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My creative journey on my sabbatical in India and beyond
Carly is getting on a bit and is thinking about that next stage. She is finding the rigours and demands of coming in at the weekends and being on call overnight taking its toll. She can do it and she does keep up to date but maybe now is the time to glide down with …
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Carly has decided she is going to make Aliyah on the 4th September 2023. Making Aliyah is the process for Jews from anywhere in the world to ‘go up’ to live in Israel as a citizen. Carly has chosen this particular date for a number of reasons. It is a Monday which is the first …
Barbies twizzle around on a chandelier Galina gave me a cream chandelier she found. I keep meaning to throw it out. But today was the day. With three Barbies slotted into the bulb socket and a candle where the electrics are housed hung from a hook in my ceiling. Barbie is released from the golden …
Carly had really enjoyed living in Highbury. And, for her, there was no reason to move. But her landlady wanted to move in and no amount of crying, remonstrating or other tricks by Carly to get her to change her mind resulted in Carly’s desired outcome. Staying in Highbury was no longer an option. And …
Even, and maybe especially, in a pandemic, Carly can find it troublesome to follow all the rules. Partly because the rules, she thinks, are silly or don’t really apply to her. They are really more like guidelines. One, in particular, is the wearing of masks. Carly is a doctor and has been able to work …
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Ruth who had encouraged and allowed me to set up the Jaffa Port repair cafe, told me about City Factory run by artist Itamar. He wanted to showcase over 4000 sculptures made from discarded toys. He wanted anyone over the age of 15 to drop in at his site next to the Barby music venue …
Germaine gave me a square large frame and I painted it with a lilac/purple spray paint. Then I decided to use the snowflake as stencils for the black sky, wispy leaves to represent branches for the large middle grey section and for interest as a resist in the white section at the bottom I used …
I love the open exhibitions here. Here are photos of the ones I liked the most!
I found 4 A4 canvases in the UK. Michael C brought out three and one was a painting Betsy had from Georgia which came on my shipment. I had 4 spray paints but the fullest was the gold. Simple. Spray them all gold. Oh and a pringles pot. And Lucy gave me a frame for …
Lawrence Ziv died 10 years ago but that did not stop him welcoming everyone into his bedroom in 2025! Using AI. He was a fashion icon, artist, made sculptures and opened night clubs on the West Coast of America. I went with my first cousin, once removed, Judy. Amazing versatile talent.