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  • by Iris Bishop

I love the way that the geometric strips of one of my ‘Making Waves’ shawls, just flow into each other when ‘draped’…

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Having fun, playing with different ways of ‘tying’ one of the latest designs from my collection of digitally-printed silk scarves…

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Looking at some of the ‘strange but interesting’ materials around my studio. I couldn’t resist just ‘knotting’ (well, double-knotting!) them together for a bit of fun… I was not expecting such an amazingly versatile piece of fabric – ideal for summer.

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I love the way some pieces of fabric drape and behave when they are mid-construction, and seem to take on a life of their own. This piece will become a patchwork shawl, when fully grown…

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This was the favourite ‘seasonal’ garment in my display at this year’s Horsham ‘Contemporary Art Fair’. For the 1st time, I’ve introduced a ‘fake fur’ thread into the fabric of my classic ‘Evolution’ coat. The drape of this garment on the body is just SO luxurious…

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I had such a great selection of re-cycled fabric strips, ribbons and fancy threads hanging-up in my studio, that I couldn’t resist simply knotting them loosely together to create a triangular shawl, leaving an extremely long, decorative fringe…

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I couldn’t resist creating this tribute to ‘BANKSY’ and the ‘shredded painting’ incident of his work at a recent Sotheby’s auction. It’s just that most of my work starts life by looking ‘shredded’ ie. a collection of threads, that I then construct into something solid. So, who knows… Read More

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So, following-on from last month, this is my 1st serious attempt at producing a sizeable piece of material, using 2 interlocking layers of crocheted fabric. It is wonderfully ‘fluid’ and has a drape like no other fabric I have created. Definitely ‘to be continued’…

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It’s crochet time! What started as a ‘doodle’ (trying to combine 2 separate layers of crocheted motifs) has suddenly become more serious and I can see lots of potential ahead. But perhaps I need to use a more ‘sensible’ yarn…?

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I’ve just started playing with large blocks of colour in my knitted ‘Making Waves’ shawls. I like the contrast between the underlying small, repetitive knitted structure with the large, abstract colour design…