Samantha Packer

Features editor of Workshop on the Web magazine, textile arts, mixed media, lover of all things creative. Member of Common Thread Artists.

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Textile travels BY anne kelly https://t.co/skGliV6MAU

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This had me in tears

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Dawg... Imagine already having a bad day, you just trying to get home... and this happens...

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Did anyone have this book in the 80s? I had it when it came out from my parents (my sister got Masquerade) and it got cleared out at some point. Me and my Mum started talking about it recently and our local Oxfam… https://t.co/Qft6PFta5g

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Aubrey Beardsley at Tate Britain. Only on for a few more weeks, definitely worth a visit if you can make it. For me, it was definitely about the detail. Seemingly simple illustrations creating complexity through… https://t.co/OCZzeGyLCm

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Hand carved stamps in different sizes #carvedstamps #printmaking #sketchbook https://t.co/rk004PdkDs

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Having a tinker with carved stamps today in my sketchbook (hence the messy edges!). Yellow house painted with R&F Pigment Stick in Cadmium Yellow Light; Ranger Archival ink pad in black #pigmentsticks #carvedstamps https://t.co/2k9M486c9y

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@sarashinton Listen to Round the Horne. Julian and Sandy might give you a clue.

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The houses that weren’t on my last post. Modroc and cardboard. With acrylic experiments on how to decorate 🤔 https://t.co/Ke4m4hr7p3

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Inspired by Grayson’s Art Club, I have been cutting cardboard into house shapes and covering in modroc. Now I’m working out how to decorate.… considering a Lockdown House and thinking about what I have been doing… https://t.co/VczXFZRgdT

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@Alan_Measles @Philippa_Perry That episode inspired me to go mad with cardboard and modroc. When Kevin McLeod told me to stick bits of cardboard together, a lightbulb went off over my head and I did as I was told. Miss Art Club and wish it was back on the TV. Thank you Philippa and Grayson. I’m inspired again

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Wrapped up but waiting... a look inside the locked doors of @V_and_A during the pandemic. @BBCLondonNews at 6:30pm

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Hello new educators, I think you are going to relish home schooling your amazing children. Here’s a bit of applied psychology that might help. Thread:

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@GylesB1 I absolutely love you Gyles ☺️. I tried speaking to my primrose and all it said to me was ‘I wish you’d planted me out sooner’

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@RobBrydon It was fabulous !

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How exciting to run into Alex Vincent at the Knitting and Stitching Show in the Graduate Showcase. Alex will be bringing his upcycled, embroidered garments, embroidered maps and textile jewellery to this year’s… https://t.co/wtqCWElqMF

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Just getting started on arranging the floor plans for the Ashlyns Craft Fair. A mammoth task but we are working hard on getting everyone a good spot. all stallholders should have received confirmation that they have… https://t.co/jUI5BW6WxX

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I have updated my website with some information about my guest tutoring at Julie Wrathall’s Encaustic Retreat in a couple of week’s time. You can see her website for more details but I am getting excited (and… https://t.co/zrAyWf5ILd

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We are nearly booked out of stalls for the Ashlyns Craft Fair. If you would like a table, please be sure to fill out a booking form from the Ashlyns website, under ASA and send it in. If we are full by the time we… https://t.co/wseOYd2Q2M

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Chihuly Nights at Kew. Beautiful in the sunshine. Magical in the nighttime. #kewgardens #chihulynights #chihulykewgardens @ Kew Gardens https://t.co/EO7BFFrFsZ