I love the winter landscape. You can see a long way. The shapes of the trees are sharp and clear against the sky. Each species has it’s own special form, and each tree grows in its own way. After some time observing,  sketching and taking photos it is time to put marks on fabric. Paper isn’t my medium but I love fabric and especially silk organza and crepeline. . I enjoy the feel, the transparency, the handle, the way it reflects the light, and the way it takes up the dye. last week I went on a 2 day textile retreat. This is an Independent Study class run at her studio in Sussex  by Leslie Morgan of Committed  to Cloth. Here I can work uninterrupted, with a group of like minded textile artists each doing their own kind of work. We get support and challenge, ideas and inspiration as well as the use of excellent facilities. So I spent 2 days printing and drawing on silk crepeline and organza . I made lots of images of trees, branches hedgerows and leaves. I use thickened procion dyes and make marks with anything that works including edge of credit cards, nozzle bottles, paint brushes and thermofax screens. I took home loads of lovely printed fabrics and have washed and ironed them all ready to start the next stage of composition and collage. The image above shows some of the printed fabric.