Desert Island Design:
Elizabeth Barton
1. Tell us the bit of studio kit you couldn't be without The windows…I spend a lot of time gazing outside, always have…the view from the window in any room is always fascinating…I’d better have a good view behind that window though!! No brick walls!! And it would be fun if it changed…. 2. Your Art essential? A pencil…and a piece of paper!! A pair of good eyes…time and solitude…and a nice cuppa tea… 3. Studio soundtrack, who's on the iPod? Love the audiobooks!!!Sometimes – this is weird though – they get into the quilts..when I look at the quilts I can see the story…those characters taking over! 4. if You escaped from a sinking ship of artists on a life raft built for two - who would you throw the lifeline to? Probably Turner – he was so far ahead of his time – I love the looseness and vision of his watercolours….in terms of a quilt artist, I think I might ask Pauline Burbidge and Elizabeth Brimelow if they would share a rope!!! And I would tie the rope around the neck of all those magazine editors who advocate making Quick Easy Quilts using multiple gadgets and gizmos and lots of expensive fabric!!! 5. What does your studio look like? It’s a house….the occasional room is dedicated to non – art!! I have a library area, storage and packing, two dye and screen printing areas, and a command center. There are computers, design walls and sewing machines everywhere.. books magazines, fabric….alas no elegant studio that would grace any magazine! 49 - toh May 2014
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