tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-131471002011-07-28T21:43:49.378ZMargaret M Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04903802409630070117noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13147100.post-10526700096613115042010-02-25T17:33:00.018Z2010-02-26T19:17:02.106Z

This textile art commission was done for Starbucks Coffee Shop in Salisbury, Wiltshire. So if you are in the area and fancy a coffee you can have a look at the art work too. The work is on permanent show in their upstairs room.The commission was through a design company called One Red Wall for Starbucks "Local Relevance Project". A scheme to put original art by local artists into their coffee

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Silbury Hill, originally uploaded by Margaret M Roberts.A new textile art piece finished this week and delivered to Bluestone Gallery. Probably the last textile piece I'll do for a while since I'm enjoying exploring methods of painting and mixed media.In the studio... the Silbury Hill textile on the pinboard for final finishing off.Just finished staining the frame to match the blue of the

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A big thank you to the unknown person who bought a framed print of Woodborough Hill from my RedBubble gallery. Making my work more available through print-on-demand websites such as RedBubble and ImageKind is exciting. Note to self: put more work up for sale as prints and greetings cards!

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Small painting: TreelineSmall painting: Misty MorningSmall painting: Through Trees

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Spent today out on the downs with camera and sketchbook. Walked to Knap Hill, one of my favourite places in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire.Crop circle photographed on 11th July 2007 from the top of Knap Hill looking towards Woodborough Hill.Helicopter will have the best view of the formation. Can just see a line of people walking along the tractor tracks to the circle.Panorama and cloud

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An unforgettable morning.Got up at 3:30 am to watch the sunrise on the Summer Solstice at Avebury Stone Circle. The sky was clear and early morning mist hung over the fields, giving a magical atmosphere.The nearer I got to the stone circle the busier it became. The police close the roads around Avebury on the solstice to protect the ancient monument from too many visitors. So, everyone was

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  I woke this morning at 5:30 am with sun streaming in and the dawn chorus in full swing. I couldn't possibly go back to sleep on such a beautiful morning. So with camera and sketchbook went for a walk on Morgan's Hill Nature Reserve.A fantastic display of chalk downland wildflowers, including orchids. The low early morning sun was picking out the folds and ridges in the hillside and the

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  I love this time of year. Everything is growing so fast.Furze Knoll - a distinctive clump of trees on a hilltop near Devizes, WiltshireFolds in the landscape near Morgan's Hill Nature Reserve, WiltshireWhite Horse at Cherhill, near Calne, Wiltshire

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I want to say a very big thank you to Pokey Bolton, editor of Quilting Arts, for inviting me to write about my textile art. The resulting article in Issue 4 looked stunning and since its publication I have been amazed at the response and the wonderful comments that it has generated.

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When I first started exhibiting my textile art I discovered, to my dismay, that I was not the only Margaret Roberts around.There were several in the textile art field, exhibiting, writing articles in embroidery magazines, winning prizes, and lecturing. I kept being asked "Well, which one are you?" So what to do?... change my name?... difficult when you have started promoting yourself. Use my

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