Painting group

This week we were painting cups & saucers.

Covered boxes

Two boxes made on a workshop at Cheltenham Craft Festival with Ursula Jeakins yesterday.

An arty week

I've spent the last week doing arty stuff with one of my lovely granddaughters. We started with a trip to Westonbirt for inspiration. Then did eco dyeing with fallen leaves and found rusty objects on fabric for the covers. The wrap was from a piece of recycled leather. The pages used more leaves for botanical contact printing, printing and faux sun prints. Next time she wants to start by making her own paper!

Practising painting

A lovely bowl of plums from the Waitrose weekend paper looked good enough to paint. But I'm not great at dark colours - somehow scary - more practise needed!

Little figures

I started this glove piece on a workshop with Kathleen Murphy and have now finished all the heads. The figures are based on an old photo of my mother & her younger brother & sisters.