"INorganic" The ONCA Gallery, Brighton

Having seen Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's "Fish Fight" on television recently, I felt compelled to make a piece of art to highlight the importance of sustainable fishing.The two pieces were exhibited at ONCA along with four other pieces.

 

 

Book Spotting!!

My book found in bookshop in Joburg Germany. If you happen to find my book, I would love to be sent an image. It might sound sad, but it's the little things in life that make us happy.

 

Book found in Ryde Library

 



Kew Book Shop

 

Hello Lindsay

 

I just wanted to tell how how inspirational you have become to me.  I got your book out of the library and over a McDonalds coffee, I quite literally devoured it.  I was blown away.  I bought my own copy, then some soluble fleece!!

 

I am new to the world of textile art, having sewn, patchworked, dressmaked etc over the years, and have recently re-discovered my love of it.  I have joined the embroiderers guild and am off to my first meeting tonight.  I didn’t know this ‘type’ of sewing/artwork existed, its fabulous, I can’t wait to get stuck in this weekend.  Angela

 

 

 

Victoria & Albert Museum

 

Waterston's, Piccadilly Circus, London 



Art && Archaeology

 

 

Last Summer the QuayCraft group of artists joined forces with the Damerham archaeology site, excavation, run by Dr Helen Wickstead of Kingston University. Demerhan is a small village in Hampshire, located on the river Avon, close to the Dorset border.

 

 

 

 

This is the groups response. "Art & Archaeology"

 

 

 

 

"Soil" by Lindsay Taylor

Soil detail

 



 

Photograph used as inspiration for Soil.

 

 





 



Happy Christmas

I thought I would share my Christmas with you. As you can imagine, I love decorating the house for Christmas, and this year I gave the house a natural look with lots of greenery from the garden. My tree was a large oak branch that had broken off in the storm. It is amazing what a bit of ivy can do to transform something ordinary into something special.

Beautiful Florence

I thought I would share my recent city break to Florence. It is astounding how one small city has such a treasure trove of culture. There was so much artwork to behold, four days did not really do the city justice.  I have returned refreshed and ready to make new works myself.

 

 

Here I am taking a photograph of the painted mirror and found myself in the frame.

 

 

 

Every where we seemed to turn there are amazing buildings.

 

We stumbled across a small, dark shop window in a small side street, on the west side of Florence, only to see the most amazing jewellery. Here inside was something very special. The man responsible for this artwork is self taught jeweller Allesandro Dari. What a find, and the icing on the cake for me.

 

I loved the fact the Florence curators have allowed artists to place contemporary work within the realm of a historic building. Here a modern day tree house sits majestically in a 17th century courtyard.

 

 

I now know where Dolce & Gabbana got their inspiration for their 2013 fall collection. 

 

Recent Commission

 

I was asked to make my butterfly necklace in a new colour way for a client. Black, orange and red. It made a nice change from my original blue and gold version of which I have made several. 

 



The Knitting & Stitching Show 2013, Alexandra Palace

 

I wanted to create a stunning display to promote my new book "Embroidered Art" and I thought I had succeeded. The problem became apparent after several hours when no one looked to pick up my book, just engaging in the display. At first I could not understand what the problem was, but my neighbouring exhibitors soon twigged on. So I went from this display .............................

 

........To This

 

I hid most of my work, and managed to get hold of a table to display the books and arranged them as you would expect to see a display in most book stores. Now every one knew what I was selling.