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“Odile – The Black Swan” : The 2012 Fashion Icon
If you went to London Fashion Week last week you would have noticed how many top designers have used black, whites, pearls shimmery greys and silvers in their new creations. “Odile” – The Black Swan wouldn’t have looked out of place on the catwalk. Imagine her as she glided elegantly in her fine coverlet of…
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Double Delight
Yummm, Double Delight conjures up images of a scumptious icecream made with Turkish Delight and lemon meringue topped with melon coulis or dark and milk chocolate biscuits filled with pistachio nut cream! I can’t understand why it isn’t! Instead, this Double Delight is about Art! (It couldn’t be anything else really!) It’s all happening here…
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Flight of the Cranes
The Somerset levels and moors have been such a source of inspiration lately, not only have Egrets arrived for the first time this year (see last post) but last year saw the re-introduction of cranes to the area. Cranes were thought to have become extinct in the UK 400 years ago although they still visited…
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Egrets at Somerset Crafts
Egrets at Somerset Crafts Several months ago I joined Somerset Crafts – a group of artists who exhibit work in a gallery at Westhay on the Avalon Marshes in the Somerset Levels. Most of us are also members of the Somerset Guild of Craftsmen based at the Courthouse gallery in Somerton. We manage the gallery between…
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London Olympics 2012
London Olympics 2012 I hope you were as inspired as I was by the London Olympics 2012! See more about this Olympic Sculpture 2012: Art at the Edge That Thing in the Garden Sweat and Tears – detail photos Thank you London Olympics 2012! 🙂
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Sun Worshipper (or the legless Great Crane)
A couple of weeks ago I was gritting my teeth and working long hours in my shed to reach a deadline for an exhibition. I was lucky I had an assistant helping me. My son, Arthur, was doing his year 10 work experience week with me (not by choice unfortunately, he wanted to do something…
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Judgement Day In The Rain
Trudging up the steep slope in the pouring rain, my oversized brolly got stuck several times on the overhanging bushes and brambles. It was early July but felt like autumn, the rain water ran in rivulets down the path bouncing up now and then to splash and soak through the holes in the canvas of…
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Structural Mosaics Workshop with Marcelo de Melo
I am delighted to be hosting a mosaic workshop with a difference this year. In October at the Bath Artists Studios my Brazilian friend, Marcelo de Melo will teach a 5 day “Structural Mosaics” workshop. I became aware of Marcelo’s work soon after I joined BAMM (British Association for Modern Mosaic) in 2001 . What…
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Memorial Mosaic
Yesterday I was at St. Josephs Catholic school in Bridgwater completing a mosaic started the day before with the children. It was a memorial mosaic for a much loved learning support assisant , dinner lady and head gardener at the school who died recently. My brief was to design the mosaic using their school logo,…
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Pelican Mosaic
During the final exhausting 12 hour “swanning” days to finish my swan for the Swans of Wells public art project, I was also preparing a mosaic project for Kings Hall School in Taunton. (I have a time turner like Hermione Granger !) The brief was to use their school emblem “the Pelican” for a mosaic mural…
