by Carola Hanchard-Goodwin | May 5, 2024 | My artwork
Recently I completed a large textile art piece which I had started during the Covid years. The World Museum used to be called the tropical museum but has totally changed in recent years for the better, with amazing exhibitions about culture and diversity and learning...
by Carola Hanchard-Goodwin | Jun 13, 2022 | My artwork
Circles have always fascinated me and have become a recurring theme. A good friend of mine was a source of inspiration for this piece. She is always making things for in her house and on one visit showed me her curtain of circles with beads and feathers. I loved the...
by Carola Hanchard-Goodwin | Sep 5, 2021 | My artwork
During lock down I started to rediscover things that I had bought with the idea of making something with them. Sewing has always been my chosen activity as I find it focuses my thoughts and is very contemplative. I had been to a sale from The Diabetic Fund here in the...
by Carola Hanchard-Goodwin | Jun 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Finally after being in lock down since 15th March the museums opened Corona style with 1.5 m distancing, masks and an appointment to get in. My friend Siobhan and I headed of to an exhibition called ” Fashion on a Ration ” at the Dutch Resistance Museum....
by Carola Hanchard-Goodwin | Jul 26, 2019 | Vintage finds
Buttons can really change the look of an outfit make it more glamorous or individual. I have always collected useful things like buttons, beads and materials like a magpie stashing them away for future projects. I decided to start selling my vintage buttons and...