Wondered if your DH could produce one of these? It was a restored rotating Summer House at the Reclamation Yard in Rotherwas, Hereford. It was awesome. Afraid it was absolutely pouring down at the time I took the Photos!!
Friday, 15 September 2017
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Is this one-upmanship ?
This one is camouflaging a water point in Harlow Carr gardens - tap is bottom right and I've made the pic xlarge so you can see the sempervivums growing on the roof !
Sunday, 2 July 2017
Lost Your Way?
Just for you .... bugs will have no trouble seeking a home at Webbs
Above a close up and below 'In Situ'
Thursday, 29 June 2017
The Dark Self
Yesterday I went to see The Dark Self exhibition which included a collaborative display of embroidered pillowcases titled '1001 nights 'worked by volunteer embroiderers across the country -one of whom was me !
The exhibition by artist Susan Aldworth, Artist in Residence at the University of York, explored the experience of sleep and invited viewers to reflect on their own experience. Her work encompassed experimental print, sculpture and film with the collaborative work hanging centrally from the roof of the exhibition space, a former church in the centre of York. The link between all the elements was the pillowcase. I felt that my own piece was a little 'off kilter' - I hadn't really understood the brief - but was elated to feel part of the whole. I was hugely moved by some of the contributions and loved the porcelain pillows, part of the Artist's work which expressed sleep through the imprint of heads - the negative space evoking how sleep leaves its mark on space, as on the imprint of the antique pillowcases used as print blocks in her other work.
sadly, I neglected to take a pic of the porcelaine pillows - I will rectify that when I visit again, which I surely will.
A corner of one of the experimental prints.
The exhibition by artist Susan Aldworth, Artist in Residence at the University of York, explored the experience of sleep and invited viewers to reflect on their own experience. Her work encompassed experimental print, sculpture and film with the collaborative work hanging centrally from the roof of the exhibition space, a former church in the centre of York. The link between all the elements was the pillowcase. I felt that my own piece was a little 'off kilter' - I hadn't really understood the brief - but was elated to feel part of the whole. I was hugely moved by some of the contributions and loved the porcelain pillows, part of the Artist's work which expressed sleep through the imprint of heads - the negative space evoking how sleep leaves its mark on space, as on the imprint of the antique pillowcases used as print blocks in her other work.
sadly, I neglected to take a pic of the porcelaine pillows - I will rectify that when I visit again, which I surely will.
Wednesday, 14 June 2017
Rambling Rose
Inspired by Hazeltwig's beautiful rambler, here's mine - Paul's Himalayan Musk - sweetly fragrant and rambling all over the roof, side and back of our sitooterie.
Saturday, 10 June 2017
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Oak apples
There might be a plague of gall wasps later in the year if this tree full of oak apples is anything to go by ! I have carefully noted its position and hope to harvest the galls later in the year to make dye and ink. I have a small handful of last year's galls from hazeltwig's garden in a jam jar of water in my greenhouse, hoping that solar power will produce enough dye for perhaps a twelve inch square of cotton. The water is already dark brown but that of course is not the same as it being strong enough to actually fix a dye into the cloth. I will give it another month or two and have a go. I think it may be more effective than the jar of dandelion flowers that is sitting next to it. I have a feeling that might smell totally disgusting when that is opened. Some of the water in both jars has evaporated but I am going for a small amount of intense colour rather than topping them up.
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