Yarn Bombing!

A few weeks ago some Olympic inspired knitting mysteriously appeared along the railing of Saltburn Pier. The work includes knitted athletes from a range of Olympic sports including synchronised swimming, gymnastics, football, weightlifting, rowing, volley ball and many more. If you have not already been for a walk along the pier to view the knit work then I highly recommend that you do, it a fantastic and fun sight to see.

Known as 'Yarn Bombing', knitting appears in random places over night but the knitter/knitters stay anonymous. There has been little bits of yarn bombing in Saltburn before but nothing on this scale. It has well and truly put Saltburn on the map. Whoever the knitter/knitters are thank you for this treat!

African Textile Workshop – Day 2!

Today was my second workshop at school, the wall hangings a really coming along now. . .  

Art Trolley!

I am the new art trolley leader at Mima, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. Join me and get creative using the Mima art trolley packed with all sorts of materials for making and creating. Suitable for all the family.

It’s free! To join in simply drop into Mima anytime between 1-4pm every Saturday.

Why not come along this Saturday and make your own card or very special masterpiece for Mothers day.

For more information about exhibitions and other events taking place at mima then visit – http://www.visitmima.com/

African Textile Workshop

For the last few weeks I have been preparing for my latest school workshop at Saint Benedict’s RC Primary School.  I am working with year 4 pupils to produce two textile wall hangings linked with their creative curriculum topic Kenya.

Inspiration Boards

The children have been learning about safari animals and looking at and recreating tribal patterns of their own, both of which are incorporated into the textile design. A range of techniques are being used including batik, fabric painting and appliqué.

Today was the first session working with the children, they made a good start, take a look at how they got on -

Redana Website

Check out the brand new site for Redana - www.redanastudio.co.uk. Here you will be able to view the latest collection of scarves taken from the Adam and Eve inspired art series. Don't forget to also take a look at the blog and follow what we are up to at http://redanastudio.wordpress.com.
Its all very exciting, enjoy!!

Bye Bye Sketchbook!

My little sketchbook was completed and posted this week.

All set for Brooklyn, New York  -

This years Sketchbook Project World Tour starts in April. For tour dates and more information about the project click here - http://www.thesketchbookproject.com

bye bye Sketchbook, I will miss you! . . .

Microsoft Paint Contest

I am taking part in this . .

Artists AJ Garrett and Rebecca Little have launched a contest which they hope will see lots of people getting creative on Microsoft Paint. They will be running an exhibition at the Peg Powler Gallery in Stockton’s Dragon Studios displaying artworks created using Microsoft Paint. The best pictures will also be turned into a book of charity postcards.

MS Paint is something most people with PCs have access to but is rarely used now due to other more popular programs. They hope this will be a little bit of a revival for paint.

The pair came up with the project in association with The Big Draw 2012 – a world campaign to encourage drawing. If you fancy having a go then all you need to do is create a piece of art on MS Paint and email it to info@pegpowler.com