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I have posted the animation again this time from vimeo because it fills the screen and I think this looks better!
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/20099871 w=400&h=300]
I made the soundtrack by mixing 2 tracks of birdsong that I recorded with my daughters ipod with a drumbeat from a keyboard. All very low-tech!
I’m working on a new series of mosaics for my showcase exhibition “Voices of the Wind” at Somerset Crafts in May. It’s a tight deadline but I’m hoping to produce at least 4 new pieces . My first piece is called “Wind Whips“. This was the first drawing: I liked the black “whips” streaming out from the…
I got the postcard on Thursday – both pieces of work stamped with the word "unplaced" which I suppose is a politically correct way to say "rejected"! I went to collect the work on Friday with my friend. A lady ushered us through the gallery where most of the selected work was on the walls,…
The penultimate mosaic in my book – soon to be published ! Whilst watching some incredible footage of a volcano I was inspired to make this one. A scientist was standing on the edge, looking down into a huge boiling pit of lava. As if looking into hell, and yet it was so beautiful. There…
I was so taken up with the flu and with Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s novel in the last post that I forgot to wish you all a very happy 2011! So here it is – HAPPY 2011! (and may all your wishes come true!) The first exhibition I am involved in this year is a bit…
The Somerset Guild of Craftsmen’s next exhibition is called “Whither The Ash” – it appears to be a very topical theme at the moment, not surprisingly, as we are still losing our beautiful trees. I can’t exhibit my sculpture of “The Last Tree” (see last post) made in response to this issue at the Guild…
I made the “Forest Light” mosaic (see last post) pretty quickly, so I decided to make another small woodland mosaic. This time I wanted to introduce a sense of depth. This is “Morning haze in the Woods”. It took me 6 hours, which is quick for a mosaic! Just like “Forest Light” I have used…