tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87802878144539597852024-03-12T17:52:52.478-07:00Abigail Brown - Textile ArtAbigail Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11177292839659250198noreply@blogger.comBlogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8780287814453959785.post-44140526062176150832014-12-03T06:07:00.002-08:002014-12-03T06:08:30.419-08:00AUSTRALIA - WORKSHOPS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="line-height: 1.6;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We will start the workshop looking at a variety of textile manipulation techniques such as: appliqué, reverse appliqué, pleating, tucks, gathering and basic embroidery which will form the creative part of the workshop.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">On the second day you will be offered a selection of different bird templates or assisted in creating your own design. We will then go through their assembly from pattern cutting, machine sewing and soldering to stuffing. </span><span style="line-height: 1.6;">Once the basic bird form is assembled you will be asked to draw on all your individuality and creative flair to decorate your own bird sculptures using the manipulation techniques we have explored. </span><span style="line-height: 1.6;">Outspread wings, flowing tails, ruffled breasts, full of texture, colour and magnificence. The Bird Kingdom is a tremendous source of inspiration for Abigail and she looks forward to sharing her passion with you.</span></span></div>
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You will be assisting me with all aspects of my studio life, from ironing fabrics, pattern cutting, basic machine sewing to responding to email enquiries, editing photos, visiting the post office and buying materials. I need someone who is happy to do all the above as the job will be varied.</div>
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- Confident sewing, both with machine and by hand</div>
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If you would like to apply please send a CV and cover letter to: abigail@abigail-brown.co.uk. It will be helpful to see examples of your sewing skills if you can include images or a link to a website/blog/FB page.</div>
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This weekend I welcome you into my <a href="http://www.cockpitarts.com/shopping-events" target="_blank">studio</a> for a peek at my latest creations and am excited to showcase a menagerie of paper maché animals in the internal staircase. My studio is strewn with fabric, thread, paper, paste, paint and strange creatures as I frantically assemble the final pieces before we open on Friday. Really hope to see you!</div>
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Very pleased to be featured across 2 pages of June's Country Living UK magazine. It's an interview with me and includes photos of me at work in the studio captured by my very talented photographer step sister<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/emmacollins" target="_blank"> Emma Collins</a>.</div>
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I delightedly hurried back to London after Christmas to make an army of paper maché animal sculptures and heads, commissioned for two Paul Smith shops in Paris and Milan.</div>
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The paper sculpture is very new work and I was thrilled to get such an amazing first commission with them. I love his shops; the colours, the playfulness and the style and quality of everything. Such a beautiful setting to showcase my work, I couldn't have been more happy to return from holiday!!</div>
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How exciting!! 3 of my fabric birds found their way into <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151699890222471.1073741842.52227762470&type=1" target="_blank">Liberty's</a> wonderful Christmas windows! The windows feature my Flamingo, Sun Parakeet and Peach Faced Lovebird bursting out of sparkly Christmas crackers... they look beautiful, I'm so delighted!<br />
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I've worked some long hours the past week getting this bunch of odd animals together to ship off to Germany for the 'Artistic Toys' exhibition at Galerie Handwerk in München. I take part in the show each Christmas and keep wishing I could go but sadly it's my busiest time and I just can't get away... but if you can I recommend it! There's such wonderful work there each year.</div>
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I managed 6 species from my long list of unusual animals: Dik Dik, Tamandua, Jerboa, Numbat, Quoll and Elephant Shrew. I added to the Paper Animal Heads with a Bespectacled Bear and a Bongo.</div>
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You'll be able to find all these pieces shortly in my <a href="http://abigailbrown.bigcartel.com/category/paper-mache" target="_blank">shop</a>, as with all my work I will make them to order, as these first pieces have just left the studio.</div>
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<a href="http://www.codyfosterandco.com/" target="_blank">Cody Foster & Co</a> are a big Christmas decoration manufacturing company based in the US who make their money out of the theft of other people's ideas. They take the designs of hard working, honest craftspeople, designers and illustrators and have them mass produced to a ridiculous degree in China, then selling them on as their own designs.</div>
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There is no mention of the artist the design has come from, no request to purchase the design, no commissioning of designs for a fee, no royalties offered, just theft, unknown to the makers/creators until someone who is able to access their <a href="http://www.codyfosterandco.com/" target="_blank">closed site</a> or be on their registered mailing list to receive a catalogue, recognises the work of the original artist and makes it known to them.</div>
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Yesterday I discovered this had happened to me. The design stolen from me was an owl decoration I made in 2010, laser cut from wood to my own illustration. They might have purchased a decoration from me through my Etsy shop or Big Cartel, but never contacted me to ask to buy the design to reproduce it. It is absolutely shameful theft.</div>
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This years <a href="http://www.codyfosterandco.com/" target="_blank">Cody Foster</a> catalogue also features the work of talented designers/makers: <a href="http://lisacongdon.com/" target="_blank">Lisa Congdon</a>, <a href="http://mimikirchner.com/blog/" target="_blank">Mimi Kirchner</a> and <a href="http://cassandra-smith.com/" target="_blank">Cassandra Smith</a>... there may be others (artist's original to the right, Cody Foster to the left):</div>
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The kind lady who recognised my work has compiled these <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/105498342@N02/" target="_blank">Flickr</a> pages, showing the original works of various artists and the rip offs manufactured by <a href="http://www.codyfosterandco.com/" target="_blank">Cody Foster</a> over several years, unbeknownst to them:</div>
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<a href="http://www.codyfosterandco.com/" target="_blank">Cody Foster</a> have a private website so no designs can be seen. Their <a href="https://twitter.com/CodyFosterAndCo" target="_blank">Twitter</a> page is private so no tweets can be linked to them and seen on their feed, and they are not answering emails.</div>
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People such as myself work hard at our craft, we put our life and soul into what we produce and we do it with honesty and integrity. Of course we are all inspired by what is around us and we can arrive at similar conclusions to others, but <a href="http://www.codyfosterandco.com/" target="_blank">Cody Foster</a> have undeniably stolen these designs from these people and shouldn't be allowed to continue making money from it.</div>
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For now all I can do is to raise awareness of their game and ask for support in sharing the story and possibly emailing them at:<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_965041980"> </a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #797979; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="mailto:info@codyfosterandco.com">info@codyfosterandco.com</a> </span>to voice your own anger at how they operate.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #797979; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; white-space: nowrap;">Cody Foster & Co<br />PO Box 247<br />Valentine, NE 69201<br />402 376 3369 - Tel<br />402 376 2835 - Fax<br />info@codyfosterandco.com</span></div>
Abigail Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11177292839659250198noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8780287814453959785.post-70452599728642897692013-10-11T03:37:00.002-07:002013-10-11T03:37:41.407-07:00Little Gatherer<div style="text-align: center;">
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Lovely blog <a href="http://www.littlegatherer.com/creative-showcase/creative-showcase-abigail-brown" target="_blank">Little Gatherer</a> wrote to me to ask about featuring my work. They sent some lovely questions and I'm delighted to see the post up there today. Thank you!! It looks beautiful.</div>
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How have I never made a Duck?!?! Well I have now, this is my very first one, the Ringed Teal.<br />
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<br />Abigail Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11177292839659250198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8780287814453959785.post-10667477021680898082013-09-25T08:55:00.000-07:002013-09-25T08:55:16.508-07:00Press<div style="text-align: center;">
The current issue of <a href="http://homemakermagazine.co.uk/" target="_blank">Homemaker Magazine</a> features an article on my work...</div>
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<br />Abigail Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11177292839659250198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8780287814453959785.post-82921748371206239822013-09-05T04:08:00.000-07:002013-09-05T04:29:20.230-07:00Little Bird Making Workshop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From my London studio I will show you how to make your own little bird using a selection of colourful fabrics and Liberty prints.</div>
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I'm not wonderfully skilled at talking to great numbers of people so they will each be a limited number of 5-6 people making for a cosy, intimate afternoon amongst the stacks of fabric boxes and nestling creatures that inhabit my studio.</div>
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After a very nice break in the sunshine of southern France I felt like sharing, so here's a little giveaway for you to win a walnut and gold leaf bird brooch, I designed and made.</div>
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To enter please go to my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Abigail-Brown-Textile-Artist-wwwabigail-browncouk/198152930229402" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page and leave a message with your favourite bird by Friday 23rd August, winner drawn at random after 4pm.</div>
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Delighted to say my birds can now be found in the Gift Room at <a href="http://www.liberty.co.uk/" target="_blank">Liberty</a>. The collection comprises of: Blue Tit, Robin, Goldfinch, Ponsenby Owl, Flamingo, Sun Parakeet and Peach faced Love Bird. It's such an honour to have them in such a beautiful store, I'm so pleased with how they look under the domes.</div>
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It's all action at the Holborn studios today as we clear out the rubbish and lay out our wares. I'm finishing up a whole new line of paper maché heads and having a great time doing it!! I've got a tapir, a sloth, a lion, a fennec fox and some strange monkeys as well as the previous range: bear, wolf, fox, hare and deer. Hoping to find time for few new little fabric things too but it's flying by a bit too fast. I'll post up photos of all the new work after the weekend... best get back to it!</div>
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Last night I watched a harrowing documentary on BBC three, Branded A Witch. I was so shocked and devastated by the religious practices in the DRC that I felt compelled to do something.</div>
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My childhood was full of happiness and innocence and my work as an artist is a result of that. I am auctioning my best seller, the beloved Blue Tit, to raise money for the charity Afruca who work to promote the rights and welfare of children in Africa and UK, upholding the belief that religion and culture should never be an excuse to abuse children. Please help me support their good work.</div>
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First weekend of workshops over and a huge success! Saturday was fully booked with 6 bird makers all cosily packed into my little studio. We had a great day and whilst some of the stages proved a little frustrating, everyone finished happy with a delightful little bird to take home. We had a complete mix of abilities from art teachers, to florists, artists, craft makers and a couple with no artist background at all... so it was wonderful to see how differently they responded to the workshop and how each of the birds came out.</div>
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Abigail Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11177292839659250198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8780287814453959785.post-18560860621297864092013-03-22T02:08:00.003-07:002013-03-22T02:10:13.802-07:00Selvedge Spring Fair<div style="text-align: justify;">
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It was a bit of a last minute Monday decision but you'll find my work for sale at the Selvedge Spring Fair running today and tomorrow. There's a limited selection as sadly the new collection has been delayed in transit. But as a consolation I'm offering 10% off pretty much everything there so run along and snap up what you can!</div>
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So that idea proved a bit popular! Lovely! I'm delighted so many of you wanted to take part. I am now offering a further set of dates, the following weekend, April 6th and 7th. If you can make either of those and would like to join me please just email to book a place: abigail@abigail-brown.co.uk.</div>
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