Waipa Arts Trail March 24 2026 - Cambridge Art Society

This stop included several artists, not all of whom were happy to have their work photographed. Work on display included prints, paintings in a range of styles and mediums and quilting.

For me the highlight of this stop was Elfinthings: a display of hand embroidery hoops that focused on negative space and added in exquisite and different details - for example, the lady in the mauve jacket below has a fine knitted jacket that is applied to the embroidery.

This year I have worked quite a bit on negative space and working in the round so not only the beautiful work but the concepts were of personal interest. I spoke to the maker and she tells me the fabric is cotton calico stitched with single thread stranded cotton . Below is a gallery of the pieces that really caught my eye. She works out of her living room and while she does not have a web page she does have more work shown on Facebook and Instagram.

As I was leaving the venue I was tempted to collect some of the wonderful Autumn fallen maple trees from in front of the building. A couple came along and asked me how I picked the ones I was collecting. I explained that I was a textile artist and these would provide me with art materials for work over the coming months. I explained some of my processes and they were quite amazed. I often think, because I am immersed so much in the world of natural processes that everyone knows about the various processes I use and it is always a surprise to find how little people do know or understand how I collect and process my art works.