tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73127858068923677812024-03-05T20:50:39.316+00:00WELLYDOGJanice Ashworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664177031515405967noreply@blogger.comBlogger382125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312785806892367781.post-69202794702401872412017-01-14T10:47:00.002+00:002017-01-14T10:47:12.773+00:00Moved<div style="text-align: center;">
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wellydoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04953081389735183376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312785806892367781.post-76244180563579495902016-11-25T10:26:00.001+00:002016-11-25T10:29:02.945+00:00End of a project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">those of you who follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you will have seen these on a daily basis. But for those of you not on those social media paltforms, I thought I would show you some of the highlights. Some days its been just a few squiggles or a line drawing, but others have lead to lovely new styles of working that I am looking forward next year to developing. I am particularly pleased with the pen and watercolour style that has come about </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but also this watercolour animal paintings that I then draw on cartoon flowers and plants. These have been popular and I have also been commissioned to do pets and on one occasions someones horse.</span> </div>
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Janice Ashworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664177031515405967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312785806892367781.post-40049357831876223632016-03-21T08:04:00.002+00:002016-03-21T08:09:56.791+00:00Wow what a 6 monthsI am embarrassed at how I haven't written a blog for a while. But we have been busy, yes Busy!<br />
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We left Heartlands earlier than expected after an agreement with the management was reached. Then in November we moved into our new tiny shop in Hayle, yes it really is tiny. For those of you who have followed me from the beginning and came to see me in my first studio at Clevedon Craft Centre, then it's not much bigger than that. It is beautiful, it's on a main road, but opposite that road, is Hayle harbour. If we look down the river we can see St Ives in the distance.<br />
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And business? Well it's been good. December we were not prepared for at all as we had just opened our doors, but what an amazing response. We took a hearty amount of time off in January, as the stress of the previous year had caught up. But among all that stress then we had the amazing arrival of our first grandchild. A beautiful , yes I am biased, baby girl called Mia. So January and February as expected where quiet, but not as quiet as at Heatlands! And now it's building again and thinks are looking up, things are looking great in fact.<br />
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We have new jewellery designs a great new range from our good friends at Wight and Wight and Commissions on the go. We have been made to feel very welcome, not just by the locals but also by the local traders.<br />
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We have opened an online shop with Etsy recently as our plans to do our own have been put on the back burner due to time restraints.<br />
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Sorry this is not the best update but I am just about to go and open the shop and Mr Wellydog is off to do a radio course as he has been volunteering at the coast watch at Cape Cornwall.<br />
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<br />Janice Ashworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664177031515405967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312785806892367781.post-21290540858580439662015-07-31T09:32:00.003+01:002015-08-03T08:51:04.663+01:00Moving on again The summer holidays are Finally here Yay!!!... well actually not yay at all.<br />
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All year when things have been quiet in the studio we have made excuses and commented that when the summer comes it will be busy and it will make up for a rubbish half term, Easter and bank holidays. But alas nothing has changed in fact the first week of the summer holidays has been quieter than ever! So we have to admit we have made a mistake basing ourselves at heartlands.<br />
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I guess this has been a classic case of not doing good enough research. When we looked at it, it was quiet, but that was in November so we hadn't expected anything else. We spoke to the other studio holders who all told us it was great and when the summer came then they made enough to not worry about the quiet winters. Then there were the figures we were quoted, of how many people on site at busy summer days, I can't remember exact figures but they were very impressive. And events, there were loads of events planned , one nearly every weekend from June onwards. We thought, "this is going to be good". Well it isn't. In retrospect we should have made ourselves aware of the local bad feeling towards the place and to advertising budgets and staffing levels.<br />
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Two of the very same people who told us it was busy are leaving. And the figures.... Well here is a tip for the future, check where the counter is placed !!!!! Because there may be people on site but they are all in the adventure playground, and I have hunch that with the children running around there may be some double counting going on. So basically we are paying a lot of money each month to be near a busy playground. <br />
I don't want to criticise the management, they are doing the best they can under very tight restrictions , low staffing level, no money and a lot of inherited bad feeling, but the crux of the matter is, if you build it, they won't just come, you need advertising, you need good signage and you need events!</div>
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There is one large event organised in August...Geek Fest and I am sure it will be a great success, but apart from a craft fair there is little else, we have just been told 4 events have now been cancelled. So from our point of view, how are comic book/gaming fans on site going to benefit a craft studio that sells leather handbags, belts, seaglass jewellery and Art. Yes we could make up leather costumes, or paint comic book pictures, but how worthwhile is it and how much can a small business invest in a three day event?? </div>
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So we have a plan, I can't go into all the details as it's not formalised yet, but we have told Heartlands we are leaving. They are of course disappointed because after we leave there will only be two studios , actually used as studios, left. They have their excuses and reasons why the site is not working, but in the short time we have been there, and for whatever reasons, there has been a shift from making it a joint tourist attraction and community centre, to being totally for the community. An article in the local paper confirmed that for us a couple of weeks ago. In such a deprived area, the local community do not have the money to be buying expensive handmade goods, or booking workshops. so there is no point us being there, if there are no tourists .<br />
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We are stuck for the time being as we have a years lease, which doesn't finish until after Christmas, so will have to right off the rent and service charge for the rest of the year and cut our cost at Heartlands to an absolute minimum. This will mean not opening as often once the summer is over and basically turning it into a total workshop, where we will just produce lots of stock for our coming new adventure.<br />
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So please please please, learn from this whopper of a mistake we made and if you are thinking of opening a small business DO YOUR RESEARCH!!!!!!!<br />
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Janice Ashworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664177031515405967noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312785806892367781.post-65059576450272669172015-06-29T10:03:00.002+01:002015-06-29T10:03:37.853+01:00Wellydog at NewlynWe have some lovely friends coming to visit us for a few day, later on this morning, and in planning what to do while they are here, I am reminded of what wonderful place we live and what a privilege it is to be living the dream in Cornwall.<br />
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On our door step is the wonderful village we live in, Newlyn. Many visitors drive through and never stop and see what an amazing place it is. I am always totally stunned that its missed by so many, but also quite pleased as it means it doesn't get as crowded as some towns and villages around here.<br />
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We decided to live here on a whim..... well almost. We have always loved Cornwall, I spend many happy holidays in a caravan as a child here. mostly in the Wadebridge area, my parent used to belong to the caravan club and each year we would go on a Caravan rally at the Royal Cornwall show grounds. We would always visit Padstow and go out on the speed boats from the end of the pier. I remember the local beaches with fondness particularly one where we would all picnic at the top of the cliff and then walk down to the beach and body board with our Dad, while our Mum stayed at the top. It was always packed with hundreds of people. Unfortunately my memory is not good and I have no idea where that beach was, or what it was called, which is a shame as I would love to re-visit.<br />
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When we had children of our own we sold our record collection ( I should say Mr WD's) and many other items to afford a basic little Alpine sprite caravan. We toured it everywhere and our favourite destination was, you guessed it.....Cornwall.<br />
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But as the children got older, they no longer fitted in the caravan bunks and didn't really want to come any more so we sold it and started holidaying abroad. We were lucky to have some amazing holidays with and without the children. We traveled to the Greek Islands, Paris, Brittany, Germany, New York, Florida, Iceland, Mexico and the oh so beautiful Maldives. But then a little chap came into our lives. our mad Collie Fin. We decided after only just adopting him it was unfair to leave him and swan off again to somewhere warm, also my Dad was not well at the time, so we decided to stay in a cottage at the Lizard, in fact we stayed in the wonderful Lighthouse cottages at Lizard point. <br />
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It was amazing, as we drove down the M5 past Exeter, things started to feel very familiar, even after all those years away and as we saw the sea it felt like coming home. We had such an amazing time and felt truly relaxed for the first time in years. It was very rainy and misty in the October we visited and the fog horn went off for almost 5 continuous days, but that all seemed to add to the charm and lulled us to sleep. It also meant we explored quite a lot. So off we went for a day trip to Moushole. I can't actually remember if we made it to Mousehole in the end as we stopped off at Newlyn as it had a dog friendly beach and Fin needed a break. We strolled along the pebbly beach, and looked over at St Michaels mount, held hands and looked at each other and just knew we had come home..... and now of course it is our home.<br />
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As we walk out of our house at the top of Newlyn's Chywoone hill ( Pronounced Choon), you can see the harbour below. We walk though the back streets past the fabulous little granite and white cottages on cobbled streets to the harbour. These are the same cottages the now famous Newlyn Artists painted from around 1885. If you get a chance visit the wonderful Penlee House museum in Penzance to see some of this amazing work.<br />
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Newlyn Harbour is always busy there are fishing boats coming and going all the time as the tide allows.<br />
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Each time a boat leaves the harbour you hear its horn go off and you can watch it sail out past the harbour wall. We then stroll along the harbour side towards the village, quite often there are piles of ice on the harbour side, I assume these have been used for keeping the fish cold.<br />
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We can also see the famous and essential Penlee lifeboat , sitting in the floating harbour. The original Penlee lifeboat was stationed up toward Moushole but was closed sometime after the Penlee lifeboat disaster, when 8 volunteer lifeboat men lost their lives, coming to the aid of the Solomon Browne.<br />
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It is nice to walk round the harbour when we don't have Fin with us, to see the fishing boats more closely. There is the fabulous old original quay to explore, with great views out of the harbour entrance with its lighthouse to guide the fishermen home, across Mount's Bay. The harbour is also the home to the UK tidal observatory, where all tidal heights around the coastline are measured from. <br />
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As we walk past the chandlers and fish shops down to the current Fish market, you pass the huge fish market warehouses , which smell of fish and disinfectant. I am not a fish or seafood eater so I don't really like it . We did go into the market for last years blessing of the fleet , which was very emotional and the world famous Newlyn Fish festival, which was incredible even for me, who is not a fish lover.<br />
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As you round the corner you can see the wonderfully imposing Seaman's Mission building at the end of the harbour. Unfortunately this has just been sold, but we have been lucky enough to go in and see the memorial room, part of the mission I believe is going to still stay after the new owners have renovated it, which is fabulous as The Mission is an essential part of life for Fisherman all over Cornwall, they help the fishermen in so many ways . Check them out at their website here <a href="http://www.fishermensmission.org.uk/">http://www.fishermensmission.org.uk</a><br />
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We are then in the lovely village Centre, there is a butcher, very nice sausages, a pasty shop, absolutely essential, bakers, post office, newsagents, chemist, Drs surgery, Co-op, veg shop, florist, cheese shop, Italian Restaurant, Meadery ( lovely chicken and Mead fizz) the fabulous Jelberts, homemade cornish clotted cream, ice-cream, made fresh every day. (There are always queues on a warm summers evening). There also two new additions, Makerel sky, a little sea food restaurant, remember I don't eat seafood, so I can't comment, but we are told it is wonderful. Also a little gallery and pottery has literally only just opened so I haven't been in yet. There are of course a few little pubs to. I nearly forgot also a Chinese take away , very very large portions and the amazing Lewis's chip shop. I am sure I have forgotten other things but the point is.......you don't need to go anywhere else, its all there on our door step.<br />
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Newlyn bridge is past the second hand shop, and the river coming from the hills and runs into the sea, past the newly build seawall. After the enormous floods of 2013, much of Newlyn's seafront had to be rebuilt. We arrived just after Newlyn and been breached by the sea and this stone mountain is now there to try and help calm the waves before they hit the village again. <br />
Walking toward the sea front we pass the Funeral directors , I told you everything was catered for and down toward the beach . There is the Tolcarne pub and restaurant in the car park just at the back and this leads onto the village green which runs alongside of the beach. There is a very touching memorial to those lost as sea, just at the end of the car park just as you pass to get onto he beach. Usually you can see flowers around the memorial, which always touches my heart.<br />
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As you walk onto the beach, you can immediately see the fabulous mounts bay and St Michaels Mount. On a lovely clear day you can see the Lizard in the distance. If you follow the beach you will pass though the tiny Wherrytown and then onto Penzance, but thats for another day.<br />
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Newlyn is such an amazing village and the people are amazing to. They have welcomed us with open arms and have been helpful and supportive of our move to their wonderful piece of bliss.<br />
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<br />Janice Ashworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664177031515405967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312785806892367781.post-1166183482815096642015-06-20T09:02:00.003+01:002015-06-20T09:55:30.651+01:00Life in CornwallYay we finally sold out house in Weston-super-Mare!!!!! Phew<br />
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For those who are not in the know.....the story so far<br />
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18 months ago my Dad died, and left me some money, we decided to fulfil a life long dream and buy a little fisherman's cottage in Newlyn Cornwall. We got a small interest free mortgage and in July 2014 we moved into out little dream holiday cottage. While grieving for my Dad then it was a little bit of bliss on the West Cornish coast and a dream come true.<br />
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Unfortunately Mr Wellydogs job was a not as pleasant. He was stressed beyond belief and he understandably wanted to leave. Things came to a head and luckily he managed to get out with his head held high. Obviously for a man who has worked tirelessly for 40 years it was an unbelievable shock, but as it turned out the absolutely best thing that could have happened to him.<br />
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So the decision was made to sell up in Weston super Mare, down size from a 4 bedroom detached house with very large gardens, driveway, garage , greenhouses and shed into a 2 bedroom little fisherman's cottage with a small yard and street parking for our 2 cars, and be mortgage free.<br />
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But with all thing house moving, nothing goes to plan, at least not for us it seems. We sold the house in December but a catalogue of disasters with estate agents and solicitors (grrrr) meant the chain kept falling down and the only people still in place was us and our buyers, so finally 6 months later it has sold. As you can imagine it has been a tad stressful and we are very relieved to now only be paying for one house. <br />
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We actually moved into our cottage fully on the 1st of Febuary as we had a deadline. Because we also moved into a new studio at Heartlands in Pool , about 18 miles away from our house.<br />
It was brilliant it gave us ( especially Mr WD) something to focus on, we set up the studio in a mining visitor centre to sell leather goods, art and jewellery all made by us.<br />
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That was 5 months ago, so time I think, for an update.<br />
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The house is wonderful, who knew having a tiny house would be such pleasure. It doesn't need much cleaning, only 1 toilet not 3 to clean every week. We have no tumble dryer so we have had to learn to use a washing line and airer again , which of course saves electricity and must be much better for us....and no Dishwasher, which I have to say I miss terribly. I am a rubbish washer upper and nothing ever seems as clean as it used to be. <br />
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The yard has been half filled with a 6ft x4ft shed, we needed this for all those odds and end that we couldn't find a home for. Its amazing how much you can re-organise, to be able to fit everything in. The kitchen was tiny but we have a long narrow breakfast area , perfect for the addition of a dresser. Cupboards in the front room that fit perfectly into the small alcoves either side of the fireplace, provide a perfect place for CD and DVD's.<br />
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We have wonderful beaches within walking distance and although due to some ill health I haven't managed to walk to them as often as I would like, then Mr WD and Fin our mad dog, have enjoyed many a walk of an evening to our local beach, just down the hill. As for me a short drive and we are in most magically places possible.<br />
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I love the sound of the horns going off when the fishing boats leave the harbour and I even enjoy listening to the seagulls, that are ever present around the house. They are nesting at the moment and the roof opposite is fascinating to watch as Mr seagull keeps bring Mrs seagull food and more nesting material, as she sits on the eggs. We have been warned the noise gets very intense once the chicks have hatched and not all of them survive but I still am looking forward to watching it.<br />
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The neighbours are great we have some good characters and generally they are the salt of the earth and have made us feel very welcome and have been very helpful.<br />
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So work, how is that going?<br />
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Not so good I'm afraid. Numbers at the studio are painfully low. The promised hundreds of visitors have failed to materialise and although we are told of large numbers in the summer, we are becoming very skeptical this will actually happen. We are certainly not in dire straights. We have a very high ratio of sales per visitor, so when we do get visitors then we do very well. Just think what we could do if we had higher visitor numbers. We are also not sitting on our laurels and waiting for it all to come to us, we are actively seeking out sales. I do St Ives market most weeks , which has proved to be more profitable than the studio. We have booked in for a number of events including the very high profile, Newlyn fish festival. I have done a website building course, and am actively developing a new website which should be up and running at the end of the summer. and we are promoting and getting visitors especially coming to Heartlands to see us. I have started teaching again and our winter courses timetable is about to be released.<br />
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But I am getting a bit lonely and fed up of being tied to a studio that is proving to be nothing more that an expensive workshop. Its not really what we came to Cornwall to do. There are days when I am very happy to sit and paint and make in the studio but there are equally as many times that I would rather be on the beach or out and about painting. Especially now the summer is here. Yesterday I got particularly down as I just sat almost on my own all day with little enthusiasm for making or painting and the sun was shining and I wanted to be anywhere else but in a deserted studio with no company. I just sat and twiddled my thumbs all day. We had 3 people in all day, luckily one of them was on a spending spree but if it hadn't been for her, then I would have felt like it had been a complete waste of my time.<br />
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I make it sound really bad but what I am really trying to say is, we are rethinking our options. We don't regret going there as it gave us a focus, but we are starting to wish we had just rented a cheap garage or workshop. We would have been making more money and we wouldn't be tied into a contract that states how many hours and days we have to do. We are luckier than most as there are two of us, so we can at least take some time off on our own. <br />
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I guess now we have to think about what our options are. Do we continue with the studio, do we both get a part time job for a couple of days a week and have more time to enjoy our new surroundings. Do we rent a small work shop and make a couple of days a week and do markets and fairs thoughout the year??<br />
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<br />Janice Ashworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664177031515405967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312785806892367781.post-82000880718576431052015-05-28T09:10:00.001+01:002015-05-28T09:10:51.540+01:00Sculpture Canvas <div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">How lucky was I?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I managed to get some samples of one of the
SAA’s newest products,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sculpture block
and sculpture canvas .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being someone who
is deeply rooted in 2D work, then the chance to try something new, to bring
further depth into my work ,was intriguing, but also slightly scary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But really I should not have been nervous
about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thoroughly enjoyed working
with this new medium and it pushed me to look at how my work could benefit from
a more 3D approach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">My first little experiment went rather
better than I had expected. I am known for my wave paintings and so I wanted to
see if this subject would translate to this new medium.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The principle of the material seems to be
to carve into it with tools, for example lino cutter,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but also use knives and sandpaper to refine
the design. Then to paint it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could
go full 3d to produce a sculpture piece, but I chose not to. I wanted to
explore working in relief, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>this was something
I had touched on many years ago, whilst on my Art Foundation course.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">On opening the pack I was surprised to find
how light the block was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It felt a
little strange , slightly like polystyrene but denser.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I am honest I didn’t feel it would be easy
to use or be hard wearing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I almost
expected it to crumble as I cut it, only time would tell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The first step was to choose a design and I
decided to go with the flow and just draw a wave straight onto the canvas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This I did with a fine felt pen, it was easy
to draw on and I discovered that you could lightly sand away, with some fine
grade sandpaper, any unwanted lines.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fGMx39B1LGm4TkYU-Volv5shqEWzM_-V1JmLQyo67cqv6WF48YDalEGjjXVQbSrjd3wM187h8bjhaUKnGkTHbaqUZkobRbAL_8W5JLdmycQIah_TovB1I7tDrTuD74mIRqab5k_inNmm/s1600/IMG_2334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fGMx39B1LGm4TkYU-Volv5shqEWzM_-V1JmLQyo67cqv6WF48YDalEGjjXVQbSrjd3wM187h8bjhaUKnGkTHbaqUZkobRbAL_8W5JLdmycQIah_TovB1I7tDrTuD74mIRqab5k_inNmm/s320/IMG_2334.jpg" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US">I then had to think which areas I wanted to
be the deepest and which the shallowest to get the most out of the material.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I chose at this stage to just go with 2
depths, so I cut away with the lino-cutting tools, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>above the crest of the wave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did get a bit messy and soon realised, it
may have been better to be more organized than I was,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but it was a great feeling just cutting away
and seeing what happened. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think if you
want to have<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as hap hazard approach then
either, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mark or shade in the areas to
cut away, or concentrate on one area at a time and work slowly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found the medium cut away nicely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did create quite a bit of dust, that
collected both on my hands and on the work itself, this was easily sorted with
hand washing and a trusty old toothbrush to get the dust out of the cuts on the
canvas . </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3V-TdRBJ1hWVPXC01qZdQT8Z2zdRmWTDYTBjt6jzhm_NfDeTy0tO38X_6aogNPYh6l_8TvfjvZ2zLKFFwMeHowJmz2KpSL7rmSR-3j_NI4knI9QeOoyyc0SMeRN1UehOgRM1mt-SvNRc/s1600/IMG_2338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3V-TdRBJ1hWVPXC01qZdQT8Z2zdRmWTDYTBjt6jzhm_NfDeTy0tO38X_6aogNPYh6l_8TvfjvZ2zLKFFwMeHowJmz2KpSL7rmSR-3j_NI4knI9QeOoyyc0SMeRN1UehOgRM1mt-SvNRc/s320/IMG_2338.jpg" width="308" /></a><span lang="EN-US">I also felt it was important to step back once in a while to review
how it was going, like you would with any work, but I think especially when
workingh in a more 3 D way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can
check on progress before it become to difficult to put any mistake right. As sculpting
was easier than I had expected, I did wish I had take the plunge and created
more layers, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but I think <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in it was probably a good move to</span> keep it simple for a first attempt.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I sanded each area with a rough grain
sandpaper as I went along, but I finished at the end with a overall tidying up
off all the cuts with a finer grade of sandpaper.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When finished I sealed the block with a
mixture of acrylic paint and an acrylic binder,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I then very roughly blocked out the canvas in the chosen colours . I
continued with more blending and detail on the next two layers, much like I
would on my normal canvases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">For my larger version I wanted to be braver
and add more depths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I estimated I could
cut away half the depth and not compromise the strength of the canvas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This seemed to work nicely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I worked from a sketch I already had, of a
harbour scene looking out in the distance at a lighthouse, with <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>orange buoys very prominent in the foreground.
It has a strong perspective quality, so I felt it would work well in relief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It did become quite confusing at times as
this scene was far more complicated, so I had to be more organised.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cut the deepest area first and worked my
way up through 4 layers of various depths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This time I decided to try priming it with PVA glue to see what would
happen .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found the first time I got a
lot of areas that took ages to cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The PVA seemed to work very well,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>but needed overnight to dry and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
cant vouch for it longevity. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When painting I made sure I kept aerial perspective
in mind and chose lighter colors and used less detail in the distance. I added darker
stronger pigments in the foreground, which added another optical layer of
depth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I think overall the medium is
brilliant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do think you have to
compromise slightly on detail and try not to fit to much into one area as it
was not easy to cut around very small areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My main tip would be to make everything slightly bigger than you need
and then when you sand to finish off to a smooth surface, you don’t loose too
much definition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being a terribly
impatient person I also used a hairdryer in between paint layers to speed up
the process and the block did not suffer <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I was surprised at the strength of the
block , especially when I dropped it down the back of a radiator it was leaning
on to dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had to prod and poke to
several times with a ruler<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to get it out
and it faired very well. It was not at all crumbly like I had imagined.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I have yet to decide how to best present
the finished pieces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the wave, it
was easy to paint the edges of the block, so this could be framed and mounted
on board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the harbour painting I
couldn’t decide how to paint the edges, this would be something to consider for
my future pieces in this new medium. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I would definitely use again and would
highly recommend to any artist , especially those taking their first tentative
steps into sculpture , or those wanting to get extra depth into their
paintings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Great fun and definitely a great experience<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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So here we are at last in Cornwall, well nearly. Our house sale fell through so we had to put it on the market again, luckily its all go again, but it has delayed us settling as we are still travelling to and from Weston-super-Mare quite a lot. To say we are tired is an understatement, but hopefully all the travelling will stop soon and we can get into a much better routine. We are managing to be in the studio 4 days a week which is good. </div>
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The best thing is that the studio is looking quite nice. Some great friends from <a href="http://www.wightandwight.co.uk/">Wight and Wight</a> came and helped us build the studio. We are so pleased. Most of the materials were re-cycled and the wood panelling on the front was an amazing find. </div>
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The counter is made up of 3 sections the two side ones are attached to the walls. The centre section is free standing so can be moved out when we want to add some more tables for teaching sessions. and the the two gates either side will open out . the middle section is also designed very cleverly to be able to change the display in it as often as I like . </div>
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These gates are of course to keep our Fin in . He does want to greet everyone who comes in, I am not sure they are all pleased to see him, but he loves it.</div>
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We have managed to get drilling some sea glass for jewellery and you will see the results soon on our <a href="https://folksy.com/shops/Wellydoggallery">folksy</a> shop.</div>
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but we have been concentrating on getting some leather goods made, We are trying to get ahead for the easter rush ( hopefully) </div>
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Wowee!! What a funny old time we have had since we last spoke. So here I am to give you a quick update.</div>
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2014 was not my favourite year, so I am hoping that now, we can get on with a year that will be kinder to us and our family. Such a lot has happened but I shall give you the highlight, Mr Wellydog is now unemployed. </div>
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We had hoped to move to Cornwall in a year or two but had decided that as we had just got ourselves into a comfortable financial position for the first time in our married lives, that we would do some travelling and just live it up a little before getting serious and looking at retirement. Well that didn't quite work out the way we had planned, but we are happy to be in such a fortunate position that we can move into the house in Cornwall. Very sadly we have sold our current home and are in the process of packing up and moving... I know... I know, no one feels sorry for us HAVING to moving to Cornwall, but we will just have to make the best of the situation !!!!</div>
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Mr WD has been in a very stressful job in the last few years so its actually a relief for him to be able to take some down time, relax and recharge his batteries, but not for too long............. because I have got him working for me!!! well I suppose he would say we were equal partners, but we will fight that one out much later!! hehe!</div>
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We are about to take up residence in a craft unit at Heartlands in Pool, Cornwall. Its a visitor attraction about 18 miles away from our house. It has a bit of everything, adventure playground, gardens, artwork, a Tin mine and visitor centre, weddings and community events, why not check out their website</div>
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Mr WD coming from a business and finance background, will be getting my pricing sorted and help me get my artwork properly framed. I will be experimenting with my Seaglass jewellery a bit more and we will both add some handmade leather goods to our stock list. Mr WD is currently working on some beautiful photography to also bring in and sell as prints and maybe the odd canvas or two. </div>
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<br />Janice Ashworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664177031515405967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312785806892367781.post-36394883121807747902014-09-02T12:45:00.003+01:002014-09-02T12:50:50.928+01:00Long time no see<div style="text-align: left;">
Wow-wee its been ages hasn't it?? It was the very beginning of July since my last post, but I am here now to put that right x</div>
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For those who don't know, I lost my Mojo, after my Dads death in January, it had been a hard few years once the dementia took hold and I was so upset when he died but at the same time so pleased he didn't have to suffer any more, and I have been struggling. I guess that showed in my lack of ability to painting anymore and I just couldn't get back on track, well after a few false starts I am painting again and happy. I suspect I will still have some ups and downs but for now things seem to be getting back on track.</div>
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So many things have happened to help that, so where should I begin?</div>
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In July my lovely youngest daughter got married to her partner at Bristol Zoo, we had an amazing day and everything was just perfect. They both did a wonderful job of organising it and didn't she look amazing :-)</div>
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With a some money my Dad had left me and some spectacular financial jiggery pokery from my eldest daughter ( absolutely amazing how she sorted us out) we moved in the week after the wedding :-)</div>
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So life at the moment is amazing, I am very fortunate, I have a fabulous husband and 3 amazing children, who I am so very, very proud of. So for a while , maybe forever, I am going to kick back and appreciate them and this wonderful gift my Dad has given me .........</div>
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I have wanted to make a quilt for a very long time, but having a sister and a sister in law who are both fabulous quilters, then I have always been a bit put off as I have been told accuracy<br />
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I did make a rag quilt out of old jeans some time ago but I just threw that together and not much thought or accuracy went into it<br />
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But I really really wanted to make a proper quilt so I decided.....why not? and if I was going to do it, lets not dilly daly with little bits to practice, lets just go for the double size quilt, as I may never make one again.<br />
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It started because I found this picture linked from Pintrest to a flickr photo<br />
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There was no pattern just a brief description<br />
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I started off by reading this great blog</div>
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Then I picked a couple of water looking fabrics from a local material shop, but she had no picture patterns and I wanted a seaside theme. So I looked up local quilting shops on google and I found a hum dinger. </div>
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Midsomer Quilting</div>
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Not only did they have a very wide range of materials, they had classes and most importantly they made my husband a coffee and had he not been interested, then he could have sat and chatted. But actually he loved helping me pick out patterns.</div>
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I wanted some white material so I bought a 1.5m off cut from Dunlem in a kind of linen material, ( this was probably the biggest mistake I made, but more of that later.)</div>
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I also needed a few basic bits of kit, a rotary cutter and a quilting ruler /guide. I already had a cutting matt, sewing machine and so thats all the equipment I needed, in all honesty you could have cut by scissors and a ruler but it wouldn't have been as accurate or as easy.</div>
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I worked out a paper pattern and started cutting squares. I realised the paper pattern I used was no good as I hadn't made any allowances for the seams. Mr WD and his lovely maths brain worked out how to cut the most out of my material ( turned out to actually cut a 11" square out, then I could get all my bits for each block out of two of these one in the coloured fabric and one in the white.</div>
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I then had to work out how to keep my seems the same, I could have bought a special foot for my machine but I found this article about seem allowance accuracy and used a bit of masking tape to mark it on my machine.</div>
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Sewing the squares together took a long time, but I soon started using the chain piecing techniques described here </div>
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another great tip I picked up was to have your ironing board set up by your machine so that you could press seems quickly without having to move all the time.</div>
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Wow all those squares, 42 in total. I layed them out on the bed to try and sort out the pattern, it was more difficult than I had expected but actually made a huge difference to how the quilt looked.</div>
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I bought the quilting material and was going to buy a few yards of sheeting material to back out with, but I found that it was quite a bit cheaper to actually by a double sheet which needed no joining and was the perfect size.</div>
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I wanted to try the scribbly quilting I had seen on the original picture. I made up some quilting squares to practice on . I did ask my sister to meet me and to show me how to do free motion quilting but she was busy and couldn't do it for a couple of weeks. Anyone who knows me, knows I have to get on, I have no patience once I start a project, so I ploughed on ahead, andf found this interesting little video</div>
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A solid 4 hours practice and I thought I was up for it, so I pinned it all out and started quilting ...... so nervous after all that work.</div>
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This is when i realised my mistake on the material I had bought as remnant. It was too think. it had been fine putting the blocks together but the seams on some edges were so thick with all the layers, the material would not go through the machine smoothly. I just had to accept a few long stitches and also i did try and manipulate the pattern so it didn't need to go over theses seems to often.</div>
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Phew that was a mammoth task, but one done very rewarding. I had a couple of hoc ups and had to unstitch, thank goodness for my seem ripper/un-picker! </div>
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Then onto the edging, this was a brilliant tutorial and I watched it as I was actually sewing the binding to the edges. I was particularly taken with the final bit about leaving the batting to make a fuller edging</div>
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So here it is , my final quilt, certainly not perfect, but I am pleased with myself, just not sure I would put it to close to one of my sisters or sister in laws!!</div>
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These are my two fabulous and beautiful daughters , One went as 60's barbie and the other as Bride Barbie, I wonder if you can tell who was who? haha</div>
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If you look closely you may be able to see a seaside theme in the patterns I have chosen, there is a reason for this, but thats something I will tell you about another day.<br />
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I have been teaching a bit at the Blue room in Nailsea, but have decided I am not really up to it, and don't feel I am doing the lessons or students justice. So for the time being I am not going to continue. I will finish the batch I have signed up for and then I will look again at doing some workshops maybe later in the year.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Its been a busy few weeks, I have managed two trips to Cornwall for inspiration, a 30th Birthday celebration and a bit of wedding planning events ( hair trial etc) for my lovely daughter who is getting married in just under 6 weeks. and a lots of leather work and glass painting.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Below are a few examples of some of the work. The glass was for a Show at the National Trust House Tyntesfield in Bristol last weekend. I added my bit onto the </span>stall of Wight and Wight ( Glass workers at Clevedon Craft Centre) . I demonstrated Traditional glass painting techniques to a few hundred people over 2 days. It was hard work but also a lot of fun and very rewarding.</div>
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The leather is for The Blue room in Nailsea. I have been exhibiting work their for the last month. I'm not really sure how its going, but I guess only time will tell. She asked for things suitable for father day, Ok so I know the hair slides are not really suitable but I wanted to try my new dyes out.</div>
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Although I am enjoying doing these bits and pieces I am frustrated at not painting. I had such a lot of inspiration in Cornwall I just want to get back to painting. I am ever so slightly annoyed with myself that I committed myself to so much as a distraction and it has slightly taken over. </div>
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I did do some painting as I have painted the Pet portrait for the lady who won the competition I ran on my Facebook page a few weeks ago. Hopefully that should arrive with the lady in question today and then I will be able to show you </div>
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........and of course my top secret project, I really can't tell you anything about it, not even a hint, but all will be reviled later on. Don't get to excited its not anything life changing.</div>
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So no more distractions back to painting it has to be!........... but first I have to do a bit of delivering and visiting, next week, I promise myself, next week!!!</div>
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<br />Janice Ashworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664177031515405967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312785806892367781.post-62060161810429021662014-05-20T10:03:00.000+01:002014-05-20T10:03:20.791+01:00Interview with Textile addict Christine ShephardThe lovely Christine has give a great interview if you love hearing about her work, why not go and visit her folksy shop after and see all the lovely things she has on offer<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Textiles mainly, which is quite a broad area. In my case it includes sewing, embroidery, knitting, felt-making, silk-painting and dyeing. I still experiment with new techniques when I fancy doing something different.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Currently it’s a full-time job for part of the year. I gave up working permanently at my ‘real job’ about 6 years ago, so I could go off travelling. Since then I’ve worked for part of the year only and developed my arts/crafts in between. Each year the arts/crafts take a slightly bigger chunk of my time and, with luck, I’ll eventually be able to do it full-time all the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">As a business, about 3 years. Before that it was a slightly obsessive hobby.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Like a lot of textile addicts, my obsession with making and fabrics began when I was very young. My Mum used to make clothes for me and, as I got a bit older, I helped with tacking and other menial tasks, similar to an apprentice I suppose, learning all the time. As a teenager I made my own clothes and continued from there. Mum also taught me to knit and was interested in all kinds of crafts, so I picked it up from her I think. I stopped crafting for a while when my career took over, then about 10 years ago I did a silk-painting workshop and a felt-making workshop and got the bug again! With more spare time on my hands, I started sewing again, sourcing vintage fabrics, making use of my huge stash of remnants from years ago, and decided to try selling my makes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I just adore the tactile quality of textiles, the colours of the silk dyes, the physical act of creating something from base materials. I get lost in the process and find it incredibly satisfying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">To give up the ‘real job’ completely; to sell at a couple of my dream craft fairs; to keep learning and developing my skills; to still be enjoying what I’m doing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Folksy shop </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/saltmarshandsamphire">www.folksy.com/shops/saltmarshandsamphire</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Emma is at <a href="http://www.organdie.co.uk/">www.organdie.co.uk</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We are three artists
collectively known as Saltmarsh and Samphire.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Brett Gardner is a
photographer who recently made the leap from wedding photographer to nature and
landscape photographer following his true passion and has been short listed in
national competitions including British Wildlife Photographer of the Year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Diana Stickley originally
trained as a graphic designer (possibly a few more years ago than she would
care to mention...), and has worked as a visual artist and printmaker for a number
of years in Norfolk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Emma Stickley has a
background in visual arts, having studied The History of Art and Design at
University.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She terms herself a
trainee photographer, being a very recent convert to the medium.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><i>What is the main, Art/Craft you are known for?</i></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We are mainly known for photography and fine art in the form of linocut
prints.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Our favourite crafts would
be printmaking and photography.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Diana loves to take inspiration from the seaside and beach as she lives
close to the North Norfolk Coast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Beach huts and sandcastles feature prominently in her work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even tiny pebbles found on the beach
can provide inspiration for a fine art piece later on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Brett is passionate about
the natural world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is based in
Lincolnshire near the Wolds and takes inspiration from the woods near to his
home (as well as the coast when he come to Norfolk every few weeks).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His macro/close up photography can take
the patience of a saint, but the results he achieves are well worth the huge
efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Emma loves flower
photography and enjoys taking photos of plants in situ as well as cut flowers
in a simple studio set up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><i>Is this a full time job?/Second income/ Or hobby for you?</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Diana has been a self employed artist for a number of years and Brett
left full time employment to pursue a career in photography.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emma jumped the employment ship in
August 2013, and that is when Saltmarsh and Samphire started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So now Saltmarsh and Samphire is our
main source of income - scary stuff!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We like printmaking and
photography because of the huge variety of effects and results you can achieve
with the same set of tools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
possibilities end only with your imagination.</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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other creative areas, but Diana and Emma are partial to a little bit of
knitting and crochet from time to time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Doodling is another activity that Emma enjoys (not that she thinks she
is overly good at it!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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lots of creative outlets? Can one impact on the other, in positive
or negative ways?</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We think that you can gain a lot of inspiration from any form of
creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be extremely
positive to mix and match from different areas of your life - who knows what
you might come across!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Perhaps the only negative thing that comes from having a lot of
different interests, is that it does tend to eat up all your time - not enough
hours in the day we say!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We are all lucky to live in very beautiful parts of the country, so
really you only have to look out of the window to feel that something very
wonderful could be created on any day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only gripe we have had recently is the amount of rain and wind - not
pleasant for photography, and of course horrendous for those who have suffered
in the floods. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><i>Do you have the support of friends and family when crafting and do you
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in numerous ways, from free board having moved back home, to support on social
media sites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It all adds up and
makes us feel like we have made the right decision even on the tough days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Tea and biscuits might
feature heavily here!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps a
walk down to the beach to gather some inspiration from nature, maybe a sneaky
ice cream on the quay before heading home to hopefully create a piece of work
that will remind someone else of their days by the seaside.</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We would love to make a success of Saltmarsh and Samphire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is still fairly early days for us as
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Well as it happens fate gave me a helping hand. On Bank holiday Monday, when sorting the loft out ( well trying to) I hurt my wrist, I thought it was nothing serious, so left it but it became apparent the next day I had done something more that just over done it . So after an X-ray and being relived I hadn't broken anything, I was give a splint and told I probably had either damaged the tendons or the ligaments, so for the last week I have been painting in a splint. I didn't think it would make a difference as I had full use of my fingers but it definitely hindered any detailed painting or drawing, so perfect for what I had wanted to achieve. So with long paint brushes and think paint, I painted away for three days.</div>
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I have to admit to being surprised how long it took as I expected it to be quicker, but I was totally frustrated with not being able to hold the brushes how I wanted and I would have loved to have added more detail.</div>
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For what I wanted to achieve it was a good exercise and I am not totally displeased with the result, but to be honest with you, its just not me, I have learnt a couple of tricks about technique and brush holding so very worth while, but not something I would repeat in a hurry. But thats what its all about really isn't it, experimenting to find what works for you and what doesn't and I like to push myself out of my comfort zone once in a while.</div>
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On the other hand I love doing the next Tulip painting. This one was on glass this time and I loved the whole process, from mixing the pigment with gum arabic and water to the actual painting. I liked the painterly effect that I got from thinning the paint and the delicate texture for laying down the pigment and then scraping away. Flooding and line drawing were also added to give an overall effect. The whole piece was then fired to make it permanent. I have also learnt that I can't photograph glass, so I will have to ask Mr WD, for some help.</div>
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So after all that excitement I also had a lovely meeting with Sharon at the Blue Room in Nailsea. She agreed to take my work in to sell and also I will be teaching some basic painting and drawing sessions for her. Just enough to keep my hand in, but not so much that it overwhelms me again.</div>
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<br />Janice Ashworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664177031515405967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312785806892367781.post-82508875594434441052014-04-28T08:02:00.002+01:002014-04-28T08:02:34.770+01:00Beautiful glass with Simon AldersonWelcome to another Art/Crafter Interview. Today its my absolute please to show you Simon Alderson's work. Simon has taught me about stained glass painting, but also he is an incredibly talented artist using glass, as his medium of choice.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">All the above!! I’m very lucky in that I have a day job within the glass world, at Creative Glass Guild, so I get to spend my work days surrounded by the medium I love, I then come home, or go to my studio and work on my own creations. At times I think I eat, sleep and breathe glass. Which I literally did at one point as when I first moved to Bristol I had my kiln in my bedroom!! (Not recommended)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I’ve always known I’d pursue a creative career, I just wasn’t sure in what form, After doing a BTEC in Design at college I was still unsure so took a gap year, and continued to learn through various evening classes at college and the local arts centre (which has now sadly been demolished) and it was through the latter I was introduced to glass. It was actually my ceramics tutor Sheila Plews who suggested I went to look at Sunderland University’s Glass and Ceramics degree, as soon as I stepped foot into the National Glass Centre it just felt right, like I was meant to be there, and come the next September I began my degree. 3 amazing years spent in world class facilities, taught by world renowned tutors, cemented my passion for glass, and once I graduated I set up Simon Alderson Glass. Two years ago I moved to Bristol to work at the Creative Glass Guild where I now run various courses from taster days to weekly and monthly courses covering all aspects of glass. I’m also teaching a master class in fused glass later this year.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I have invaluable support from friends and family they love what I do and have always encouraged me, several commissioning me to make various things. My dad would go to the end of the earth and back to help facilitate my creativity, from building frames and light boxes to driving me 200 miles to take part in a Living Heritage Crafts show the other side of the country. I wouldn’t be where I am today without his love and support.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">After the all-important morning coffee, get up and out in the world to soak up some inspiration, and clear the head, a stroll through woods or the gardens of a stately home, sketchbook and camera in tow. Followed by an afternoon at the light box glass painting, the satisfactory ‘thadunk’ of the kiln switching on to fire a full load.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0;">VIVA’S BEADBOX SPRING OPEN STUDIO for 4 days…..<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">COLOURFUL SPRING AND SUMMER BEAD JEWELLERY DESIGNS<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0;">There will be lots of Bracelets, Necklaces and Earrings to enjoy,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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What a great couple of weeks I have had</div>
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I was fortunate to be able to learn some traditional Glass painting techniques. I have always been interested in stained glass and went on a course a few years ago, but realised then, that what we think of as stained glass now, is really and truthfully, coloured leaded glass, which is what I did the course on. But what really interested me was the actual painting. Although not a religious person, I have always inspired by church windows. Look at this fabulous Lion for instance. He is in the church at Laycock, in Wiltshire. I just am transfixed with him.</div>
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Of course there are modern glass paints but they to me, have always been very limiting and not that permanent. Anyone who has ever used them will notice that they can show the brush marks very well so its hard to achieve a flawless filled in area, and they seem very garish, also they can chip and flake off over time.</div>
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Traditional glass painting, only comes in a limited amount of colours and is added to coloured glass to get the effects. The pigment is mixed with gum arabic and then painted on and fired at a high temperature to fix it, and lasts hundreds of years. Stains like silver nitrate can also be used to get some bright oranges and yellows but has to be handled with care as its very toxic. All off the dyes which are a sort of ground up glass are also toxic as they are lead based, so this is something that should be handled with care, so I really wanted to learn from an expert rather than trying on my own.</div>
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So here are the three pieces I did</div>
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For this piece the glass was covered in pigments and then various techniques to take out the dye and add in darker bit were used.</div>
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This was a very traditional tracing and painting which was then flood filled for the dark areas</div>
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Again for this piece I covered the whole area with pigment and lifted out areas, it is painted on a white textured glass for added effect and Silver nitrate was added to the back of the eyes for colour.</div>
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Last week was my birthday so the Wonderful Mr Wellydog, took me up to London to see a show, Les Miserables, which was wonderful, but he also took me to see the Van Gogh Sunflowers at The National Gallery </div>
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OH WOW, I was totally blown away. I have never really been a massive fan of Van Gogh, I have always admired the intensity of colour but preferred other work of the time. But when I saw them for real, I was transfixed, The texture and the technique was amazing, you could see his brush strokes and see the intensity of passion it would have taken to produce them. They were also so much bigger than I had expected.</div>
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We then went into a few more galleries covering a wide range of painting from the period of 1700 - 1900. I saw some amazing work my particular favourites were;</div>
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So having been inspired by Van Gogh I wanted to try a flower painting using thicker paint and more intense colour. My sister bought me some lovely tulips for my birthday. They are fading fast now and they are very interesting so I sat and sketched them yesterday and I hope today to start to paint them. so wish me luck.</div>
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Painting and teaching in both watercolours and acrylics.</div>
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This is now my full time job, although I can't say I make a living at it, just yet, but I have been doing ok</div>
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Painting.......... just about all my life, I can't actually remember a time I didn't paint. <br />
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I have always painted and drawn and did go to college to study Art as a 16 year old, but then my lovely husband arrived on the scene , we got married, had children and so it got put on the back burner.</div>
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I was then fortunate when my children were just coming into their teens, to be able to do a Foundation Art course, which led to me doing a Fine Art Degree. This then led onto a PGCE in post compulsory eduction training and I taught at a couple of colleges. Unfortunatley finances wouldn't allow me to work in the colleges for just the couple of hours a week, I was offered and I soon discovered that I was in a long line of people waiting for full time jobs to become available. So I went back to work in administration and NVQ assessment. </div>
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I did what I always do and jumped from job to job and then when my last job at the BBC came to the end. I decided, now was the time to throw all my energy into my Art work. I got a little studio at Clevedon Craft Centre and then 6 months later moved into a bigger one and taught Art lessons. The teaching was so popular I just ended up working full time teaching, and my Art work suffered, so last year I made the difficult decision to give up my studio and concentrate on my Art again. Thats where I am now, trying to find the right balance of teaching a few workshops and still being able to paint.</div>
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My enjoyment always comes with the challenge. I have never been able to paint the same subject over and over again, although I have found a subject that continually inspires and that is water, especially the sea. If I feel like I am repeating myself, I freeze and become unable to paint so for me it the learning process of painting, rather than the finished item that I love the most.</div>
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Not by a long shot, I have my fingers in a lot of creative pies, an expression my father used to use springs to mind, Jack of all trades, master of none. In my time I have made jewellery, leaded glass, handbags, embroidery, crochet, lace, tatting, glass etching, pottery, sculpture... Oh the list is endless. One of my latest ones is Leather craft, which I have just done a course on with my Husband... Oh and I just did a day of stained glass painting.</div>
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I used to worry about this a lot, I never seemed to settle to anything, but then I realised I actually always return to painting, once I realised that was my true passion, I can now indulge myself in all the other things as and when the mood takes me. But what I also know is, that all creative tasks feed into my painting, Its amazing how I can be wiring a piece of jewellery and suddenly see a light or reflection that makes me want to paint it in something, sometimes my paintings are made up of lots of those little moments, that I have put together in a scene.</div>
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Actually thats a bit of a sticking point at the moment, my motivation has been very low since my Dad died in January, but slowly its coming back. But generally I just like the feel of paint and sploshing it around, I over think things sometimes and I should just concentrate on technique, as thats what keeps me awake at night.</div>
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My close family are amazing they all support me and what I do. My husband is my rock and I couldn't do what I do if he didn't work so hard to allow me this freedom. But I think some of my more distant family find it hard to understand. A lot of my friend have arrived in my life though some form of creativity so they are always understanding.</div>
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My perfect day would be my rucksack on my back full of paints and boards, walking along a beach with my husband and pup Fin, I would stop when I see something magical to paint, and while I was painting, I would also be able to watch my husband play with the dog along the beach and in the water.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That is an interesting question and I guess it would depend
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</span>To a great many they would know me for my embroidery and sewn
pieces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While for other’s it would
be my crochet and knitted items.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Is this a full time job?/Second income/ Or hobby for you?</span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is now my main job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However I have made and sold part time for many years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I taught arts and crafts until ten
months ago.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">How long have you been doing it?</span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I opened my folksy shop in June 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been designing and creating a
wide variety of items for over 40 years.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 7.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Could I have a little potted history of your creative life please?</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started out very young as my mother was a knitting pattern
designer for a very large knitting pattern company so I learnt to knit long
before I started school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
remember knitting my first item a vest for my new little brother when I was 3
years old on a pair of metal no 7 knitting needles which I still use to this day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I taught myself to crochet at the age
of 7 by deconstructing a crochet granny square from a blanket my aunts had made
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I then learnt a few more
crochet stitches from 2 elderly ladies but until last summer I’d never learnt
to read a crochet pattern. I took up patchwork after seeing a display in my
local library at the age of 10 and a year later due to the same library I
taught myself to Crewel embroidery, blackwork and cross stitching from some
wonderful books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m a qualified
seamstress and about 10years ago I added fabric painting and glass painting to
my crafting knowledge base.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the creative process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could be a simple comment I might have overheard or something
I’ve seen in my garden<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that fire’s
my imagination or simply a I need to produce something to keep me warm or
replace a broken item in the home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Forming an idea and then seeing the finished project is always exciting
and often it means rethinking/adjusting one’s original idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s exciting when an idea comes out better then I
first envisaged and you think gosh did I really make that?</span></span><br />
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areas and if so what are they</span><span lang="EN-US">?</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have worked in wood so I can produce a nice dovetailed
joint and produce a sturdy cupboard, bookcase or occasional table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am often found flower arranging or
making preserves or producing scented candles. I enjoy enameling and glass
engraving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have also been
known to turn my hand to Topiary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am doing a lot of reading on the subject at present.</span></span><br />
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lots of creative outlets? Can one impact on the other, in positive
or negative ways?</span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think it’s important to get a good grounding in a couple
of disciplines and then learn the basic’s in a few other areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This then allows you to become even
more creative and combine more than one discipline/skill into a single
project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tend to become bored easily
so having more than one outlet for my creativity is very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I often find when I work in one medium
it will give me idea’s in other mediums so helps to keep the creative juices
flowing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A negative for myself is
sometimes I might be working in one area which can push the creative process
into overload where it means I want to hurry what I’m doing just so I can then
move onto another areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have
learnt to be strict with myself so I quickly write a few notes for a later date
so I can concentrate on the task in hand otherwise I fear I’d never complete a
single project.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The thought of that finished item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wanting to know if what is in my head
will match what my skill set can produce.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Trying to push myself into making something new it’s exciting.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Do you have the support of
friends and family when crafting and do you and they value what you do</span><span lang="EN-US">?</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I count myself blessed as my family is very creative we
even take crafting holidays together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I also married into a very creative family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Making things with your hands is very important in our
family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all tend to be hoarders
in one way or another preferring to not just through things away but to mend or
remake into something different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My friends are of the same mind set.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So yes we are all very supportive of each other and will
encourage each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even without
their support and encouragement the erge to create would not go away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would still do what I do.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gosh my perfect crafting day would begin with reading
through my source books that’s where I write down all my ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Looking through all my wonderful stash
which is vast and take’s up most of the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then getting down to work on one or two different projects
in my half built conservatory and not having to put everything away at the end
of the day. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love finishing off
my day just watching TV while working on a piece of knitting or crochet work. </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">What are your aims and goals for the future</span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My aims are to keep working on my shop and start to add the
fragile glass and china painted items into my shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the moment I’m worried about them getting broken in
transit to my customers so have I tend to reserve them for craft shows. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also plan at some point to start
running demonstration classes as I’m beginning to miss teaching arts and
crafts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also plan on doing a few
more ‘How To’ tutorials for the craft forum I’m a member of staff for.</span></span><br />
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Sorry there has been no interview this week, things have been a bit busy with a few personal matters, connected with my Dads Death and I also a fab weekend with my wonderful daughters, which was brilliant but exhausting.</div>
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Also, I can finally show you this Pet portrait I did, it was commissioned for a 60th Birthday present. It was completed a little while ago but I didn't want to spoil any surprises. The new owner and the lady who paid for it were very pleased, so I am a happy bunny :-)</div>
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My Garage is also a bit more sorted. </div>
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if you remember this was it, as I started to sort it </div>
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I do quite like it but I have been busy sanding and polishing my Printers draw ready to put some of my beach find and sea glass collection in and its very handy for access to tools. As for painting, I did do one. It was on a canvas I bought a little while ago, but I had bought the wrong one and it was bit to long for what I wanted, so had just sat there. I wasn't worried about wasting the canvas so just splashed around and this is what came out.</div>
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