What is it?

A photo taken yesterday, it is from one of the handling collections. Any guesses?

What can I create for the project? A reminder ...

This project is about Whatever floats your boat ... In other words, whatever takes your own individual fancy and takes you off on a journey of thought and creation. Which hopefully will be wildly different from the next person, and the next person, and the next ...

The work must be inspired by Slough, its environment, history, surroundings, people, and/or the artefacts in the collection of Slough Museum.

• You may use any contemporary textile technique, you do not need to use quilting or produce work that fits any definition of a quilt. For example you may use felt, embroidery, quilting or any other textile technique or combination of techniques you choose. You may include non-textile or mixed media elements.


• Artwork may be 3-d.

• Artwork may be any shape or orientation you choose.

• You may work large or small, or create a series of small pieces which form one artwork.

• You may like to create a piece which is to be displayed next to the object which inspired it in some way. However, before you do this, you must discuss your idea and your materials with the Curator of the Museum.

Contacting Curator?

Sue and I are visiting the museum on Saturday - do we need to contact the curator beforehand? Looking forward to making re-acquaintance with some 'natillas' (Portuguese custard tarts )

Maps, nostalgia, etc

Recently I found myself on the A4 going through Slough and started noticing the "new industry" in its plateglass buildings on both sides of the road. Back at the computer, I started looking for images of "Old Slough" and found this site which has old maps and nostalgic photos - from the 1950s and 60s. There are also a few personal memories.

And now for the photo - taken at Slough, apparently (found it on this site, "funny signs from around the world")!

What I am excited about...

Thanks Jane!
It is good to hear that others are getting excited about the project with the Museum.
Here are a couple things I am thinking about...

The 2 doll corsets are in one of the handling cases we hope to borrow. The bit from a whale (can't remember what!) oh...mammoth tooth...kind of links, since whalebone was used for adult corsets and visually this artefact has that same line patterning happening to it.

Anyway, I have these photos on a cupboard door in my studio while I am thinking about them.

Blog NOW OPEN for contributors

Sandy has been educating me in the way of blogs ... and so I have now invited the participants of the project (or potential participants at least!) to be contributors. Please post pictures of your visits to Slough, your sketches, your experiments or ideas ... and we can all start collaborating and sparking inspiration off one another. If I've missed you off the invite list, do please let me know!

Slough History Online

Great to hear participants are getting over to Slough to visit the Museum and beginning to get inspired. Heather went recently and it sounds like she is getting the creative juices flowing ...
And also gave us an excellent link to online information about history in Slough www.sloughhistoryonline.org.uk Thank you Heather!