Drawing in Bed Series

the beginning of the journey 

sketches like weavings, tapestries, embroideries.

threads of convergence and divergence 

drawing as thinking,  process drawing

matrices of thought of pattern, of interrupted pattern

drawing as repetition, drawing as a marker of time

drawing as rhythm

generative art

Kirkstall Abbey

Roundhay Park

Lazarus

this one was an echo of work I did in 2014

the Mourning Handkerchief Project.

another Mourning Handkerchief 

adding a colour to the black.

Looms and views at Bradford Industrial Museum

Drawing in Bed Series .

preparatory sketches for the Approaching Nocturne show.

9 patch pattern number 1. from Malone's,  5500 Quilt Block Designs.

this 9 patch is named:  1896, Simplex Star, Checker Board.

Pattern 1540: named Tit for Tat or Flying Geese.

Pattern 1310, Big Dipper

Drawing in Bed Series. coloured ground. 

more mountains.

started working my way through Game of Thrones while drawing.

another coloured ground

drawing as therapy - this was during radiotherapy

continuing the 4 patch Big Dipper Pattern, number 1310

in 5500 Quilt Block Designs by Maggie Malone (2003).

Drawing in Bed Series.

altering the distance between squares in the skeleton matrix

wider - narrower distance between squares

adding chevrons or mountain shapes into the matrix

from the Drawing in Bed Series.

January - July 2017.

based on a 4 patch quilt pattern

called Big Dipper, Bow ties, 

envelope quilt, pork and beans,

whirling Blade, Yankee Puzzle