300 each
STATEMENT: "The beauty of the landscape in all its moods belies the underlying menace of these changing weather patterns."
View # 9 - What price a perfect day?
View # 10 - Dust storm
View # 11 - Wild fire
View # 12 - Flood watch
Purchased printed fabrics, textile inks
Machine stitch, ink painting and over-drawing on already printed fabrics
Jenny Bowker - Hot Water - Dead Sea
Aus $ 1600
At the waters of the sea increase in temperature the sea will become
more acid. Corals and molluscs will be unable to form shells and the
reefs will die. For a while at least, coelenterates like jelly fish
will fill the seas.
Extreme conditions is the public face of climate change. When 7 February 2009 dawned we knew the forecast was for 47 degrees celsius, hot northerly gusting winds, a blustery south westerly change - fire danger extreme. The temperature did soar to 47 degrees celsius ( the hottest temperature in this state in white recorded history) the hot notherly wind blasted dust into the air and the southwesterly change came with mini tornadoes that unleashed branches as big as trees into the air and with only minor temperature change.It was the most frightening day I have experienced and the devastation heartbreaking. Whole towns, whole families, all gone. The fire index was 6- a never before seen index figure , it was three times higher than Ash Wednesday. The drought conditions of the last 10 years, the dried out dead fuel and rising temperatures have all contributed to a day that will continue to impact for generations.
Clare Plug - Antarctica Series: Ice Crack 6
$1200
Artist Statement:
Sea ice is a dominant feature on the Earth and much of this ice forms annually.
It effectively doubles the size of Antarctica each winter, acting as an insulating blanket, and then in early summer as a reflector of sunlight. This dynamic process means sea ice has a vital role in the balance of heat that maintains global temperatures within a comfortable range.
Scientists study this complex process as they race to understand the changes occurring in the Earth’s climate and weather systems.
Own discharge-dyed cotton fabric.
Whole cloth, machine quilted.
Cheryl Comfort - Unless
$1500
UNLESS someone like you
cares a whole awful lot
nothing is going to get better
It's not.
The Lorax
Dr Seuss
Unless we change
Unless we take responsibility
Unless it's a hoax
Unless I make a change
Unless we do it now
Sue Wood - 'The forgotten factor'.
Price: $1400
In the rural location where I live, fertile farming land shrinks under the onslaught of drought and fire. We debate the causes and we debate about what to do, but we don't talk any more about the impact of an exponentially increasing world population. How many people is too many?
Sue Wademan - 'Weather Patterns'
$1500
Our planet earth, as well as each of the other planets in our solar system, has warmed by about 1ƒF over the last 100 years and we call this global warming.
Why this is happening has sparked a huge debate. Some scientists think it is a natural occurrence, that over millions of years the cycle from hot to cold and back again has happened many times, but others think that it is the intervention of human endeavours which has put the planet in peril.
One thing's for sure, the climate shift has effected
'a change in the weather' & the 'weather patterns'.
My art quilt shows some of these patterns. The lines represent coastal inundation; the snowdrop shapes show the icicles in the atmosphere; the droplets of water denote how precious our water is on planet earth and the stitch lines indicate the heavy rain we seem to be having.
Irrigation - Clare Smith
$1500
As I flew over South Africa a few years ago I was surprised to see large polka dots across a dry dusty valley. It took a while for me to work out that those circles were caused by irrigation. If we don't make major efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the earth warms the predicted 2-4 C by the end of this century then parts of the earth will become drier and we will have to turn more and more to irrigation, but this causes problems too.
Salination of the soil due to irrigation is already a problem in parts of Australia. Irrigation of cotton crops in Russia has already led to the drying up of the Aral Sea, which was once the 4th largest lake in the World. Millions of people around the World already suffer from a lack of drinking water.
Hand dyed, monoprinted and screenprinted fabrics, commercially printed fabrics. Hand appliqué, machine quilting.
Clare Plug created a hand out detailing further information as well as some personal things that could be done to change the individuals carbon print on the planet. And I know some people don't believe in climate change as anything other than a natural progression that has occurred since the beginning of time but on the other hand the suggestions really beg the question- will it hurt for us to adopt any or all of these things? And in the long run I am guessing it will save you more money.
Overwhelmed? Not sure where to start? Here are some suggestions.
Quiltmakers all understand the principle of subdividing the big challenges – like making a quilt – into smaller, manageable & achievable steps. They make one quilt block/unit at a time and before they know it will have enough to assemble to make a whole quilt.
Even making seemingly small changes to your household routine can quickly add up to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions over a year, and so reduce the size of your own Carbon Footprint. And your friends and family may well join in too!
#Grow something you can eat.
Eg. Sprouts in a jar, microgreens in a shallow tray, salad greens in a recycled container.
Or plant strawberries, or a lemon tree (lemons are useful for all sorts of thing!).
#Aim for one car-less or dryer-less or dishwasher-less day each week.
Use the bus, the washing line or the sink instead. Or Car Pool with a friend/colleague/clubmate.
#Visit your local Library to read the magazines; its very cosy, comfy & friendly there these days.
Or just borrow a book or DVD instead of buying them.
Forgo a newspaper & read it there or online instead.
#Have your car’s tyre pressures & tuning checked regularly, and unload that stuff you’re carting around everywhere in your boot, to improve your mileage/litre.
Or defrost the freezer more often, anything to make your ‘machines’ work more efficiently for you.
#Dig out that Crockpot from the cupboard & use it & your Microwave more for cooking in. They use a lot less electricity than your oven. While you are at it cook double quantity & save for tomorrow or cool & freeze for reheating another day.
#Look through your own patchwork fabric stash before shopping for more. Quiltmaking was traditionally a frugal craft; rediscover the joys of making something beautiful out of what you already have.
#Put on a jersey or thermal top & turn down the thermostat to 18’C.
#Make one night/week meat free. Farm animals generate gases that contribute to global warming.
#Switch something off – a light, an appliance on standby, or the oven 10 minutes early & use stored heat to finish the cooking.
#Everyone Recycles @ Home these days but what about @ Work? And let’s not forget the 2 other ‘R’s, Reduce and Reuse. Bring your own mug for the coffee machine and lunchbox (filled!) to the office.
#Make “Fridge Minestrone” or similar regularly, or at least rescue those assorted leftovers or paid-for veges before they die in there. Alternatively gradually save up all those dribs & drabs in a container in your freezer & make an unrepeatable “Mystery Soup” for a winter night’s Sunday Tea.
Where can you find out more Information?
On Growing food:
&NZ Gardener magazine (at the Library) & join up for their excellent free weekly e-newsletter.
&NZ’s own “Good” magazine is a very good place to start. Many other local magazines also have Green sections, supplements or feature articles offering useful info.
&Alison Holst’s microwave & crockpot cookbooks are full of practical ideas on how to use these appliances to their max.
The week started off with good intentions, but with Final year exams and folio delivery for my eldest daughter and the attendant running around of getting printing done, and mounting,a puptil free day Friday and a lightening visit from my mother and partner to deliver a chest of drawers I purchased off ebay some time ago ( to fit all my threads- it has been custom built for some other purpose but will do very nicely for my threads- when I purchased it I did not read the measurements properly and had no jope of fitting it in my car) my week just flew by the wayside. I absolutely have to work this weekend as I have to remake some pieces for the Lovely Lutradur book which is being published in French for release in September. I clear forgot that I have to have the pieces there by Monday ( they will be late). The only upside is the house is reasonably tidy because with being away so much in May things got a bit raggedy.
Yesterday we spent in Melbourne- searching for fabric for my elsdest daughter's formal dress at D'Italia, visiting Beautiful Silks , and Melbourne Etching Supplies both in Fitzroy and a quick visit to Victoria Market for some fresh produce and the day was gone! We also dropped into Readings bookstore in Hawthorn- to find a book on Gwen Harwood's collected poems for my daughters English Lit subject- yes they did hand out photocopies of the "to be" studied poems, but it is always good to read other poems in a poets life. The photo above is of some of the supplies I picked up at Melbourne Etching Supplies- I love all the tools asscoiated with printing- the little carving tools and the barens- and I also love journal books of all kinds- so decided to opt for a square one. I also picked up an invitation for an exhibition of Marco Luccio's work which is being shown at Steps Gallery in Carlton. I really like this artisrts work- his etchings of architectural structures- and the invitations are inviting indeed. I really wanted to go see his exhibition- but we were heading the wrong way- maybe I will go to his artists' talk on 21 June.
And the last photo- I have been mapping /recording the slow disintegration of a poppy pod ( I have shown photos before of this pod)- it has now become a skeleton with the rainy weather and is finally in a form where I feel I can maybe work with it.
Yes i do feel like a whirling dervish!!! ( this one I photographed at a photo exhibition of whirling dervishes at Khan al Pasha in Damascus in 2007 where he performed for the opening of the exhibition).
I am so surpised at the response to my on-line lino-cutting course from all over the world!! I have now closed bookings so that participant numbers are manageable! thank you so much for responding. In all likelihood I shall do another course later in the year. Back to my research- which has taken me to the medieval woodcut and a wonderful printed textile called the Sion Textile housed in Basel- for which I can't find any decent pictures in google ( though I do have a wonderful picture in a book entitled : Origins of European Printmaking which i can't reproduce for copyright reasons)
Printed on hand dyed Fabric- For Sale $7.50 US inclusive of postage.
Thank you to everyone who emailed me about the online lino-cutting course which I will start on friday 3 July. I will be emailing you in the next day or so. Life got a bit hectic with my daughters Visual design and Communications folio which has to be delivered next Tuesday requiring some extra running around.
For those who missed the information on my previous post here it is again: My on-line lino-cutting course will commence on Friday 3 July 2009. It will involve three lessons at fortnightly intervals, and will look not only at how to make a lino-cut, but also the importance of design and balance in creating a lino-cut and various means of using your lino-cut with fabric. We will also look at how other artists have used lino-cuts for inspiration .You will create a number of lino-cuts in the process as well as hand printed fabric and a small fabric "steel" ( or swatchbooks) as an example of the possibilities. The cost of the three sessions will be $ 30 US. I can invoice you via Paypal. or you can pay me by Paypal, or if you are in Australia I can be paid by cheque or direct debit. If you are interested please email me- follow the links on my profile. If you pay by June 19 you will go into the draw to win a package hand dyed fabric and threads.
I have been doing lots of research and playing around with ideas to workshop. The little person lino-cut I made today. I was going to use it in the workshop but it involved very complex and fine cutting which is not so easy if you have not done it before ( as it is I cut off two eyelashes.....) I decided that perhaps it was too difficult. The height of the little person is 28 cm by 18 cm wide. I guess they would make lovely little dolls especially with some hand stitched detailing. I was very much inspired to put in so much detail, by the work of a Lithuanian artist Vytautas Ignas- I love the complexity of his work even though his own inspiration is the folkart of his native land.
Anyway i have decided I will sell the little persons as individual prints. The price for each little person printed on hand dyed fabric is $7.50 US inclusive of postage. Just email me if you are interested!
The first image is some of the printing I did as a demonstration at the Textile Art Festival in Brisbane last weekend.
I spent yesterday printing my village lino-cut scene onto Evolon- which is another polyester non-woven product with an almost velvet like hand ( or chamois) I did fabric crayon rubbings of the lino-cut and then painted the transfer dye over the top- it gives quite an interesting effect. However I really feel this needs machine stitching and my machine is still getting fixed- and I can't see myself driving to pick it up until early next week.
The Textile Art Festival in Brisbane was really interesting- lots of good displays and lots of colour! Some of the stalls selling wool were very enticing but I restrained myself. I wish I could show photos but I forgot to take my camera.
My on-line lino-cutting course will commence on Friday 3 July 2009. It will involve three lessons at fortnightly intervals, and will look not only at how to make a lino-cut, but also the importance of design and balance in creating a lino-cut and various means of using your lino-cut with fabric. We will also look at how other artists have used lino-cuts for inspiration .You will create a number of lino-cuts in the process as well as hand printed fabric and a small fabric "steel" ( or swatchbooks) as an example of the possibilities. The cost of the three sessions will be $ 30 US. I can invoice you via Paypal. or you can pay me by Paypal, or if you are in Australia I can be paid by cheque or direct debit. If you are interested please email me- follow the links on my profile. If you pay by June 19 you will go into the draw to win a package hand dyed fabric and threads.
