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Alison Wake, Peak District Textile Artist #FineArtInStitch
My textile artworks are hand stitched, predominantly using locally sourced, hand dyed wool. Using a […]

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#SilentSunday
#dogsofmastodon
A chocolate labrador laying, serenely asleep in a beam of sunlight. Only her head and front leg are in the picture, highlighted by the sun. Behind is part of a dog bed is visble, the floor is wood.
October 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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#Fensterfreitag
Tudor windows
"Arkwright" windows
?19th century windows
https://cognissart.co.uk/this-ol-house/
Close up of stitched artwork depicting the front of Bakewell Old House Museum. A building which has grown from a tudor house (mullioned windows left), with additions in 18th century (multipained metal framed windows centre) and finally likely 19th century (sash windows right)
October 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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I handed over this recent commission to its owner today. More about This Ol' House (Bakewell Old House Museum) on my website here https://cognissart.co.uk/this-ol-house/
Another one named for the earworm it induced! 😉
@textileart

#shakinstevens #art […]

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Stitched artwork depicting a long stone building comprised of three gable ends and two connecting section. The windows all have stone surrounds but their style varies. There is a large wooden door roughly central and some green bushes near it and to the left The stitched artwork framed and held in the artist's hand for scale. Focusing on the left hand side in close up. Another close up of the right and central section. The framed artwork against a stone wall. Double mount, pale grey with darker grey reveal. Bare wood frame. Plain beige fabric (negative soace) surrounds the building
October 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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I'm like a bus here - don't see me for weeks and then I post twice in a day 😉
I've been "stuck" with this piece, which needs to be handed in, framed, for a gallery exhibition on 22nd Oct 🤯 It's a collaboration and I didn’t want to mess it up! I have made a […]

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A collage of 4 detail imaged of a linocut of a dry stone wall, on fabric with stitched embellishment depicting grass and lichen
October 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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#SilentSunday
A moody seascape. A single breaking wave and flat white water in the foreground. Dark sea behind. Top right, bright sunlight. The looming shape of a hill (Achill Island, Mayo) is just visible through a large low cloud in the centre. The cloud resembles an inversion if the hill
October 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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I don't often post videos here but I had such a lovely venue for #melbourneartstrail , and my hosts were amazing, that I must show you this. I am completely spooned out now but I did enjoy meeting lots of new people and explaining how I work.
(NB the sound is […]

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September 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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#melbournefestival venue 35, how to find me!
1. Grab your wristband and trail guide from the desk on the corner of Church St and Potter St (note blue sky!)
2. Turn round - I'm right behind you!
3. Down the snicket/ginnel/passage to the back dor
4. Enjoy! […]

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People standing around a table in a car park under a gazebo - the sun shining! The corned of a stone house showing a window and a passage between it and the next house. Pink blue and green balloons are tied to the drainpipe with a sign reading 35 The door of a house one the right with a multi paned window to left. More balloons and another 35 sign on the drainpipe Cream walls with framed artwork on display
September 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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I first took part in #melbourneartstrail in 2022 & 23 in the wonderful venue of Stonelea on the corner of Potter St. and Castle St. I will be returning to the same venue (36) this coming weekend 20/21st Sep. Open 10am to 5pm both days all venues are accessible […]

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An art exhibition inside a house. To the right are tall boards with framed artworks hanging on them. To the left a rotating display stand of greeting cards. At the back, in fronf of a window is a table with artworks on easels A stone house on the corner of a street (taken from Google Street View) A blue, bubble shaped, logo for Melbourne Festival
September 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Getting my #wipwednesday in before I forget. This was progress I made on the bridge picture whilst on holiday. Unfortunately, since my return there has been no stitching done ☹️ Due in part to prep for my two arts trails (see separate posts if I have the spoons) […]

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Part worked stitched artwork depicting a stone bridge. Two shallow arches and two angular supports can be seen. The work is stretched on an embroidery frame and viewed at an angle to show texture
September 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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I'm a little lax with #SciArtSeptember
Here are days 4 and 5
Riverbank and Corridor
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@textilearts
@embroidery

#art #fineartinstitch #textileart #embroidery #fineart #contemporaryart #MastoArt #artistsonmastodon #fediart #artist
Stitched artwork depicting a waterfall and foliage on the bank Stitched artwork depicting a path through beech woodland which resembles a tunnel
September 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Feeling a little sad 🙁 We go home tomorrow, I'm going to miss this view, even with the rain 😉
#wildatlanticway #doohomahead #mayo #phonephotography #blacksodbay #ireland #holiday
A wide panorama of a large ocean bay with land visible on each side and in the foreground. The sky is cloudy but sun reflects off the water from a small patch of blue sky to the right. Rain can be seen falling on the left.
September 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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There's a second #SciArtSeptember running in parallel with the one I joined the other day, so here is day 3 of this conservation themed list - jewel (though I dont get the conservation link 🤔)
Winter Jewels in Ruby Wood, 2022, another oldie.
@fibrearts […]

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Stitched artwork depicting winter beech trees with snow on the ground. Red autumnal leaves are still clining to spme of the branches The same artwork viewed at an angle to show texture. The red leaves appear to glow The alternative #SciArtSeptember list with an image of a buffalo Text: #SciArtSeptember Month-long art challenge. Week 1: Lands 1 Islet 2 Canopy 3 Jewel 4 Riverbank 5 Corridor 6 Prairie 7 Boreal Week 4: People 22 Fellowship 23 Scouting 24 Numbered 25 Tireless 26 Forage 27 Bounded 28 Harvest Week 5: A Shared Future 29 Foresight 30 Dream Week 2: Species 8 Niche 9 Vanishing 10 Tawny 11 Venomous 12 Wandering 13 Bottleneck 14 Mimic Week 3: Water 15 Spawning 16 Rift 17 Trawl 18 Cenote 19 Depths 20 Glacial 21 Reef Year 5, 2025: Conservation Hosted by @LizLagomorph + @LucyGemArt
September 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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#SciArtSeptember day 1 fluid.
This is an old one from 2020 "Wild Atlantic Wave" - I need to do more of these!
@fibrearts
@textilearts
@embroidery

#wildatlanticway #wildatlanticwaves #art #fineartinstitch #textileart #embroidery #fineart #contemporaryart #MastoArt #artistsonmastodon #fediart #artist
A tiny embroidery hoop (about 4cm diameter held in the artist's hand for scale. The stitched artwork depicts a breaking wave with highly textured foam and the wave crest in shiny silk yarn in shades of grey The same artwork viewed in close up and at an angle to show texture
September 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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I am on a bit of a digital detox so only here intermittently atm. Here are some #wildatlanticwaves for #wavewednesday

#mayo #waw #wildatlanticway #eire #ireland #doohomahead #belmullet
A beautiful curling wave breaking on a beach with lots of foam, brught white in the sun. On the horizon a spit of land is just visible Another curling wave forming a tube on the left and crashing to foam on the right. Top right a cloud mirrors the wave foam Facing a breaking wave which forms a long tube centrall. On thehorizon is are small hils and tge water between that and the wave is dark. In the foreground calm, shallow water A slightly gloomy sea scene the horizon is lost in mist. In the foreground a wave is breaking forming tubes from either side and a peak in the centre which resembles a cave
August 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Hivemind has spoken! 2:1 in favour of 7x5 ratio I have prepped my canvas appropriately (I leave myself the option to crop if I get tired of stitching leaves however 😉🤣) #wipwednesday
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#art #fineartinstitch #textileart […]

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Stretched canvas on a "slate" embroidery frame, laced at tge sides. Tacked lines show the outling of a 7x5 ratio image and the shape of a bridge with two arches
August 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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I'm sketching out a new work based on this bridge (see photo) I'm not sure about the crop - 7x5 or 2x1. So I'm asking #hivemind #KindCritique #askingartists to suggest a preference (see poll in comments).
I think the 7x5 crop there will be more trees focussed […]

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Two sketches of the bridge in 7x5 and 2x1 ratios respectively Photograph of a stone bridge with two arches. Trees just turning to autumn colours above
August 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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#wipwednesday Bakewell Old House went to the photographers yesterday for prints. I thought I'd share how I mount my work. Rather than lacing over a board (such a faf!) I stretch the fabric over acid free, 5mm foam board. Pinning into the sides, I can adjust […]

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Angled view of a stitched artwork, depicting a stone house, stretched flat and wrapped around a 5mm thick board. Pin with coloured bobble heads can be see stuck into the edges. A T shaped pin in part inserted The back of the board showing the fabric wrapped around the sides and back
August 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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#SilentSunday
A view over green fields intersected by stone walls and rows of bushy trees. Trees on thr horizon too. An elder tree in flower is in the foreground. The view from my gate taken a few weeks ago. I know, I am very fortunate
August 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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#Fensterfreitag looking out through one of the "Arkwright" windows in the central section of Bakewell Old House Museum
Looking outwards through a multipained old window (24 panes in a thin metal framework). Set in a thick wall, so with deep sides and ledge on which sits an exibit and information card. The interior of the room is dark. To each side are glass cabinets which reflect the window, giving an impression of a row of three windows. Through the window can be seen the roof and top section of an old stone house
August 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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#wipwednesday wet #blocking Nearly there!
@fibrearts
@textilearts
@embroidery

#bakewelloldhouse #architecture #tudorhouse #arkwright #art #fineartinstitch #textileart #embroidery #fineart #contemporaryart #MastoArt #artistsonmastodon #fediart #artist
Stitched artwork depicting a long stone building with three gable ends and mullioned windows. The fabric is damp and is stretched on a foam block secured by drawing pins
August 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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The finished #linocut birthday cake for my #metaldrummer son! 🤣 I'm really rather pleased with this one. I even added a #gutteralslug 😉 (If you know you know)
#birthdaycake #xratedcake #over18 #linocutiting #linocutart #CakeDecorating #tool #metal #xrated #slammetal #progressivemetal
A white iced birthday cake with 1 and 8 gold candles. There is a black double ended spanner made from black icing on top. There are two ring spanner rings at the bottom, give the thisng a phallic look. The letters TOOL are written down the shaft. A green slug (from the film Flushed Away) sits to the side. It has googly eyes on stalks and is singing! Looking down onto the top of the cake to better see the linocut spanner Close up of the singing Guteral Slug
August 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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It's my son's 18 birthday today. He's a drummer and a big Danny Carey fan. I've never made a linocut birthday cake before! Wish me luck 🤣
#birthdaycake #xratedcake #over18 #linocuticing #linocutart #CakeDecorating #tool #metal
Black icing rolled flat on a piece of baking paper. It has been cut into the shape of the Tool logo (a double ended spanner with two rings at the bottom, resembling a phallic symbol) A roling pin is at the top and a linocutting tool to the right
August 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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#SilentSunday
Close up of a cornflower (lilac in colour) with a curly stem. 4 five spot burnet moths are sitting on it. The background is out of focus grass but another flower head can be seen with two moths on it
August 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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I'm having bit of a break from shows now, until #newmillsarttrail and #melbournefestival in Sept. However, I have just restocked #derbyshireemporium in Bakewell with my latest prints and my website also lists them all now too https://cognissart.co.uk/store/
Time […]

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Three shelves in a shop filled with a number of framed prints and stitched artworks
August 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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My wisteria is blooming for the second time this year! I didn't know that was a thing - is it normal? 🤔 Roses and #wisteria at the same time! Said wisteria only started flowering last year after around 15 years - maybe it's making up for lost time 🙃#bloomscrolling #gardening #askinggardeners
A close up photo of a purple wisteria flower just coming into bloom. Behind can be see pink roses (out of focus) and blue sky
July 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM