I went on a day trip to Akko from Dalyat El Carmel with my son Toby and dog Talulah. Always easier to get the dog to pose! I just loved the whole art scene and vibe. Talulah with blue doors Talulah and art Talulah by one rather nice street art piece Art without Talulah At …
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Art and Thread. A photography and embroidery exhibition using the Eretz Israel costume collection
by Vangelis Kyris The Eretz Israel traditional Jewish (and a few Palestinian) costume collection from all over the world was photographed on 80 models by Kyris an Athens photographer. It was printed on cotton which meant many of the photographs had sumptuous embroidery as well. All the models had smokey eye make-up! Ruty and I …
Art in Jaffa
From Hair to Hope – to give voice to the female victims of war. Jaffa Museum. 4.1.25 Performance art at the same venue and exhibition Amiad gallery late Jan 2025 Amiad gallery April 2025 This was billed as a fantastical show.
How Barbie crashed into Carly’s World
Germaine found two blank canvases painted black. Being a klutz I dropped one and made a hole. So Barbie could now crash inwards. Loni helped my hang the canvases level and Miriam started by applying the clouds. I had envisioned this being a community project again but I wanted artistic license here so only Miriam …
Art in Podgorica
Neeta and I went on our last morning together to the Art Museum. We had a rainy last morning and before we went to the marvellous Itaka Library Café (where we had had sumptuous cocktails the night before) for coffee, we went to this museum and essentially had a private tour by one of the …
Voodoo Barbies
When my friend Tracey went to visit family in South Africa she asked me if I would like anything. I just love anything beaded from SA and so asked for 5 small dolls. I have called them my Voodoo Barbies – not that look anything AT ALL like any Barbie I or anyone else has …
Barbie embraces the three monotheistic religions.
Judaism, Islam and Christianity I thought it was time to attend to the three monotheistic religions. I looked up on YouTube how to tie the various head-coverings and made outfits for all three of my Barbies. I made the stockings for Muslim and Jewish Barbie out of hair ties I split and sewed back up. …
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Talulah Posing in early 2025
I love wandering around with Talulah and asking her to sit and pose in front of purple graffiti/street art and occasionally flowers! Purple graffiti In the Nahat Coffee Roasters store With Nun Barbie on a Bench By graffiti in Jaffa One sunny sunday Walking to meet Michael Rosehill along Park Mesilla In Neve Tzedek On …
Slavic Barbies travel to Podgorica
So Neeta and I go away for a few days every few years. We have been to Porto, Portugal, Tel Aviv, Israel and Limnisa in Greece so far. This time it was for my 60th and we had to choose somewhere that we could both fly directly. So I chose Podgorica, Montenegro. Except I did …
Early Spring 2025 Trip to Mexico
Skies in Tepoztlan – totally remarkable! Taxco Beetles in Taxco Most of taxis are VW Beetles. All white. But lots of others drive them. It reminded me of the lovely cars in Havana. How these beetles managed the hills in Taxco I just don’t know… Art in Casa Borda (built in the 1750s) Flags and …