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bubblewrap pressprinting tutorial
Tutorial is a tad grand for this technique, it’s so simple! There are always a couple of things it’s worth knowing in advance though 1) choice of paper/surface plays a large part in the effect, so if...
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a rose by any other name?
- would definitely smell as sweet…but would a rosegarden sound as attractive if it was called a thorncob border? I am preparing to promote a piece going on display [all the details will be shared as...
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persistence and pacing
So today I have overdone it, I got on the wrong bus (attention! expensive when not paid) and walked just a bit too far and then I was leaning over to listen to someone speaking softly in a super-echoey...
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sea change
I am so tired! Keith came round and we had a photoshoot of gaia’s guardians, renamed to SEA CHANGE… This is a huge win, as he took a photo I could easily turn into promotion posters and flyers. We took...
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see more at nottingham contemporary
The title/theme for our end of course art share is SEE MORE. I have really broken through a lot of personal barriers on this course, perhaps not in the way I expected, but in ways that matter deeply...
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SEE MORE @ Nottingham Contemporary
Soooooo…the Contemporary class curve balled me, and extended by a week, meaning I will have an interesting challenge on managing spoons of energy…On Friday 10th May, we are having a 3hour performative...
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see more slideshow
Boom! I finished the handmade book SEE MORE and I even knocked up a couple of flyers for the SEE MORE @ Nottingham Contemporary Space, while doing necessaries for SEA CHANGE…might need to lie in a...
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agoraphobia and exhibitions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg7Hp0JkMC0 - a short film made by the Nottingham Contemporary crew about the course and how it affected some members, at 3 minutes they did well to fit in the WEA...
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bundles
I have been tidying up in the studio, putting away sea change and then picking through boxes of randomness that were sent through from the living room in order to make space. A couple of cat-astrophes...
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progress on bundles
Thanks to Wain for asking why I wrap bundles, it gave me the spark to write a post. I have been working slowly as I am very tired after the physical effort of going to see the graduate shows and then...
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hot fabrics 1 the organza sandwich
So I have new toys a HEAT GUN and a SOLDERING IRON, both from Lidl’s occasional bargain section, tbh I would not have bought these right now, but £17 for both, when a heat gun is £25-£45 on its own,...
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diversity is our strength
So, this is a detail of the Diversity is our Strength installation I am hanging near the Community Stage at Nottingham LGBT Pride. It’s not finished yet, but while Cherise and I set the world to...
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diversity at Pride
First: a big thank you to the friendly strangers who helped me when the taxi driver jammed the brake on my rollator again! They pushed the rollator lifted on to its front wheels and carried a big bag...
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taking a yarn trip
So, I was supposed to take a trip into my overdraft at a fancy yarn supplier, but life had other plans…instead I have been upcycling more factory yarn into hand work friendly balls… some yummy...
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things that like to be together
So I have cleared every last cone of skipped and gifted yarn in my studio – I have NO, repeat NO, cones of yarn…I’m reeling! (sorry, bad pun!) I have a small collection of metallics and serging...
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Earlier Nights…
I am having my end-of-summer wistfulness…the point where I forget how much I managed to do (two installations in parks?) and instead feel winter is going to shut me in and I’ve done nothing, wasted so...
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richer by giving
I have been managing a little making again, and started with an engagement present. It is for the sister-in-law whose husband died the year before mine (yes, that is a little complicated!) meaning,...
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zero waste week 2013: darn it!
A re post in honour of zero waste week: This sock should not have needed darning, because it should never have been knitted! I was entranced with the yarn and thought I might get away with it as this...
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fixers banner update: Fix it!
After much ironing, picking up and removing of the furry one, and very little pinning (hurrah!) due to the nature of the components, I thought I was ready to start sewing. But then I couldn’t find my...
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inspiration and stockpiling materials
On Saturday I went on the Knit Nottingham (voted the Midlands top LYS/ local yarn shop!) coach trip to Yarndale, a new event in the Knit and Stitch calendar, where fibre suppliers could showcase their...
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