So here are a few things I have been doing recently, sorry for the delay but I have been pretty busy. I have been trying to work on various skills and new techniques I haven't tried before. I have been working on some collage and printing and as I get so jealous of the students when they are doing their creative work I decided to join in with lots of the workshops they have been doing recently. Also, I have created my own little studio in our downstairs cellar so I am able to carry on with work at home. Apologies for the poor image quality, they are all taken on my phone as my camera needs batteries and they cost a bomb!
At the very start of this academic year my little workshop was transformed and I now have a new space for my computer, I know it's the simple pleasures that keep me happy! Now I don't get sawdust on my computer, hooray! I also have a few strange finds from around the department which I like to hoard and treasure along with some of my old students work (thanks Josh for leaving this behind) displayed on the walls in there so it doesn't feel like a cupboard. I have been known to be the cupboard lady in the past!
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| Here is my new work space at home, it is a bit dingy in the cellar, but I have been much more productive and I get electricity down there so it is all good! |
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| Sammi and myself created these envelopes for the type project earlier this year, each one contains the name of an object a student must base their project work on. We had fun making these, Sammi made the stickers which were the best bit really. |
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| The Isle of Man sunset, I went at the end of the summer and it was lovely to see my best friends in the world. I even learned how to fish, not a bad place to start! |
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| The number 5 is my lucky number, so I had to take a pic of this wood pile. |
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| Occasionally I get to tag along on student trips to London for free which is great! Here is a friend I made whilst loitering outside the Tate gallery on the Southbank. |
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| Amusing graffiti in the ladies loo's at The Black Boy pub in Winchester. |
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| Another friend of mine, I call him Skanky and he dwells outside the college gates, where I am not supposed to smoke. |
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| Lino cut owl print on collaged surface, there are a few more of these to come as I hope to see them at the Christmas stall at college. |
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| Someone's Christmas present, made from triangles cut out of old vinyl record sleeves. |
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| Someone else's Christmas present (Work in progress) |
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| This was an example I did for the kids who I did a workshop for in the summer, T-shirt printing. Exhausting, but fun! |
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| Laser cut Christmas tags, these I will also try to sell for Christmas. |
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| More owls! |
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| This is a bit old, but is finally hanging in our kitchen. A sushi picture I made printed using image transfer paper onto fabric. |
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| My random mantle piece, yes I still have the roses I got from Gayle for my birthday in August, I love them when they dry up and shrivel. |
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| Occasionally I get good focus on my phone camera. This was taken at Broadlands in Lancing, near Brighton, somewhere I used to go as a child, it brought back fond memories. |
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| Flo helping Jenny learn to walk, though she was dragging her along a bit to quickly, poor Jen Wren! |
