Marshland drawing and stitch on linen sheet. Winter 2025. I stitch my way through the Winter, every Winter, I think I always have. It’s not something I plan to do and I don’t share or sell these creations, they are a very personal, very fulfilling, making practice. Turning to stitch is a creative urge thatContinue reading “Winter Stitching”
Author Archives: Sarah Cannell - Artist
Sculpture Trails and Fractal Dimensions
Sunday was the last day of the Bayfield Hall Sculpture Trail, an annual trail I curate in North Norfolk, so I have been spending the week tidying up all the loose ends and making sure that sculptures are returned to artists or settled into their new homes. The site at Bayfield Hall is steeped inContinue reading “Sculpture Trails and Fractal Dimensions”
HIRAETH; Creative Spark
Recently I have been thinking a lot about Hireath. A Welsh word that has no direct English translation, a feeling of homesickness mixed with sadness, a mixture of longing, yearning, nostalgia, wistfulness or an earnest desire for the past. I guess the closest way to describe it is that I have been suffering with nostalgia.Continue reading “HIRAETH; Creative Spark”
SHIFT Creative Direction
It has been a long time since my last post at the beginning of the pandemic. April 2020 I was hoping to be emerging from 4 years of caring for my young son through his treatment for Leukaemia but what happened was the whole world was stopped in it’s tracks. It was strange that afterContinue reading “SHIFT Creative Direction”
Coping Strategies
This is part of a self help leaflet or book that I have been thinking about writing for a long time to share the coping strategies I found through my son’s 4 year odyssey through Leukaemia, Anxiety and PTSD. We are in close contact with the charity Children with Cancer UK who are doing incredibleContinue reading “Coping Strategies”