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My creative journey on my sabbatical in India and beyond
It started as a bit of a joke. My neighbours wondered if my obsession with barbies was kinky or weird. I said both. And on my way to Thessaloniki I was in a newsagent at Savidor train station and found a Barbie with a furry (lilac) coat. So I bought her and took her on …
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Whilst on holiday in Thessaloniki with my son Tobias, I woke up early every morning and made 17 purple dreamcatchers. I now give them away – I let people chose one they want, so I need to replenish my stocks and here is record of them before they go. I bought some metallic paint, puff …
It is very easy to take these home from a restaurant. They are from New Zealand and supposedly good for arthritis! I cleaned them out and divided them into a left hand pile and a right hand pile. I found this piece of wood on my travels around Jaffa. I filled the left handed shells …
For a long time, I have been wondering what to do with my collection of zips. I have had them for years and clearly I am unlikely to use them. They are also very long. I asked Benji to lay them out in a suitable colour order. Here it is complete. All of them are …
I was given some material from a friend of mine Lior. She had come to my craft evenings in Jaffa and was gifted fabric from a friend of hers who used to visit a holocaust survivor who loved textiles. She had recently died and wanted to know if I would like some of the fabric. …
I have had these 5 pieces of Bedouin embroidery since I bought them on my gap year. They are very beautiful and it is time to incorporate them into something so they see the light of day! I found the pompoms in an art shop and the colours matched and my friend Galina suggested displaying …
I would often stay in my brother and sister in law’s house in Ra’anana. The downstairs bedroom needed a little bit of excitement added to it so I designed a load of wall art, and bought new bedding, as well as crocheting a rug. I also went a bit mad and brought some red Turkish …
I went to Brighton for a course. It was sewing with fine stitches and laying organza fabrics one on top of each other. I drew a basic pair of hands and did as instructed. This formed the back of the challah cover and on the front I used details to represent Harry and Gemma’s places …
I have always loved making Challah Covers. The only reason I know we cover the bread on Friday night is so that when we first bless the wine the challah’s don’t get upset. But of course there is a real explanation! The cover represents the layer of dew that enclosed the manna and kept it …
Carly dislikes camping. Actually, she really hates it. Which is odd. Carly considers herself to be a naturist and therefore, by rights, she should at the very least enjoy camping to a greater or lesser extent. But she doesn’t. It’s not that she hasn’t given camping a go. Oh yes, she has. But really the …