My inspiration usually comes from the natural world around me. I take my camera and sketchbook whenever I'm out in the countryside. My husband is used to finding me in amongst the weeds or climbing onto a rusting and rotting boat along the sea-shore.

A landscape can evoke a mood; it can set my heart pounding. I try to capture the whole moment of observation - the taste, the feel and emotions - as well as the visual, saving that precious moment for another day.

I see a moment in time which will soon be gone, I've seen it, I've felt it, and I’ve loved it. I don't want to forget it. I work from the heart and believe that with my use of dyes, various fabrics, papers and materials of all kinds together with stitch, I can capture that special moment for myself and others to see. I love the challenges of different materials.

I love the way nature looks after itself with the new shoots arriving in the spring, the flowers in summer meadows, autumn's array of reds and brown's and the bare, bleak trees against a red winter sunset. I love the late summer when plants are fading and the seed - heads appear, the faded colours are as important to me as the full blooms.

I love the different skies, particularly the storm clouds interspersed with rays from the sun.

These last few years I have been studying seed - heads, photographing them, drawing them and trying to recreate them for posterity. It's very important for me to look at all the sections not just the outer part.

I enjoy manipulation and layering fibres and fabrics together with stitches to experiment and find a special way to interpret my thoughts and feelings.

Christina Brazier