I’m a little behind on my list of things to do, so just a quick post today. Part of the reason I’m so behind is that the list of blogs I read seems to be expanding rapidly. I’m not complaining, I’m just saying it takes a little time to absorb all the fabulousness.
So here’s a [...]
Archive for October, 2009
New and Exciting Things
Posted in Artists du Jour, Uncategorized, tagged alexandra hedberg, blog roll, born knitty, hand embroidery network, new friends, yarn harlot on 30 October, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Playing the System
Posted in Shirt Quilt, tagged blue, family, hexagon, paper piecing, Shirt Quilt, tattersall, why does it always have to be so complicated on 29 October, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Remember these little guys?
I’ve decided to give the crochet a rest for a while and work on some other stuff. Second on my list (but with a higher instant gratification factor than the first thing on the list) is the shirt quilt.
When Dad came to visit in June he brought four more shirts, and in [...]
Learning from My Past
Posted in Courses I Teach, Drawings, Sketchbooks for Beginners, tagged art college, cardboard, charcoal, drawing, line, oysters, Sketchbooks for Beginners, teaching, tortuous paths through life on 26 October, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been preparing course materials for the Sketchbook for Beginners course, and in doing so I’m revisiting a lot of the drawing techniques that they tried to teach me in art college.
At the time I was so desperately trying to transform myself from a reading writing talking person into a drawing painting photographing one. I [...]
They do it with lasers…
Posted in Beige Extravaganza, tagged beige extravaganza, hand idle, handwriting, iron on transfer paper, lazertran, painful expenditures of energy, penmanship on 23 October, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I love writing…not necessarily the composition, but the formation of letters and numbers. Oddly I didn’t do very well in penmanship at primary school, but I suspect it was because the teacher didn’t appreciate individuality of handwriting, something I have always had in spades.
I haven’t been doing much handwriting recently, and when I sat down [...]
The Gods are Laughing
Posted in Beige Extravaganza, kipling, tagged enzymatic cleaner, fabric, kipling, organisation, printing frame, rust on 21 October, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I should have known it was going to be one of those days…
It started when I turned Odette (my lovely laptop) on and she began making funny crunching and whirring noises. This was a little unusual, and mindful that I have been doing a lot of computer-based work that I would hate to lose, I [...]
Nervous Energy
Posted in Uncategorized on 19 October, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I seem to have had a lot of pent up energy this weekend, which mostly seems to have resulted in frantic crocheting (better than dropping crockery or screaming, I guess).
My Friday project was this:
It’s a water bottle holder. My new dance bag is fabulous, but has no space for a water bottles. Pointe shoes and [...]
You Really Must See This
Posted in Artists du Jour, tagged angela palmer, art, family, glass, marilene oliver, mri, mummy, unravelled on 16 October, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not a huge fan of the news on television. I don’t know if it was my telly-less upbringing, or the inane whittering that seems to fill the endless gaps between stories, but I prefer my news written or on the radio.
But despite this, and possibly due to Batman’s ever increasing obsession with weather reports, [...]
Saving Our Strength
Posted in Art Projects, Sketchbooks for Beginners, kipling, tagged ear drops, feeling grotty, hand embroidery network, kipling, online teaching, Sketchbooks for Beginners on 14 October, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is the pace of our household at the moment…
Kipling got in a fight and took home a souvenir bite on the ear that got infected, so it’s been tablets in the food and ear drops (which is so much fun I can’t even begin to tell you…).
I’ve developed a manky cold which means I [...]
Hauntingly Familiar?
Posted in Books, tagged arthur conan doyle, flashforward, heroes, pride and prejudice and zombies, shocking racist literature, unexpectedly bad purchases on 12 October, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A few days ago I picked up a book from the charity shop, based entirely on the fact that it was pretty, smelled faintly of pipe smoke and was written by Arthur Conan Doyle.
I started reading it in my lunch breaks, so I only had about 15 minutes of reading time per session, but slowly, [...]
Under the Microscope
Posted in Art Projects, Beige Extravaganza, tagged attention to detail, beige blindness, beige extravaganza, embroidery, M, obsession, W on 10 October, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In my ever-narrowing focus, I’m starting to get a bit hyper-critical about my work.
All of a sudden, the placement of single threads is starting to mean quite a lot to me.
I can’t decide if it shows a commendable attention to detail, or if it means I’m getting obsessive.
I’m also suffering from Beige Blindness, where subtle [...]
