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Category Archives: About artists.
The art of card theatre.
Here we are at Christmas 2020. I have been making my own Christmas cards for over thirty years, I usually make about 70. This year I thought I should pull out all the stops, I have been talking, over the … Continue reading
Everything comes……….
To he who waits, it’s a long road that has no turning, the only constant in the universe is change……….. Are you ready to hit me yet?* Yes it has been a very annoying year. But on Tuesday it will … Continue reading
Christmas on the cards.
Despite lockdown all over the place, Christmas is on the cards, mainly because I am making them. I’ve been doing it so long, I can’t even remember how long, possibly thirty years. In the course of the clear up I … Continue reading
The eyes have it.
Having spent ten days without my lenses in my eyes I am off for biometry, which is to say, measuring the eyes without the mitigating effects of contact lenses, to see what they can see. Well I can save them … Continue reading
Sawdust
Are you an Autumn enthusiast? I am in a qualified sort of way. It might be something to do with getting older but I do see Autumn as a sort of death of nature. The cannas are doing a last … Continue reading
Nikki’s (very small) miniatures.
Middle age, I often think, is a bit like jam. There you are sandwiched in between your elders and your children, trying to care for both in some very sticky situations. Nikki compensates by miniaturising and is firmly of the … Continue reading
Sylvia’s room.
I am aware that regular readers here are usually creative people. If you suspect that further time spent at home could be looming in the future, you may appreciate creative inspiration from other readers. Sylvia makes lots of room boxes … Continue reading
Going up the walls.
I have finished going up the walls. It took a couple of weeks because I had to have enforced breaks when my metal arm seized up. I don’t suppose Michelangelo had the same problem. (If you have low self esteem … Continue reading
A happy week.
Last weekend should have been Miniatura, which is always a happy week. It lifts me, cheers me, gets me out among those I regard as blessed, being the folk who miniaturise the world and all their troubles. But it did … Continue reading