It’s starting to look gloomy and echoes are starting to sound down deep in my archives. Perhaps some worthy items will surface when I tidy up my studio, but for now, all I have are blurry pictures of a potholder, and a tragic tale… It was my first attempt at tapestry, and pretty much the …
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Thanks, potholder
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Monkey and Noonoo
My monkey design has had a number of different incarnations so far (see here). This one I made for Paul’s Christmas present last year, with the help of my jeweller friend, Carine Terreblanche. It was brilliant fun, learning about etching on brass. The result is a bit rough and ready, but Paul seems to like …
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Tapestry resolution
New Year’s resolution: make another dang tapestry! I loved making these. The blue one is a traditional Florentine embroidery pattern, and the red one I made up. I made it too small to begin with (looked like a pencil bag, not a cushion!), so had to add the solid red panel afterwards.
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Thanks, eclectic detective
A quick thanks to Eclectic Detective, LisaJay, for her kind words about my blog (see here). Just what I needed after another bile and spittle-filled morning with my delightful neighbour. You see, after an earlier comment LisaJay left on my blog, I paid a visit to hers, loved it, and recommended itto Gary (ping!), who …
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Silver birds
As a big “boo sucks” in the face of our loony neighbour and illustration deadlines and other stresses of city life, I’ve made some soaring, striving silver birds for my fridge door. This is textured silver paper stuck to adhesive magnetic sheet, cut with an NT cutter.
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2007
I was just in the car, and glanced down at my odometer which read… believe it or not… 2007 km! Ok, so today’s not 1 Jan or anything spooky, but after the barrage of emails and demented scrawls from my lunatic neighbour today, my odometer reading was the best thing I’d read all day.Well, apart, …
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Over and out
Early tomorrow morning we leave for a short holiday in the steamy greenness of the KwaZulu Natal countryside. I hope you have a happy Christmas and holiday. Thanks for reading my blog this year – it’s been a lot of fun for me. See you in the new year!
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And in the studio today…
Next year I want to spend more time making things. My head’s bursting with ideas and I just can’t wait to get back into my studio and start cut-cut-cutting! So, to firm up my new year’s resolution to Spend More Time At The Studio, here are some studio shots: It’s a beautiful space we have …
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Christmas!
I’ve been dreadfully lazy about Christmas this year – everyone’s just getting teatowels and trays (shh, don’t tell my family!) – and so I haven’t really got into the spirit yet. But now I’m finally getting cracking – my collection of toilet roll inners for homemade Christmas crackers is growing, and I’m saying “after you” …
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