I have to say. This is now my favourite pastime. I do very much enjoy creating denovo. But mending gives me immense pleasure. As well as repurposing and altering garments. Sarabeth has a number of holes in this dress. I needed to put fabric behind some of them before carefully hand stitching them. Helen asked …
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Barbie installations
When you have a done seven (favourite lower prime number) photographic books of your Barbies you need to do something with them. So I did. Thanks to everyone who took part! Aster la vista Barbie….. The original Barbies – a first installation Sarabeth was going to throw away these wooden trays. Debby suggested I might …
Totally random projects
Upcycling Clothes from the Street I found all these clothes for free on the street. After washing them, I decided to apply the same design to all of them. Not that I can wear them all. Some are far too big and others are far too small! Baby Vests I love to make baby vests …
Repurposing – Bra Cup Kippot
Whilst getting ready for paddle boarding I found some breast pads in the top I was going to borrow. I asked if I could remove them. Lindy Lu was happy for me to do this. I decided I would make nice bouncy kippot for her boys. I was on my way one morning to give …
Snoopy travels around Rajasthan in a variety of outfits
I went to India – well just Jaipur, Bagru and Pushkar with Tanya. This was her first trip her but my 9th! I wanted to do another photography project and Tanya suggested bringing her childhood snoopy who had a load of different outfits. He had a lot of fun!
Karvol – another imprisonment project
I have an interesting relationship with Karvol. It is no longer produced in the UK but I found some old capsules in my medicine cupboard. So, of course, I decided to imprison them. Using embroidery thread ranging from oranges and reds to browns and beiges. Following the project see my story (Carly has an ambiguous …
Imprisoning
This has been the inspiration behind three recent projects. Cosmetic imprisonment, Karvol imprisonment and imprisoned ceramic Israels. I started this when I was on my sabbatical in India just before the Covid-19 pandemic. Here is a short summary with one or two images from each of my earlier imprisonment projects. 1 Goan Sewn Postcards There …
Citrus Peel Mobile
Lucy told me about a 10 shekel (£2)workshop over Succoth (harvest festival in October) in one of the container houses in the Jaffa port area. It was held in an indoor sukkah next to my very favourite cafe (Cafe Blue). I think it was for children but never mind. You use 3 D printed plastic …
Making Paper
Celebrating a 400 year old bridge’s anniversary in Berwick-upon-Tweed My flight returning from Limoges landed in Leeds/Bradford international and so I used the opportunity to head up to stay with Sandra in Berwick-upon-Tweed. Actually she technically lives in Tweedmouth – but it is still England! It happened to be the 400th anniversary of Berwick Bridge …
Ganesh in DBX
I had four hours to kill in Dubai airport. And for me this is a great opportunity. I had decided I would take an small orange Ganesh I had brought from a toy shop in Pushkar and place him in as many places inside the airport as possible. Just like LHR stands for London Heathrow, …