I love the open exhibitions here. Here are photos of the ones I liked the most!
Art at Amiad Gallery December 2025
Barbies on Gold
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 the Christmas one!
Butterfly Barbies (not to be confused with Buggerfly Barbie!)
I had already used the one-legged winged Barbie (Margery picked this up at the end of the flea market for free) in a project in Paphos when I stayed with Simon and had another one with similar colours (blue and yellow) with butterflies on her dress from Ayala in my bike bag Barbie makeover.
Together they were incorporated onto a frame with lots of yellow butterflies. They are both disabled. One only has one leg and the other has no feet (well they are hiding behind the canvas) and no wings.
Barbies love butterflies irrespective of disability
Safari Barbie
On another canvas I had used leopard print Barbie – she had starred in her own photography project in Mallety, Limoges, France this summer (August 2025) when I stayed with my wonderful friends Fran and Phil and their menagerie of 3 dogs, 3 cats and 1 tortoise. And I thought that now Itamar has left (he was a toddler living upstairs from me with his parents Eden and Roy with his baby sister Ellie) who loved all my magnetic animals, that I could just choose the ones who could be found on safari.
Camouflage Barbie is at the ready whilst on safari. Changed as not fully understood by others….and now is
Camouflage Barbie can protect herself whilst on safari
Birdie Barbie
I had a Barbie surplus to requirement and I knitted her clothes and she starred in Kefalonia with Carlos. I was joining my wonderful niece Sarah, her wife Lizzy and their toddler Rafi. Now I have additionally knitted her some wings and hung her on a gold frame with magnetic birds, a rubber cloud and several rubber snowflakes. All stuff I bought to impress Itamar who now has moved to another to another apartment. Hey ho!
Birdie Barbie loves to soar with her feathered friends
Scarecrow Barbie
I needed some sackcloth to make an outfit for Barbie to be a scarecrow. Piotr at one of the local coffee shops obliged. She is standing in a broom rubber with hair that is glued open. This Barbie came from a trip earlier this year to Hydra, Greece. She is pretty perfunctory and can only move her head by swivelling it. But not any of her limbs.
Scarecrow Barbie delights in being of the farmyard family
Christmas Barbie
Benji gave me a wonderful book. 75 knits for Barbie doll by Nicky Epstein published in 2001. I made the snowflake jumper and hat from the pattern book and made up a skirt pattern and threaded through red velvet ribbon at the bottom. I made her shoes out of a cut up red hair bobble. I had brought the pez Santa and pez reindeer ages ago. I painted a red nose on him to make a Rudolf. I bought the christmas tree and all the other bits from Tiger. The star baubles were from a deceased fairy light set. Lucy gave me the box frame and being a klutz I smashed the glass. But it means I could put in some fairy lights and turn them on and off in the future.
Barbie exchanges Xmas gifts with Santa and Rudolph
Jack-in-the-pringle-box-Barbie
There isn’t really much to explain here!
Next up are the dog walking Barbies
Laurence Ziv – a wonderful art exhibition in the Jaffa Museum November 2025
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.
Esmerelda Barbie trots around Emek Hefer
Ayala and Leah had spent ages making my large bike bag into a explosion of all things Barbie for my 60th.
It has lights and they gave me four real Barbies. Yehoshua called this one with the sequin dress which is pink when the sequins face down and blue when they face up, Esmerelda.
1 legged winged Barbie visits Paphos
I went to stay with Simon in his AirBnB in Paphos, Cyprus. I had a lovely time. We used ChatGPT to plan some wonderful days out. 1 legged winged Barbie came with
Dreamcatchers in Paphos
I went to Paphos in Cyprus with Simon who owns a property which he rents out. I swam every day and had wonderful meals out. We went to a monastery, some totally beautiful villages and walked along the coast. I only made 11 dreamcatchers!
The Barbie photobooks
It started out as a fun photographic project. Now I have made over a dozen. Starting May 2024. So far 16!
Making stuff for my granddaughter Luna
The Luna door sign
The small green blanket
The matching hat (pattern from BG)
The vests in Hebrew and English
Different Moon Fonts
A tufting rug
Clothes for hip dysplasia
Luna was breech and had left hip dysplasia (with dislocation of the left hip) and put in a Pavlik Harness for 13 weeks. This limited the range of clothes available. I was able to make 3 sets of dungarees and took them to a special place off Nahalat Binyamin to insert the poppers.
The red gingham dungarees
The blue gingham dungarees
Indonesian purple and gold cotton
Pink, orange and red garments
I decided to adapt some free patterns with this wool. And then I dyed all manner of items for Luna
Everyday cardigan and ribbed hat
A bonnet so the hat doesn’t fall over her eyes – a pilot hat
Making the pompoms was fun
Tie Dye for Luna
Matching Liberty Lawn cotton outfits. I made mine!
Art at the Amiad Gallery – chaggim 2025
Barbie and Carlos have a whale of a time in Kefalonia
I stayed with Lizzy, Sarah and Rafi for 4 days in Faras, Kefalonia in Greece. We had a marvellous time as did Barbie and Carlos.
