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 mark | Aug 28, 2023 | Creative
This is where my textile art meets mixed media as I grow and experiment. Having been into re-cycling and re-using since the 60’s there is nothing more exciting to me than finding a stash of materials I have never used before. From Perspex off cuts to PVC tubes,...
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...
by Carola Hanchard-Goodwin | Jul 9, 2019 | Creative
Taking good pictures of textile art with a smartphone is just not working for me. For product photos for Etsy it works well but as my textile art has loads of colour and lots of detail and texture I have seen that with apps and even a good smartphone it just never...
by Carola Hanchard-Goodwin | Jul 1, 2019 | My artwork
Sometimes you just feel the urge to create something different, maybe on a larger scale than you have made before. So it was with this “necklace”. I have been making jewelry for years using vintage pieces and found objects but I felt like making something...
by Carola Hanchard-Goodwin | May 27, 2019 | Creative
Making a scale model of an exhibition space is a lot of work to do in this digital age as there is probably some programme somewhere that does it all for you. I had seen David Hockney do one for his exhibition and a great kids programme on art where Dutch artist...
by Carola Hanchard-Goodwin | May 23, 2019 | Creative
If you love learning new techniques, then try making bowls out of fabric and other bits and pieces. It is a lot of fun and everyone has the freedom to interpret it in their style. Before you know it you have made something with fabric in a totally different way. When...
