..latest pieces....

These are the last pieces done to go onto small square canvas panels.

Hopefully, these, along with all the other bits, will be going to Abersytwyth on Friday (other things being willing!)









I've also been making with some more of these.....

(..don't think you've seen them before...)



I call them "Spirit Brooches".....


...and the other ones I did for the June expo sold like hotcakes!


So now there's another basket with bits to be assembled ready for the Court Cupboard Christmas Exhibition.....

...and I may put some in my ETSY shop too....


I'm also spending some time doing lino-cuts for my Paper and Word blog....

..they could be quite good for stitching too I think...

Pazyryk deer....and a new Blog!

Here's a piccie of the Pazyryk "deer" that I did back in 1998...

I'd read an article about the excavation of a Pazyryk "Princesses" tomb in National Geographic, and was really taken with the tattoo she had on her arm.

So, I got a bit of turban cotton, and a pot of Citadel blue wash and did this copy of the design. It's outlined in gold pen.

I recently found a book entitled "Art of the Steppe" on one of our second-hand-book-hunting jaunts....

...there are LOADS of lovely pictures in there.....


Oh Good Grief!.....more project material!............


...as if I didn't have enough already.....:-)


...and my new blog Paper and Word is now up and running....


..hope you enjoy it........

...Where on earth has the time gone?!....

...since I last posted here!.....

Someone's nicked it; put it in their pocket;.....and run away with it!


Anyway, here I am again on (yet another) lovely sunny Saturday morning...

...so the camera has done it's job taking pictures of goodies that arrived in the post.....and other goodies that have been created here.


I had the seriously good fortune to receive not ONE but TWO pressie parcels from two lovely blog-friends....

Carolyn sent me a beautiful parcel containing these goodies....




...a tiny gold box containing a lovely glass necklace surrounded by sequin flowers and cut out words......

...a beautiful hand-made card, with purple writing......


....to match a "berry-inspired" scrummy hand-knitted scarf that is soooooo lovely and warm and cosy (and I wore it on the day it arrived)!

Here's a close-up so you can appreciate the texture as well as the colour...




It was all wrapped up in a piece of red and cream squared cloth tied off with gold thread and a bell!


There was also something else lurking in the depths too......


.......CHOCOLATE!!!!!!.......


Hot chocolate to be presact...

(picture deliberately witheld in case it prompts people to go out and indulge!)



Thanks so much Carolyn - it was a beautiful parcel indeed!


The very next day, another packet turned up....

...this time from Eva...


...containing THIS.....



..gorgeous piece of needlework.

It must have taken hours to complete - and I LOVE IT!


I'm going to stitch it into a cushion with pom-poms or tassels on the corners....


Thank you Eva - your stitchery is always such a pleasure to receive.


...and the Tibetan Tiger note that came with the panel is now in my "Tibetan" sketchbook.....

...pictures from which will follow sometime soon.......


How lucky I feel to have such generous people in my blog-life!



It's been a busy couple of weeks in general. Lots of paperwork and other-such-stuff to be dealing with.

But I've still managed to complete a few more pieces for the next Exhibition in Aberystwyth next month.

These are small ones - to be mounted on canvas panels, and have developed out of my brooches.

I wasn't sure if they were going to work when scaled-up, but I'm happy with the results.

The idea is that they can be mounted singly, or in two's or fours....


Here are a few that are fully finished...






..apart from the sticking bit!


I'm starting another blog soon......


...to accomodate my other "passion".


It's called "Paper and Word", and will be used to show my hand-made and artist's books and related things like poetry and print experiments.

I'll be posting a link from this blog - so please take a look when it's up and running.


Can't make up my mind whether to stay in or go out today.....


......maybe I'll just have a cup of coffee and think about it.....

...a good week!....

It's been a really good week again. Lots of positive communications and requests for my work!

Still working like stink .....need to get a few more bits ready for the exhibition in Aberystwyth next month..

..smaller pieces - so they're not too difficult to complete.

I've been experimenting with using paper with the usual felt background..

..will let you see the results in the next post (or so).

Meanwhile, brroch production has been carrying on a-pace.

Here are the latest. All to go into the Court Cupboard Gallery.











These are extremely satisfying to do. Small jewels, and all slightly different.

Just the kind of activity to get you through dreary evenings that are happening too soon!

There are few more things in the pipeline - but I'm incubating at the minute, so won't say any more....

;-)