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Clore 27 Reunion Weekend

2012-02-11T17:07:00.000-08:00

Visual Journals: Text & Image

2012-02-09T13:04:00.000-08:00

Theme of journeys - mine was from Clore 27 to today

Visual Journals

2012-02-02T19:02:00.000-08:00

Using Text... I always feel more at home with words

Pallant House Gallery

2012-01-21T13:00:00.000-08:00

Pallant House Gallery in Chichester

Burning of the Clocks

2011-12-21T19:00:00.000-08:00

On of my favourite things about living in Brighton!

Travellers Postcards

2011-12-18T12:54:00.000-08:00

What you can do with beer mats, blue tac and flyers!

De La Warr

2011-12-17T12:51:00.000-08:00

Backstage at the De La Warr

Utopias & Dystopia Room A04

2011-11-29T13:17:00.000-08:00

Bonfire Night

2011-11-06T12:49:00.000-08:00

Winchester

2011-10-19T12:44:00.000-07:00

Beautiful weekend with a lovely family

Artist Open House

2011-04-03T01:42:00.001-07:00

I am joining a group of friends and artists from Fellow Travellers to do an Artist Open House in May. Our Hove Arts page is now online here.

Come along and see our work, meet the artists and have some tea in the garden.

Rust Inspired Piece

2011-04-02T02:05:00.000-07:00

Textured textile work inspired by rust - already sold and not even in a frame yet! More to come, watch this space...

Quick Color Experiments

2011-03-05T07:40:00.001-08:00

Rust Dyed Layers

2011-01-30T08:55:00.000-08:00

Working with rust dyed pre-layered fabrics, different textures and materials. More to follow soon...

Haiku

2011-01-28T07:48:00.000-08:00

I waved at a friend,
stranger waved back, a moment,
a small connection

Clore

2011-01-21T09:39:00.000-08:00

Taken on the last day of Clore from the arms of a 400 year old tree. This picture captures the feelings of the moment.

Quick Watercolour

2011-01-16T07:26:00.000-08:00

First class with colour!

2011-01-15T07:20:00.000-08:00

Snow Optimism

2010-12-02T09:34:00.000-08:00

Was going to write a Haiku about this but I think the photo says it all. Taken as the Meeting Place Cafe on Brighton seafront.

Rust Dyed Fabrics

2010-12-01T08:50:00.000-08:00

Experiments with rust dyed fabrics to create pattern, colour and form.

Experimental Life Studies in Clay

2010-11-13T12:31:00.000-08:00

Experimental life studies in clay and charcoal from class today. I was thrilled with how my model turned out given how difficult I usually find working with clay. Working in 3D had an interesting impact on the development of my drawing which you can see in my next post.

Sculptural Forms

2010-11-11T11:43:00.000-08:00

Exploring shape, form and materials in neutral colours

White Night Brighton

2010-10-30T11:37:00.000-07:00

Life Drawing

2010-10-24T09:42:00.000-07:00

New Books

2010-10-23T09:31:00.000-07:00

I ordered a new books at the start of the month, they arrived last week whilst I was off sick. A temptation I could do nothing about. Feeling better today so start reading.

Life Drawing & Charcoal

2010-10-17T09:29:00.000-07:00

Charcoal Experiments

2010-10-10T09:25:00.000-07:00

Trying a medium I've not used for about 10 years.

Haiku

2010-09-24T10:01:00.000-07:00

But what if that man
You give a simple smile to
Is your one true love

Brighton Art Fair

2010-09-20T08:52:00.000-07:00

Brighton Art Fair (www.brightonartfair.co.uk)
My Favourites
Alexander Korzer-Robinson - www.alexanderkorzerrobinson.co.uk
Helaina Sharpley - www.helainasharpley-wirework-artist.co.uk
Sam Lock - www.samlock.com
Myung Nam An - www.myungnaman.co.uk
Steve McPherson - www.stevemcpherson.co.uk
Samantha Bryan - www.brainsfairies.co.uk
Joanne Tinker - www.joannetinker.co.uk

Haiku

2010-09-13T09:58:00.000-07:00

I smile at strangers
I like to see their responce
Sometime they smile back

Life Drawing

2010-09-12T09:13:00.000-07:00

The last drawing of Marina I did in the class and I think my best!

Haiku

2010-08-10T10:00:00.000-07:00

I am pre- mental
'gift' apparently. outside
storm raging, like me

Haiku

2010-08-06T12:02:00.000-07:00

Do the seagulls sound 
Like machine guns he asked me? 
No, they sound like rain

Haiku

2010-07-28T10:52:00.000-07:00

In the bath again,
Bubbles escaping my ears,
I can hear my heart.

New Designers Favourites!

2010-07-05T08:33:00.000-07:00

I've missed New Designers (www.newdesigners.com) the last few years so it was great to go again. During week 1 a selection of my favourite graduates are listed below - there is definitely a theme here!

Catherine Haynes - Surface Designer and Illustrator - www.catherineannhaynes.com
Victoria Crocker - Embroidery Designer - www.victoriacrokerembroidery.blogspot.com
Sarah Brown - Glass Designer Maker - www.s-brown.co.uk
Zoe Lyon - Surface Designer - www.zoelyondesigns.com
Ellen Devall - Textile Artist & Designer - www.ellendevall.blogspot.com

Group Writing Exercise

2010-06-17T11:11:00.000-07:00

Among ants ornate mandibles have evolved independently in numerous species
without walls drew themselves through
layers of paint on the canvass
"So, what time is the next episode?" I asked
The silence fell like rain
they sailed away for a year and a day to the land where the bong trees grow
wings and fly away to calmer seas

Katies 50 Word Response to Scars (01.06.10)

2010-06-11T10:43:00.000-07:00

I like this one especially. I have one just like it which I will send when I find it. My favourite one, scars that is, is on my chin from falling over when I was 3. It has grown with me, and now looks more dramatic than it actually was.
Katie Sollohub, 50 word story

Haiku

2010-06-07T12:23:00.000-07:00

Hard conversations
Something we try to avoid
Sometimes worth it, though?

Profile

2010-06-06T12:26:00.000-07:00

Memory

2010-06-05T12:18:00.000-07:00

Something happened today which, at the time, I thought would make a great story – but, now, I can’t remember what it was. Was it that the story itself was actually not so remarkable or that my memory is drifting away? Was my memory always this bad? I’ve just remembered it!
50 Word Story

Feet

2010-06-04T12:12:00.000-07:00

Loneliness

2010-06-03T06:38:00.000-07:00

Loneliness is a strange thing. You can be in a room full of people and feel more lonely that you thought possible. You can be Alone and not feel the ache of loneliness. It's not about the people physically around you, it's about the connections in your heart and soul.
50 Word Story

Black & White

2010-06-02T06:24:00.000-07:00

Scars

2010-06-01T05:17:00.000-07:00

The small scars on my body tell their own stories. The time I sliced my finger opening mozzarella at Gaby's house. I recently got a blood blister but I can't remember how I got that. My favourite is the one on my head my mum gave me with her fingernail.
50 Word Story

One Night

2010-05-31T02:37:00.000-07:00

Yellow

2010-05-30T02:33:00.000-07:00

These photos were taking in class on a walk to the sea front and then home. These are all of the yellow things that I saw in the order that I saw them.

Parallel Universe

2010-05-29T02:29:00.000-07:00

I wish I knew how to spell, maybe other things in my life might be different, like in a parallel universe there is a Lucy who can spell and is the president of Brighton arm of the Women's Institute and I know how to bake cakes, I could still learn.
50 Word Story

My Inspiration

2010-05-28T02:13:00.000-07:00

Creative Journeys - Keeping a Visual Diary course and tutor Katie Sollohub have inspired me to start this blog so I thought a photo of my classmates focused on their work at sunset was a great place to start.