17/07/20
My friend bought one of my scarves as part of the Artists Support Pledge , you can read about it at the bottom of this blogpost. She posted a photo of herself wearing it on Instagram. I loved the photo so I printed it out , doodlebombed it and posted it to her. I’ve asked other friends to send me photos to do as well.… Read the rest
Category: Made on Monday project
dear diary: part 14
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24/03/20
A month since I last blogged, a lot can happen in a month, eh?
Some of my handmade postcards have reached their destinations, so I am free to share them with you.… Read the rest
dear diary: part 11 – doodlicious
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10/02/20
Today is the the last week of my Made on Monday 2019 project, I have made 52 5×5 inch mixed media pieces, it’s taken me 56 weeks, but that’s not bad.… Read the rest
dear diary: part 10 – spherey good indeed
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16/01/20
One of the blogs I follow is Ann Woods Handmade , and I really enjoyed this post last January full of ideas for using up fabric scraps
https://www.annwoodhandmade.com/the-2019-annual-scrap-festival-10-ideas-for-your-scraps/
I was interested to see that she posted a follow up this week.… Read the rest
dear diary: part 8
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23/01/20
Today I posted one of the sets of collaborative cube templates on to the next person. I had 2 weeks to add my contributions to them, here’s what I did.… Read the rest
dear diary: part 7
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15/01/20
I took part in a Swapbot swap on the theme of “Doodle Bombed”, I sent this one..
and I received this one from Inge in Belgium.
I posted my card on Instagram and added the hashtag #doodlebomb , then I clicked on it and found lots of interesting stuff, including this site
https://doodle-bomb.tumblr.com/… Read the rest
dear diary : part 5
07/01/20
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Someone in a Facebook group said “Have you heard of “Mail Me Some Art” ?” and I had not, but I have now.
They have a blog
I signed up for it and have joined in my first swap which is on the theme of “Ascemic Writing” which I knew little about, but learnt from this blogpost
I prepared an A4 sheet of paper by stencilling with acrylic paints, leaving it to dry and then rubbing over it with different coloured inks.… Read the rest
dear diary, part 2…
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11/12/19
A couple of months ago a friend gave me a bag of acrylic shavings which are a waste product of machining mouthpieces for the amazing whistles she makes. You can see them on her website and Facebook
One artist’s trash is another artist’s treasure.… Read the rest
dear diary, part 1
8th December 2019
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In my last post I said it would be a good idea to start using this blog as more of a diary, adding to it as things happen rather than leaving it for ages and forgetting what the heck happened three months ago.… Read the rest
Monday makings (part 2)…
I am taking part in the Made on Monday project again, I did it once before in 2016, you can read all about it here It involves making a new piece of 5×5 inch art every week for a year, and posting it online on a Monday. You can read about the project, run by Kate Bridger here
The first time round I used fabric scraps from my ample scrap box, which never gets any less ample.… Read the rest
