Giving a quick shout to my friend Janine, who is starting an exciting new series of eco workshops, embodying recycling, re-purposing and thrift with creativity and making (great combo if I ever saw one!). The first one is this Tuesday 21st September in Lewisham. I would definitely be there were it not for the fact […] Read more...
What is it about art?
When did the creativity bug get you? Or are you an onlooker, seeing ‘arty’ people and wondering if the creativity gift has passed you by? Is art elitist, only for those who have the time and money to buy it, learn it and do it? Or is it a universal language of communication, celebration, protest, […] Read more...
A weekend of making
The Greenbelt festival… – made my first ever print at the Greenhaus Art School (a venue at the festival)…using ‘Intaglio’ and ‘Drypoint’ (gosh that sounds clever), with a sheet of acrylic and special etching tools. Loved the process (and the smell of the ink) and love the outcome. Having done this, I now get […] Read more...
Festival weekending
Hi ho, hi ho, its off to Greenbelt we go (tent, food and frying pan packed, wellies and mac at the ready). Have been going to Greenbelt since I was 17…now taking both my children and we are all camping for the first time. Can’t see myself staying up for the late night comedy like […] Read more...
My mosaic stones featured on Crafty Crow
Have you experienced the Crafty Crow yet? I just love this blog. It is the hugest archive of creative projects for children (big and little!) with regular features on recycling and nature. It has a massive readership amongst people doing arts and crafts with children (parents, teachers) and today, one of my mosaic projects for […] Read more...
International Postcard Swap
Just a quick post this morning as I am rushing around trying to do 10 things at one (its a little boy’s 3rd birthday this week…things to make, things to buy!) Zoe at Playing by the Book is organising an international postcard swap for children to take part it. Kids send 5 postcards to 5 […] Read more...
Isabella’s Land Art
Have you come across Land Art? A few years back, I discovered a book by Andy Goldsworthy and sat for ages enjoying this delicious feast for the eyes. The other day, I was doing the first garden tidy up of the spring and out of the corner of my eye I saw a very industrious […] Read more...
The Vandalism of Beauty
I met with mosaic artist, Gary Drostle yesterday to talk about helping out on this amazing, 50 foot mosaic project he is doing for the University of Iowa and as we were chatting I mentioned one of his public mosaics – one that, in my mind, is iconic. I say this because whenever I am […] Read more...