Better to be busy than bored!

i have been busy believe it or not but the November sketchbook challenge has slipped and it is unlikely i will get to do anymore with this. i started with the best will in the world with the above sketch of a pile of bowls and cups/saucers however thats as far as it goes! Musem opening and lace and Brewhouse have taken over (more on these another day). However i do hope to work on Sian's competition which sounds fun.
seeing Sian's drawing for her 'o' level(?) reminded me of something i did many years ago too, an illustration of a hearty english breakfast reflected and distorted in shiny teapot. back to the lace now!

I am a Scavenger - Sketchbook Project

at last i have finished my sketchbook! the title i chose was 'i am a scavenger' which i thought was quite suitable for me as i'm always scavenging and collecting things. the idea behind the book was to see what i could scavenge from the pavement on my usual route to work from home on a few random days. the idea being that the objects have a past history and now a future. after much deliberation i took all the pages out of the sketchbook as the paper was!!!!!! i will use it for something else. so the first page is a map of my route. i then enlarged the route into a fold out map numbering my finds. i wanted to actually include the objects in the book rather than photographing or drawing them they are enclosed in windows so you can see both sides
all the pages have been scavenged from other things. as well as scavenging objects i also scavenged 'sound graffiti' along the way which i have added to the pages. so here are the pages




i now seem to see glass lenses a lot!



the final entry was collected outside the registry office near my place of work. i hope it was a happy occasion! when and if the sketchbook is borrowed i would like people to add their comments to the pages!!

The Lady from Del Monte she say yes!

whilst waiting for feedback from Sian i thought i would finish off a piece i had started at Urchfont. i cut it up, cut bits out and inserted new 'frills' of paper and organdie and one of my all time favourites paper 'string' which is great to make.
i then applied these to a japanese tissue and made it undulate! hoping to take it outside sometime for a photo shoot!
Meanwhile Sian has said ok to my initial thoughts for the next resolved item so watch this space and hope she doesn't mind being associated with orange juice! i am having a break over the summer to concentrate on my 'Sketchbook Project' sketchbook and hope to see Sian's (62 Group) exhibition in Glasgow. Happy Hols everyone.

the answer is blowing in the wind

i, like many of the Distant Stitch stitchers or should i say printers have just got back from Summer School at Urchfont Manor in Wiltshire. i had a wonderful time meeting lots of people i only knew previously from their blogs. anyway this blog entry shows one of the products of the 2 and 1/2 days 'in situ' around the amazing gardens.
colour was the main theme of the workshop after an initial day of working in
black and white!
waiting for me when i got home was my SKETCHBOOK from the Art House Gallery and the Sketchbook project (see previous posting). the title i have chosen is 'i am a scavenger' which i thought was in keeping with my research of graffiti. can't wait to get going sometime. but meanwhile i need to speed up on Module 2!!!! and will post more later