Gainsford House Creations
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Hi I’m Claudia- I started off making practical items such as bags, aprons and fiddle cushions (for people with dementia), and have gradually moved into textile art: seascapes and countryside views inspired by my Maltese roots.
02/05/2024
Loch Ewe, textile art
Looking forward to taking part in the annual Hampstead Garden Suburb Art Fair.
Over 20 artists taking part, with a wide range of skills - oil paintings, watercolours, acrylics, fabric, wood, glass, ceramics, jewellery and scarves.
28/11/2023
Plockton, Scotland
This piece went to its forever home yesterday.
23/09/2023
Autumn is creeping in.
made from
03/07/2023
Bizzilla magazine
So excited - my art has been featured in the July issue of Air Malta’s inflight magazine.
Ironically, the word Bizzilla means lace in Maltese!
The main photo is of St Paul’s island. Scroll across to see Mdina, springtime in London, Mousehole in Cornwall and Gozo saltpans
10/05/2023
Full moon
7”x5” made from
09/05/2023
Budleigh Salterton in Devon 30x20cm
Scroll to see the original photo
09/03/2023
Day 10/11 of
A bit late, but trying to catch up.
Miniature seascape, and made into an anniversary card
14/02/2023
Deserted beach
5”x7” made from and
14/10/2022
Rough seas
Slight departure from my usual style - working on some ‘nowhere in particular’ seascapes using lots of different fabrics and textures.
If you’re interested, I’m taking part in the Art Fair in less than 2 weeks time. It’s a big event at Kensington town hall on w/e of 22/23 October - free entry, open from 11-5. If you’re planning to go, come and say hello - you can find me at booth A12.
11/08/2022
Summer in Cornwall
Beautiful and reinterpreted using including a T-shirt, two scarves, a dress and a blouse
16/03/2022
London skyline at sunset
Made entirely from and using background fabric is an old Hawaiian themed T-shirt.
is 6x8” in a 10x8” mount
31/01/2022
Stour Head lighthouse
15x15cm made from - old dresses, scarves and bits and pieces
06/01/2022
Mgarr ix-Xini
- looking down on the beautiful inlet of Mgarr ix-Xini in Gozo, made using recycled fabrics.
23/12/2021
Christmas is coming
The angel Gabriel banner is being hung in the church today. Made from recycled fabric - off cuts from the curtain factory (bugle), leftover scraps from a friend’s wedding dress (angel dress and wings) and an old duvet cover (background).
Wishing you all a peaceful Christmas and a healthy 2022 ❤️
18/12/2021
Week 4 Advent candle
using
Must admit, this is my favourite banner, which measures 100x50cm
07/12/2021
Week 2 Advent candle
Textile banner measuring 100x50cm made from and now hanging in church. I used over 70 strips of fabric to make up the stained glass effect.
28/11/2021
Week 1 Advent candle
100x50cm banner made entirely from fabric and ribbon - and much bigger than my usual 15x15cm sea/landscapes. Currently hanging in my parish church.
for
20/10/2021
Il-Qarraba - rocky with very steep clay dunes leading down to a tiny beach made entirely from .
24/08/2021
Rough sea
15x25cm of
Commissioned for a friend.
13/08/2021
Thunder and lightning
Experimenting with recreating a spectacular nighttime scene captured on camera by (the original is so much better).
03/08/2021
Port Isaac
Final piece for my series. measuring approx 17x12cm (7x5”). Fabrics include , , ,
09/07/2021
Treyarnon bay and rock pool, Cornwall
15x15cm collage made from and
05/05/2021
Marsaxlokk
in , with a very popular and a bay full of colourful
17/04/2021
Autumn
This was my final piece for the free-motion embroidery course delivered by .The two trees in the foreground were made separately using scraps of material sewn onto dissolvable fabric, which when soaked in water results is stand-alone trees. They were then appliquéd to the background.
31/03/2021
Wied-iz-Zurrieq
Shimmering blue seas in one of Malta’s best known usually busy ferrying tourists to the . 6x4” which has already been delivered to its forever home.
29/03/2021
Inspired by one of s lovely photos. Early morning scene before all the tourists arrive. 15x15cm made from
09/03/2021
The Citadel- inspired by in a bygone age. Not my usual style, but focussing on some techniques we’re covering in the online course I’m taking with
28/02/2021
St Paul’s Island
Brings back childhood memories of day trips to Selmun Bay in my dad’s little speedboat - this was the sight that greeted us as we headed back to St Paul’s bay at the end of the day. 15x15cm made from and
20/02/2021
Rough Sea
Just finished this 15x15cm inspired by one of ‘s fabulous photos. Even in a storm, the sea can be an amazingly turquoise colour.
11/02/2021
Waiting for Spring is in the almost finished stage. I like to put it aside for a while and look at it again with fresh eyes before mounting it. First attempt at using free motion embroidery in my art thanks to