Sometimes life gets in the way of creative endeavours, but I am so pleased to have found myself returning to the loom over recent months, getting stuck into a range of new projects.
I have been delighted to receive a couple of commissions to make lampshades for friends – it is always a pleasure to create work for friends and family, or for people who are looking for something especially made for them. One of these commissions is for a dear friend who inherited a large Cornish stone lamp base from her parents, which needed a new lampshade – a wonderful opportunity to create something to breathe new life into a much-loved object.
The second commission is for a friend who has just moved house, to live closer to her daughter. I will miss her companionship as a local friend, but it is good to think of my lampshade brightening up her new home.
Looking forward to a summer of creativity, working on a wall hanging for the Tudor House Museum in Worcester, botanical contact printing at the Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers Summer School, and making Scandinavian woven rag rugs from recycled materials.
Jane Stockley 