Did I get the exposure right on it, no. It was disappointing but not a complete loss. I know the tank worked well, stand development worked (more for the reels I done as well), and the camera is working. So it’s not a loss but a step in the right direction. 😉

#homedevelopedfilm #2x3film #xray #workinprogress

Painting on canvas

Acrylic on canvas

60cm x 40cm

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work in progress

took me forever to come up with the right size template to make handmade envelopes. i finally got it right, but then i glued several of them shut!

work in progress

The World has so many challenges in 2020 and I suspect for much longer.

Workin' on some postcards for Val. Day postcard swap. I think I may add some gesso to "pull" this busy collage together...

p.s. this is an altered card..the original is a very large childrens playing card.

Continuing my experiments into the question of identity.

These wrapped figures are only temporarily attached to the canvas: their position in the group can change how the viewer reads their relationship.

Mixed media: brown paper, computer paper, stitch and gesso.

just discovered i can put these straight into a wall in a hole made with a pin. Would like to make hundreds, a whole wall of them.These are in my studio.

work in progress

The second stage of the preparation of the canvas.

Manipulated in Paint shop Pro

E cantarei das aves alvas

Nas águas azuis do céu,

As nuvens, o borrifo de seu mar.

Ezra Pound

Zbigniew Preisner - Niebo (Ciel)

I was given a sheet of magazine scraps which had been applied to a background in a haphazard manner and was asked to use this as a source of inspiration!

I find this sort of challenge VERY difficult as I usually work to an idea, not an image.

After a mild panic I decided to gesso the whole page in an attempt to tone down the images and then I used it to create a folder which I then die cut and embossed.

I then grabbed the scrap bag and started to machine embroider images which started to leap from the page.

This is one sample.

A present. It is called "Illusions of grandeur" and is a mixed media piece.

I made a few changes for stability and whatnot. I got a little ahead of myself with the last one, this one should be a much better baseline for my build style.

Now to make a head and get cracking on the armor and details.

Sample books for a Book Arts exhibition next Spring at Attingham Park, a National Trust property

from sketch to watercolour outline.

Meet Brie-Ann, Queen of the Mischievous Mice Gang (she’s a little partial to grapes!)

Detail

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work in progress, feb 14

one day, I will get to this point and say it's done. but for now, I just *need* to add one of my transfers to it.

King of a faction I'm working on. He has an outer cape from Royal Brick Customs, over a standard dark blue cape.

winter project

workinprogress

Old progress pics of the last stages of Ingenue before molding.

Scraps of monoprint experiments with added pen drawings and stitch

This shows just some of my thread collection.

I recently won an embroidery competition and the prize was £100 worth of threads. Help.

hand sculpted prototype 1:6