....... I didn't need telling I always knew it was. Liverpool has been named the best UK city by travel industry professionals. Two weeks ago we where voted the UK's friendliest city by readers of Conde Nast Traveller. Like anywhere there are good and bad things about my home city but it is so nice to hear that we are getting some good publicity for a change instead of the negativity that the press always seem to pick up on.
WIPs
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Here are a couple of things I'm currently working on. First is a small art
quilt that I haven't trimmed down yet. The main reason I haven't done that
is ...
Aurifil thread bonanza!
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*Look what came in the post today, how lucky can a girl be? All the way
from Aurifil in Milano, Italy.* *Grazie, Alex!*
Some of the threads are for Cont...
Book Review, Clément Chéroux, Henri Cartier-Bresson
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While trawling through various websites looking for books to help with
research for my 4th assignment on photographic surrealism I happened upon
this littl...
Design decisions
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As I was going through these steps, I had a couple stumbling blocks, aka
design questions & decisions, I thought I'd share with you in case they are
meanin...
Quarterjack workshop
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I've done it again. I got so engrossed in the class I forgot to take
pictures, I suppose that's a good thing as a tutor, but it's very
frustrating when I w...
Moon Games
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French landscape astrophotographer and astronomy journalist Laurent Laveder
created a fun series of ‘moon’ images with a twist. Using a few simple
props an...
A doll quilt and a new love
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I've been sneezing and coughing and hibernating for almost two weeks now,
but yesterday afternoon I decided it was enough and I needed to shake
myself.
I ...
Our journals can see us through stressful periods!
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[image: drawing is calming]
I find that my stress levels drop dramatically if I take the time to draw
carefully from nature...I posted this originally in o...
Sketchbook – Crimdon Sands
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The area I am considering for my 5th assignment is Hartlepool Headlands,
which seems to be a developing area yet with one foot in the industrial
past. The...
Student work uncovered …. Attacking the paper
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Valerie Newman recently submitted some drawings for assessment, and here,
assessor and tutor Richard Liley explains what it is about her drawings
that make...
A Miniature Library
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It's all quite clear now... the cruddy eye, feeing frazzled after young
embroiderers... add to that feeling shivery cold, aches and pains,
cough and sore t...
Chelmsford Photowalk #38
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We didn’t get to do a walk in January, and I thought I might be on my own
this month, but in the end I was able to combine CFDPW38 with the GNPC
Special In...
Update on the paper piecing
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This has been a really slow process, but it's nearly finished now. I
quilted "the quilt" (in the ditch) this morning and it's more or less ready
to paint....
ssshhh, dont tell anyone
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but I have started something new!
I know I said I wouldn't do anything until Mar and to be honest I might
leave it until April but I realised I needed some ...
Colour
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Ok so I've been looking through the coursework and giving Colour some
thought. Like I said, Colour was the section which excited me the most on
this course...
Quilt
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This is a small quilt I just finished. It's about 20" by 24". The flower is
from a photo I took and made into a negative in Microsoft Picture It. The
colo...
Working Large, Up Close
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Hi, Jane Davies here. One challenge I set for myself for 2012 is to work
large, say over 11"x15". I did my first post here, last month, about
re-arrang...
Off to squeeze some lemons in Menton
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I shall be away until Friday 1st March when I shall be celebrating St
David's Day and announcing the Drawing Competition winners.
See you soon with pics of...
Inspired to Quilt: On-Line Quilt Show & Conference
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A little snippet of some of the fun we'll be having at the on-line quilt
show sponsored by
Willow Bend Creations.
Click on the link to the right to regis...
the technical note file....
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Technical Note File...Surface Design from karen ruane on Vimeo.
like a very poor mother I am going to ask you to sit quietly and watch this whilst I finish b...
The French Green House blog
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My little friend Laurent l'agneau
Oakleaf monoprint
The Gartemp River, ViennesLambing season has just started, and I was so
lucky to make a new friend on th...
Change of Plan - again!
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Well, I changed my mind - I type faster than I write and can rewrite stuff
without having to cross it out or scrunch it up and start again, so the
blog is ...
the hand and the master
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[image: the hand-2]
ham is a whole culture that goes beyond food ingest. therefore very few
things are taken as seriously here as ham.
the breed of the pi...
Part 3: Theme Book
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There are a minefield of dilemmas in life that your mother never tells you
about and that is exactly how I feel about choosing a topic for my theme
book.
...
A GRAND DAY OUT
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The lovely Mr Brown dragged me out of the studio for an airing yesterday.
Where did we go? Looks like Italy, but no it was Birmingham.
Lots of public art, t...
Sketchbook Peeks - Helen Russell
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Before we start, tell us a little about yourself/how did you get into
art/craft/design career and how it all started and where you are now
My name is He...
Titanic - the night the lights went out
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Emily Broughton Williams was sailing first class on the fateful maiden
voyage of the Titanic with her companion Ruby. Hear her fascinating account
of lif...
Cathy's Basket Class
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Cathy brought plenty of supplies and the students were able to choose
other colors or make up a different weaving pattern if they wanted to, so
everyone p...
Stitched trees
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Some ATCs for a swap - all free motion stitched on spare bits of
cross-stitch canvas with variegated thread. I like the orange one best!
Japanese Bead Embroidery, progress
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I am still working on my phase four still. I have a month and a half to
finish it. I still think it possible, but aim going to need to work a lot
more th...
Mapping Twelve by Twelve
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Deborah has selected such a rich and inspiring theme. Maps, of course,
are everywhere! Looking back through the* Theme Series* and the* Colorplay*series, ...
Y.E.
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Yesterday had the girls creating hearts at our Young Embroiderers'
meeting. Fabrics were laid down onto a base fabric and then tacked in
place before sti...
A Really Good Day - with Wonky Bits!
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Saturday was the latest meeting of Contemporary Quilt Region 14, a workshop
with tutor Janet Bottomley on Liberated Piecing. One of the best workshops
I'v...
Pat Sloan's Radio Show
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Tomorrow at 4pm Eastern I will be a guest on Pat Sloan's radio show at
American Patchwork and Quilting. I will be on the last segment around 4:45.
You can ...
Jaipur Here We Come
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He strode to my front door like a tribal chief looking for a scalping. But
the postman who delivered my passport containing my Indian visa just
happens to ...
ohio 2012
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i took these pictures in Ohio back in 2009
where i had the joy of attending one of Dorothy Caldwell's
"work in progress" classes
i had applied to attend...
Beekeeping plans and projects 2012
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[image: The same honey bee as yesterday. Just going in to get the nectar.]Our
colony of bees didn’t make it through the winter. I always start checking
to ...
TAST Week 8 Highlights
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Once again it’s time to make a cuppa, take a few moment and and browse
some of the TAST challenge highlights.
Luiz Vaz over on stitching fingers has onc...
Nine Bigger Blocks
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It turns out that my blocks have grown from around 16x19" to 22.5x23.5".
This means I will be meeting the goal dimensions without making wide side
borde...
Serendipity Printing
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In the course of “Operation Studio Clean Up”, I came across this cloth
which my covered the felt I used as a cushioned printing table when I was
monoprinti...
One of life’s little tragedies.
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It’s been a sad weekend; I left work early on Friday so I could get all my
shopping and cleaning done and spend the whole weekend on my course work.
Then l...
Creative Sunday
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It's been another beautiful day here today. I worked in my studio with the
door wide open to the garden. Hard to believe it's only February! I can't
remem...
NW Retreat
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You might have noticed it's been a bit quiet here lately - a combination
of a stressful time at work, problems with blogger and having been away in
the ...
Published!
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[image: Cloth Paper Scissors march april 2012]
I'm a cover girl! My prayer flags (along with one of Martha Wolfe's) are on
the cover of Cloth Paper Scissor...
Eco Daisies Workshop
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For my local readers (I know there are a few of you!), I will be giving a
workshop on making flowers from plastic bags at the Green Community Shop &
Centre...
One Stone Eight Pounds
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You may remember that one of the challenges I set myself for 2012 was to
start eating healthily and lose weight. I didn't start at the beginning of
the y...
Assignment 1: Critique and Analysis
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Still life of natural forms Questions I ask myself about this piece of
work: Are the relationships between objects correct (compare height, width,
roundnes...
Working for Children Part 3 Established Readers
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The squiggles don't make good blog content. My favourite idea was a small
animal scared by big people but unable to escape. I wish I could arrange to
give...
deconstructing the screen
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The two-day workshop in my studio was way too much fun and I can't even
begin to show you what fabulous fabric my students made -- because, as
usual, I was...
Charity, Part Two
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(Above: Death of Desire. 12" x 12". SAQA Benefit Auction donation. Crayon
on silk grave rubbing from the tombstone of Mrs. Desire Peronneau who died
in 17...
Spot the Birdie.
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She back, or perhaps it's her daughter from last year's brood. Sorry the
photo isn't clearer but the sun was coming from the wrong angle outside and
I had ...
Encaustic wax
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Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen w...
On giving in - not giving up!
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Can you identify the packaging?
There are times when you just have to give in - and having shingles is one
of them. I had no idea it was so debilitating a...
One step forward, two steps back...
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During the latest of my frequent confidence melt-downs, it occurred to me
that I really don't know how to paint at all.
I mean, I know how* I* paint, but...
Finished!
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This is the blanket I've been working on for what seems weeks,using my
lovely rolling machine.I thought it would be a good idea to use it as a
sort of sam...
Backgrounds.
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I have had a play around with different methods to create some backgrounds
for the next chapter.First a photo of some hand dyed threadsand a few
pieces of ...
nearly done
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my challenge piece 'lumen' is nearly finished.
although these photos look rather hectic, they're pretty close to the real colours.
lots of hand stitchi...
Saturday
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I am completely lacking in any inspiration for a title so Saturday it is. I
have just spent a very enjoyable time at an Area Day at which Effie
Galletly wa...
Mod6 final chapters
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Final assessment piece.
NORFOLK BROADS JACKET IN CONTEXT.
*IMAGE 1*
COLLAGE OF NORFOLK IMAGES WITH JACKET
DRAGONFLY
FLIGHT OF GEESE
REED BEDS IN SUMMER AND...
le weekend is nearly over
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We have been busy this weekend but I don't have a lot to report - I did my
demo on Sat morning which I think they enjoyed. One of the things I like
when I...
TAST – Chain Stitch
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I missed chevron stitch and detatched chain stitch because my sampler went
missing and I couldn’t quite bring myself to start a new one. So I found
the old...
Walk through Marseille
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Thank you for the comments on the bag.
I knitted another bag in the past, for the same daughter, and did not
reinforce it. Big mistake. That's why I tried t...
In the Pulse
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It'll be interesting to read how I answered the question: 'If you could
take a class from one artist from anytime in history, including the
present, who ...
High Desert Silk Experience
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It was a great drive out to Utah where we met up with friends new and old.
Even old moon friends. Spotted this old friend when entering the canyons
outside...
Standing together in Orvieto with Robyn, someday!
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My card from Robyn arrived, reviving wonderful memories of the Piazza Duomo
in Orvieto, Italy. She talks about the quaint little buildings in the
shadow of...
Busy Weekend.
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After that wet spell we now have warm sunny slightly autumnal type days.
This red nerine is one of many that will flower over the next few weeks.
They see...
Effie Galletly
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Today was the Area day for Region 10 of the Quilters Guild which covers
Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland and
after an ...
Archi-texture
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That was the latest challenge theme for the International Quilt
Challenge and you can see my interpretation of it here. I’m sorry I’ve been
a bit absent re...
Exciting Project
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The SerenTex textile group has just become involved in a very exciting
project called Adain Avion. Read all about it here. We were contacted by
Wendy Cou...
Drawing on an ipad
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First ipad drawings; using brushes app and a wacom bamboo stylus.
I now have time to explore and its exciting. I have made my first ipad
drawings. Perha...
Creative Play: Bryony Burn workshop
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Today I've had great fun with ceramist Bryony Burn in her lovely
Herefordshire studio. I stock a little of her work in my shop so it was a
great opportuni...
Opaque Colour Mixing
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I was now being asked to do something I hadn’t done before in painting –
make something paler with white, as opposed to diluting with water. One
doesn’t ...
January postcard
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January was bitterly cold in Geneva, with some record low temperatures, so
there was no way I was going to go out walking and collect things fo...
Spinning Saturday: We're off to see the Wizard
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I hadn’t planned to share this bit of spinning with you today, I had
something else planned. I was keeping this fibre to spin in March, but it
jumped on ...
Drawing at the Mediterranean museum
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I have been drawing with two friends at the Mediterranean museum today (or
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities, as they state
their na...
Composition - foreground object
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Want to evaluate what achieved in the composition project especially for
the foreground object and cannot quite so am blogging another post instead.
I wish...
Mummy Made It
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I thought I'd try my hand this week at a bit of dress-making.
Baby-Kalico dress-making!
I bought a lovely book which claimed to have 'full-size patterns'. ...
Exercise 23:Control the strength of colour
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Brief: To examine the differences of a definite colour I can get by
changing the aperture (forgetting the obvious difference in under and over
exposure). I...
Fascinated By Feathers.
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They are just so incredibly beautiful. The colours, the sheen, the
variations, the texture and that incredible softness. These are natural
colours, no...
Muse 4 - Grouting
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I showed you Muse 4 with the squares stitched on a couple of posts ago. I have since been making miles and miles of grouting - this is made from stitching on...
On the Homeward Stretch
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I can now show you where I am going with my cloth that I have been doing
for the last 6 weeks in Karen's class.
I still have to do a lot more stitching to s...
Dr Sketchy - Victoriana at the Greystones
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I had real fun on Tuesday evening. I had to rush home from a library event
and dash out again with barely time to draw breath, but it was worth it.
It w...
If you go down to the woods today.....
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I found this the other day and told a couple of friends about it. They
suggested it was something I should not pass on as it sounded a bit creepy.
Now, w...
New work
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I've got to get 4 12" x 12" quilts finished very soon for the Aust/NZ Art
Quilt Yahoo group. The theme is other countries - this one is New Zealand,
inspi...
Dyeing Silk Cocoons
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Check out my latest article in Embellish magazine – chatting about dyeing
auxillaries this time. Thinking about this and the images I used took me
back to ...
Quilt tops and blocks and the such...
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I couldn't stop at one....and I couldn't just make it with the normal size
strips...no I went smaller...2" strips in fact! What am I talking about?
The Sc...
Globes of Perfection
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There are some bloggers out there that need to be called out, for their
creative crafty genius. I love these simple home decorations that you can
easily ma...
It is way Too Hot!
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Night before last we became grand parents again! Eleanor Genevieve was
born at 11.41pm on Feb 23rd. She weighed in at a very respectable 4.230
kilo! (abo...
Abraham Lincoln
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February 12 is the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, whom I consider to be the
greatest of American presidents. Here's his head, from the Lincoln
Memorial by s...
Studio for hire
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juliereynoldsphotography posted a new topic:
Fully equiped studio for hire. Elinchrom D lights, 2 x 400, 2 x 200, gels,
barn doors , black and white back...
finding my way back
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This blog sorely needs an overhaul – when I look at it and see how much
there is to update, I quail. I could start by posting something, a few bits
and pie...
The mad march towards March
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The year is marching past at a brisk pace and we're almost at the end of
February already . . . and that means the my studio's newsletter will be
sent out ...
Experimenting with drawings
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I had a quiet day on Wednesday, due to an operation on my ear and having to
go to teach in the evening. Normally I would be at the studio, but stayed
at ho...
Research point frustration
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I am struggling today to write, or even think, about why craft-produced
textiles remain available. I've done lots of reading and researching but
I'm not fi...
Moods I and II
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A couple more of my embroideries for a local exhibition. The photos of the
framed finished pictures aren't very good so I am posting them as works in
progr...
Great to be back
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Well, that was a hectic few weeks but I'm glad to be back in action - or to
be more precise, inaction, as I have a day off. So far this has been spent
sofa...
Map and zentangles
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I’ve recently completed two very different swaps in Swap-Bot. The first
entailed drawing around my hand before filling it with zentangles. I used a
texture...
Serge Ahead
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All these week I have been showing the Prayer Flags that my Serge Ahead Art
Quilt group have made.
There are some real beauties and I'd love it if you too...
Happy 4th Blog-versary!
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I just realized that its been four years since I began to blog....so many
ideas and inspiration. Creativity and design have been a huge part of my
life and...
Ready to Quilt – or Not (Croton Quilt)
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Woohoo! The quilt was finally pinned and ready to quilt! I was quite
happy with it. I liked the colors and the contrasting veins. Just my sort
of thing...
Another Hand Stitched Sentinelle
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I have finished another hand stitched sentinelle and she measures 20 cm x
44 cm. I found this sentinelle difficult to work with simply because she is
blu...
Yurt Samples
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I'm off to my next Level 2 Stitch class tomorrow but I thought I'd tell
you about what I've been doing in regards to Yurt planning. I have gotten
severa...
Exercise: Horizontal and vertical lines
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For this exercise I had to go out and look for specific examples of
horizontal and vertical lines and produce four examples of each.
video preview update
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I had a lovely day yesterday. Not only did I help my dad install some
gorgeous new windows in our enclosed front verandah (the old ones quite
literally f...
The 1853 Dublin Exhibition of Art-Industry
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Illustration: *Central Hall of the Dublin Exhibition, 1853.*
With the publicity surrounding the ground-breaking Great Exhibition held in
Hyde Park, London...
Dressed to the nine
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Before I begin I want to insert a couple personal comments. This week Jane
over at Chilly Hollow’s blog (http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/) wrote
about m...
Wings
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I thought I would share a few of these photographs, taken recently beside
the lake at Callendar Woods:
(as usual click on each to see bigger versions)
Signs Of Life
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The strawberry plants which I overwintered in the greenhouse are springing
back to life, reminding me that I need to get a bed dug over at the
allotment r...
Fantastic Fusion
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I recently taught my Fantastic Fusion class for the first time - well
there always has to be a first time doesn't there?
During the class I started demons...
Blueprint Opening Night
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Buzzing is the word for the opening night of the Blueprint exhibition,
which was last Friday at The Gallery Liverpool. The work by sixteen
printmakers is o...
Excelent Makers
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I am a proud maker and girlfriend today! My designer-maker boyfriend Osian
Batyka-Williams was chosen to feature in the New Balance - Excelent Makers
camp...
{Re-connecting My Children With Nature}
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One of the areas of our life that I've let slide recently is connecting the (younger) children with nature. I'm not sure why it's happened. Maybe it's becaus...
Reply to Which flash
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Beaso 1 posted a reply:
Totally agree with the above, 430EX II has served me well for the last two
years, it's well made and delivers excellent results.
bookshelves
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Almost half the walls in our smallish home are lined with bookshelves – all
of the Ikea Ivar variety. Plain and solid – and full – they do the job
quietly....
Burning and piercing.
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Last Saturday was the final day of the Transform, Change, and Disintegrate
workshop with Louise Baldwin. It was a very interesting course following a
th...
Painting of Horse eventing Broadway landscape
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This was done from a photo of my daughter eventing, with the glorious Vale
of Evesham in the distance. I found it very difficult to get the values
correct ...
SAQA Auction Quilt
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*Tourist Photo Call*
I am feeling very self satisfied having done my SAQA Auction quilt in time
for the Early Bird deadline ( assuming nothing goes wrong...
A year of stitching
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Last January I decided that Iwould take time out from the C & G Diploma
course; it had taken me over a year to complete module 2; it was taking me
longer ...
Food photography – From Snapshots to Great Shots
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While I’ve been taking pictures for my colour assignment, I’ve been
recommended the Food Photography book written by Nicole S. Young. Thanks
Vicki for the ...
Part 5 : A Narrative Picture Essay (2)
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Part 5 : Project Narrative Exercise – A narrative picture essay (2)
Duckrabbit Blog posted an uplifting video this morning
http://vimeo.com/24715531 which ...
Early Again!
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Well, on Tuesday I stitched my TAST for the week. I really *love* chain
stitch - not sure why i feel differntly about detached chain. Anyway chain
stitch ...
Being Botanical
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This year, I'm hoping to come up with more botanical designs. Here is my
latest print inspired by my all-time favourite bloom - the beautiful Moth
Orchid o...
Spring Sowings
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I bought some Yorkshire forced rhubarb this week. Early stems of rhubarb
are sweeter and contain more water than those picked later in the year.
Well worth...
Irish Dance Dress–Design Ideas
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This is rather a long post as I have wandered around a lot trying things
out over a few weeks and did not want to write it up until I had a clear
design to...
Day 11 - Saturday 19th November 2011, INIFAT
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Another great Cuban day. Hot again but with a wind that made the heat much
easier to deal with. The day started at INIFAT with a great session on
saving se...
This and that.
-
Etsy is a great place isn't it? I have had these pieces in my ETSY shop
more or less since I started it. They've had a lot of comments 'faves' and
treasuri...
Folded Fabric Flowers
-
I've gone from struggling to find new ideas for things to make and sell to
now having too many!!
I'm finding it all too easy to be distracted from doing so...
And I thought that it was just me!
-
And I thought that it was just me! sometimes I feel like “What’s the whole
point?” “Will I ever get there?” “I wish I could throw the towel – but I
won’t!”...
Away from the Daily Grind - Part 2
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(Here is Part 1 of this series)
In January I put five videos of artists painting outdoors ("away from the
daily grind") into one post. In today's post ther...
Portraits
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Off to the market again with camera and flash...
I asked this lady to pose for me and am quite pleased with this natural
shot. Some minor post processing w...
Tag Tuesday - Valentine's Day
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Made this small art doll for Tag Tuesday. The theme was Valentine's Day.
*(Click on photo for bigger image)*
On a bit of a roll with these, I've scraps of...
Demise of the 92 bus route!
-
its typical and poignantly ironical that this week of all weeks First bus
decide to curtail the 92 bus route from Exeter to Taunton. many of you will
know ...
The Artist
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I did enjoy this film. So clever. I was completely absorbed the whole way
through and came out feeling very good. Give yourself a treat.
It is a well kn...
Painting, Painting, and MORE Painting
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This was an experiment. I managed to change the look of the fabric, but I
don't think it was necessarily an improvement.
It started with a piece of dyed fa...
Back to Camellias
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As soon as I finished Floral Melody, I felt the first pangs of post project
blues coming on. I had anticipated this and put Camellias onto the stand to
get...
SEWING BOX
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Back in 2007 I went on a workshop to create a collage that was printed on
to fabric, I came away with two collages of my parents and they sat in my
UFO b...
more fleece...
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I did promise not to buy any more fleece.........I did promise to try and
spin what I had stashed away.......But.....
[image: small shetland fleece]
[imag...
Ellie Marbus Felt Art
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We've been sent two stunning images of the art felt garments of Ellie
Marbus from the Netherlands.
Ellie previously worked in clay and wax until she disco...
All-you-can-eat winter buffet
-
This winter in Amsterdam has, for the most part, been a fairly mild one
(crocuses and daffs springing up along the canals in early January and
other unseas...
Making progress
-
It's a good feeling when ideas that have been brewing for a while suddenly
start to take shape. Last week I spent one day developing ideas for the
Orientat...
Beach walk
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[image: Inherited 8 copy-001]
Today we were all ready for rugby at Berwick when a phone called informed
us it was cancelled due to the cold weather.
As ...
Drawing Figures. Check and Log
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Doing the quick poses were good for me as I like to work quickly without
much time to worry about the rights and wrongs of my picture. I enjoy
figure drawi...
Agate linocut (three-block linocut)
-
The aim of this project was to create a print from three separate lino
blocks. For the subject matter I chose an agate. I wanted to do something a
bit more...
Some cuffs & brooches
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In between the hail showers I took some pics of the cuffs & brooches I've
been making this week.
The one on the right is a request from a customer & I ma...
Swaps and Challenges
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This month's BQL challenge is to make a cover for something like a rotary
cutter. I decided to use some of the selvedge bits I'd been storing for
some ti...
Mini Books in Friendly Plastic
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What is the fascination many of us have about miniature things? I love all
the tiny versions of larger items; as a child I spent many happy hours
making t...
Project 3 - Stage 4: Exercise 2
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*Colour Moods and Themes*
*In Exercise 2 *we are asked to identify a colour mood or theme that we
feel drawn to.
We are to ask ourselves the following que...
Using Markal paintstiks!
-
Doing one of my periodic tidy ups and see what I can find efforts I came
across a box of Markal paintstiks that I must have had for several years. I
can't ...
Wise socks
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These socks are very wise.
Firstly, we are forecast snow this weekend, so warm hand knitted socks are
a very wise choice. Secondly, because the pattern come...
I heart BCN
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Como conté en otra entrada, me mudé a Barcelona exactamente el día de mi 50
cumpleaños.
Un año después dibujé esto para regalárselo a alguien muy querido qu...
Painted papers
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When I took the City and Guilds Course, we learned to make a wide variety
of painted papers as a way to experiment with color and techniques, to
explore de...
TAST 2012 - detached chain
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Some little bits of detached chain stitch.
On the bottom line of my sampler:
*(Click on photo for bigger image)*
and the leaves on this little tag doll I ...
inspired to stitch
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goodness what a bad blogger I've been ...
I started the year off in such a prolific manner ... determined to keep up
with my blog and lots of projects and ...
PAP 2 part 3 Thought processes
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Just a quick word before I get stuck in, thank you so much to all those
people who dropped in on the previous PAP posts and left their wonderful
encouragin...
Reply to Setting a price for a painting
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folio3 posted a reply:
I agree with everything Jane says. Cost of paint, canvas and frame if it
has one, is the gallery going to take a percentage, what ...
FORMAL ASSESSMENT
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Having almost missed the boat I sent off a guide describing my workbook
blog and Assignment Web site to OCA today.
I wanted to make it easy for the assess...
Boiling My Brain
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Well my goodness gracious me.
I have been fighting over 5 large drawings and they are the most
challenging thing I have ever attempted and quite frankly th...
life drawing
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I’ve just finished a series of life-drawing classes. This was a new
discipline for me. It really pushed my skills in drawing, perspective,
scale and compos...
Waffling on
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We always laugh at DH because it doesn’t matter what you ask him for - a
certain size screw, a piece of wood at such a length, plastic tube this or
that di...
a wild and windy day
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... here in the north of Scotland. As the light is dimming I've been
putting finishing touches to my new blog and web page look, whilst having
more play w...
Mixed media
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Deze lag al een tijdje te wachten - ik heb het geborduurde lapje (met de
vogels etc) wat meer context gegeven door het op canvasboard te plakken en
stof t...
Just Stuff
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I have been pretty busy since the last time I blogged here. January always
brings with it the really well intentioned plan that I will actually get my
tax...
Happy Valentine's Day
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"The Heart Book is regarded as the oldest Danish ballad manuscript. It is a
collection of 83 love ballads compiled in the beginning of the 1550’s in
the ...
Assignment 3: Tutor Feedback and My Response
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Overall Comments from Tutor: I am pleased to hear that you have come
through your period of doubt and have found the spirit to persevere. This
indicates th...
Module five chapter 10
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Chapter 10
Stitch to translate
I had to translate some of my rubbings into stitchery using mainly one
stitch for each, but
using as many of it’s variations ...
Off on my Rambles
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This Wednesday I am off on my rambles again. This time it is to Egypt with
Colouricious. I will be doing a block printing course with Jamie and
Marilyn. DH...
After Dubai
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It was rather a strange feeling once the Dubai project was complete as it
is after all the projects I have produced. A bit of a 'where to go next'
feelin...
Knit Wit
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[image: Posted by Picasa]
See I am keeping busy .. I have done some felting (wait for that as its
only half a piece of clothing at the moment ... ...
Blackshot 21
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These photographs were from a live rock band Blackshot 21 shoot. The main
challenges in this was the light; or lack off I ...
Painting over Collage - Week 6
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This week on Life Book 2012 was a Workshop with Tamara Laporte using paper
collage on watercolour paper. Tam uses gel medium to stick her collage
paper do...
Competition Entry - Looking Into
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My subject is one of those things for hanging jewellery on - a headless and
armless lady in a lilac dress with hooks for the jewellery. Mine has lots
of ...
From this to this and this.
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My old sewing room,
and now it is a bedroom again.
Even with two beds and a chest of drawers and a little wardrobe, it seems
so much larger now.
Today Col...
TAST 2012–Week 6–Chevron Stitch
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This is my offering in Chevron Stitch for Week 6 of TAST over on Pintangle.
I think it has a bit of a Weeping Willow look about it and it incorporates
Ch...
Sketch book challenge
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Last month I Joined up with the sketch book challenge as I thought it would
give some ideas for subjects to keep me going on my personal challenge of a
ske...
Silhouette bouquet
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Last weekend my sister in law and I went to the Craft4Crafters show at
Exeter and had a nice day out and bought some bits and pieces. When we got
home we...
Textile Artists using construction techniques
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For chapter 12 of this module I've looked at work by textile artists that
involve some of the construction techniques I've been studying - knitting,
weavin...
A little play
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[image: Four curves] [image: SerenTex 028c]
These were created in Paint Shop Pro using some of my backgrounds and some
sketches I made some time ago.
[...
Stitch, Cloth, Shimmer & Shine
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We had a rather nice delight earlier this week as Sarah’s the first
pre-release copy of her latest and now sadly last book arrived at
Craftynotions, The bo...
Block Party
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Thanks to Celia at Purple Podded Peas for sharing this. I learnt pattern
cutting at evening class from 1995-1998. It’s a while since I’ve done any
but it ...
Doctors and health
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As we age, Nature is not so interested in keeping us healthy once we pass
childbearing age - after all, we have either served our purpose to
procreate, or...
Bamburgh Beach, Northumberland
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We had a lovely weekend away last weekend, we stayed in a little cottage in
Seahouses. The first day was Saturday which was freezing cold and we
abandoned...
Big Red Moon
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Ever wanted to stop in the middle of a motorway and take a photograph?
That's what happened to me as I drove along the M56 this evening. The
motorway bends...
Something different!
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One of my suppiers kindly sent me some fabric, lace and trim offcuts which
have inspired some new designs. I love the fabrics and if this range goes
we...
Shutter Speeds
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The object of this exercise is to take a series of photographs of a scene
or a person involving movement.
Movement needs to move across the field of view, ...
Winner
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Hello, I nearly forgot it was time to draw a name, where has the week gone.
I put all the names in a bowl and my husband pulled out a name,I didn't
take a ...
part 5, project 2 – preparatory work
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I have chosen to develop a print based on the Millennium Clock which is in
the Royal Scottish Museum. It is loosely linked to my theme of time and the
body...
Moving !!
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Hello all!!
I'd like to thank you all for following my blog thus far. From now on I
will be using Wordpress so if you would like to continue following m...
Set-up for printing a collagraph
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Work table ready for printing a collagraph. This is one way to lay it out,
there are many other ways. In this case the work flow is from right to left
b...
Log cabin completed
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Last week I realised my log cabin design was dry enough to print the final
colour; it was going to be blue but I changed my mind and went for a deep
purple...
All sent for assessment
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Today I posted my work off for assessment. What a wonderful feeling handing
that parcel over the counter at Royal Mail. Now I wait for the results.
I can no...
Summer Sketchbook
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At last I've sorted various technical problems and I am able to update my
blog. Here is the final plum sketch from last summer's sketchbook. I went
away fo...
And now for something woody . . . .
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We had Christmas in Germany, near Munich, and one of our trips was to a
Wildpark at Poing. A delightful bird feeder caught the eye and gave Derek
inspirsa...
the Feather Stitch
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I am running a tad behind, as per my usual,
so without further ado ...
Here is my sampler piece for the 3rd week of
the 2012 Take A Stitch Tuesday (TAST) ...
My field
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One of many photos of 'my field'
Since coming back from Australia I have continued on my series of the field
below us in the valley. I took photos and ske...
Padding...
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Lil Pixie left a comment here asking what padding was. According to
Wikpedia
*Padding* is thin cushioned material sometimes added to clothes. It is
often...
Printing
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I've become quite fed-up with the price I have to pay for clothes (another
downside to being overweight) so I 've been making some tops lately (with
the he...
I'm in Somerset Studio Magazine!
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If you haven't checked it out yet I am in the newest issue of Somerset
Studio (January/February)! The amazing Seth Apter and I worked on a
collaborative...
Why wander?
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Her crown has been secured, and she trails a veil that remembers her path...
Of couse the question is,
why is she wandering?
Sometimes p...
Reflections on the Course
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How did the course compare with expectations? I started off this learning
log with a comment “I want to find new energy and ideas for my own practice
throu...
Pt 2, Exercise 6 Curves
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1/800, f11, 27mm
Curves. I took the image above when out looking for curves, of which there
are certainly many in the resulting image, but the overall domi...
Breakfast with Martin Parr
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A couple of weeks ago I went along to the Breakfast with Martin Parr event
at the Open Eye Gallery with three other OCA students. Martin Parr is
curating t...
January Ambitions
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What with the new year I always feel invigorated and want to start lots of
new things.
I am trying to start a jewellery business, but also have two freela...
Conclusion
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Have now completed *Art of Photography *and am submitting for assessment.
In effect, this is the final post.
Reviewing the last few months, I thought it ...
Urchfont Manor
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Regular readers will know that for the last few years I have been going to
the Distant Stitch summer school at Urchfont Manor near Devizes in
Wiltshir...
Creative Sketchbooks review
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Mandi left a comment asking if I've liked Design Matters Creative
Sketchbooks course. I can honestly say YES! I've never really been sure
what to put in m...
Project 57: the lighting angle
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Again, this exercise has been carried out with only a basic lighting set up
- an angle poise lamp with a white paper diffuser.
I haven't completed all of ...
Module 2-Chapter 11-Paper Samples-Part 6
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Design 9: I should have made the strips narrower and cut at an 45° angle to
make the chevron pattern more obious
Design 10 a-e: playing with the same...
Birds of prey
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I was going call this post 'Old World Vultures' as I really like how that
sounds, but to be honest, I'm not sure what the difference is between Old
and N...
French Blue Shawl, a crochet tutorial
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To help out some of my lovely friends, I have done a little photo tutorial
to show how to start a crocheted shawl.
The pattern is a free one called Fren...
Dyes from Winter garden 2 : an array of yellows.
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The dye plants I had in the garden were Genista tinctoria, Weld ( leaves)
Dyers Chamomile and Tansy. I picked what I had,
'* *
I cut the plant materi...
A new beginning
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I haven't written anything for this blog for quite some time - well over
two years, although this doesn't mean I have been doing nothing. I have
followed m...
Project: Moving figure
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*Exercise: Sitting and Waiting and Fleeting Moments*
*Quick drawings of people out and about. Use times of waiting to draw.
Identify the key person and dr...
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