papier-mâché jewellery . gardens . inspiration
Friday, 13 July 2012
inspiration for gardening and craft etc
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Monday, 9 July 2012
Pinterest - Jewellery
My collection of interesting jewellery makers and collectors from the internet on my Pinterest Jewellery board. I update often so do click on the link and venture over.
Sunday, 8 July 2012
Paris in November
Finding inspiration In Paris
The City of Light can appear to be very grey at first in November and December but very soon colours and vitality emerge. I have made a series of 12 paintings from the inspiration gathered here and have translated them into jewellery.
Walking with Bella
Every day Bella takes me for a walk, in the morning and in the early evening and when ever else she can persuade me to share in her adventures. I'm never disappointed! I do live in a remarkably beautiful part of the country, for which I am eternally grateful and a decision to move here that I've never for one moment regretted. So please venture forth and come with us to a few of her favourite places.
Thursday, 5 July 2012
The Cottage Garden - The Sheltered Garden
I thought that I could make a quiet corner in the garden. I have a painting of a cherry tree casting dappled sunlight onto a round table where a mother is teaching her young son to read. It has always struck all sorts of chords for me - the gentle atmosphere created by dappled sunlight, the closeness of a mother and her child, the first ventures towards learning, the whole world of reading and all that that entails, the fleeting moments of childhood captured in the memory. So, here, I am endeavouring to create such a space. Like so many things in life the transitions from idea to reality entail a lot of work. I have enjoyed every process so far along the way, especially the hard work because it is so rewarding.
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
Strolling around Venice
Strolling around Venice, camera in hand, looking for memorable images and ideas. Images for paintings and textures/colours for jewellery. Ideas for stories and poems that seem to drift in the air until caught.
From this already very painterly image, I worked on various paint effects in my studio back home. I built up layers on flashes of silver leaf and foils with opaque white and mixed iridescent medium with cyan and marine blue which I stippled on with an old dry brush. Then I added tiny dots of copper leaf and foil plus dashes of 23.5 kt heavy gold leaf and sepia ink. This pendant is may still be available from at my Etsy shop. I painted a limited number so each one will be vary. The foils have a shine which set against the leaf, that is dull by comparison, creates an interesting play of differing qualities of light. I always try to make my paintings look as if they have a life of their own. As if they have an inner light that comes to life when it is worn as it catches the movement of the wearer.
My original photograph of a simple brass doorbell set into crumbling white marble. Aged with
verdigris and patina from years of use in the damp and misty atmosphere of Venice.
Why not step away from my blog for a moment or two and venture over to redbubble.com or to Hilary on Pinterest
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Cottage Garden series - 1 - the wall etc
I have been re-building a very old stone wall that has been used to bury household rubbish for over 80 years and cutting back the very overgrown hawthorn hedge. Making new flower beds, thinking about the best way to lay a path and continuing to add bits to my studio.
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