Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Late night stitching – gentle tracing, finding threads and gently lacing through the folds of cotton printed, binding off and sighs contented.
And the flipside. Fingers pricked, knots and knots and stitches picked up where they dropped and then continued, through the night, and dreams of dark woods, playtimes, frolics, cuddles, flickr. Fun.
Posted in Uncategorized on June 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Big session – still underpainting really, but coming together. I sometimes wish I could stop right there – not that it is complete by any stretch of the imagination, but there is a delicious tension and softness in those first colours that go down that changes when the painting becomes more careful and deliberate.
I almost [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I like to paint two paintings at the one time.
It keeps me less precious about the detail until it’s really important, and also (because I must be essentially quite lazy), it makes me use leftover colour mixes in the other painting in areas I might not have specially mixed them for, which is always interesting.
Two [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
wellies, oil on linen, 2008
Been a lot of that at our house this week. Out in the backyard, painting a chair, repainting the chair, repainting the chair again.
It has been a lot of fun – it must be said – in our old clothes and gumboots, just Zara and me, and the chair – which [...]
Posted in self-portrait, tagged glasses, self-portrait on June 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“I have to tell you, you look so much like xxxxx it’s spooky.”
“You look just like my masseuse.”
“You look just like my sister-in-law.”
“You look just like this woman who catches my train – do you have a sister?”
“You look just like….. somebody else…… what’s her name……..”
Does this happen to everyone? Does everyone have an [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The confidante – new work, oil on linen.
Sometimes a work just comes and must be completed immediately.
Sometimes a work sits half-finished waiting to be clarified before I can jump in again.
Sometimes it goes somewhere unexpected and the waiting time was just long enough for me not to feel precious about it, and I think this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I am just so digustingly proud of myself today that something awful is sure to happen to me.
Soft, soft, soft wrap-around vest in charcoal and black mohair and cotton. To be worn in a variety of ways. A gift. So exciting.
I will definately be making another of these for myself.
Posted in Uncategorized on June 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Warm. Mohair and cotton, gently entwined, wrapped around the body with straps to keep it in place. A pinafore vest for a tactile adventurer.
A garment! Really!
Simple, but rewarding and so delightful I may even make one for myself. It’s starting to make sense this machine of mine. Whew.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged drama, organise, read on June 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My life hasn’t been mine this week. Freelance projects, some painting, some forms, some business, some activities, some cleaning, some maintenance, some shopping, some fun stuff (a great party at the children’s farm yesterday), some planning have left no room for breathing and quiet reflection.
I’ve been staying up late.
I’ve been hiding.
I’ve been furtively distracting myself [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been busy on the quiet – getting to know the knitting machine a bit better – considering weights of fabric created, washing, testing, seeing what works and what doesn’t.
I am really loving the combination of cottons, and cotton and wool (as above). A fine black cotton, stranded with a fine (slightly fluffy and [...]
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