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I took part in one of the E17 Designers events, for the first time last Friday. I took my cards, the new eco cards as well, photographic prints, badges and mirrors and my new sticker range. I enjoy looking for new ways to use my images and the stickers are made up of dozens of my photos. The Fair was very good, excellent organization, live music and wine all adding to a great atmosphere. The

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My collaborative pieces called In Our Hands as part of the exhibition DecarbonART are up at City Hall. I have been working with some young people on some collaborative pieces for the exhibition for some months. The theme was around climate change, the environment and the planet. We worked on 3 canvas pieces using collage and mixed media, including glitter and gems. It was a piece celebrating

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Last week found me at the Seekers Trust again for a few days. I was lucky the weather was a good mix of sunshine and some showers, some mist and one thunder storm. I had time to meditate, reflect, plan, draw and paint and take photographs. The birds were singing really loudly all day, the tiniest of birds making the most noise. The jackdaws were still in the old church tower where they had

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I went out to Stratford on Sunday to be part of the Olympic torch event. I went with a "necklace" of Tibetan flags, some hand made badges and leaflets and a larger Tibetan flag. I decided to just walk through the centre and outside, talking to anyone who was interested in what I was doing. I took my camera to record the scenes and entertainment. It was still snowing off and on and I couldn't

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On a very wet and windy morning I went out to find the Parasol Unit Foundation for contemporary art. They are showing a selection of Darren Almonds work till 30th March, and I wanted to see his film In The Between. It is a 3 screen piece filmed in China and Tibet. The central screen shows Tibetan monks in Samye monastery the oldest monastery in Lhasa, at practice, chanting and sounding

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I've been thinking for a while about how to put 2 layers of photographs together, revealing one layer under another. It's often a case for me of finding the right tools, perhaps using something that is usually used for another craft. I know it can be done digitally and I want to have ago at that too, but I also wanted something more tactile, some piece where you could physically see some of the

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On Tuesday I was delighted to see a documentary film about Cecil Collins, it was shown as part of the Temenos programme. I have appreciated Cecil Collins work for a long time, his visionary sensibility, use of symbol and colour. I did not know that much about him however. This year is his centenary, so there are a number of events lined up, which is great. I was interested in some of the

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I've been continuing with my records of journeys by public transport, and sunsets in the urban environment. Docklands still proves to have some fascinating contrasts of old industrial objects and new buildings. Reflections within reflections interest me, last week the reflections in water near Surrey Quays and reflections in the office building and in the Dockland Light Railway stations.

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I found myself with a bit of time in town on a couple of days last week, which meant I was able to call into the White Cube gallery Hoxton Square. There was an exhibition by chance of photographs by Darren Almond called Moons of the Iapetus ocean. These were all photographs taken by the light of the full moon and with very long exposures. It was a strange effect, some of the landscapes and

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My re-cycled pictures and covered boxes went into the Oxfam shop windows last week. It was rather difficult getting the work into the widows but it was good to see then finally installed. I called the exhibition Remember The Forest, connecting the word forest in Waltham forest's name, the recycling aspect of the work and the fact the paper originally came from the trees. I was happy to see the

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These last few weeks have seen me busy working on some pictures for the Oxfam windows in Walthamstow. I had originally intended to show some local photographs, but then began working on other areas as well, triggered by the place ( a charity shop ) and recycling christmas paper. What emerged was the symbol of the Buddha on wrapping paper of part made of wrapping paper, and a local image of the

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I went to the British Museum yesterday with Ruth, to see the First Emperor exhibition. I had been surprised at how booked up the exhibition had been, we had to wait a couple of months to get these tickets. It seems blockbuster exhibitions are the places to be seen to go to. There are because of this, too many people to make looking at most of the objects in the cases easy or enjoyable. The

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Watching the birds on the peanuts and fat balls is endlessly delightful. There are a surprisingly large variety of birds in this, my city garden. Robins and wrens, blue tits and great tits, blackbirds and sparrows, starlings and woodpeckers, magpies and jays, wood pigeons and the ordinary London pigeons, being the main ones. Along with trees, birds are perhaps one of my other main art themes,

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It's that festive time of year, buying and decorating the tree, seeing friends and relatives and shopping. I have enjoyed being in town a few times this year, I like to see what decorations are around. I was in Covent Garden where they had decorated the market hall well and had some giant baubles outside. I haven't managed to get to the South Bank yet, where apparantly they have decorated a

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After a few arts and crafts events, teaching and getting the flu, I haven't had chance to post here for a while. It was good though getting out and seeing if my glittery photo cards would sell for the festive season. It seems there are fellow enthusiasts for stars and glitter fortunately. I did get chance to go to a firework display this year as well, I shot quite a few videos and took photos,

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The probable last exhibition for me this year is just coming to a close at the Pavillion in Mile End Park. As part of Photo Month, there has been an exhibition of work from over 60 photographers, in the park. Funny having just finished an exhibition in one park I find myself in another park. As part of the deal, the photographers needed to invigilate on some days. Actually this was a good

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I have been sitting in my exhibition space this week, in the Changing room Gallery, which is in the park behind the William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow. Thanks to the help of my friends Stavarha and Julie, the exhibition looks great. It provided quite a challenge, the range and diversity of work. For this show I brought together some more political work, looking at the Iraq war, the monopoly

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It's been a full on few weeks preparing for the Open Studios and my exhibition at the Changing Room Gallery. In the studio it meant moving a lot of stuff with help from friends, to make a bit of a clear space for people to get in! Then more friends to help hang some work. I find it quite a challenge deciding which work to show, particularly as I have been working in a variety of styles and

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Finally some sunshine, or at least not rain, so I could take photographs in my garden for my exhibition, Gardens of Delight. Though some of the rain drops on the Begonia's and leaves do look lovely as well. I have also been out taking photos of other peoples gardens for the exhibition as well. I can see that there could be a really big exhibition on this theme, maybe an annual event,

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Just been putting up my new exhibition at Walthamstow Library as part of the E17 Art Trail this year, Gardens of Delight. After I asked people to send me photos of their gardens for the exhibition, I recieved some lovely photos of their gardens and wildlife. An online exhibition is on my main site as well. Having a garden is what makes all the difference to me living in London, and it's really

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A bit of a holiday week, visited the Summer exhibition and worked on quite a few paintings. Jake and Dinos dinosaurs "The meek shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights," ( I wish I could think of titles like that ) managed to look like they were challenging Sir Joshua Reynolds on his plinth. The water fountains were working, which always excites the children into running back and

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I'm preparing for a new exhibition as part of the E17 Art Trail, called Gardens of Delight. It is a celebration of the garden in Waltham Forest and I am inviting anyone in Waltham Forest to send in photographs of a part of their garden, from window box to allotment. Some thing that inspires you or brings delight, from flowers to birds and wildlife. Gardens are one of the most important areas for

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It was our end of term assessment show last week, I have been busy choosing prints and mounting them up. I have particularly enjoyed the lino printing and the bit of dry point that I worked on. I haven't managed to produce much in the way of artists books using printmaking techniques but I will continue to explore that. My exhibition on the theme of retreat also went up last week in the

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The weather held again for our visit to Hampton court flower show. The good thing about this show is that you can buy the plants there and they are a very good price. Loads of people are wandering around with box carriers on wheels, wheelbarrows and armfuls of flowers. . On the walk down from the station past Hampton court itself is a tree filled with bundles of mislettoe They are such perfect

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I was at the city airport's open day, with some cards and photographs and our badge machine. I haven't explored my ideas yet for the badges, I like some of the badges other artists make, and intend to work on some ideas. Some of the children at city airport took ages, real care over drawing and colouring in their badges, it's great seeing their faces when Ruth hands them the badge to wear. The

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