Bridget Harris

Sometimes I wonder why I'm doing this, it hard slog and some weeks and days you get nowhere, rejection is the worst and because of that I have spent along time not over exposing myself . However that really doesn't work. This little book is a combination of my journey, back and forward, finding a solution, working out the best way which is carry on making, working, experimenting and let people enjoy.       

Natural Dyes. Picking the odd flower from the garden and using it as a source to dye the fabric and paper I will be using in my project Fragments. I'm not sure how they will be used yet, I may well incorporate them into some of my printwork or play on the fact they are fragments, I think the best thing for now is to keep them all together and see how the colours play with each other.

Tokens made from mixed media . The process of "getting" everything in the right place took three days. The shadows produced depth and movement to my art pieces. The linen thread holding my drawn thread work acts as a tactile piece of art, the viewer can touch and observe . It was hard to get the right flow as I wanted to create a story, by putting the strong elements on the left , then moving into the linked elements would evoke feelings of loss.

The photo shoot for end of year took place today. I was worried that my pieces would look lost against the metres of fabric some of my colleagues have been doing , I must remember that my work is art based so therefore will be very different . The result wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.