SHEEP AND WOOL FAYRE.

Here is a lovely date for your diaries, the Sheep and Wool fayre at Spitalfields Farm (near Brick Lane) on Sunday 24th May 12-4pm. There are a variety of sheep, waiting to meet you.  Could be a fine day out, and it's free!

GABRIELLE'S HANDBAG.

The UFO's are flying in fast now! 

Today we would like to congratulate Gabrielle, who in under a week has transformed Freda's headache in feather stitch into a sophisticated evening bag. 

We can't argue with that!

Well done!

Tomorrow we shall see Sally's hand bag for a clown.... 

FILMING CANCELLED.

We regret to inform you that tomorrow's  UFO Project Administration Service film day and the Jerwood Space has been cancelled because we thought it was better to make the film another time. The UFO Administration is however in full swing and if you'd like to be involved, there are still plenty to choose from on the website http://ufoadministration.blogspot.com

YAY CUSHION.

Rob is excelling in being a good boyfriend. He visited us a couple of weeks ago to ask our advise on how to make his girlfriend a cushion. The cushion says 'Yay' on one side and 'Fuckin' Ragin' on the other, so she can hit him with the right emotion when she does not feel like talking. 

Rob chose a type face, cut out the letters in felt and carefully stitched them on.

Beautiful job Rob!

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST!

Here is a film to advertise Felix's new podcast. It features me on spinning wheel. And here is the press release. Put it in your diaries.

The Domestic Soundscape is a specially comissioned podcast series for Cut & Splice: Living Rooms. Researched, recorded and produced by Felicity Ford, the series will feature an aray of sonic experiments, artist's conversations, sounds, home recordings and compositions. Exploring the relationship between domestic space and the artists' imagination, the Domestic Soundscape podcast series will investigate the role of domestic appliances, daily routines, habits, rooms and home-recordings in a contemporary sound art/ composition practice.

The first one will be coming out on the cutandsplice website http://livingrooms.cutandsplice.com/ on 28th May and will focus on tape and domestic soundscape. this episode will feature Rachael Matthews (ME!) and Analogue Amnesty as well as experimental recordings made from putting speakers inside a tea pot and some versions of Alvin Lucier's 'I am sitting in a room' and many recordings of everday sounds...... 

GLASS PINGLE - IN MY GARDEN I AM QUEEN.

This is Fleur Oakes's corset entitled,

"In My Garden I an Queene'

It went on display at Prick Your Finger this Friday last the first of May.

Most corset makers don't sign their work, but Fleur has embroidered her name and left a little pouch at the bottom  of the front in which she will leave the following information.

The corset pattern is from 1585 and this style of embroidery was fashionable from mid 1600's.

The animals were an idea from some embroidery from the book "House of Spirits" by Isabelle Allinde. These animals are from original pen and ink drawings by illustrator Richard Gray. They take an average of eight hours each.

From left to right;

Peepus has colourings of a Kestral. He is made with bullion stitch, Turkey stitch, and normal long and short stitch.

The Goatle, half goat half turtle is made in turkey stitch, long and short stitch, raised satin stitch with a needle lace shell.

The Boarfinch is the colours of chaffinch or Goldfinch and he's mostly long and short stitch with needle lace wings.

The Marbat, a combination of a Marsupial with bat wings has the colourings of a Bluetit.

The Mallardapard has a Mallard coloured head and a leopard coloured body. He has raised satin stitch, turkey stitch and long and short stitch.

The two fruit trees, one silver apple and one golden pear, both made in varying sizes of French knot, done in hand dyed threads. The apple tree has a bee in a loose french knot.

 The pear tree has the Mallardapard's nest with a padded satin stitch egg and a hand dyed gimp nest. The fruit are needle lace covered wooden beads. Two leaves and a pear take about 3 hours.

The flowers Snowdrop and Cyclamen represent hope and doubt. The snowdrop is a specific variety called the Hefelump.

 The cyclamen was the most complicated thing that Fleur has ever made with each petal taking over an hour!

The moths are all made in needle lace and are based on tiger moths, but made in ivory to look like lace.  

When the corset is closed the eyes come together at the back. 

And underneath, the corset is lined with old kid leather evening gloves which are faggot stitched together using the fingers of the gloves to resemble the fans that come out t the hip on Elizabethan corsetry.

Wow.

EMBROIDERY ART SHOW HELL.

Miss Rosie Cooper came across this hilarious picture and sent it to Miss Fleur Oakes.  Fleur is hopefully resting her fingers after finishing an incredible show, which went on display at Prick Your Finger, Friday last, and of which I shall write tomorrow.