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Stretching.

Posted in Art, tagged , , , , , , , on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The stretchers for my canvases are here and the canvas is arriving tomorrow …. doesn’t it all take so long ! The stretchers are not what I was expecting, not deep enough, so I am having to ‘make do’. I’m sure it’s all happening this way for a reason. I just have [...]

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Kingsriver Community

Posted in Art, Daily Life, Weather, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Back to the Kingsriver Community today after the Christmas break. It’s -7 degrees outside and all the pipes are frozen and the boilers given up, so no heat and no water. We have four electric heaters plugged in(really eco friendly) and we still might as well be outside. I have two long [...]

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Exhibitions, galleries, applications, work

Posted in Art, Daily Life, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve seriously been running around like the proverbial blue ar”d fly this week.  Driving round the country, making applications to galleries in Cork, seeing exhibitions.  Lovely one in the Sirius, in Cobh, Co Cork. Sileziany ‘On the wind’s wings’  textiles from Poland.  Exhibits are by both children and adults, batik, weaving, willow work and more.  Some [...]

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Signing Off !

Posted in Art, Daily Life, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I, finally, signed off the dole on Wednesday of this week.  It sounds such an insignificant thing to do, but, unfortunately, the dole can easily become a way of life.  It has always been my safety net, and I have been able to go to college and live whilst on ‘The Back to Education Allowance, and bring [...]

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Printing…

Posted in Art, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Morning all, beautiful sunny day outside. 
I have been working this morning, experimenting with natural pigments.  I bought the pigments in powdered form in Vancouver when I was there a few years ago, and, of course, they have been sitting in my studio ever since.  Now, at last, I have decided to try them out, the [...]

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On the road again

Posted in Art, Daily Life, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Went to the Podcamp yesterday in Hotel Kilkenny, great day, great people and interesting wokshops.  I learned a lot, I mean a lot. 
Now I am trying to get my blog back on the road.  It’s been too long since I last wrote a post.  There always seems to be so much going on and so [...]

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