"A Small Family is a Happy Family"

Playing with stamps, old letters and embroidery today to create this intricate little samples. Thoroughly enjoyed it and I like the way you can draw with the stitches.

The title comes from the tiny print on one of the stamps from India. I agree with its sentiment entirely :-)

x x Happy Funny Valentines x x

Lots of love to all of you x x x

Here are some Valentines inspired doodles made by me just for you (honest!)

watercolors and sequins on hand~made tea~leaf paper

(very messy to make but they smell lovely......)

I hope you all get something special this weekend !

New Work by Anita Klein

I adore these new hand coloured drypoints by Anita Klein ~

the composition, the strong line and the rich use of colour all appeal to me very much. She is able to use a simple theme many times without losing any of the appeal or freshness of image. Strong, direct yet highly personal. Hope you enjoy them, too.

I always seem to enjoy the slideshows in The Independent whilst I am browsing on-line and end of there almost every day. I love their choices of subject and the images are strong.

I had to share this one, though. I find it riveting!

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New Monoprint Off The Press

I have been working on this monoprint for a few weeks now, down at the Porthmeor Print Workshop. I needed to inject a bit of colour into my work! I used Speedball water based inks.......just as well as this photo was taken after pull number 7 where I nearly lost the lot due to not checking the tension of the press........

.......luckily Michele Wright was quick to help out, she helped me recover, and after one final roll through the press, here is the final piece drying. Now all I have to worry about is the framing........

St Ives Well~Wishers Textile by Andrea Carr

I was pleased to be able to give a piece of artwork to be included in this large textile piece by St Ives artist Andrea Carr. She had collaborated with a friend of mine Jo Mayes to create a performance art piece based around St Ia Well, close to the Tate Gallery and Porthmeor Beach.

My children often play in the well water as it falls down on to the beach to create a natural waterfall and pool so it is a place very close to my heart. The textile was used to make a beautiful dress which was worn by a dancer who walked from this sacred site down to the waves.

It is currently hanging in St Ives Library alongside some collagraphs made by a handful of local children who were lucky enough to enjoy a printmaking class by Rachael Kantaris at the Porthmeor Print Workshop. I think she had encouraged their use of colour beautifully.