tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304149592024-03-13T16:21:07.613+00:00Threads of thoughtThe confused ramblings of a creative genius, mystified by her own significant lack of success to date. But still trying!The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-49115735772723055342011-06-15T12:03:00.002+01:002011-06-15T12:07:21.072+01:00Summer WorkshopsClick for details of my <a href="http://goo.gl/fHQ9I">summer workshop programme</a>.<br /><br />Contact me on the email address or number included if you have any questions or want to come along.The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-60297189088443163862011-05-13T23:14:00.004+01:002011-05-13T23:22:30.807+01:00The Book Part 3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHphKG4_JDNHWxCWItMdFrNSo5BzLTb0j6NSYJDaXuOLLA4F-Qjd_aaAVMIh6rpeDkleAxqq8Bf-I-ODb3RfieX3lSSj3UjmTeeUKoZFkhzob0F33R99MeKG-Id-Ui7iebrn6z/s1600/Page+1+of+3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; 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The flood told in the legend of Gilgamesh. In <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Egyptian</span> style illustrations.<br /><br />And now on to the next. The giving of Law. Any good legends, myths or stories I'd love to hear them.The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-19138319745658429722011-05-12T20:28:00.000+01:002011-05-13T21:41:20.972+01:00Sorry, I've been a bit busySorry I've not posted in a while.<br /><br />Stuff to catch up on.<br /><br />I'm off to uni in September. Not Glasgow, as they decided that on seeing my eportfolio I was decidedly below their standards.<br /><br />Huddersfield offered me 2 places, the standard of my work was so high.<br /><br />Leeds College of Art just didn't like anything about me and turned me down flat, they didn't even ASK to see any work. However, it is my understanding that they turned everyone down. So I'm less bothered by that.<br /><br />And sorry Lincoln, buit after the 2 offers from Huddersfield and little commuting time, I had to go there. Plus FABULOUS Dahling! facilities.<br /><br />My time at Hillsborough nears its end. 6 more weeks and its all done and dusted. I'm going to miss everyone, although a couple of them will be joining me at Barnsley Campus of Huddersfield Uni.<br /><br />I recommend a visit there. You walk in the front doors and the place SMELLS like a real art school, turps, sawdust and sweat. Yummers!<br /><br />Healthwise I'm still struggling with painful knees, sore back and panic attacks, but hey! I went shopping the other day and managed to do £50 worth of food shopping. Forgot the eggs and the milk but a small triumph I think.<br /><br />Open Up was good, with a couple of wobbly moments, but lots of visitors and some sales. Plus new contacts and meeting other artists nearby. Oh and a small party at the end.<br /><br />My project won't be finished for the final show, but as my tutor said, an altered book like that is a lifelong project. Gulp. This may be the final straw that breaks the back of my sanity.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to having time to catch up with other projects, ideas that have been rattling around my small brain, playing with new techniques and maybe running a couple of workshops from my lovely, messy, cold and draughty studio. Leave a comment with your email address if you are interested in print, textile and collage workshops, or any combination of the three.<br /><br />Enough catching up now. I'm off for another cuppa tea and possibly yesterday's leftover veggie paella.The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-14387184266905123272011-03-10T14:18:00.005+00:002011-03-10T14:21:58.671+00:00365 Project Days 23 - 27<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJlnjw80A5ngVjD303UAQA3D1nXhTGxuFSuWQPoH4y7XBmneUDbThu1xM0H5aoMmoRVaLl3la3gxsiwZJvEpxSnVVlgNGx0s6FFWZGEvds2XWVkPSkbw8taERRwABfYFxw8TA/s1600/365+-+23.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 232px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582456192553551394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJlnjw80A5ngVjD303UAQA3D1nXhTGxuFSuWQPoH4y7XBmneUDbThu1xM0H5aoMmoRVaLl3la3gxsiwZJvEpxSnVVlgNGx0s6FFWZGEvds2XWVkPSkbw8taERRwABfYFxw8TA/s320/365+-+23.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_q9BOsQRFlv5uQ4AxUZK6llSXfVmu3HDR-twPR53k9il3NDhPrGBQA-rPBh6MA3zA0fyaI9XeHb6e8L7n88DQASgB0HhQ_-57yJsmcMr4VahDeL04-S4DPoJwdDqGBMKO7BS3/s1600/365+-+24.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 232px; 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HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581713679164539730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7OCKSjtqaVyt4e_Qwd6bFrJ4sWMmNpWKiOcL3lU8ICp2Olt7s5k82St6Km1bXtZFmwBO9xjodCljZKEk1SMr30u54cQwGeuL42JceqASyeX2LWhIyCKBL2zOtnyrLaheVo7k3/s320/365+-+22.jpg" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div>The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-678022655153566932011-03-06T16:45:00.001+00:002011-03-06T16:55:00.677+00:00Experimental PrintingCollage with print on top. Also known as Chine colle. Something I've wanted to try for some time.<br /><br />These are developing into more complex pieces with another layer of printing. Possibly another transparent layer of collage later, but I'll have a think about it. They are part of an edition of 15 for a voluntary group project for college across the HE students. Sorry the photos aren't really that good, it was late and I was exhausted after spending hours printing!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVI_-_a_TBfC1MpLZwCHYZ7Mc2dXuUOrByjOaDJLna5CA36SsNS40_va_wFA3asBYTAsPARtHRyO37tU53FRVUDS1B1z1WyUGP3MgQBESHPtXAg0OaeT5NhP7ijAPdW7YiYEY/s1600/15+of+15+PH+book.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581010006655561570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVI_-_a_TBfC1MpLZwCHYZ7Mc2dXuUOrByjOaDJLna5CA36SsNS40_va_wFA3asBYTAsPARtHRyO37tU53FRVUDS1B1z1WyUGP3MgQBESHPtXAg0OaeT5NhP7ijAPdW7YiYEY/s320/15+of+15+PH+book.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLy0Ow5iQpmWV9DGiLFR-Q9dpV1TV3k_-XlewcYrD-H9xJBHc4O63aP7Tuln33TJg9B5QW6Yg35J-IeC_pcHDZFCO8F5GSUguE2f-xUkaJpVEKQ2ItmrJSUXXd_nMNWq-KL-g/s1600/2+of+15+PH+book.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 321px; HEIGHT: 241px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581010007927424850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLy0Ow5iQpmWV9DGiLFR-Q9dpV1TV3k_-XlewcYrD-H9xJBHc4O63aP7Tuln33TJg9B5QW6Yg35J-IeC_pcHDZFCO8F5GSUguE2f-xUkaJpVEKQ2ItmrJSUXXd_nMNWq-KL-g/s320/2+of+15+PH+book.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_IIAnW2Gn8wmfnz9vDaRsFnKkwjKEhwxulK7R5j2cU6FaO_obj_IEP5xtA6gtogWUzJtZkWuV8mBKsy2oXLy4mTwQ9W3J5dNxuw6AGohpjMU8_emxczilMLGFeMURf16DpiA/s1600/11+of+15+PH+book.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581010005511304866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_IIAnW2Gn8wmfnz9vDaRsFnKkwjKEhwxulK7R5j2cU6FaO_obj_IEP5xtA6gtogWUzJtZkWuV8mBKsy2oXLy4mTwQ9W3J5dNxuw6AGohpjMU8_emxczilMLGFeMURf16DpiA/s320/11+of+15+PH+book.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-78245218669897550372011-02-28T11:07:00.003+00:002011-02-28T11:34:21.046+00:00365 Project Days 12 - 17<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGZkGFem7OzjXuVRxf3rHbqiIcpzMTOWoWU1O1Djv0-FmXwTAjnfzRtto31zydpw9q5oJ_rELW6kMHmIQ4YpIdNiUziGmyJ4O1NV6rPTM0vvBQK2KBZEg8wZTyeA-dUMSpBGO/s1600/365+-+12.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 208px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578702217663270162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGZkGFem7OzjXuVRxf3rHbqiIcpzMTOWoWU1O1Djv0-FmXwTAjnfzRtto31zydpw9q5oJ_rELW6kMHmIQ4YpIdNiUziGmyJ4O1NV6rPTM0vvBQK2KBZEg8wZTyeA-dUMSpBGO/s320/365+-+12.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkKlfS3XVulAbKO8lrb-HXpwfFHmt9jzdKq_MJsTGnSpsk2Z_p_mhHjV_GUQ5NFzJA1r6jva3IPe7zc0HtW91_xKJXEtP7wy4IvAVqs7NhO57qAOul329o-XwDyHVFOQKI2SA/s1600/365+-+13.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 227px; 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HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578701912666052306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKtqb0Fc959UNX0SKeVsSjCvR1aYpE3Mop0qbRnNu2_bsD-GnMB6QO2vGFJzNv_iIwYr9Eh8WISbPaJFSs8L3nHZyfZWY_zbdxGhBe_wmrsdGFv1S_niexsItt6MfE0Hg6ZBL/s320/365+-+17.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-35929514623176558592011-02-23T14:29:00.003+00:002011-02-23T14:34:03.551+00:00The Book, Chapter 3 Sneaky peek!First page finished. Next page is now underway.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzplS2xwuqgisJYz6nM89wuV22vP8XZAZETdxr7vU9Fb1Lkn7zrY7rllsEy8TDhphRpnH6FnmHuYS6mhTdPw1yi191N-riEP4KdfBJ9QvdeECPw0HH4XPZeUf8pycEGwNo_NgN/s1600/Page+1+of+3.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576892632245171842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzplS2xwuqgisJYz6nM89wuV22vP8XZAZETdxr7vU9Fb1Lkn7zrY7rllsEy8TDhphRpnH6FnmHuYS6mhTdPw1yi191N-riEP4KdfBJ9QvdeECPw0HH4XPZeUf8pycEGwNo_NgN/s320/Page+1+of+3.jpg" /></a><br />Hope you like this style, I'm enjoying it a great deal.The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-59466046494536629482011-02-16T22:30:00.004+00:002011-02-16T22:41:35.561+00:00365 project days 5 - 11<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj52qUyEz1rfJJY2-xBhjnsjo3ktSMfKf7XpKir9bt1V4T0XPCTzSUo5mbjg3xTIp44cWJRnAnclUW6YHJX5KRCVRDH935IxivWBP1oboLs2XvO0IAQ7b0ZT4SfhISF4LrUjAL/s1600/365+-+05.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 261px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtmxjwYnJSQoYVd8Yqw27sxTvh6nM1WvCXb7cMkTbkujuvfIDHEmEowWYynZKsf9s41uLucAoVpWmmUk5F5XRDMsBQ8tV-g4JN9xLPiMFYdKFeVklOJK_CfFkxTlOwWLHD97u/s320/365+-+11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574420544397483810" border="0" /></a><br />This project is becoming strangely like a journal for me now, and I rather like that it is evolving into something other than a simple drawing project.The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-36113643602678399352011-02-14T13:13:00.002+00:002011-02-14T13:16:59.478+00:00OMG I may actually have talent!I recently entered a print competitin and found out today that one of my prints has been selected for the exhibition.<br /><br />This will be happening at the Oriel Wrexham, Wales from 25th March 2011, to 18th May 2011.<br /><br />I am so happy I keep jumping up and down!<br /><br />This is my first submission for a selected exhibition and I really didn't think I would be selected my first time.<br /><br />Now I really need to calm down and get on with some more work.The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-42419293987068169572011-02-10T13:13:00.005+00:002011-02-10T13:40:45.714+00:00The Book, Chapter 2 Completed<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjOv_1iFidD-XPuOKRFMqDfhuLUWzHA7_h7OH7lo5whgA8fx_9y12TWH8WI4LSMeMtwaDKcXfah4zG4_fBAWMc9UdMzh0rx1VaUkf0HuiPXwCXe-nvaFm1F2gJUnvGdX-cExw3/s1600/Page+1+of+2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; 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HEIGHT: 238px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572050807300316338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lKYXIwWuknn2mTD-FDXJN0jtDpMBTkbtyNwP694D-hRUUpEfTd0jEOkHyr55Fu2wMQ3-9dPR3XSPGAgMZmUwhPmgnYR4qTaP_oRn3UU1uZeC2Bys2L0RPcIhf1TD6IRN1XtQ/s320/Page+3+of+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUlvfuBH_YUup5RZ3HxXDt7OyV6BzyukYfWx2w4JW4VoxZXujugxhoF2KEsVdQUHcZvkky6ow1hGikFdE0H7YtRoYrE6phe8hLv9cmtbvLMKDQHMkaZgtujVbUaSLPt4xDHC_g/s1600/Page+4+of+2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 238px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572049508690804018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUlvfuBH_YUup5RZ3HxXDt7OyV6BzyukYfWx2w4JW4VoxZXujugxhoF2KEsVdQUHcZvkky6ow1hGikFdE0H7YtRoYrE6phe8hLv9cmtbvLMKDQHMkaZgtujVbUaSLPt4xDHC_g/s320/Page+4+of+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZffT41O4iaFsdanjnVVq_aI1xnI1mQmK8MtJeWIsqGZs_zPrUWDgEt2RSqt9sHzNYyKgqt1th8WDkowwlVLjZ6t8JQqfVhBGKEFM1Byx3qJwrcMbfCpL5gyNDmnvjW49yaVn/s1600/Page+5+of+2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 235px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572049500353792098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZffT41O4iaFsdanjnVVq_aI1xnI1mQmK8MtJeWIsqGZs_zPrUWDgEt2RSqt9sHzNYyKgqt1th8WDkowwlVLjZ6t8JQqfVhBGKEFM1Byx3qJwrcMbfCpL5gyNDmnvjW49yaVn/s320/Page+5+of+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYS1a1TU-fIEslRnHF9gSRBglzApWRb-osD3FhuxPr5i55Wl9ZFFT5rJGbB31THJHZkq_r1Qdjdv0CkHXQ67oXrh7iDpGGMTuKlFFnlf7c2ODLmwW5CuM3VhXt-0eA9jNkHTS/s1600/Page+6+of+2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 230px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572049493319118930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYS1a1TU-fIEslRnHF9gSRBglzApWRb-osD3FhuxPr5i55Wl9ZFFT5rJGbB31THJHZkq_r1Qdjdv0CkHXQ67oXrh7iDpGGMTuKlFFnlf7c2ODLmwW5CuM3VhXt-0eA9jNkHTS/s320/Page+6+of+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUoMUSCUqvvD8C0e8SohiUV44mqJKlskCzcMBWEErG54z9v4xGyY2F7fBAA3nDqV65Fvozq8UuqYCih2c2_YIGc2oATAQajRg5FEw8ZE5VutYP7oAjOsxBMoFzzNtG6CAg6le/s1600/Page+7+of+2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 238px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572049491982293730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUoMUSCUqvvD8C0e8SohiUV44mqJKlskCzcMBWEErG54z9v4xGyY2F7fBAA3nDqV65Fvozq8UuqYCih2c2_YIGc2oATAQajRg5FEw8ZE5VutYP7oAjOsxBMoFzzNtG6CAg6le/s320/Page+7+of+2.jpg" /></a><br />At last, chapter 2 the fall from grace is finished.</div><div> </div><div>The story is the Bushman legend of Kaang, and can be read <a href="http://www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths_14.html">here.</a></div><div> </div><div>And now for chapter 3!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-58487848278097767502011-02-08T22:29:00.003+00:002011-02-08T22:36:13.220+00:00365 projectI finally bit the bullet and started a 365 self portrait project. The hope is that it will encourage me to draw everyday, and in doing it in a diary I won't be daunted by the blank page syndrome and will be able to keep track of when I've done them if I stick to doing them on the correct day.<br /><br />My first efforts are pretty dire, but will improve with practice. Hopefully. It's not easy drawing yourself in a mirror.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghgq4jIsTQdJ3yfVrNw1zfxU9HBZUJL1Gcd3fh9TXNprDwhWBQ6NwSzET1-YoHoVuVt1LRuhSt1K6aRRWaa5QAzJdzDGTmDDZOwIBYoaPs_fg1Y87GFBfAx4FDZE-2GBqOwgMf/s1600/365+-+01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghgq4jIsTQdJ3yfVrNw1zfxU9HBZUJL1Gcd3fh9TXNprDwhWBQ6NwSzET1-YoHoVuVt1LRuhSt1K6aRRWaa5QAzJdzDGTmDDZOwIBYoaPs_fg1Y87GFBfAx4FDZE-2GBqOwgMf/s320/365+-+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571449681107442626" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzg0qYCzP9_XkdHpUSb55SRGNBn-BQmGUc-0PnZ8Uwma6GY4gHZRjJFqOz7G8rrXN6i1-pQCGVeds0OXgtiWUQ4JMw2eGr6R94nRcYDe3bfJ4O0IyLiPAoFWwj_OY6YtNmZLmz/s1600/365+-+02.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzg0qYCzP9_XkdHpUSb55SRGNBn-BQmGUc-0PnZ8Uwma6GY4gHZRjJFqOz7G8rrXN6i1-pQCGVeds0OXgtiWUQ4JMw2eGr6R94nRcYDe3bfJ4O0IyLiPAoFWwj_OY6YtNmZLmz/s320/365+-+02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571449687463846722" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7ix9sq_fn8y8b0-j9OrviPxqf1j0xrHQzdbzud8JhK-B789kfagmyajsJ1-e0Y2iBqh6Nmn0VhO8oaszh6WxjSUuUmuxYwFDscxvjpMt2-022khp9U78E0ILTbUk7X53hQp9/s1600/365+-+03.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7ix9sq_fn8y8b0-j9OrviPxqf1j0xrHQzdbzud8JhK-B789kfagmyajsJ1-e0Y2iBqh6Nmn0VhO8oaszh6WxjSUuUmuxYwFDscxvjpMt2-022khp9U78E0ILTbUk7X53hQp9/s320/365+-+03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571449689773921906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9LtYMkqMiTbmXKqvkyG6quXvYZewjBBrZKLMzRnKOZCqQp_hJOXeiRgIeui_6yY8O9I_9KutcCUTz1c-0JpQSTubfqA_BzejB77g10qv8YWpvDHHMdAsM3gbvC40jjI-eUT7/s1600/365+-+04.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9LtYMkqMiTbmXKqvkyG6quXvYZewjBBrZKLMzRnKOZCqQp_hJOXeiRgIeui_6yY8O9I_9KutcCUTz1c-0JpQSTubfqA_BzejB77g10qv8YWpvDHHMdAsM3gbvC40jjI-eUT7/s320/365+-+04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571449692602600738" border="0" /></a>The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-46010989327358632132011-02-01T19:52:00.003+00:002011-02-01T20:19:25.268+00:00HolidaysThe house is quiet and empty, mum is next door supping strong tea with the next door neighbour and they are quoting the old swap the children dialogue that has been playing between them for 5 years.<br /><br />I feel lost on my own, but at the same I enjoy the peace, the moments of freedom to do what I want, sit where I like and not be the cause of everyone's ill temper.<br /><br />In my daze of quiet time pleasure I wander upstairs to the bathroom, and remember that they are hidden on the top shelf.<br /><br />I have to climb onto the bath and the sink to reach them, they are kept on a high shelf to prevent 'accidents' happening - again. Why do they think I have so many accidents? Why do they think I stopped falling down the stairs once I discovered I could reach the medicine cabinet? Do they even think?<br /><br />I have the cabinet door open now, and there they are, wrapped in wax paper and hidden behind some ancient Yardley perfume my mum was given for Christmas before I was born.<br /><br />Sneaking back down stairs with them hidden in my shorts pocket, hoping that my mum is still next door, sharing tea and fantasies of a better life with the right children.<br /><br />Outside I go, there is a place at the bottom of the patchy garden, past the disused dog kennel, and under the overgrown lilac trees. It is cool there, the sun is hot today and the ground is dusty dry, packed hard where happy children have played together, and where one unwanted child is penalised for her existence.<br /><br />Under the lilac tree, filled with the sound of dozy bees and sharp chattering birds I open the wax paper packet and my breath is taken away by the beauty and purity of the edges on the blades. Clean, smooth and perfect, untouched by him and his pink face.<br /><br />I take one out and run it along my fingers, edge first. Almost immediately a flush of the red stuff, dripping onto the hungry ground, swallowed incompletely by the dryness in the back yard.<br /><br />I succeed in opening all of my fingers today, before mum catches me and wonders how I managed to have yet another accident. She threatens to tell him, but she won't. He'll find out later, will be offended by the signs of blood and won't look at me until they are healed, fully. They take an eternity to heal, I can keep a scab going for weeks. Its like being on holiday. I know it will end, but for now, I have peace.The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-66858807965827980432011-01-31T11:13:00.003+00:002011-01-31T11:21:16.512+00:00OuchToday began with the cat waking me at 2.30 am playing with motes of dust in my bedroom, skittering about the laminate flooring like a baby elephant. He then decided to pee in the bath and spent the next half hour sweeping in EVERY corner of the bathroom, my bedroom and the stairs.<br /><br />At 4.30 after I had cleaned up any messes or presumed messes he had left I finally threw him - almost literally - out of the house.<br /><br />My alarm clock goes off at 7 am. Long nights sleep then.<br /><br />I finally scraped myself out of bed at 7.30, and started to get ready to drop the boy off at college and come to the studio. After throwing the cat out of the house again, off we go!<br /><br />Halfway to college, I stop to let a bus pass me on a narrow stretch of the road and BANG! I am hit in the rear by a car skidding to a stop, using the rear of my lovely little van as a braking mechanism.<br /><br />So today's early start, cracking on with the book and other things at the studio are now fully interrupted by telephone calls to insurance companies and garages.<br /><br />We are both fine, just a bit annoyed, and wondering how much it will cost to repair the cracked rear body coloured bumper on my wonderful little Brian the box.The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-21583500300750487542011-01-24T21:24:00.002+00:002011-01-24T21:34:59.026+00:00You Can't Change Your Mind NowI did. I really did it.<br /><br />I applied to Glasgow School of Art.<br /><br />Electronically.<br /><br />The selection of images to include in my e-folio took 5 days. Some went in, came out, went back in and came back out. Some didn't even make the first cut, then helpful friends asked why I hadn't selected such and such a picture it's their FAVOURITE.<br /><br />Some were in until the final selection. Then were mercilessly binned as if so much rubbish.<br /><br />One has gone in and I think it may have been a mistake to include it. And no Michelle it ISN'T the print of you. That was never in question. It is stunning and so are you!<br /><br />Sketchbook pages montaged together in photoshop, life drawings crammed into one image, theming collections of drawings and paintings to match the completed works.<br /><br />After which I had to write a folio statement. 12 hours of writing, rewriting, erasing and opinion gathering to get that looking like I actually know what I'm talking about and I have an idea who these artists are. Yeah OK, bluff and bluster.<br /><br />Apparently its not good to admit that you think you blagged it onto your foundation degree when trying to blag your way into a really important art school. Huh? Who'da thunk it?<br /><br />So now I wait. To see if I can hear the laughter from here, or to be invited for an interview.<br /><br />Wish me luck.The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-11605827226382423832011-01-15T10:41:00.004+00:002011-01-15T11:05:08.436+00:00Applications, alterations and augmentationsI have applied to university. That, I think, you all know.<br /><br />I nearly didn't.<br /><br />I went to uni a few years ago, but only completed 3 semesters. I had a major emotional collapse for many and varied reasons, but couldn't complete the course, didn't get the real support I needed to return and quit completely. It was, in short, a horrific experience.<br /><br />And now I'm doing it all again. This time, however, I am not naively expecting everyone to be socially and politically aware. Or even intelligent. God forbid we waste education on the clever!<br /><br />I put off applying, in fear and trepidation. What if I am rejected? OK, so I have put in insurance applications, just in case my first choice rejects me. What if something worse happens? What if they accept me and I fail all over again?<br /><br />Right, Sam, pull your socks up, stop thinking negatively, you can and will do this, because this is the key to your future, you will be spending 3 years in a fantastic city in a historical building doing exactly what you love to do! How could it go wrong?<br /><br />So the application went to my college tutor, who sent it back for corrections. Not the personal statement, apparently that was "so you", and was perfect in tone and expression. No some minor numerical details were needing adjusting.<br /><br />At this point I could have completely chickened and 'just not got it done'. Failed by lack of time.<br /><br />I made the corrections and sent it back. All that was needed now was a reference from my tutor.<br /><br />It glowed, throbbing with bright fiery light that burned the eyes that looked upon it and the hands that held the flimsy copy, it was so good. I didn't recognise the person she was talking about. But at the same time, yes, that WAS me.<br /><br />GULP!<br /><br />I might actually get in!<br /><br />Ah but I still have to submit my portfolio. It will all go horribly wrong with that. bluff can only get you so far, but then you have to come up with the goods.<br /><br />Looking at my work over the past 2 1/2 years I begin to see that, maybe, I may just about be able to squeeze a half decent portfolio of work out of it. Plus I have been printing a series of plates based on one drawing specifically for my portfolio. Just to show what I am capable of. That I can work in lots of different ways. I have ideas. I have skill. I have technical knowledge. I may even have talent.<br /><br />And here is the latest addition to the portfolio. I really rather like it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8l7j9wNPNfhtG2K6BVkvsRn-nbbcbJD9k3MeiRhehNZxT2N3NWMHZrSE29Wlb97SIxi9a-zeUZyhAvBgVJMoEmtE9th3UUtUFzBOeyYsxTmYosvBYtqOQIXgRUzl-LEFZL3Zt/s1600/Loose+head.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8l7j9wNPNfhtG2K6BVkvsRn-nbbcbJD9k3MeiRhehNZxT2N3NWMHZrSE29Wlb97SIxi9a-zeUZyhAvBgVJMoEmtE9th3UUtUFzBOeyYsxTmYosvBYtqOQIXgRUzl-LEFZL3Zt/s320/Loose+head.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562362299718001442" border="0" /></a>The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-64686805645468375312011-01-11T19:50:00.002+00:002011-01-11T19:52:42.472+00:00The Book, Chapter 2<div>First page completed of the next chapter in The Book.</div><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 227px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561018579096504802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjVN54yW1q3PusT5JHL05ngakxY13hHf0KJLnyErzeoGfpSfR_ouN5arEnPXE5-JkihnWL12hXPzLOCfBUgZuQONlUQttkKNQld3VMjM3slbXZC5Rp0a3_BBQBvqIGQ8phqX0/s320/Page+1+of+2.jpg" /><br /><div></div>The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-13993589619132311792011-01-10T21:56:00.002+00:002011-01-10T21:59:54.168+00:00The Joy of TechnologyI love technology. It can do so much for us. Look what I did with it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei2yizXTlu0">One</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J60soxd-LRM">Two</a><br /><br />I've not really animated anything before. I always thought it was far too difficult and time consuming to do it. Plus I didn't think I had the drawing skills needed. Ha! Little did I know!The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-60677569774270939062011-01-08T19:13:00.004+00:002011-01-08T19:51:48.397+00:00New PrintsI've been running 2 projects concurrently. I've not really got the time to do it, but I do it nonetheless. <div><div><div><div><div><div><div> </div><div>The 1st project was highlighted in my last post, and that is moving along nicely, I spent 5 hours today working on that one.</div><div> </div><div>The 2nd project is a printing project. I'm putting a print portfolio together, to tout around universities and anywhere else that seems like a good idea at the time.</div><div> </div><div>Here are some of the prints I have been making recently.</div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 217px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559901561830531746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7yxm9cITyuJG0YjC3EDcQO3Qbe6XNlH5Uepe0To5jVrYhlSwpGlalifQzMj7VWRCrIS4xmeP-jZ97WXy3oIk9Qy51GfjHHFgGKduOsybQ5larM40GF30249cXIojsKT7S8QV/s320/scan0012.jpg" /></div><div>Dry point on acrylic plate. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 236px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559901566586172034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Au5VMWEwzfh4e0llla8jbqC0Hg7_iuzBy57njRK9unLnGS2DCVNteMG79DRy11cmw4d6y9lnzavi4sVTMTTD3sgGWSsbSENxIo4XNIKZ0WmezJzejn3WQJC_HNJ3L69qBF_Z/s320/scan0013.jpg" /></div><div>Lino print onto preprinted waste paper.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559897127589007378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEEh2o4gbP-_7e65bjC032Akn7snUHps2WoLgkpXx0vdRUEXDxNpmTIhDMy8Bstfdm-65ODZ5E0QAaPKzaS_Q5Pk_00262v0ZVUUly5KdfgiiWiihvOIS34fikZfAYVn-0YvA/s320/scan0007.jpg" /></div><div>Lino print with scrim resist onto cartridge paper.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559897129462229906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4NKICy_OsJUlCN2e2WIju-IxYkE56W2lhPMR3xMRmbmUbToIOO3OzcVrnAX3gcBW32GQ3qksHNtHVUNStkRBRVqw8BFStQsDMATkffVG9r7TrIB43WPEEpZjoI9Cs5gsKbWg/s320/scan0008.jpg" /></div><div>Reductive lino print onto print above. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559897136392824466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GauNp4BOt8d5-kq6GtC1lDSQYugQwcOddfWNr7ZDE67iOkwWnjaj620H4LpkmR2u6_JCOJ8fyFoLXooEiB_GcoglNin8ustu8vC-_emZIHhQUjoBYGjYA-1U-wgh4lMllolA/s320/scan0009.jpg" /></div><div>Reductive lino print. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 234px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559897143538823570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbkNFqLj-sxLEUqmoEyZSht0nVxKS32tAE4o_KJvyTqkhamCJxE5q6Q5CeJQpCdzkkS5ONh2rgfjZGXbV6M4Pvq2AtQvlH6W9fgTCnQa63s7oqe0Yy7QCbVVtedGteHBfhmEA/s320/scan0010.jpg" /></div><div>Reductive lino print onto pre-inked cartridge paper.</div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-48520544757040516512011-01-03T01:59:00.004+00:002011-01-03T02:37:15.321+00:00The First ChapterI have finally finished the first chapter of my long altered book project, The Book.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>The aim of the project is to retell the stories that are held in common between Judeo/Christian and Islamic stories from their holy books, most notably the Bible, but from other religious and spiritual perspectives.</div><br /><div>So the first story is the creation story.</div><br /><div>The one I chose to tell was that given to us by the Haida Native Americans. Look <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_%28mythology%29"><span style="color:#cc6600;">here</span></a></strong> for the full story.</div><br /><div>Here are the illustrations. Please don't forget, however, that I am not an illustrator, and so I'll hope you are kind about the first book illustration project I have done.</div><div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 238px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557779126880207170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrN1zhhjwoT8KG3zZYuUxcqWYK70aS3lf_Zxemji6x_gi9wTTblmnbKrfs2Hxmyg0K0rHbS6oz964r7FYm6UkjVF2VujeF5Wc0s-ddijFRpqFHzjg-ZtjJUSaS8vwE5-TclQeA/s320/scan0001.jpg" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557779137920823634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPiB6bNaZExCA8hunuxZbVZb3tsFht7wPJGg6jn2zerImUyEVK6xFJ_tMnS32xTEiek77mRopsBV23w7Zj9mmWKCPuqN-lSveK8HZ0-rxPozOL-C-haeL8cjYq0UK6ezkuzsD/s320/scan0002.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 236px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557779143113118994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Sj1GURXKgdz-AVFqxnb-MSjeFtWRqJMQrM3GEyodWLdJpiTvuSksvn-KJVYdSBT2Du6E6prlnebT5kBWFtLuLUdPAdhQqHAV9TjlvOSdwOkRBLQsT-x-yov4Pd3WoNXUfzTj/s320/scan0003.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 234px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557779149167186066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlS4Y6qFIRmQiaLatsoAMwpxkV5_RCcLZvkQDsZTg1Gk9LUfoWPqFyIqGRb5QhDToPaTnVdPlRQY-MBZPWKJ_M1C77Xa6_Z_xLZ9YshWsMPxXxDvAkziJ3bK-1Ln1EHfy0HRqC/s320/scan0004.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 238px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557779160525510754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOlVHh59JpOEeRqs2qZqF3dJQhPsUrO5jnw3uaX3ydrZ9BPJWQwAaOZ60r1kiMKmSn28HgR7rd5GVoLRXHPrGU5MukZI_p9zkT0Qv3s7TE5xGJ0KIbdD4-W8WJiCXebH2Gn0G_/s320/scan0005.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 232px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557780137919134082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtYaHOPwuZLmZAtzO-92VNsAmc79m8I9-Nz8ii2J6-90Qc7zUpsBreEG91tsUAXsoWpLzsG4udJJnyFcqyEFzaGYIna83qOmPlnuZ8n4HqL3MQwPzJuWTsgLpcFbz7LLuVDWgE/s320/scan0006.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 234px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557780148522585346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkS3IJF7-ddykTn3cMl9nDFCyWdKUMG4TLGjz3VN1ltApwBV90soqzaIq-rkML0XmsFA2lutFtk_tIP1NNu_kaUOW4TDLwPlijLSdMmb7x3FqaumGI0mOoobkn2NnBn1yL_7aK/s320/scan0007.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 234px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557780166328774914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOgP4lbQBVUK2P8m3OLr72YFr3czXhP0oIyeXT7KxwogHkdhkN_FQaLNov_0Ta460tnKDGW_HSqTO0c9RMdGNmr72J_xkf0U5ohoe9NxI0BV7bMGdGCu8J9jbvvV6WXWNcdxg/s320/scan0008.jpg" />The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-43987227928308202222011-01-02T15:15:00.004+00:002011-01-02T15:36:05.261+00:00CrowsEveryone who knows me knows that I am almost obsessed with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">corvids</span>. Crows, ravens, jackdaws, magpies and rooks. Love them and they appear in my work regularly.<br /><br />I see them all <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">over</span> the place, greet them and have a good day when I see lots of them, but today is the best day ever for crows because on my way to the studio I saw one of the rarest sights <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">corvid</span> spotters ever see. A <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">leucistic</span> crow.<br /><br />The image attached to<strong> </strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/petemella/4757859058/"><strong>here</strong></a> is a photo taken in July of the crow I saw today, by Pete Mella.<br /><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Leucism</span> is caused by a reduction of the pigment in the skin, feathers and fur of the animals and differs from Albinism because pigment id present whereas in albinism the melanin pigments are not there at all.<br /><br />To say I was amazed to see this bird is an understatement. I love to find wildlife in city settings, I love <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">catching</span> sight of urban foxes and hedgehogs and have always looked carefully for badgers and rabbits whenever I am driving on country roads at dusk, but to see such an unusual bird in a city setting has made me feel so blessed.<br /><br />He looked fit and well fed, strong and so so alive in his surroundings.<br /><br />To see such a rare creature this early in the year makes me feel positive for the year ahead and I hope his blessing stays with me and keeps him safe throughout the year.The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-6681054158398546232010-12-28T16:01:00.002+00:002010-12-28T16:15:45.232+00:00The Closing of the Year<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kLnJQdj8dQP9BwlU1TxK65OzlOrK3-VCBss-qCo04fwOGl7x4-oYdzlkHsq3PIzmKMkGBtr_Q0DdNQ_ePuDXKRlR9qWg863yBB5jSKOeA2hbHY7CvwWBL1igzvN-Z_GW_og3/s1600/badger+water.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 258px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555767525960355010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kLnJQdj8dQP9BwlU1TxK65OzlOrK3-VCBss-qCo04fwOGl7x4-oYdzlkHsq3PIzmKMkGBtr_Q0DdNQ_ePuDXKRlR9qWg863yBB5jSKOeA2hbHY7CvwWBL1igzvN-Z_GW_og3/s320/badger+water.jpg" /></a><br /><div>I'm not normally one who ponders the changing of the year and the people who have come and gone through the year, but this year I seem to be feeling it.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This year has seen so many changes in my life.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I've gone from working full time, owning my own home, feeling secure and knowing what I want to do with my life through the whole gamut of losing almost everything.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I lost my home, first because in order to be safe from harassment and violence. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I lost my job because all of the stress involved with the harassment left me a nervous and emotional wreck.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>i lost my security because I am always looking over my shoulder wondering if the people who had threatened me and my darling son were following me, had found me. I became paranoid and anxious, almost agoraphobic.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Now, because I had to change my plans, because I couldn't keep up the payments on my house, because all I had worked for and put money into was gone, I am facing the prospect of not being able to go to university to complete my degree. I've applied, but I have no idea how I will pay for it.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This is not to say I'm going to give up. I'm not the sort to just sit back and let the world walk all over me and not try to pick myself up and move on. I am more determined than ever to do what I planned to do. Finish my degree at Glasgow, to go on to do a Therapy MA and become an Art Therapist, helping people find comfort and growth in art, to use art and the creative process as a healing tool. If it works for me, it will work for anyone, because if there is one thing that this year really has taught me is that art is my saviour, my passion, my reason for being. Without it I would not have survived this year, and I certainly wouldn't be looking forward to all the positive things that are going to come my way next year.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>2011 here i come, stronger, brighter and more powerful than ever before, because I have only one direction to go. UP!</div>The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-6356635634592503832010-12-22T20:15:00.002+00:002010-12-22T20:21:38.722+00:00Christmas PresentsI am having a home made Christmas.<br /><br />There are 2 good reasons for making everything yourself.<br /><br />1. People really really like handmade stuff<br /><br />2. I really don't like to waste money on presents that people simply don't want, need or appreciate.<br /><br />Now its not that i don't like my friends and family, its that i don't like the commercialisation of the winter holidays, be they Chanukah, Diwali, Christmas or the Solstice.<br /><br />To this end I am struggling to make presents for my loved ones.<br /><br />Presently I am battling with a cross stitch pattern based on one of my paintings. The software is just not happy with the colours I have picked and is insisting on picking dull browns and greys instead of the vivid yellows and blues of the original painting. I'm now resorting to picking each colour and stitch individually.<br /><br />Thankfully the other presents have been fairly straight forward.<br /><br />So here is wishing you a very merry festive season, and a happy healthy and prosperous new year.The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-64376795513920179732010-12-19T23:24:00.003+00:002010-12-20T14:38:13.254+00:00Personal StatementI am applying to university.<br /><br />This involves filling out a very large form, making choices and decisions about where to go and what courses to take, and then completing personal statement.<br /><br />Ah yes, the personal statement. 47 lines about why a university would be foolish enough to accept me. Lots of things to talk about, lots of things to say, easy on the jokes and try to be grammatically correct and spell everything in ENGLISH please. No special characters and try not to sound like an idiot.<br /><br />Yeah, OK. Let me just ponder it for a while.<br /><br />So I'm this really talented, only slightly bonkers artist who until 4 years ago hadn't done any drawing since the first week at secondary school. Really honestly I am, look I can make pretty pictures, weird pictures, textiles and books. I do great things with books, totally cool.<br /><br />Perhaps that wasn't the right pitch.<br /><br />What do I say and how do I say it?<br /><br />Here's what I got so far.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I cannot imagine my life without art, despite it only having been part of my life for the past 4 years. I have crafted continually all my life, and for me art is an extension of what I learned and developed growing up in a crafting home. My life revolves around the creation of art and crafts, and I work constantly on new projects, challenging myself to try new techniques and media, and to keep working with media that I have found difficult. At the same time art is therapy for me, it has helped me deal with the challenges that life has presented me with over the years.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">My hobbies revolve around my family, home and art, and I try to combine these hobbies together. I have 2 dogs and spend hours drawing and sketching them. I always have a sketch book with me and I love to sketch people and their dogs whenever I am out and about. Don’t let this love of dogs fool you into thinking my work is twee, whimsical or cute. Far from it. I have an eye for the unusual, difficult and painful. I like to see the rough edges, to look beyond the varnished image presented to the world, and many of my projects during the Foundation Degree have involved looking at the discomforting truth.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Over the past 4 years my confidence and skills have grown, and I have done more than I thought myself capable of. Consequently I want to do more, present myself with greater challenges and see how far I can go. Going to University is the next step in the great journey art can take me on. </span><br /><br />Opinions? Please?The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414959.post-76674135215913369142010-12-10T23:33:00.002+00:002010-12-10T23:40:17.304+00:00Good News, Excellent NewsI set up a website on a day when the weather was bad and I was snowed in, bored out of my brains and too chicken to drive my car in the snow.<br /><br />It has already borne fruit, and I have finally sold my first piece of work! The day the website went live. I'm so happy to finally be able to describe myself as a professional artist.<br /><br />That was the good news.<br /><br />The excellent news is the offer of a small solo exhibition next year. Oh yes, solo, one person, all on my own, exhibition. Jumping up and down for joy and in amazement. Suddenly I feel like everything is coming together in my art life.<br /><br />For now, thought, I have a mountain of work to get through and less time to do it in!<br /><br />But at least I can call myself a professional now.<br /><br />Don't forget to check out my website, link to the right.The fearless threaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783590775453622684noreply@blogger.com4