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The snow is deep on the fields, and the car is stuck in a ditch about a quarter of a mile down the road. I haven’t done much work in the last few days, and succumbed to the cleaning and sledging (guess which I would rather do!)
Happy Winter Celebrations !
Goldfinches I absolutely love the voices of Goldfinches, just like tiny little tinkling bells, and have you noticed that they also sing when they fly, so they fly in a sort of up and down rhythm that makes them look quite comical like a Disney cartoon! The Goldfinch is a symbol of life, exuberance and…
That mottled sky that inspired “Where The Flying Things Go” (see last post) led to another mosaic, more relevant to the mottled or “mackerel” sky as it is known. It is known as mackerel as the cloud formations resemble the markings on a mackerel fish. Here is another look at that sky: This time I wanted…
Last year I made a video and an image for an “Exquisite Corpse” style collaboration project called 6 x 6 Escape coordinated by curator Lauren Fancher. It was hoped that 60 participants would take part. The final media performance (put together by Lauren) took place in Athens, Georgia, US on April 6th 2011. I think about 40 participants…
During my exhibition “Passage” I held workshops in the gallery. 4 students attended, 3 beginners and 1 who had attended my Ammerdown course last year. My friend and helper Jean, also came along. Since last year at Ammerdown I have found that it is very useful for students to make a simple coaster before their…
This commission for a private customer was a delight to make. My clients wanted a mosaic for their wall outside their house. After initial discussions by email and a site visit I made three drawings and they chose this one. As my clients didn’t want very strong or bright colours I chose to use stained…
As luck would have it I got a message from a friend from Somerset Crafts who saw my post on facebook asking if anyone could recommend a courier for my 150kg sculpture. He is a stone sculptor so he has a heavy duty trolley and used to lifting heavy lumps of stone. Not only that…