Clothe the walls and wear the art
Coming out of Lockdown 2 & 1 As lockdown eased, simple actions glimpsed were redolent of meaning, the very fabric of our existence: a child and her mother seen through the ruins of an old mill or children running through fields to greet their granny. Happy to Announce that Coming Out of Lockdown 2 is …
A unexpected upside to being locked down has been more time in the studio. Time to think and time to make pictures. I have discovered instagram and have been posting my work as I go along. Do look if you have the inclination and follow for up to date posting of work.https://www.instagram.com/ruthfherb/?hl=en
Sewing through twisted silk to “paint” a branch.
One of my sewing machines and pictures up on the wall but most of the usual creative mess tidied away for the exhibition!
John Prescott was famously called “Two jags” I thought I could outdo him with my three sewing machines but I see that just today the Mail is dubbing him “Three jags”… I use all the machines for different things. I used to do all my work on the two domestic machines. Both Elnas one I …
For the last two years I have opened my studio up for an exhibition in October. The first year I did this I invited my longtime friend, Marilyn Andreetti, a potter and stained glass artist and my daughter Mary Herbert, also a practising artist to join me. These are some photos from that exhibition.
