Sarah Appleton - Textile Artist Blog

Allo Guvner! I haven't forgotten about my little blog! I've just been very very busy hunting wabbits aaaaand catching up on school work / applying for uni. Today I finished one of my final pieces so I thought I'd share: Oh, Diana! It's not perfect but as the delicious Helena Bonham Carter once said: 'Perfection is overrated / Imperfection is underrated' She speaks the truth. I am sure that I have much more to tell, but it escapes me at the moment so here is a picture of our Bert relaxing at Bournemouth beach. Camembert Also, the lovely tattooed sailor bag sold just before christmas! This guy: This guy right here Never to be repeated again!

Felty, felty... felty badge of narner One night I was lying in bed and I thought 'hey, mice need record covers too, why shouldn't they appreciate fine art?' So thus began a new project entitled 'Record Covers for Mice'. Here is the first one. Recognise it? Yeah! It's ummm... mixed media, mostly felt, fabric, glue and embroidery. It measures about 1.75" square. I didn't do the 'Andy Warhol' bit because my hand was tired and space was getting tight right there! It's his favourite record! That's my sock monkey (Camem)Bert holding the Record Cover for Mice, for a sense of the scale. I had originally planned to have the banana peel back to reveal the inner banana so that the mice could fully understand the concept, but I decided it was a faff. If I make another one I might include that detail. This project wouldn't have been possible without The Donnas, The Detroit Cobras and of course The Velvet Underground!