Firstly.....on Monday I decided to take Roben-Marie's journal workshop and so have spent a happy few days doing my favourite thing - splattering ink and stuff around (good job you can't see the carpet in my studio :-/ )
Here are the covers.....today I'm cutting up paper to stitch inside; I'm hoping to sell these in the coming weeks. (my daughter is about to start up a beauty salon with a friend so I might have an outlet for some of my work there).
Last week Maggi and I took the train to Birmingham to see the lace exhibition at The Museum and Art Gallery. It also gave me (yet another) chance to see my favourite Pre-Raphaelites :-)
'Proserpine' by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
First we visited the real lace exhibition where we saw some truly amazing examples........ (and couldn't stop gasping at the fine detail in some of these)
The focus of our trip...'Lost in Lace' was a truly amazing exhibition.
"Featuring large-scale, theatrical and visually spectacular work, this exhibition challenges perceptions of what lace can be..... see how the patterns, materials and cultural traditions of lace are represented through radical new approaches by 20 leading
Enormous 'lace' panels to walk through....
Apart from a Peachy update.
Like him, I am also becoming an expert mouse catcher ....he has brought four live ones home this week :-( .... and I have had to devise a method of rescue. Plastic box on top...slide card underneath....take to the wood at the bottom of our cul-de-sac.
Must remember to take a photo of the next one....... :-)
Who....me??????
32 comments:
oh Peachy my main man...what a hunter he is....good boy Peachy:) What a face! Great shot of the cutie.
Your folders look great!! I took that online class too...never posted anything from it..guess I should maybe. Other interesting shots too....have a good weekend!!
hi linda! your small books look wonderful! and that lace exhibit, oh my my! so incredible i had to look at them 3 times!! thank you for sharing and it was NOT too many photos, they were so beautiful! and that black thread & dress piece was fantastic!! happy weekend, and tell peachy to leave the mice outside!
xo jean
Love the journal covers, they are bound to sell. The fabric you asked about is a viscose satin, screen or digitally printed. 2 layers then boded together with heat adhesive and laser cut - amazing wasn't it?
Go supreme champion mouser!!
Fabulous eye candy! I loved being bombarded by your photos! Your artwork is just gorgeous-such yummy colors and the lace is amazing!!
Oh Linda I´m also a part in the WS from Roben Marie.
Your journal work is brilliant.
I love the green. Fabulous.
Have a lovely weekend my friend. xoxo
I like these so much I shall look up the workshop,thats if its an online one? The colours blend beautifully.
We have three cats and some days there is a bloodbath here. I hate it and try to rescue them when I can. Your cat is very pretty.
Always love your photos, Linda, especially ones of Peachy...and your work, of course. Bet you could sell those bobbins online....
Your journals are beautiful and thanks for sharing your wonderful photos of the Lace Exhibition - what a fantastic event. Peachy looks so innocent and is probably wondering why you always get rid of those lovely presents he keeps bringing you!
That lace is amazing! and your artwork!
DO NOT apologise for the number of photos!! I LOVE looking at them! They're gorgeous!
Aw...Hi Peachy! Wow, Linda, that lace is amazing! I'm drooling over the lace in that first photo. Pretty pages too...I kind of like the green. :-)
YOur projects are wonderful. What a clever cat and cute too. :)
you should sell a load of those journals in the beauty salon as they are calming colours..have a couple in blues and purples too I think as they are relaxing colours too...good luck. Love that lace exhibition I love lace bobbins and vintage lace. Live mice..our old cat used to bring in bits of them.ugghhh.have a good weekend
Love your greens and blues as always. That lace exhibition is fabulous! Wow, what talent some folks have...Peachy, you naughty kitty!!!! xox Corrine
Everything so beautifull. Wish the exhibition comes to Holland :-)
X Siel
Wonderful cards Linda, they should sell well me thinks.
Love the lace, especially the 'Walls with doors'.
Wonderful exhibition.
Have a great weekend,
Sandie xx
Who could complain about these pictures when they are all so interesting to look at? Love your colors for your covers. Can't go wrong with green! That lace exhibition looks like it was a real eye opener. The old fashioned spool lace, wow, that really fascinates me. thanks for sharing the photos of your outing.
Ooooh your newest workshop looks fab! The colors you have used are so vibrant and fresh! I love the textures and stencils you have used. Fabulous journal pages!
The lace exhibition looks amazing too! So much fascinating history around lace, and it looks like they had gorgeous examples. I saw some incredible ones at V&A about 5 years ago. I don't think I have ever seen a lace exhibit here in the US.
Peachy.....oh what are we to do???
I am afraid I would not be a good mouse catcher like you are Linda! I would hop on a chair and try not to scream....Lol!
Hugs,
Terri
So envious that you got to see that gorgeous lace exhibition...love your journal covers. That reminds me - I still have a journal to finish with Roben-Marie's mixed media mayhem! Happy weekend
Love the journal covers!
Yikes.....meeeeeeeces.......Id be passed myself , better you than me lol.
As always stuinning photos and those journal pages are out of this world, you be sure to let me know when you are selling these little beauties , Id love to buy one the colours are out of this world .
The lace exhibition looks lovely bet you had a fab time .
Have a lovely weekend :-) xx
Thanks for showing all the photos of the Lace exhibition. It looks amazing! Good luck with your prospective sales. Peachey is certainly proving his worth with mouse catching but if only he could leave them outside! lol
You can't take too many photos of your gorgeous work to show us all! Thanks for sharing, the journals are sure to sell. That lace exhibition is an absolute stunner. I am afraid I would be killing the mice, not letting them go! Cheers
Wow so much lovely stuff to look at here (especially that Peachy pussycat). Love those journal covers and hope they sell for you - and that lace exhibition looks mind blowing!!
Ah! Didn't win the lottery on Saturday but, your name is on the list for the coach trip!
Sandie xx
Thanks for sharing your beautiful work and the beautiful images. I like it when you go overload on pictures.
Great post, tnkx for sharing the lace! Beautiful green pages and what a great cat you have;o)
You are so good at splashing ink and stuff around Linda:). I love your journal covers. Thanks for sharing the photo's of the lace exhibition - it looks like it was a fantastic experience. Much love to you and the photogenic Peachy Poo xx
P.S Your beaded lace bobbins are beautiful...
Lovely journals & the lace is fabulous, I appreciate the pics as i can't get to the exhibition & really well taken ;)
As for the lace bobbins I can see them dangling, in amongst handmade beads, at the bottom of a beautiful mixed media textile hanging...
Sweet peachy ;)
Looks like a fun e class to take, I love your journal covers. Just let me know when they are up for sale, I would love one :)
The museum looks to be a great visit, I would love to see all that antique lace too.
Peachy looks sooooo innocent in that photo LOL... don't think I could cope with mice in the house, dead or alive, that would freak me out.
Gorgeous journal covers, I'm sure they'll sell very well..
Just love your photo overload, lol. I've been very remiss and not visited you for ages, just loving catching up. Peachy looks so innocent ;) Your journals are soooo you, all the vibrant sea colours, blues and greens, wonderful work x
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