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My creative journey on my sabbatical in India and beyond
Carly is super worried that this short story will turn into a rant. Not just any old rant. But an overwhelming, oversized, crushing, devastating tirade. That is how she feels about the term and the pandemic, with which it is synonymous. She has made it very clear, although there may have been some short term …
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I have been making beaded jewellery for many years. Here are pieces I have made. Teaching Jewellery Making Chain earrings to join two piercings together I ran a workshop for Abby (19) and her mother Natalie (mid 50s) who had inspired me to get a second piercing for my ears. I thought it would be …
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 …
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 …
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! I ran a private workshop for Vanessa and …
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 …
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!
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 …
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 …
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 …