Nicky's Blog
Find out more about my latest creative projects and experiments with textile art, watercolours, digital illustration and mosaics. Here I describe my techniques, materials and creative process as well as the ups and downs of being an artist.
Latest Projects
Early Influences
My mother was the first person to really help and inspire me with embroidery. She was the one who made me my first sewing kit, some of which I still...
Early Influences
My mother was the first person to really help and inspire me with embroidery. She was the one who made me my first sewing kit, some of which I still...
Beautiful Bee-eater
I’ve tried to recapture the sense of decoration and opulence I experience while visiting the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. There was so much pattern everywhere, it was quite overwhelming.
Beautiful Bee-eater
I’ve tried to recapture the sense of decoration and opulence I experience while visiting the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. There was so much pattern everywhere, it was quite overwhelming.
Pretty Peacock
Shimmer shimmer shimmer. It’s taking forever to “sequinize” this peacock embroidery. I really want to finish it soon but peacock bedazzling can’t be rushed. Sewing them on by hand is...
Pretty Peacock
Shimmer shimmer shimmer. It’s taking forever to “sequinize” this peacock embroidery. I really want to finish it soon but peacock bedazzling can’t be rushed. Sewing them on by hand is...
Humble Sparrow
I love sparrows, the sound of them chirping in garrulous clouds in bushes and thickets and under house eves. I decided I wanted to make something based on the sparrows...
Humble Sparrow
I love sparrows, the sound of them chirping in garrulous clouds in bushes and thickets and under house eves. I decided I wanted to make something based on the sparrows...
RBSA Friends Autumn Exhibition
I’ve submitted three pieces of textile work to the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Friends’ Autumn exhibition – Brown Grasses, Yellow Spike and Underbrush Bird and they have been accepted!
RBSA Friends Autumn Exhibition
I’ve submitted three pieces of textile work to the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Friends’ Autumn exhibition – Brown Grasses, Yellow Spike and Underbrush Bird and they have been accepted!
Yellow Spike
I’m still obsessed with grasses and tall flower spikes. I don’t think it’s going to go away any time soon. There are so many texture and colour combinations to be...
Yellow Spike
I’m still obsessed with grasses and tall flower spikes. I don’t think it’s going to go away any time soon. There are so many texture and colour combinations to be...