Plans for 2025 and a Book Recommendation

Hello on the evening of Twelfth Night, the 6th of January, the day when – traditionally – all the Christmas decorations come down. A neighbour told me on 1 January that she always takes her decorations down on New Year’s Day. I was surprised as I prefer to keep them until the last possible moment!ContinueContinue reading “Plans for 2025 and a Book Recommendation”

Textiles at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2024

I wrote last year (here) about the welcome inclusion of Textiles in the RA Summer exhibition. I visited the 2024 exhibition recently and was interested to see which artworks made of textiles made the cut this time. The portrait below by Blair Cahill caught my eye, as a two-person portrait by this artist was oneContinueContinue reading “Textiles at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2024”