The theme for “Looking Close on Friday” for the 25th of March is “pencil sharpener”. Luckily this was an easy theme for me, as I am an artist amongst many other things, so I always have an array of pencils and sharpeners within easy reach. So, here we have one of my silver pencil sharpeners hedged in by sixteen of my Derwent studio pencils. I hope you like my choice for the theme this week, and that it makes you smile.

When I was twelve, I entered a drawing competition, and I won my first set of Derwent pencils: a tin case of 36. As a designer and illustrator as well as a photographer, over the years I have acquired several different sets of Derwents for different purposes, including my beloved Derwent Studio Pencil set of 72 which I use predominantly these days for designing clothes.

Derwent, or the Derwent Cumberland Pencil Company, is a manufacturer of pencils and other stationery. The business began in 1832 in Cumberland under the name of Banks, Son & Co. The company was bought by Acco UK and became a brand of their product range.

Leather and bead earrings crafted by Native Americans in Arizona

Die Rückseite einer #SONNENBLUME#

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Für“Looking close…on Friday!“ am 12.08.2022.

Thema:“A Flower‘s Backside“ (Die Rückseite einer Blume)

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Für“Looking close... on Friday!“ am 17.06.2022.

Thema:“A Single Berry or Cherry“

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Handmade clay figures by Pat Lane Diaz.

”Looking_close…on_Friday!” theme/tema är ”Shades of Brown”/Nyanser av brunt.

Windswept fence row multicolored grass caught my attention. Photographed using "Macro" mode of LeicaQ2. Abstract.

Food,

Food with Layers,

Looking Close… on Friday,

Pumpkin Nut Roll,

Tabletop

Really tiny leaves, but the veins in them are so beautiful.

I put them on my light pad.

This is 5 cm.

Happy LookingClose....OnFriday!

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…or “A Little Ham on White”.

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Created for the Looking Close… on Friday theme, MINIMALISM ON WHITE

Not all a spirals are circular in shape and Turtle Spirals are an excepted mathematical shape, a type of square spiral. Look carefully and you can see the spiral take shape from the centre of the mat.

Wicker-made objects are popular tourist buys in many African countries. When we moved back to the U.K. from Kenya in 1990, we brought with us several mats that we had been using in our house there. That means that this mat is well over 41yrs old but still looks like it was bought last week!

Wicker is a very resilient, sturdy and pliable natural plant material and the most common source in Kenya is banana leaves but it can be made from many parts of plants.

The spiral pattern that is used to make them is very common!

Two tiny pink flowers,I put them on top of one of the peonies.

I added Kim Klassen's stamps, fringe-1 and fringe-2.

These stamps are on the edges of the photo so the flowers jump out more.

Made for Texture Tuesday 2.0 and for LCoF.

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For Looking close…on Friday theme of March Flora, our azaleas are beginning to bloom. 🌸

The theme for Looking Close…on Friday is Clothes Pegs. These are clothes clips that can hook over a railing, fence, or nail, so a clothesline is unnecessary. 💙❓❓

Lookingclose ... on friday : Blossoming trees

Abstract,

Double Tree Trunk,

Looking Close… on Friday,

Tree,

Wood,

Wood Grain

Aim for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land amongst the stars.

Norman Vincent Peale

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Yellow rubber band photographed on a black tabletop. Helicon focus stacked.

Square macro of Gillette Mach 3 Turbo razor

... ... you'll pick your son, pick your daughter too, from the bottom of a long glass tube, woaahh" 🎶

music.youtube.com/watch?v=l3yDLvp9le0&si=cteILhGqECG5...

For the Looking-Close-on-Friday theme "In a Bottle"

Die Elfe,Blumenfee.

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Weiß auf Weiß.

Für“Looking close….on Friday!“ am 09.09.2022.

Thema:“White on White“.

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Wind chimes on the patio for the theme: Cylindrical for Looking close…on Friday!

Die #CAMPANULA #

Blumen an unerwarteten Orten!

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Für“Looking close... on Friday!“am 15.07.2022.

Thema:“Flowers in Unexpected Places“

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Carrie has a big strawberry‼️ 🍓 for Looking Close…on Friday theme: Single berry or cherry.

Looking Close… on Friday,

Macro,

Seashells and/or Snail Shells,

Tabletop

For the Looking-Close-on-Friday theme "Heart in focus"

#Lookingclose...onFriday! #OrangeColour

Dew,

Flickr Nature,

Flora,

Flower,

Jewelweed,

Looking Close… on Friday,

Morning Light,

Nature,

Pennsylvania,

Summer,

Two of a Kind,

United States,

Water Drops

Looking close… on Friday! Pumpkins

I pruned the roses back hard much earlier than usual this year, due to the wet summer and lots of mildew and other problems. I was rewarded with this bright winter rose. Floribunda ‘Friesia’

48/100 flowers 2022

For Looking Close…on Friday, a picture of the neighbor’s cat who came to visit us in our carport.

Whatever you give, give from the heart. May there be many gifts of the heart to you as well. For the theme “ Angels”.

#Lookingclose...onFriday! #PerfumeBottles

Lemon surgery on a black table. Under 3 inches.