tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55684174954230892522024-03-04T22:52:02.104-08:00Freckles and FlowersPaulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480111337668087097noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568417495423089252.post-13326182889823773992020-03-20T12:19:00.000-07:002020-03-20T12:19:29.356-07:00India! Wonderful India!<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2019 is going to be the year of India for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I was invited by Colouricious to host and teach on one of their fabulous Textile Holidays to Jaipur. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Being shown the techniques of Block Printing by the artisans themselves is such an honour! We watch them print many metres of fabric by hand. Their speed and accuracy is astonishing to behold. Some fabric prints are made up of 4 or more different hand carved blocks, each with a different colour, to make one pattern.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">For me, what a joy to be able to also teach in the beautiful gardens of our hotels with birds singing and chipmunks running in the trees and monkey's on the rooftops!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">We spent 4 happy mornings together painting onto fabric and handmade paper. And we shopped for and experimented with adding beautiful embroidered braids and embellishments to add to our journals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is a little You Tube video link of some of the pages in my journal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And here they are working in the beautiful garden. These photos are from 2 trips to Jaipur.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How lucky that in all I visited India 4 times in the last year with Colouricious. Each trip was very different, each time getting to know such wonderful travelling companions. India is the most extraordinary place that I don't think I will ever tire of visiting.</span>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480111337668087097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568417495423089252.post-26929425331353577462020-03-20T07:31:00.000-07:002020-03-20T07:31:22.813-07:00Time to update this blog!<h2>
<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Goodness me! I just can't believe how long it has taken me to update this little blog of mine! Thank you so much if you have been a follower and have hung on, I appreciate it more than I can say.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">I have been very busy and I have got lots of new ideas to share for keeping us all doing arty things together so grab a cuppa and join me for some news. I'd love some happy comments on what you are up to too and any ideas for things I can tell you more about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because I need to catch up (with everything in my life haha) I am going to write a few posts to share what I've been up to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope, when our world settles down, that there will be more adventures that we can share together on here and in real life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We do live in the most beautiful world. We just need kindness and tolerance to carry us through the tough times. Keep safe and well please dear friends. And make Art!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">I know Art keeps me happy and positive. Whether I'm teaching, exhibiting or just making things for myself Art helps me to relax by focusing on the little things while my mind gets on with sorting the bigger things.</span></div>
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Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480111337668087097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568417495423089252.post-52647964394605844702018-09-02T17:36:00.000-07:002018-09-03T05:37:59.983-07:00Autumn Winter 2018 Workshops<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I have had the most amazing Summer with lots of art adventures, teaching and exhibiting at home in the UK and away in other lovely places. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I have been feeling so bad about neglecting my blog while I have been away but I am back to start a new term and a new Autumn season of workshops.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I have got lots of exciting news about things that are happening in the next year. I'd love it if you'd join me on some of the adventures and travels that are coming up soon.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">For now here is my </span>new poster for workshops in Chesham in Bucks at Workaid. They are booking now. If you would like to join me in learning all kinds of wonderful art techniques let me know.</span><br />
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Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480111337668087097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568417495423089252.post-24314301897566798712018-01-14T16:15:00.000-08:002018-01-14T16:15:33.778-08:00A new RUST! Workshop added.<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">I have just added a new date to my workshop schedule at Workaid in Chesham. 10am till 3.30. 10th March 2018. £65.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">We have some amazing life and art adventures waiting for us. Share mine with me. Happy New Year to you all.</span></div>
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Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480111337668087097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568417495423089252.post-39646107654642561882017-12-11T12:28:00.000-08:002017-12-11T12:42:08.292-08:00I am ME. A book with a heart.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">In February this year I was travelling to work. I was stuck in a traffic jam for over an hour listening to a radio phone in about the refugee crisis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">As the time passed the comments from some of the callers became more and more extreme. Some of the feelings expressed were so intolerant and lacking in any understanding of the plight of our fellow human beings, including children, who have seen and experienced things that we can't imagine in our worst nightmares.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">By the time I got to work I was sobbing. I wondered what one person could possibly do to help with this tragedy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">When I got home there was an email waiting for me. Children's Author Sue Hampton had written a heart rending poem about a family arriving in a new country from the child's perspective. She asked if I would illustrate it so it could be made into a book. All the profits from the book would go to People Not Borders, a group of people who will make a real difference to the lives of the people they touch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I asked if I could illustrate the book in textiles and stitch. The book will be given to children as well as to adults and will be seen in schools and churches so I wanted the images to be colourful and exciting as well as powerful in a way that was gentle enough for a child to see. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">I asked my husband <a href="http://www.paulwatkinsphotography.co.uk/" target="_blank">Paul Watkins</a>, a most amazing photographer, to take the photographs for the book. I knew he would capture the textures and colours of the fabrics and each and every stitch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This Summer the book was published by TSL Publishing and is on its second print run. We are all so happy with the book and to have been able to make a difference in our own little way.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">If you have room for one more Christmas present for someone you love, please consider sending them one of these little books. They are available from: <a href="http://www.suehamptonauthor.co.uk/product/I-am-me/" target="_blank">Sue Hampton</a>. The price is £10 and all the profits will go towards making a real difference to people who really need us to care about their plight.</span>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480111337668087097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568417495423089252.post-90354243313111731062017-11-24T05:45:00.000-08:002017-11-24T05:45:37.063-08:00Letting Go!<span style="font-size: x-large;">Yesterday was the last day of a couple of 10 week Art Journalling Courses. And nobody wanted it to end!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For most of the people who attended the sessions they have been a golden moment in a stressful week of caring for others much more than they have had time to care for themselves. Spending those golden moments being creative and learning ways to make beautiful art changes lives!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So when the courses ended, there were such mixed feelings: Joy for having been there and sadness that the weekly fix of making art in a safe, supportive cocoon has ended for the moment. It can be so difficult to let go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">But they are all ready to fly! Really firm friendships have been made that will last forever, skills have been learned and talents found that many of them couldn't have dreamed of. Their Journals are exquisite, and very, very precious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So fly my friends! You haven't really had to let go. All the support is still there for you. And we will be making Art together again really soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This little sketch was made with Derwent Inktense pencil in Chinese Ink and a fine black pen. </span><br />
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<br />Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480111337668087097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568417495423089252.post-17976704528759799152017-11-01T16:59:00.001-07:002017-11-07T07:40:18.245-08:00Nuno Felt and Embroidery<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">I had a lovely few days off work last week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">I love teaching families in the school holidays but just for a change I took a few days to chill out and catch up with stuff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">But I also had time to do some Nuno Felting and embroidery using some of the fabulous silk that I bought at the Knitting and Stitching Show last week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Nuno Felt, for those who haven't come across it, is fine handmade felt that has silk or fine cotton embedded into it during the felting process.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">The fine fabric allows the fibres to migrate through as the felt is agitated and allows the two fabrics to become one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">The fabric I had was a piece of fine recycled net, machine embroidered with pale purple flowers. It bonded easily with the fine grey felt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">It made a lovely starting point for the silk embroidery. Easy stitches that showed off </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">the glow of the hand dyed threads.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I've added some hand beading to the centres of the flowers. These tiny glass neon beads give the embroidery such a burst of colour and I thought they'd make the perfect finishing touch.</span></div>
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Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480111337668087097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568417495423089252.post-58889588219067690402017-09-19T16:00:00.002-07:002017-09-19T18:07:33.628-07:00A workshop update <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">This is a quick little update on the upcoming workshops at Workaid Chesham and St Joseph's Boxmoor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">I'm sorry it has taken me so long to publicise these. I have been working on all kinds of new things and will have some exciting news to reveal soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Firstly the Workaid Workshops for 2017 and 2018. There are photos of these workshops further down on this blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">13th
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Altered
Books</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A
2 day workshop on making Altered Books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">25<sup>th</sup>
November 2017</span></div>
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Books</span></div>
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1 day workshop on painted and embroidered</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">27<sup>th</sup>January
2018</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">24<sup>th</sup>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">24<sup>th</sup>
March 2018</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> embroidery on vintage </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> wool
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">28<sup>th</sup>
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June 2018</span></div>
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one day workshop using hand painting and</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> stencilling to </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">decorate a
small wooden chair. You will need to</span></div>
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to source a small </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Ercol school chair </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> for you at an </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">extra cost.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Workaid,
71 Townsend Road, Chesham, Bucks,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> HP5 2AA</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Horsecroft Road,</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Hemel Hempstead HP1 1NR</span></div>
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3 hour workshop will build on the skills </span></div>
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up a very varied and comprehensive mixed</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">media course.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> techniques will be</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> simple to
achieve.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You will be amazed at the beautiful pages you will</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> make. You will
need to bring an A5 or small </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">6"x6"square journal to </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> use.</span></div>
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one for £4 if you let me know in</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Session
times may vary so please check the times</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">£35 per session.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">21<sup>st</sup>
October 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">12pm
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Starting
right at the beginning of this course on</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We will be painting the pages for </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">using at the next</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">18<sup>th</sup>
November 2017</span></div>
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5pm</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">decorated at the last </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">session to make </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">use punches to </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">enhance our pages and embellish</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">9<sup>th</sup>
December 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I am starting to book dates for the new workshops for 2017 and 2018. There will be a whole new Art Journalling Club which will build into a comprehensive mixed media course. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I will also be teaching Art Journalling for adults, for families and in schools.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">On January 27th I will also be holding a workshop on Whimsical Illustration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We will be making hand drawn illustrations and manipulating them to make exciting multi page art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Also coming this academic year:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Lots more mixed media, hand stitch, book making, handmade felt and folk art and embroidery on vintage textiles.</span></div>
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Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480111337668087097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568417495423089252.post-28260696444458311762017-08-08T12:47:00.000-07:002017-09-03T18:03:10.164-07:00A Folk Art Swallow at the Festival of Quilts<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">In a couple of days the wonderful Festival of Quilts will open at the NEC in Birmingham.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">It truly is a festival of creativity, not only for quilters but for visitors from around the world who love textiles of all kinds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Next Sunday I will be teaching one of the 3 hour workshops using the most beautiful materials. A joy to stitch with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">We will be making an applique Folk Art inspired Swallow picture using Donegal Wool Tweed by Fabric Affair and Embroidering it with WonderFil Ellana wool threads.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">I am so looking forward to the show and even more looking forward to teaching this lovely workshop.</span><br />
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Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480111337668087097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568417495423089252.post-57827871351904221882017-06-22T05:59:00.001-07:002017-09-03T18:04:15.896-07:00Folk Art Sailor Pincushions<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">July's workshop is coming up very soon and I thought you might like to see what we will be making.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">We will be using these as our inspiration to make an heirloom of our own. We will use embroidery, needle felting, beading and found objects to make an exquisite picture. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">If you fancy joining us for the day on the 8th July 2017, in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, there are a couple of spaces still available. The cost is £65 and includes all materials. Leave a comment and contact me through my website: www.paulawatkins.co.uk</span>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480111337668087097noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568417495423089252.post-72024052165599292762017-06-22T05:17:00.000-07:002017-06-22T05:18:03.539-07:00Birthday Shoes!<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Sometimes when the big things are making us sad, the little things can make us so happy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Like new Birthday shoes from people who love us! I think I will be happy every time I wear them.</span>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480111337668087097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568417495423089252.post-49640985553884954662017-05-15T17:32:00.000-07:002017-11-08T14:44:47.170-08:00A House of Secrets, waiting to be told...<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">There are some days in our lives that start in a very ordinary way and end with an experience which you know you will never forget.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">I was invited by my friend Jo to visit Di, her friend, and to see her house. She told me that Di has an amazing story to tell and a very unusual secret to show me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Di is nearing her 70th birthday and lives alone in an ordinary council house in a part of town with lots of similar looking houses but as I stepped through the door, what I saw was certainly not like any other house I've seen! Every wall and every ceiling was decorated with paintings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">These oil paintings have been many years in the making. The paint has mostly been applied with her fingers. Many of the scenes have been painted over and altered as the years have passed and will continue to be added to as time goes by.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Hardly anyone has seen them. They have remained her secret life's work and her solace. But now she would like to share them and to have her life story told.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">The scenes are of subjects that give her comfort; Faith, Nature, Birds and Animals. All are done freehand and from memory. The more I looked, the more details I saw; the shadows on the horses bodies, the way the sun shines through the trees, the tiny animals and birds in the distance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Di's life story is even more astonishing than her paintings. I only know very little. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">But she has a story to tell the world. Hopefully a world which is more enlightened than the one she has experienced almost since the day she was born. A story of tragedy but perhaps with its own kind of peace now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">And yet her spirit shines out through her lovely paintings. A peaceful world which she has created for herself at last, in her home, where she feels safe and can be her true self.</span><br />
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As an update to this story, Di's house will be shown at 6pm on the BBC London News on Wednesday 8th November 2017. I'm so looking forward to her story being seen.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">He knew that the HULK stood for strength, SUPERMAN for the Truth, SPIDERMAN for Responsibility and BATMAN for Bravery. I LOVED this! We all did. It made us look at those comic books stories in a different way altogether.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The workshop was 5 hours long. They all worked so hard and concentrated so well on fairly advanced mixed media techniques. They shared,encouraged and praised one another. A room full of Superheroes! Big and small. I'm so proud of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">'My 3 had a fantastic day and the birthday boy said he had the best day ever. Precious memories from my boys. Thank you so much for making the day so memorable.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For myself and Tina, my fantastic assistant, the day will be memorable too for so many great reasons. We can't wait to have them all back again this week to make Superhero costumes and a Shoebox Cityscape Diorama. They are going to design a superhero to fly across the city to protect us all!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A couple of weeks ago I started a Fabric Book cover with a Steampunk Angel. We were going on holiday almost as soon as the workshop ended so I took it with me to stitch whilst I was away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The fabric had been painted during the workshop but it still needed stitching. My favourite part!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm so happy I took it! I packed a little bag with a small needle and pre-cut pieces of thread so I could stitch on the plane. I also included some vintage metal washers for her hair.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was prepared for someone to tell me 'No needles on a plane!' and I could have thrown the needle away but nobody seemed to mind just a tiny little embroidery needle. And I was so happy stitching away!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So after a lovely week of sewing here is how my Angel cover girl looks now. She has metal in her hair, embroidered wings and sewn details for the features on her face.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I loved sitting on the beach in the sunshine, lost in my thoughts, with my art to stitch. I feel all new now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will be repeating the Fabric Books workshop sometime soon if you'd like to come and make a book or pages with me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next workshop, in May, is Vintage Mini Quilts. This workshop will include using the most lovely vintage and painted fabrics and found objects to make tiny quilted pictures which can be framed or used with other artwork such as handmade and Altered books. More details in the post below.</span></div>
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mixed media we will make a handmade fabric book cover and learn how to fill it with textile pages and some beautiful decorations and embellishments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">You will have the choice of making a simple concertina book or a bigger, more involved version with the </span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">opportunity to continue learning
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">The photo above is the front cover. I love that she chose a metal drawer handle as her closure for the book. There is so much detail to discover such as the hand drawn embellishment, stencilled and stitched areas and the hand made metallic butterflies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This will be a lovely chilled out day with slow stitching, lovely materials and learning new ways to create surfaces and decorate fabric. Good for the soul!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Jill's: A beautiful little landscape work in progress with details of silk fibre and delicate stitching with hand dyed threads.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Kim's: A stunning textured heart. Work in progress. Beautiful layering that shimmers with lovely depth of colour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Prue's: A billowy sky and landscape work in progress. Soft and dreamy layering of hand dyed silks and cottons. With fabulous tiny stitching and layering.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Tina's: A highly textured work in progress with cut organza flowers and scraps of fragile hand dyed silks on a hand dyed background.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Alli's work in progress: Lovely textures again with very experimental stitches and yarns and couched found objects.</span><br />
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Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480111337668087097noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568417495423089252.post-29423540285359112172017-01-28T07:55:00.000-08:002017-01-28T07:58:07.914-08:00Collections and Fragments<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Do you collect all kinds of bit and pieces of stuff? I do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I see the possibilities for artiness in all kinds of nonsense and although it doesn't make my house tidy, at all, it does make a lovely weekend of messing around with textures and fragments and the joy of just seeing what happens as I play.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This heart is made on a piece of card and has all sorts bits stuck on with glue. It has broderie fabric, lace, vintage adverts, lace, printed tissue paper and pieces of tea bag.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It also has a little fragment of fabric which has been embroidered with the word MEMORIES because this would be a perfect way of preserving objects from the past. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Little pieces of cloth, fragments of letters or a poem, a family recipe, buttons from a favourite childhood garment, photographs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">All of these could form a collage such as this and would take us back to another place or time whenever we looked at it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The heart has been mounted on a painted page in my sketchbook. Very roughly painted to give it lots of texture, I have doodled and written onto it in parts to look like lace. It is still a work in progress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This is also a way to add your own words to a piece of artwork to make it more personal and meaningful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If you are a wonderfully tidy person who wouldn't dream of collecting nonsense just share my picture. BUT!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If you are as crazy as me and have some stash, get it out and play. It is no good hiding it in the cupboard! Have fun! x</span>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480111337668087097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568417495423089252.post-63416333584290785752017-01-23T11:17:00.000-08:002017-01-23T11:17:45.078-08:00We are all Artists<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480111337668087097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568417495423089252.post-13239847546133199312017-01-08T11:00:00.000-08:002017-01-11T16:39:12.072-08:00Chill out Stitching!<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">It has been so lovely over the Christmas break to have a bit of time to throw myself into some stitching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">I found some silk and wool threads that I had hand dyed and together with my favourite green silk thread from 21st Century Yarns, they looked so lovely. Like a breath of Summertime!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I put them together in a bag with some dyed muslin and silk snippets and over Christmas this slowly happened!.......</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I embroidered a Summer Garden onto the front of an uninspiring handmade felt sketchbook cover. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last year my amazing, talented friend Suzanne was making all in one sketchbook covers using a resist and I thought I'd try the technique using some wool tops. Hers are stunning but I just used any old colours to try it out. It worked so well, but, because I'd used such dull colours it never felt quite right. It was just waiting...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So my dull old cover now looks like a Wild Summer Garden and chilled me out good and proper over Christmas. I think it will inspire me to do some nice colourful art in there this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Isn't that a nice way to start a new year of Art? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">May wonderful things happen for you and those you love. xx</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">PS. I thought you may like to see a couple of photos of the dyeing process. This is from a blog post from June 2012 if you'd like to see the whole thing with before and after photos. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are a couple of photos of the threads and other bits of silk, velvet and cotton I space dyed. The colours make me so happy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The workshops have been part of the programme of Family Learning and have been designed to teach children and their adults and carers to explore, together, art techniques, relaxation strategies and the use of their imaginations to create wonderful journals full of their own ideas and designs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I really wanted to teach this in a way that will make their journalling a lifelong habit. Hopefully a passion. A place to go for quiet, where they can find peace and solace in a crazy world. This new generation are going to need strategies to help them cope with the pressures that their life will present. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">We adults desperately need it too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The way that children and adults learn together is so valuable because whilst they are sharing the closeness of an enjoyable learning experience they often each approach it in a different way, with their own styles and talents. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">They learn a great deal from one another and an appreciation of the others skills. I have seen family members look at one another with fresh eyes! Issues have been discussed, support given and friendships made. All whilst they are making art!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It gives families a new hobby to enjoy together. I feel this is essential in a time when children are often isolated within their own minds, playing or learning on gadgets and technology that only involve one person. Parents too, are so stretched and stressed that finding time to relax as a family is sometimes very difficult. And yet, we are not meant to be solitary beings. We sometimes have to re-learn to be together. And how to share.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The lifelong learning outcomes have been so exciting. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Some of the children have changed their Christmas lists to Santa! </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">They have asked for art materials instead of gadgets and games. Their parents are amazed! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The adults have made their own lists! They have found the relaxation and thrill of journalling is addictive and just don't want to stop! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">And they have all enjoyed doing the shared activity so much that they think they will approach the New Year with a new way of spending family time together. I'm so thrilled! I really am!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As an added bonus, this year I have had families in my workshops who last had the opportunity to work with me up to 4 years ago. They are still doing the activities they learned all that time ago and brought their work to show me. This has shown me that this kind of learning lasts. Long may it last.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480111337668087097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568417495423089252.post-67846253043330730282016-12-11T12:48:00.000-08:002016-12-11T12:50:43.956-08:00Dancing Fairies<span style="font-size: large;">I think I'm addicted to Inktense pencils. I've been playing with them a lot! I've been teaching using them in Art Journals so they are always in my bag. They suit so many styles of colouring and artwork and are so easy to use.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next year I'm doing a workshop on Whimsical Illustration so I thought I'd show you a little drawing I did lately. A Dancing Fairy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She started out as a black and white drawing. I wanted an image that was like a paper doll that I could experiment with, cut out and resize. So here is what I did with her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I resized her to a tiny size and copied the image 9 times. I thought I'd have them dancing in a circle. When I put them on the page the legs were curling up a little bit so I decided to leave them unglued to add to the dancing effect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was the space for a flower in the middle and between the fairies so I cut it out and coloured the background with the pencils, keeping the colours light and fading into one another.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been experimenting a lot with holes in my pages and letting them show through to interesting things on the following pages.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Soooo... On the next page is this!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the top of the page is the fairy at full size, about 4 inches tall and coloured in. Its good fun to try to get extra uses out of your drawings and doodles especially if they take a long time to do. </span><br />
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