| Ideas may appear to come from something tangible and
present but of course they are intertwined absolutely
with the past, with the accumulated experiences of fifty
five years of being alive! This latter, more nebulous
part in the make-up of ideas actually plays the role of
consolidating a style.
To be more concrete, those places – you may stumble
across – that are derelict and forgotten, where
the unexpected proliferates, are very much more likely
to generate ideas than viewpoints on an ordnance survey
map.
To be more specific, my own ideas derive more often
from the close, the detail, rather than the bigger and
greater environment. The near, the accessible, provides
very rich pickings.
My past education in hand-printed textiles remains
a very strong influence. I was taught to observe and
analyse structures within nature and textiles.
Through excellent teaching I also learnt to empathise
with those qualities of surface and texture. A certain
sentient understanding developed.
The outcome is that surfaces of all kinds provide a
very wide source of ideas. |
