Attended a fun workshop with the children where we made our own Terracotta Warriors! Great fun, haven't played with clay for years, but hard to get the detail working on this scale...
Pitt Artist pen and watercolour pencils in Moleskine sketchbook.
Friday, 21 September 2007
1st attempts at needle felting
These were my first attempts at dry needle felting. They were completed in Denmark last summer when we were on holiday. My daughter and I were taught while we were there by a family friend.
The little character on the right was created as an example when my daughter had a 'felting party' for her 11th birthday. She invited 5 friends over and they had a great time - lots of broken needles, several minor stab wounds requiring plasters, but fortunately no serious injuries
The little character on the right was created as an example when my daughter had a 'felting party' for her 11th birthday. She invited 5 friends over and they had a great time - lots of broken needles, several minor stab wounds requiring plasters, but fortunately no serious injuries
Saturday, 1 September 2007
Cornwall - Eden Project WeeMan
Another amazing sculpture at the Eden Project - THE WEEE MAN (stands for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) - view the large size to read all about him.
We had a lot of fun trying to make out all the different things he was made of - the teeth were rather intriguing, then we realised they were computer mice! Do a Flickr search on WEEE to see lot's more photos of him.
Certainly got us thinking about what we will buy (and discard) in the future...
We had a lot of fun trying to make out all the different things he was made of - the teeth were rather intriguing, then we realised they were computer mice! Do a Flickr search on WEEE to see lot's more photos of him.
Certainly got us thinking about what we will buy (and discard) in the future...
Cornwall - Making dens at the Eden Project
A great family activity - making Dens. We thought we had a great design until a strong gust of wind blew...
Cornwall - The Eden Project
We visited the Eden Project - a fantastic day out. It is a conservation project created out of old China Clay pits. It now houses geodesic biodomes which replicate temperate and sub-tropical climates.
The drawing is of an amazing sculpture near the main entrance, it is made with driftwood.
The drawing is of an amazing sculpture near the main entrance, it is made with driftwood.
Cornwall Map
Map of South East Cornwall where we spent a week's holiday this August. I traced the map and transferred it into my Moleskine sketchbook, then annotated the map to show the places we had visited.
Tuesday, 3 July 2007
Time
Collage on irridescent acrylics with white gel pen in Moleskine sketchbook. The poem reads -
TIME
You can’t buy time, nor can you sell it
You can lose it, but you can’t gain it back
We all live on borrowed time, trying to steal more of it
We talk of saving time, but all we do is fill it
Some people have time on their hands,
others have no time at all
when in fact, we all have the same time—
we have all the time there is
Some people wouldn’t give you the time of day
others take the time
We say it’s time to get up, and time to go, and time to work
as if time controls our lives
We don’t say, it’s time to love
or time to do nothing
We waste time, doing what does not need to be done
and what we have no pleasure in doing
We let others control our time
We don’t take the time, to think how we use
this minute, this hour, this day, this year
which make up this life
Copyright © 1994 by Natasha Josefowitz
TIME
You can’t buy time, nor can you sell it
You can lose it, but you can’t gain it back
We all live on borrowed time, trying to steal more of it
We talk of saving time, but all we do is fill it
Some people have time on their hands,
others have no time at all
when in fact, we all have the same time—
we have all the time there is
Some people wouldn’t give you the time of day
others take the time
We say it’s time to get up, and time to go, and time to work
as if time controls our lives
We don’t say, it’s time to love
or time to do nothing
We waste time, doing what does not need to be done
and what we have no pleasure in doing
We let others control our time
We don’t take the time, to think how we use
this minute, this hour, this day, this year
which make up this life
Copyright © 1994 by Natasha Josefowitz
Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Monday, 18 June 2007
Every Exit
I loved this Tom Stoppard quote.
The person was drawn from a photo found on Flickr.
Wish I knew how to adjust the colour on my scans - in reality this is a punchy lime green and a vivid pink!
Pastels in Moleskine sketchbook.
The person was drawn from a photo found on Flickr.
Wish I knew how to adjust the colour on my scans - in reality this is a punchy lime green and a vivid pink!
Pastels in Moleskine sketchbook.
Tuesday, 5 June 2007
Potential
This collage was a 'thank you and leaving gift' for a wonderful lady with whom I worked with in a local Business Women's committee.
The tag actually has a little 'home' underneath the name, and it has a personal message on the reverse. The name buttons were made out of Fimo and stamped with a rubber stamp then painted with a Gold leaf pen.
The tag actually has a little 'home' underneath the name, and it has a personal message on the reverse. The name buttons were made out of Fimo and stamped with a rubber stamp then painted with a Gold leaf pen.
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