The Knitting for Art exhibition

Blog Hog

2011-09-12T12:12:00.000+02:00

Bye bye From the duckling.

This is just a little note to say that I will be taking a break from my art
blog, this does not mean from blogging altogether as I'm what they call a
BLOG HOG

I have two,(little miss greedy) art and knitting. It's like it say, I am art and knitting(yarn related).

I separated the blog's, my reason that not all can see knitting as art and originally I blogged for personal use,a diary. Another reason a patient of the art I do. (not affording to patent my idea, a time line is perfect proof ,apparently!)

And originally I was advised to keep the dresses and the art separate. Bad advice I have decided as I think that both have been pretty successful.

I have not yet to date seen anyone use my technique or anything similar am I unique?, who knows.

Lets hope it stays that way and one day some one will commission my idea and I will be the next Damien Hurst/Tracy Emin.

But lately I have not got a lot on art wise and extra hours work wise so for
now condensing it makes perfect sense.

If you would like to stay up to date (well near enough)

You want my Knits and Pearls blog, irony as I crochet
(my reason I have written before)
quick version
The blog title started with the knitting that I quickly stopped in place of the crochet. Which in all fairness traveled further and grew faster as in the early days I spent alot of time on the trains.
(Stockholm's Tunnelbana)

http://knits-and-pearls.blogspot.com/

Big thanks, to my trusty followers.

My Fabulous Blythe, Art and Mabel.

2011-09-10T18:10:00.000+02:00

Fabulous Art Updated

1st thing, I have added nail varnish to high light some stitch square.

2nd then using black cotton and a darning needle,

I have stitched some of the stitch boxed shapes.

Nail varnish in orange.

Below the cotton black stitched boxes.

Paint ready to splash

Splash effect,
yet again becoming an art garden project (no mess)

F A B U L O U S

From Fabulous

To my Blythe Mabel, who is Just fabulous.

A gift from ETSY Hong Kong

Hand made wiggery

Orange mad wig.

Gothic and Lolita style of dress.

Vintage Cherry stockings. Below Mabel with her hair net anxiously awaiting the big wig.

Whaaaa Laaaa Orange wigged Blythe, more wig than doll.......

Dress and below Barbie pink boots.

Fab Stacked up and awaiting what to happen next, I'm in no hurry this is all the art that I have on at the moment.

Twine , this is for the project twisty. It's still on going.

Art not for the Koumpounophobia's amoung us.

2011-08-23T15:54:00.000+02:00

Aka button phobia

Koumpounophobia is a phobia of buttons. I will not use the “b” word again as a lot of sufferers do not even like to read the word. Who suffers from koumpounophobia? I once met a girl;-)

This art was not inspired by b----- phobia i just liked the word, in fact I cant image a world afraid of b----- as they are in every, everyday life.

Back to the ART.

The heart effect was some pre cut card that I decoupaged to the canvas before adding a layer of tissue paper ,

using paint I high lighted the silhouette of the stencil.

The Common garden Twisty

I have had to work at a pattern, I know unheard of for a free-former but hey hoe, some times needs must. Watch this space with my garden accessory.

Shower puff Art

Yet again this is something that could be made for inside or out, recycled.

I blog for a knit group,evry now and then and this was my recent blog topic.

So instead of tying the whole process out again I'm going to do the blog techie thing and attempt a link.

http://theoutcasts.co.uk/2011/08/shower-puff-knitted-art/

Fabulous as it says on the canvas.

Update below of step two, I have added the knitting pattern.

Art "Oh so fabulous", pre Canada.

2011-08-14T20:03:00.000+02:00

Mirror mirror on the wall please tell me how old you are.
my mini research shows possibly 1940's a wedding mirror?
But who knows , this can with my house. Six years ago I
found it hanging in the miniature summer house (fallen down shed)
that looks like it once was a summer house. Cleaned it up
and until recently stored it. Now its proudly hanging in my
hall way.

Any info please let me know?.

Lamp shade models own £10 Asda

Art in my garden.

A beautiful day just before my holiday, one of those mega creative days where I went from one thing to another. Not having one in a while, I didn't want to day to end. Yet at the same time I did as I boarded a flight to Canada the very next day.

The writings in the box, as they say FABULOUS.

Just fabulous darling.

Hall way decoration

I simply used an old Ikea frame as a stencil and the masking taped the wall for straight lines. Using cut outs with blue tacks from magazines that I can change seasonally (if I feel like it)

Crocheted Door Hanging.

2011-07-20T13:49:00.000+02:00

Fly stoppers/ Door hangers.

I'm really not sure of the correct title, but basically these are my hand made version. In the end I used a crochet chain of thick string and then attached all the previously made novel lengths using a hook.

I must apologies for my brief post, I had it all planned and pretty quirky, I usually always type out in note pad 1st. As double check spelling, grammar etc etc well as good as mild dyslexia allows. But my dearly beloved lap top, crashed and lost it all!

Time being in short supply I'm winging it today.

Art shack

Beads and Nylon

Recycled, lids and strimmer plastic.

Recycled beads, from my daughters old lamp shade.

ladies only

Well hopefully I don't need to write what these are from/for.

Yet more wasted fantastic plastic(not)

Below baby blue is looking a little like a torpedo.

Charity shop chic

£1 ,yes a pound.........for my love of doily's, I found this little gem and I guess its done similarly to way I do my art. Another little storage place for my one day maximized knitted art house, but for now i'll store it in my art shed along with all my other collectables;-)

"Things in my art world"

2011-07-06T15:55:00.000+02:00

My life is not quiet as exciting as project didi but things are moving along. Not a lot of art at the moment i've been a little busy on the crochet side, blanket after blanket gift wise (again pretty boring) up and down, pink Alpaca very lovely to work with.

I have been back at the OCA year two (again boring) but it's got to be completed.

Again my big plan I paid with my full portfolio to get year one and go straight to year two.(bad idea)

By the time I'm half way through year two they tell me that I'm only able to have half of year one? !!!! its endless so what that means is they basically want more money;-0

Below sink art

it's been ages since I have had a mess about with my camera. Seeing the letter R in my sink 1st thing in the morning I knew dirty or not it had to be documented. R = Richard.

Above alphabet.

This is something I found when tidying my old art, created in 2004? I think it was a project on the access for art course that I did around that time. You had to use ink and sticks and make marks on large paper. Then when they had dried create an alphabet using the letters that you could see.

Forgotten fun.

Patch work art I have posted this I think at an earlier stage but its now completed and my most current art to date.

mixed media

basically old art mine and other guest artist.

paint acrylic

oil paint

stitched with cotton and machine
Collage if you like.

Mabel Blythe, hippy head dress and wedding dress, inspired by Kate Winslet 1st wedding.

Arty crochet that's now a bag.

It was originally meant to be a pillow case, it just looked like a kind of 70's pillow case, but as the it twisted and turned took on the appearance of an Xmas stocking! a little to colourful for that, I have adapted the very strange shape to be a bag.(for now ill leave it) with a possibility of a frog as I kind of liked the pillow option.

Dogs

On a recent trip to London I saw these and they are my kind of dog at the moment the type that will not hurt your back on a dog walk. (enough said)

The chiropractor has been worth his weight in gold.

Project Malta Code name didi.

2011-06-29T22:33:00.000+02:00

Project Malta
Code name didi

Plan to carry out canvas art on furniture, Antique furniture.

Mission completed, here was the outcome.

didi a brand, and the unit is at an exhibition awaiting sale;-)
(please sell)

My favourite Juxtaposition/ Water to Knit.

apologies
This is not my photo but one that I had sent to me and I seem unable to make it the correct way.

A Taste of Malta...........

2011-06-15T10:38:00.000+02:00

This is it! my tweet of new things happening.

Unforgettable Malta, a WIP

1st part of my dedication, here goes Nikki is as beautiful as the country that she lives in/born from. (my English/bad grammar, some times fails my meaning)
2nd part
As beautiful on the inside as she is on the out, a rare varitey of person that Im am lucky to call my friend.

Below a blog (part one) of what happened in Malta.
photo below is the work shop, oj oj oj.

Heres my trail and error ART in a Hot beautiful country.

So here goes, simply my story was to do exactly what I do to a canvas
but on furniture.(1st layer at least I would)

Not just any piece of furniture but just to add the pressure, Victorian/Edwardian.

1st stop a lot of knit/crochet samples and a bulk portfolio of canvas and photo samples to show what it is exactly that I do.

I have never felt pressure like this, I'm used to working at my own pace and
without an audience.;-)

Local buses that sadly stop soon, unbelievably being replaced with the ugly Arriva UK buses;-(

My trail and error ART

Local beer.

The first attempt failed me(a feeling I'm not used to), in fact by the time I was finally calm I was still in the mist of a panic attack, I was soooooooo hot.

Workshop breif description.........setting the scene.
A beautiful huge space, pretty dam cool, that's the air in side the place and amazement of the working work shop that I was set free in. I could not believe the amount of antique furniture ready for restoration.

In the UK I should imagine the auction house owner would have thought he/she died and gone to heaven, if they had witnessed the storage place.

Any way the paint and my nerves failed me, it blotched.(I was physically hot unable to cool down) nerves and humidity!.

And at the time I really thought that the piece I was working on was a little more modern day!
This helped me, as if Id known it's age to begin I feel it would have hindered my nerves further.

As my technique didn't fail me the paint did, so that was something that I felt acceptable or though very embarrassingly.(A Unit to sand down;-()

That and the fact I was trying so hard.(how many chances do you get ) Instead of relaxing and going with my random/haphazard flow which is my usual mantra.

This trail part gave me confidence.

Added pressure........
I got a little shock later when explained to me....
What did I know about furniture? the chest had had the panels striped and the furniture sanded. So its was literally a white cube, but a Victorian/ Edwardian white cube.

A white canvas.

Lunch stop.

Here is step one, I show my mistake (paint blotch)

Post to follow of the finished fantastic piece(biased as I did it?, but I loved it)

Truly unforgettable......my art has taken me on many journeys and this is one that will stay forever.
I really am a very lucky person.

Dedication Paulo, for calming me down and chatting from one artist to another.

Blue and green should not be seen?

2011-06-07T16:19:00.000+02:00

A random post......My Art and a peacock (well actaully a few peacocks)

A truly beautiful bird.

In fact one day I have decided that I will devote/decorate an entire room to peacock-ness. watch this space.

Blue and green should not be seen?

Except when it comes in the shape of a peacock!
I never really got this term as its a colour combination
that I have always used.

So I googled its meaning, as you do......

Myth
Meaning, even my son had doubted his green top went with his
blue jacket? He's not usually a botherer, but could it have been
that old urban myth......"Blue and green should not be seen!" its not one I use but still?

All I found was a forum, with these quotes below.

Blue and Green
Should never be seen
Unless they're together
In the washing machine.
or

Blue and green should never be seen, unless there is something in-between.

A peacocks bottom! just in case you where wondering, I really did mean random. And i was pleased at the fact that there tail feathers are a little dull as really its a bird that couldn't be any more decadent if it tried.

Cont
And a nice blog, so ill promote her;-)
http://www.thingsthatinspire.net/2009/02/blue-and-green-should-not-be-seen.html

Nice art....
There was a lot of reference to the Irish? if any one knows, please let me know:-) this blue and green things got me fathomed.

Peacocks curtsey of Warwick castle
Great day out
Warwick is a beautiful Tudor town.

Experiamnetal paint and stitching,a bit of a Jutopostion. I just decided it looked nice together.

I'm still re-doing so much from my huge art collection from Stockholm, I was so productive as I had sooooo much time to be.
I feel I went from one thing to the next without really spending
the full potential of time on any one certain project.

And it's seems that I just can not get enough of my sowing machine, the
stitch is now not only the knitted/crocheted but rapidly becoming the hand
sown/machine stiched.

My sowing machine really has paid for its self.

Crochet door hanging beads/buttons and what ever else.

2011-06-03T22:03:00.000+02:00

Door Beads for my Art house (Home made of cousre)

I making fast progress with theses, as you can see it will be a quick project.
I did get a little arty with the photos,but the photography of crochet is another bad habit of mine the photography is almost as much fun as the actual crochet. Chain in this case.

String,

Wool,

Nylon,

Buttons,

Beads,

Recycled lids,

Plastic animals,

Broken Hair Boggles,

Hammer beads, any bits and bobs that are available.

Just tread and then crochet chain, using hook size 6 ,7 and 8 mm.

Pearls

Old art 2006? I think

I have just gotten around to unpacking these and I tend to Re-do (anything old) If its sat for a while, I will paint over or as the phase has been for 2010 and 11 layering, obsessed with layering and trapping?(I don't know why!)

But these(there are three) a variation of the same but different, I LIKE so I'm keeping and I think that its time to test the waters of E-Bay, nothing lost nothing gained, well hopefully a bit gained at least enough to buy me three more canvases to replace these.

The Fourth.....

2011-05-29T16:28:00.000+02:00

VAGUE

The fourth piece to my dark collection. it's been a while in the making as this time I hand stitched the crochet made letters to the canvas.
(tricky work let me tell you)

These pictures are in no particular order, they just show my progress and I still need to add the final that completes this collection. Because once I had stitched on all the letters I added my (fondly known) Jackson Pollack splash.

Canvas , acrylic paint, spray, crochet, hand stitching and even a button.

The letters looked as if I superimposed them on the canvas? so the splash was required to blend them to the canvas. For this I used white acrylic.

http://theknittingforartexhibition.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-knitted-crocheted-art-2011.html

http://theknittingforartexhibition.blogspot.com/2011/02/taking-my-canvas-to-garden.html

Exhibition, Slough

"Whatever floats your Boat"

My two favourite pieces, a trip to slough (been a while) a hunt for the museum which I have to say I would have walked straight past if my friend hadn't pointed it out, appearance of a charity shop!

Not a lot of funding I guess or simply not a lot of beautiful buildings in slough to choose from?

(Reading is a lovely museum building) We can't all be as lucky. Any how that aside, the exhibition is small but very worth while.

LINKS
http://tvcq-whateverfloats.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html

http://sloughmuseum.org/

Art Play with crochet and an eye cord.

2011-05-24T17:38:00.000+02:00

A Mini Show Case

Trial Art

Crochet Knit and layering, teamed with odds and ends that I found about my art space freedom to create as you go is such an inspiring way to work, no thought process just paint the canvas and go.

Using mirrors
Why I like to, its about Reflection.Your reflection, as what are you really looking at?

The art or your self ?

When standing in a gallery with your self smiling back at you?

What actually do you see?

Square mirrors and fabric.

Buttons.

Beads.

Eye Cord.

Crochet.

Circular mirrors

A little bit more local CROCHET graffiti.

2011-05-15T18:56:00.000+02:00

A little bit more local CROCHET graffiti.

Recycled from my recent library project.

Hearty acrylic just keeps on giving.

Kept its colour and had been in the outside element for 3 month.

Delicate cycle in the washing machine.......

Good as new.

A Juxtapose of concrete and Knit.

Plus a new source of Ducklings.
http://www.tigerstores.co.uk/
On a recent shopping trip I discovered these affordable little ducklings that are perfect for my project, slightly bigger and squishier than my original Swedish ducks. The original hard ducks I have not been able to source since moving to the UK.

Meet my newest members to the team, Army Camo duck.

Below welcome Paper Clip Duckling.

Textured Duck Jacket complete with Hood.

Rubber band ball, or is it?

2011-05-08T14:58:00.000+02:00

This is!

This defiantly is! Worlds Biggest amazing what you find with an image hit! who knew, i just looked at my photos and instantly I thought, rubber band ball....... it really is a 2 Minute post, but one most certainly worth sharing.

This isn't.

More of my mad photos, I make these balls using all my odds and ends ensuring nothing wasted in my art yarn? Yarn art! knotted together.

To then create more ART.

But this ball alone on a white table for the canvas made for some intresting photography on its own.

Instant Art

Garden Art........Simple with a little CROCHET

2011-04-27T14:43:00.000+02:00

Bank Holiday = Garden Art

Grass

These concrete stepping stones are on route to my art house and the lazy bank holiday they became free canvas to my daughter and friend.

Trees

Below the photo shoot of my patio tree in full bloom, and they are the pink crochet flowers that where recycled from the library exhibition the sun sparkles on the shiny acrylic.

Pink wisteria/man made (lady made) but they do look a little manly!)

Lazy dayz with the pink acrylic wisteria.......Plastic plants?

not good but it is recycling so we will let it go.

And they lived happily ever after. Apt for the recycling side of things.

Pigs in Blankets.............

Well crochet harnesses, this is a pro-ta type, I needed to work out how to attach the plastic animals with out looking like I murdered them.
Attaching them to the Mary, Mary dress.

Washing machine......Knitted graffiti

2011-04-18T21:22:00.000+02:00

It's a song title by kate Bush, a machine I use daily or

It can also be described as ART.
Recycled Art

This is project Woodley Library.
It has/had Stood(been attached/knit Graffiti) in the garden for months and I guess seeing that the garden was not south-facing the sun did not bleach the acrylic thus the graffiti can be ......

get this......
Recycled....

Recycle, recyclable, it has all been used before.

I chucked in all the colours(in the wash) as they where a bit dusty
(not surprisingly) and unbelievably they washed up like new.

This is project washing machine.
The ducks had to loose there jackets as the little pond had left them smelly rotten. But the ducks with a little disinfectant, good as new.

Crochet Art Dress/Mary, Mary

2011-04-09T10:07:00.000+02:00

Mary, Mary quite contrary.

How does you garden grow

Textured, texture crochet at its finest.

It's basically a patch work quilt of crochet and knit.

Below, the little mushrooms in my field, I am very excited about adding all the plastic animals I just need to THINK how to?

The Blue is water of cousre an Ariel view of the country side would show fields and fields and water.

Patch work brought from a Swedish charity shop, random little pot stand, i'll add that in some where,this would represent a bed of flowers abstractly from the sky.

Skirt so far ( you have to use your imagination here) but if you like my stuff then you'll understand what I'm saying;-)

Not forgetting mothers day

Thanks Monet

Not meeting my deadlines.......

2011-03-22T19:30:00.000+01:00

Here it is......

My latest art,

My RGA entries are ready (Reading Guild of artists) they looked great, just one thing a big thing that stood in there way.

I missed it.

The dead line.

Unforgivably, totally my fault

A month to late.......

I got the dates confused.

In fact the 4th March and not the 24th, as I had planned.

And really that's all I have to say as I am very annoyed with my self;-(

Art of a different theme

Textile samples that will make a large dress

This is part of Mary Mary that is posted on my sister blog/my art and knit cross over a lot of the time but mainly I have this blog for canvas and my other (hand made) On my Knits and Pearls (funny rarely a knit)

But the name was a long time ago and I hadn't really thought about the meaning to much at the time.

Spring inspired this dress it will be of huge proportions and a proper garden with what makes a garden grow, sun shine and cloud.

Watch this space.

I'm also looking for somewhere to exhibit this dress, any ideas let me know;-)

Beetroot that Crazy Pink Arty Veg.....

2011-03-06T15:42:00.000+01:00

Beetroot Mad!

Since signing up for a veg box delivery (I've gone all Abel and Cole)

I've got a little beet root crazy, I've known this with other artists I had the pleasure of working with. Penny mushrooms and peaches.... Angela's, red onion perfection.

I guess I am a natural vegetarian so its probably something to be with my make up, beetroot obsessive. (natural meaning born to hate meat) smell ,texture ,touch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetroot

What a fantastic pink!

maybe that's the attraction, I am a little pink partial.

I really liked the marking left from the peeler

(surprising I have a pink peeler)

The darkness of the cut.

Art

The pink plate

The pink Vegetable

The cloth through the pink plate, against the juxtaposition of the serrated knife edge.

One artist yet two conflicting styles of art. (crochet the link)

2011-02-22T22:13:00.001+01:00

Same Artist Different Styles of Art

Yes , honesty its the same artist! me.

(could you tell?)

I think maybe happy and sad mode.

I seem to juxtapose between pretty and dark.

Maybe it's the good angel on one shoulder and the bad on the other.

The force is strong(up) or the dark side is pulling.(down)

My Ying and my Yang, who knows but this is currently where I am.

Torn between two different styles.........

Theses are a triptych and are Tiffany box inspired, big influence the film Breakfast at Tiffany's, 50 year anniversary;-).

The blue/green the fluff the feathers, extravagant is the theme ,I had a selection of glitz that are the inspiration for these.

And new to me, mirrors. These I discovered in a craft store and I'm quiet taken with seeing yourself in your art (not for a vanity purpose)

I'm never featured in any photos, I prefer to be the photographer. It's just that as you look at the art you influence it with your own feeling.

doily's , my 70's knit influence.

Conflicting ?

Then the layers, trapping.

Square and round.

The Mirrors

Conflicting

Experimental bold art.

Never the same again!

Strong

Painted paper that's been torn and then stitched back together the best I could,

hence Never the same again.

I took these whist the paint was still wet, I really love the dots the spalsh the boldness of the lettering.

A stitch break down.

The stitching is something that has repeated in my art over the years, I think it must simulate the fact that my personality is strong and I hold things together well .

(I'm thinking out loud here and the meaning could be completely wrong)

But it is how I feel so maybe that's a strong influence in my art.

Sick dogs and rugs dont mix ( my nut shell week)

2011-02-16T14:31:00.000+01:00

Woodley Library, my exhibition on the inside.........

The display cases that I loved, that they are triangles is pretty unique,

I was really happy with my presentation.

In fact I still shock my self that the works actaully mine.

Proud of my achievements.

My labels above all made from recycled cereal boxes.

Below the canvas that had a pram poppped next to it,

before I could take a photo.

The community embracing my ART;-)

Not a lot of new art on the go.......why

My son turning 19! maybe, maybe not.

The card above is the most organised I had ever bean? been (pun) it's my sons nick name, I brought it six months earlier.

(Brownie points earned)

Well baking is art! not that it counts but just trying to understand where my times gone the last week or so.........

Lots of boring but no fun, not since putting on the exhibtion........

I guess the calm after the storm as I was just soooooo busy to

complete.

I guess it's nice that I can just finsih a few bits off, now that where just for me

personally.

Next challenge re applying for the RGA (Reading guild of artists) that's March, so really I guess I'll have this week to complete.

Then it's unfortunately half term (uugggh)

Dont get me wrong, I loved the little kids holidays where you did fun stuff/free picnic's, parks etc

But the teenage equilivent is how much can we spend!!

The top answers of "I don't want to do that !"

(The answer to just about everything asked)

The only thing she's wish for is that we didnt restrict the internet........

But there was life before "face book" and "msm" and texting.

From cup cake that don't look so good in the photo but trust me they where!

To below sick dogs and rugs don't go......

I missed the part about my bad cold last week and the heating breaking down then the dog being sick

So in a nut shell this is catch up week.

Catch up on everything I haven't done ;-)

All well now, the rugs not quiet the same but the dog and I are.

Alison Friday Woodley Library

2011-02-07T12:31:00.000+01:00

Woodley Library as promised

Coils coils and coils, theses worked so well they are sparkly, they spin and I think that they make for a great crochet flower, the weeping willlow type.....

But pink obvoiusely.;-)

The ducks where a sure hit with the children, whilst I was installing the internal part of the exhibition (blog to follow) I could here the mummies and kiddies, chattering about them.

A funny installation I felt like an animal in a Zoo as its a central garden with glass on four sides, so I was being watched with curiosity by librarians and visitors alike.

The Picture below was taken on installation day so as you can see the water is still frozen but I have visited since and they are happily floating.

The thistle was perfect,(top bird table) I was pretty impressed as all the art had been made by eye no measuring involved and I had been hard at work since the snow and and on the day I went to visit the court yard it was pouring with rain.

So all in all, pretty pleased with my work........

Just the pond decoration (third time lucky) to complete the garden.

Blouders every where and I think I covered five these took a lot of crochet, they are made from all the little ends from all the random projects I do so nothing is wasted.

Garden Art

I have posted a step buy step on how to make one of these, before but ill do a quick run though for a 1st time reader. I have a few in my own garden and I think that it is such and easy and pretty wonderful thing to do.

Beginner knitter or crocheter, all those practice squares, shapes you simply join them and then you can use an old canvas frame

(good if you have and artist Friend)

but if you don't they are so affordable a few £'s then using a staple gun.

mine I purchased from a £1 shop years ago but at a DIY they cant be very expensive and once you have one,(its for life) I use mine a lot;-).

You simply staple the knit to the frame (instantaneous ART)and place somewhere in the garden, dramatic and mine has now been out for 6 months and it still looks good so its not a short term project.

Taking my Canvas to the garden.........

2011-02-02T17:00:00.000+01:00

My biggest art yet.......

The space isnt really an issue I just ended up taking my canvas to the garden and prayin that it did'nt rain for the half an hour that was required for the paint splash to part dry.

My art shed is just not big enough!

My Kitchen is definitely not big enough!

My garden table is big enough?

This is not a goldilocks and the three bears, well in a way I guess it is?

A Victim of circumstance and we look but we don't see, ambiguity below, they all had to be finished off ready for the library, but my issue was space........ (Never an issue in Sweden, just affording the big canvas)

Now I can afford the canvas just not the space.

Life it's a funny thing;-)

But here(UK) I have de-cluttered the house as much as I possible could, there is nothing left to recycle or give away( feeling done)

yet we are still full to brimming.

And that's just my teens, including my dog in that equation...... 3rd child

Three 6ft canvas do not make things easy. I'm yet to buy the fourth for Vague, there really is just no where to put it........

Art shed

Required

One old garden table, check

One old duvet, check

Practice dots /splashes

Ambiguity is as big as my kitchen ?

I discovered this effect on paint shop.

I really love the out line of the art,

it's oh so very arty.

Evacuee stamp

My de-cluttering was so good that I managed not to even keep a tray ?

My tea, my paints!

My cooking tin doubled up to save the day.

The wind was a little bit of an issue I did wonder if at some point the art may take off with the wind.

Talk about art and the weather elements.

My knitted stitches..........

The red is nail varnish.

So far so good the splash worked. I really would have like to leave the art flat for longer but unforgivably the weather was against me and as soon as a hint of rain its back to the art shed and house for this huge collection.

Woodley Library Progress........

2011-01-27T10:12:00.000+01:00

My Mantra whist art is in full swing

Take one old canvas frame.

Add one hand full of knit and crochet grab a staple gun.

Instant garden art.

Call it what you like, be it Framed Sculpture,

Garden Canvas?

Coils and coils and coils these will be a big tree feature

Well they are actually small trees, its a small court yard.

But big as in I have made quiet a few;-)

Crocheted Coils and coils.

Going Local.....with my Crochet and Knit Graffiti.

2011-01-21T00:24:00.000+01:00

Locally

I have been putting up a little graffiti.

It's just so wet a drab, I figured a little knit would go along way.

Bow tie on a lamp post

Three flowers above they are all in a line so only the front is visible for the photo.

Tie a yellow ribbon (in this case pink, yellow blue) round the old oak tree.

It reminded me of a post box.

A great shot below as this is such a busy street but I managed to get it up with no passers by or cars! Result.

Below a juxtaposition of green and bark

My favourite this was the left over from my new and in love with coil scarf. I really think that the colours blended with the back ground making the crochet look at one with the tree trunk.

Cardigan street!

I passed this today and I have lived in Reading a long time but not long enough to know that this street exsited!

I figured I could not, not blog a street named Cardigan.

Below my library fluffy acrylic duck is taking shape;-)

This Duck is big D, you cnat tell from the photo buts he's actually twice my ususal size.......

This is a big project, so it demands a big duck.

Project Decorate Woodley Library

2011-01-18T23:21:00.000+01:00

Woodley Library
ironically the Library that I used in my teenage years, the little story corner
(well untouched train) Exactly the same.

The same train that my son who's nearly 19 loved to sit and be read to;-(.
almost a forgotten memory.

And I'm if you like I'm being a Laurence lewlin
(well the female verison) changing rooms.......

Would I ever had imagined my art is going home! Literally.
Art in Library's what a concept! I couldnt believe on entering just how much nothing had changed............

Google? the technology era (I Love books)

Treasure my collection, longing for my very own library. Kindle? smidle......Books!!!!!

I guess littel money is put in (books a dying cause! WHAT) so I feel that I'm doing a valuable part for the community brighten up and hopefully enticing some new visitors to the Library that may have not visited in a while.

Well that's my plan ;-)

As Hannibal(George Peppered) says from the A team "I love it when a plan comes together".

FEB 2011

I'll be stroming the library with my technicolour dream
coat........" if you like", from my huge canvases, saleable knitted bags to a fantastically bright and spirally inspired graffiti covered secret garden.......

An extravaganza of colour

Watch this space

http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/libraries/libraries/our-libraries/woodley-library/

This is the one change to the Library and this is the best part a toilet? Irreconcilability this is a fab place for my new (Victim Circumstance) and could you imagine what a worse place?

The Juxto of my art next to a public loo;-)

Project Decorate Woodley Library, this is my curent frantic knit/crochet project a huge amount of boulder coverage.

If you go down to the woods today.........

2011-01-11T20:38:00.000+01:00

Garden Art

I have posted this before in the making and I think when I first put it out in the garden when I moved back to the UK July. So this has sat in the elements for a while and I think it still looks pretty good.

Its almost blended with its surrounding. To create this I used one of my spray paint samples

(free-form crochet and knit)

Using a staple gun attached it to an old canvas frame.

Thus creating garden Art.........

Maybe one for Blue Peter , a creating idea that is.

One of the here's one I made earlier!

That doesn't involve a fairy liquid bottle, or any of the things they always suggested that where simply never available in mothers kitchen.

Pom-Poms fallen over! well off in this case, it seems.

My Boulder

This is a little rock be it boulder in the making, I have a big graffiti knit project coming up and I need props to help. Watch this space.

New Knitted & Crocheted Art 2011

2011-01-04T17:55:00.000+01:00

Happy New Year here's my 1st post of 2011;-)

"We look but we don't see", the fourth part in my latest collection.......

Vague

Ambiguity

"A Victim of circumstance"

I have used three huge canvases in this collection sized 3ft by 5 ft the fourth will be half the size and the knitted graffiti letters that spell Vague will be attached this, it is currently a WIP.

My Blythe.

Personalised

Below my hand print/personalised art not a signature but a hand print.

Above and below the red part is tissue paper and the white was a mistake that luckily I managed to recertify...........The white is PVA glue this was the final use of my art studio before the cold spell.

(AAAAAAHHHHHH the torment of a space that can't be used.)

It seems my space will be a Spring if I'm lucky..... summer/autumn art space as the heater idea worked at first but then when the - temperature came the room cooled so quickly that dampness of paper and canvas occurred and the PVA froze before it had time to dry, hence the white it would usually be clear.

How

Using a wet wipe (technical NOT) I could actually rub the glue off and re apply. The corners reflect an envelope.

Evacuee a stamp that I had saved for a while.

Juxtapose Graffiti & Crocheted Graffiti

2010-12-17T19:38:00.000+01:00

Heres my Art with my art!

The spray Im not responsibe for but the Knit! (thats me)

One of my many project I wnated to put the knit with the real thing so that you can see where Im coming from.

It doesn't harm any one or any thing and I think that if I didn't tell you it was knit (crochet) would you really be able to tell.

Knit and Art................

ART KniT

Below my favourite shot, I took these at my local bmx ramp, oldest person probably using it! And in the unconventional way..... of cousre I went when it was quiet and all the dear kiddies wear at school.

Still it was a funny moment laughing as I was probably captured on CCTV draping my knits over the ramp.

Pc plod probably couldn't believe there eyes, not the common criminal, but the sort that prefers stick, hooks , yarn and a coffee.

Below the mess of the real thing............

you must agree very organic

More Stuff......it is Friday

2010-12-03T17:50:00.000+01:00

Stuff and in no particular order. (Above my new art that referenced to below)

1st Stop FRIDAY, I got these letters at my local hobbie craft and I figured Friday was a good word to complete the decor in my dinning room.

I was going to collage them all F and A are collage (Traditional Style) But it was so tricky/fiddly that I used a more block type of collage, cutting out the actual letter shape in the magazine of craft paper and stuck the hole thing to the letter.

Rich makes for R (used his band poster)

Y I used and 80's knit pattern.

Y = 80's knit pattern.

F = magazine collage.

Friday in it's hanging place.

A Gift from tag team Hatton /Burgess

A good friend and her very cleaver mum, she drew my kids that she has never seen, in partchment craft..........with amazing likeness.

Beans eyes need to get fixed as he is a blue eyes, but this was actually a black and white photo as it was a xmas surprise so I didn't pick the photos. So a little guess work was involved.

My new art...........

WIP as we say in knitting terms. Its slow progress as my Art space is so cold and the canavs are so big I cant bring them inside.

Mind you I am so busy with my xmas knit gifts(budget) that the canvas will be on hold for a while.

A vintage piece of furniture with added knit... Art

2010-11-24T17:26:00.006+01:00

Vintage Crochet Art

This little vintage unit the type that used to hold the Royal plates and such is now the proud display unit for my art space.

Not Royal plates in sight.

Costing a whooping £25!!!! yes Twenty five pounds (What a bargain)

The wall paper had seen better days but the actual unit completely intact the glass shelves and front no damage. A missing key but no big deal apparently that can be replaced I just need to find such a shop;-)

I replaced , well I actually added it on top of the wallpaper, just in case it's a heritage piece. Adding a little of my art, I mean canvas can be a wall covering?

Pretty Impressive;-0

Art in it's early stage the fourth part to the Dark arts.......... Well that's what my daughter called it;-)

WE LOOK BUT WE DON'T SEE

I think Rich read me this caption form Sherlock Holmes, that fact has nothing to do with my art, I just liked the saying. It fits

Spcae age crochet lamp shade cover......

2010-11-18T19:31:00.009+01:00

Retro lamp shade

Things to do with odds and ends.

Home spun graffiti.

My twisty crochet stitch.

adding

Green & Pink yarn, added a Water colour effect.

Whooolaa space age retro lamp shade.

Lamp shade photo shoot.........

Above a juxtaposition of art and Knit (crochet) yarn which ever.....

Original photo before the water colour technique was added.

Funkying it up with crochet

2010-11-12T11:35:00.009+01:00

Funkying it up with crochet.........................

Take £1 ikea clock, pretty boring but it was £1 or £10, I wanted something funky or modern for my art room (as boy does time fly) But at a £9 difference modern verses cheap, honesty the £1 one won.

Personally I'm sick of generic, everyone has the same Ikea (I have to admit) has its cool designer pieces, but the trouble is everyone you know, will have one.........
which is fine if your a student/follower or broke........

So I decided to vamp it up, a selection of yarns, a good mix.

This was a basic chain , I think its on 12 hook so thick and fast but I'm not quiet sure even though it was only a week ago I made it, my memory.

At the moment it just resting on the clock frame, the plan was to glue it but seeing
it sat fine as the sayings goes "if it's not broke ,don't fix it".

Selection of yarn.

Basic ladder crochet, a chain.

My ends I will add buttons, so nothing to stitch in.

Art room its now a working feature.

Lamp

Same
Ikea
£2:50

A piece of Graffiti that's not been used. Threaded on to the stand and Whoooolaaaaaa

Is my blog post just a little bit Vague?

2010-11-09T18:14:00.009+01:00

I think that it is........

New art that now needs the white acrylic to make the canvas, I am trying to re-create a large canvas and then I will add the letters as if a painting. That's my plan, but its pretty big scale so I will see how this pans out.

I think that I should first make a frame? (or find a man that can) I can then stretch the knitting canvas onto the frame?(as if canvas)

Maybe investing in a knit machine would be a good plan as I need a massive amount of stitches........

Quickly! (any ideas)

Proud Letters, they are made from doubled acrylic so they could possibly stand alone!!

Well almost, a tad of an exaggeration;-)

Rasmus hopefully on the mend...........

I think like a small child he thinks that if you cant see his face, that you can not see his huge body.

Garden Play

2010-11-07T09:04:00.008+01:00

Experimental

Canvas odds n ends
knit odds
left over paint and Wow-la ART

It's Nothing heavy just play, saving the heavy for the RGA
(Reading Guild of Artists) fingers crossed they'll like me.
How could they not.......?

Very Jelly fishy?,or an under sea scene.......

Abstract of cousre.

Update on RGA to follow, good or bad.

More words a little look at my graffiti.

2010-10-27T09:55:00.011+02:00

Art at a glance

Half term so a quick post........

Above my poorly Rasmus whom luckily is now hopefully on the mend.

The art of the Stitch, parts two and three below

Ambiguity

Ambiguity is one way in which the meanings of words and phrases can be unclear. Or the stitch in my case.

I'm liking this word a lot ,I think it works well with the knitted media that I use as really would you guess at a glance how I add the print to the canvas? Or indeed that I use only knit and crochet.

leading me on to VAGUE, I have my canvas letters now time for the crochet.

Graffiti Clean up............

Strong scissors to cut my cable ties on board?

Camera in the bag shoot, probably not legal but any reference to graffiti I always love to capture, simply at some point it can be used as a juxtaposition to my crocheted graffiti.

VAGUE

Simply Vague crochet.

Blogging with an I phone.......

2010-10-18T19:16:00.009+02:00

Logging/ blogging with my I phone

Who said I was afraid of technology.........Yeah I did!

It's a simple and quick diary of my current art titled" All about the Stitch"

It's in black and white , written on paper words, words, words.

Large canvas, large words with a big meaning its about what you see, and mainly about what you don't.

Glad to be back in the land of affordable canvas, that on my door step. (well almost) I did have a (blonde/female) moment of bad spacial awareness, assuming that the family estate would simply eat the canvas.

And being surprised at the shove fact, but it did fit, if simply illegally.

A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE

A Hand print, always better than a signature Of cousre it's mine, its my print.

My finger print.

My knit print.

Mine.

Me.

I

Why?

All about the stitch............

Mixed media

Collage, acrylic and spray.

50 Billion Plus one (A crocheted duck)

2010-10-13T12:09:00.010+02:00

50 Billion

You have to look close its the top sign that says the population I couldn't zoom in as the sun just bounced from the lense.

Another plastic duck adventure

50 billion plus one (cool title)

Its boast real/ Wooden duck and now a plastic one.

Plus 1

Here he is Soaking up the sun, whilst breathing a sigh of relief that the Canadian geese are not hungry for small pray.

The sign boasts Protect your wild life! I think that to applies to the plastic kind:-) The release sight............

Maiden Erlegh lake and local nature reserve.

Brief bio Twelve hectares in extent, woods field and pond, managed by the local town council.

And basically on my door step.

Before the leap.

Wooden sculpture.

Sitting pretty.

(safety warning, for my avid duck follows you would have seen this duck before, when its a small place such as a pond/lake I remove the duck after the photo, its the mum in me.......
I would hate to think a small child may be attacked to the small colourful duck bobbing about)

Inspiration Station, Lets knit!!!!

2010-10-09T00:42:00.012+02:00

Inspiration station "lets knit!"

Yes that's me

The fame,

No fortune!

But the fame.

Did I mention I'm actually in this months LETS KNIT!!!!

Alison Friday

Yeah!!!!!! shouting it from the roof tops.

Hooked Art

Completed mixed media , collage and acrylic paint, marker pen on hard board.

Jelly Fish Crochet

With out the sting, I seem to be on a creative roll, below is my garden art. Monet painted the canvas with the left over paint that was salvaged from some recent wedding prep (long story, an attempt home made bunting)

It failed but the paint that was made up in the process, was just to good to waste. This is my second project with the recycled paint.

I used a sponge to smooth the canvas. No brush lines.

It really does look like a jelly fish, happily swimming in the sea.

Affordable Canvas......

2010-10-02T00:14:00.008+02:00

Affordable Canvas

Affordable canvas in the shape of a broken picture frame, this time with the inspired stitches, I copied the natural stitch pattern from some spray painted stiffened crochet.

Roughly/never really neat

The back is hard board (I think) so pretty porous. With the stitches I originally tried to draw in pencil but the shiny side of the wood made this hard to see what I was actually doing.

So I used a marker pen as the mistakes can easily be fixed.

This was Inspired by the Black and White recent stitch work that I have done.

Next step

A coat of thin white acrylic paint I put a base coat/like a blank canvas but in my usual back to front status, I could have actually painted the wood 1st!. But no, I filled the gaps like a paint by number.

Then I began to add the magazine, pva and torn the only theme being that two the same where not aloud next to each other.

Having not done Collage in a while I was quiet excited about starting this project.

Abstract ? Basically it's a

Free hand crochet hook.

Made up the size for the stitches.

Torn Collage from a fashion mag.

The back of a Broken picture frame.

Bags, bags, bags...........

I have been a little busy with the free-form bags lately. My etsy shop is almost ready I just need to confirm the postage and countries shipped to part..........

This one was actually a gift /made for a friend in mind. But I have plenty spare for my shop.

Progress..............

http://www.etsy.com/shop/knittingforart

I'm signing my home made pie!!!!!!!

Have I lost it........... Maybe

Why Pie?

I think basically its my arty inner self telling my outer that we need canvas, Its been a while.

I guess I have not really been inspired!

Well that's a little lie, as I'm always inspired by everything big or small, happy or sad.

But stress can a a little bit of a crusher.

And deep down, my UK art may not be as good as my Stockholm inspired canvas!, go figure...........

So I guess subconsciously I'm sitting on the fence.

My pie is as good here as it was in Sverige so basically my canvas should be...........

Watch this space.

This once was a dress called kate Moss

2010-09-27T23:07:00.006+02:00

This is a garden art post.

Knit sculpture.

Crochet grass cutting container.............

This once was in fact a dress, a dress that I made with Kate Moss in mind, long and skinny and a the time a paper wedding dress (Strange phase)

But as I keep mentioning the UK Move has been a bit of a down size of claustrophobic proportions.

So a whole lot of recycling has been Occurring, this I decided it would make a great art piece if photographed after time, cataloguing the organic process of what happens to knitted paper that will organically grow.

Well the yarn wont in theory as the stitches are cast, but it could stretch with the wet weight of the weather but most of all could turn into a natural trellis for the garden ivy in the woods at the end of my garden.

My dormant spinning wheel, a charity shop bad buy.
But I just cant part so this too will eventually become garden art.

And Kate stretched to much larger proportions,
for the love of knitted Art......

One weeks growth of garden ivy.

Urban Skip Crochet

2010-09-20T12:13:00.009+02:00

Skip Crochet, simply urban

The motive behind this is pretty obvious I guess the make do and mend society that we are not!!!

Skip city UK

We just chuck everything away.

The future generations, I feel sorry for as nothing has value any more.

We don't fix we replace and this is really starting to annoy me.

Nothing will change as the bigger cooperation's want to make more and more money and we all buy into it ,even if its only for your children the future buyers, everything has become disposable and technology that can not be updated, simply thrown away and replaced.

Media and advertising!

How many years will it be fore the skips are full of flat screens(not many years) As simply 3d technology TV will have replaced them! What next......

Humans/robot kids that you can switch off.

Blade Runner may fast become true and not fantasy.

Apologies , Rant over, Wow I think ill stop here for a coffee;-)

look close and you can see a fly!

Basque/Dress Ghostly Stitches

2010-09-16T23:36:00.009+02:00

Redo

Art revisited Title Hidden and Ghostly

The Basque that was minty in 2007 a pink background with a knitted Basque silhouette that has now been beaded, layered with tissue paper.

Then painted with acrylic and then poster paint with pva glue to this I added crushed crayon for texture then coated in places with nail varnish.

Then skirt part came about using a sponge and a knitted stencil, I changed the original picture/print because the Basque looked as if it was just floating in air, ghostly not really my desired effect but by adding the skirt it seems I created even more of a hunting effect;-)

Life.

Scroll down the previous recent posts and you will see how this art has evolved.

I like the way I have accentuated the beads and buttons that where trapped by the paper.

The love hearts supplied by my daughter. (forever girlie)

Below buttons with a Blue nail polish.

There are more than beads hidden beneath the tissue paper layer and that's another thing I really like about this piece is that the more you look the more you see.

The knitted print almost takes on the image of bones.

(Bones in an x ray photo)

Or am I seeing a little to much, oh so arty farty.

Knitted Stitch Play

2010-09-13T10:40:00.009+02:00

Black and White

The Naked Stitch.

Here are a collection of prints rubbing and paint pencil drawings, this is research for a black and white stitch collection that I am currently working on.

Paint shop play.

Paint above pencil below, I traced around the inside of some painted stiffened knitted stitches.

Bringing out the red, I wanted to high light a part and what better colour for black and white , RED a kind of focus point. Work in progress.

The image below if you look quickly it's almost rain on cobble stones,
(or am im just being to arty farty)
I think it's my favourite photo so far in this collection.

My knitted Art I phone case.

http://www.case-mate.com/

My new favourite thing, the case that is!! the phone like everything to much technology, I'm useless.;-)

More Beading and a little knit.

2010-09-06T22:02:00.006+02:00

Beading the art is re-visited.

I have been re-doing for quiet a while.

Added all the beading and then trapping the layer with PVA and tissue paper.

Garden Art

In-between workshop and kitchen, learning how to fit the art into the UK space.

A little confined but really completely manageable. (I just have to tidy a little bit more)

Basque trapped

The surround of the Basque I will use the turquoise blue to cover the pink pastel paint job.

I'm not sure of the colour but basically I could paint over the hole canvas as before. (With dead lilac)

Paint that could possible cover with wax as before.

Tidy(and not Bryn)

The art space is coming together. Did I mention that already?;-)

This is a little bit of a disaster it seems Swedish spray paint is very different to English. The gloss spray the lumpy dots ruined my what was set to be new art!!!

So this literally was garden art as I just let it to get wet, very annoyed about the spray paint that truly will be a WIP.

Pencil Sharpning Art. & a Cake

2010-09-04T09:05:00.009+02:00

This will be the Knitting and Art Part.

Big birthday's and the Outcasts are celebrating in a big way, Big the key word. 135 will be one to remember. And I am quiet excited about the project the type that has no calories and no fire hazards.

http://outcastartists.blogspot.com/

http://www.jacksonsofreading.co.uk/

No knitting but Art part.

Documenting my Pencil sharpening Art/ Basically sharpening set in glue and photos that has been messed with in Paint shop.

Vintage Levi

A bag that's almost 10 years old and brought from Australia, I found it in my move you know when you put things away safely and forget. (Closed shoe box!!)

So I thought that I would share the print as it's pretty cool. Retro the word I like to use a just a little to often.;-)

Bits and Pieces Art Crochet

2010-09-01T11:15:00.012+02:00

My workshop and garden slowly are taken place.

It's been a mission as you can imagine and of cousre I have always had a place to shove my creative materials (crap) to some, to me Heaven.

So is been a big sort out I save so much I recycle soo soo much. That even I have had to look at my space in a creative way, not to unlike Sainsburys.

My meaning, that all the buttons are in the buttons isle and the Cream wool is in the cream wool section, need I say more;-)

What to-do with a swatch of knitting a ribbon and a hand made rose.

Add a vase and you have a groovy little hooks pot.

Basically

I have had to Re-do canvas, taken old from it's frames. Old knits/crochet that I never got to photograph, breathe new life into.

I have had to sort sort sort, which is difficult as new ideas spring to mind as you go, seeing things differently but I had to focus !!!

FIX MY SPACE.

As I open the door and breathe it really is heaven, a creative space thats just mine.

I pray that the weathers not to harsh this winter.

And that my Shed......WORKSHOP is as sturdy and damp free zone.

Almost launch party ready, really;-).

I rarely use the tags,my own. But I figured I would today.

A free Advert;-)

French Crochet,(as in crocheted in France) Vintage a few years back a metal festival in Clisson and this was the results of a train travel project.

Rasmus behaving thinking he is human, floor? when there's a chair!
Watching whist I fix up the workshop.

Back on Track, Ducks, knits & Stuff.

2010-08-24T09:05:00.009+02:00

The outside:inside festival

This weekend gone I think things have started to fall into an arty place.

Well I'm not blogging about gardening!!!

So that's positive, or though I must briefly mention that the Telly Tubbie hill that was known as my lawn has almost gone;-)

Crochet Duck goes remote control.

Big Track duckling goings street mate, unfortunately no Davina http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davina_McCal she is to busy with her Big Brother commitment to go back to her routes.

But I think she would have loved the character that hung around the Butter Market the Street Mate would have been very interesting.

Grafitti...............

This yarn was in a suit case that we where using for the Jelly/Outcast blanket knit in Public and the 1st yarn that I pick out of the basket still had its label attached and randomly it was called Graffiti.

Funny seeing that I was in public with my knitted graffiti. So a bit of a juxtaposition seeing graffiti is supposed to be a secret act. I'm just a rule breaker:-).

Pub Crochet Graffiti

(who knows if it made it through the night)

But It was meant to be seen and seen it was.

(press to follow)

New Art Play

I'm not entirely sure where I was going with this but its a start.

Below Lady Ga-ga skirt is completed and just in time for the
Outside:inside festival.

Yep......eye cord city!

If you go down into the woods today......

2010-08-12T09:22:00.009+02:00

Art

Swedish horse which is my 1st installation art it's a short video that would be played on a loop.

(Once I realise just how to turn the video)

Stockholm's You-Tube reaches the 1500 mark, Yes I know, very impressive;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-to55zuzkZw

I left the art pom, back in Stockholm here it was just before we left, not a trace of ice or Snow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXGkclbhwiw

If you go down into the woods today..............................

My Art space, It's coming together..... Almost chomping at the bit to get In and work but walking past the trees that are still half cut and the garden rubbish pile that's nearly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowdonia is a little detracting, but by next week it should be launch party ready:-)

Knitted denim door mat.

Yes it is the pink Knit lab Rug, thanks Lenah a little bit of Stockholm came home with me.

Karin and the fantastic patch work.
( A gift that I had kept safe that now has a place)

A space to fill that's just mine.

Look close, Cath Kidson (Thanks Soph) the tea towel is just to nice to use for it' intended purpose.

It's currently more land scape gardner, than Knitter.

2010-08-03T16:24:00.009+02:00

Laurel before and laurel after.
It had tripled in size, Massively.........

It's always sad to take down greenery but the garden had so many that it was ridiculous.

I have also taken down three fir trees that where 12 ft or so and planted 10 cms apart from each other/extreme planting.......sometimes people don't really think ahead, a tree is a big issue. I love that my beautiful acer tree can now be seen as it was completely being strangled by its organic surrounding.

I need space;-)

The summer house an original feature and in need of some work but I needed to be able to see the house to fix it up, another job to my list.

Once I get the clearing I can then turn this into part of my work shop.

My art is back on the horizon.

Before

My cotton wool teen is working, unfortunately still due to the economic state 100's of CV's and no nibbles, so it's paid by mummy employment.

He's my gardening assistant. And basically an excellent opportunity to teach some life skills that my dot.com teen had no idea about.
(He's learning, but its not easy) but its working.

Look closely

Yes in the distance, you may just be able to see it over my rubbish pile that's fast approaching hill size.

It my work shop!

Yes work shop, its currently a shell but the weather proofing will soon commence and my art stack will be residing in my over sided shed/or wooden work shop.

look out for my launch party invites/ribbon's and champagne be it Marks and Spenser's pink Bubbly.

A cheese ploughmans & lady Ga-ga crochet

2010-07-25T22:49:00.011+02:00

My week has been hectic......

All understandable seeing I just moved country.
Things are slowly falling into place.
Obviously not quick enough for a females pace, buts it's better.

I made this lunch at the start of the week and I figured that a photo would be a good idea as that could have been as arty as I got.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ploughman%27s_lunch

But .........

Lady Ga-ga met my pink eye-cord skirt of old(2008)ish.

It was a shelved arty project that was packed with pink but my waist band shaping, left a lot to be desired.

And seeing as project Ga-ga froze.......upon leaving Stockholm.

She in cryogenic hypa space........made that up (late night) again.

(Space the joke here, as my art space is packed like a sardine)

Whist unpacking, seeing things that I have not seen in a while.

I kind have thought that the two look like a match made in heaven so why not fix the waist (somehow) and join the two together in a happy bright harmony.

Adding a flower is always a winner in my book.

Va Va, Voom.

I just need to work on the conversion, but it's a start so I'm happy.

And as always a recycling of idea's,

Yarns and ready made pieces of knit that just fit.

With a little help from my crochet hook friend.

Village a week.

I even managed a day trip;-)
(with a little help from a friend)

Peacock farm in my day.......

Aka, Beale park aka

ChildBeale wildlife trust, my plan a village a week so it was Pangbourne's turn to start.

http://www.bealepark.co.uk/

Inspiration Impossible

2010-07-19T12:30:00.006+02:00

And unfortunately no Tom Cruise.........

To be fair I only really liked him when he was my height, so I was around fourteen, Top gun and Cocktail phase;-(.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission:_Impossible_III

For me it's currently Mission Impossible............

Female Perfection

This was one of my huge wall pieces that instead of getting packed flat at some point it got folded and folded. I haven't yet had the heart to unfold it and check the damage.;-(

They packed like a swarm of ants.

And then to the unpacking,

We hadn't really thought ahead and ended up snowed in with ART, Art every where. When I left UK I had an art shelf. On return I had an Art Room;-(

So for now I'm just looking, and thinking.........

I need a solution, so I need to think quickly.

As I can not work with out having a clear space.

Those boots where made for walking , this is as arty as I get.

Watch this space.........for the time being I may be a little Silent.

Blogging From The Other Side.

2010-07-05T12:25:00.013+02:00

Blogging from the other side, in today's case from across the North sea.

This is me!

Arms in the air, that's a brief calm description.

(Not at all calm, just not deeply thinking)

It's the shocked face expression.........

Perfect, in a nut shell that sort of feeling;-).

Always Friday, now wouldn't that be nice.

That Weekend feeling all of the time.

Latest Art.

New Art, before the packing commenced spray paint over load!, as this can not travel, explosive aerosol? And as you know I hate to waste anything.

So I brought some quality paper(lovely) and freely experimented. Really had fun trying new things.

My feet, shocking that I guess I would blog about my feet?, Luckily a toe polish day.

Still a little strange and not meant for the feet people, like a very funny "Sex in the City" with Charlotte episode.

But just to show how messy art can be, I got so involved that I almost ended up as the art;-)

A recommend activity, Jackson Pollack style splash.

The art just stacked up............

Below this was the wall that I hung ready to pack but the canvas formations looked a little random, hence a photo opportunity.

I guess more a memory as my blog really still in an art diary.

A diary of achievement.

Then to the packing.......

Last weekend was devoted entirely to bubble wrap, the art commenced in stockholm I mean I had stuff (drawing stuff/uni stuff , 6months worth) before my move.

Stockholm was where the prolific art production line began.

I wrapped and wrapped and wrapped.

Stacked up, all patiently waiting.

Early days packing, this I had no idea that I had just so much.

Yes More Knitted chairs........

Taking a break from the paper, I started with the furniture.

Four chairs in total, once I started just could not stop. But little wastage on the spray paint so that was cool!

Avante-Garde Crochet Duck Trials in Miniture.

2010-06-24T19:24:00.010+02:00

Miniture floating duck trial.

Introducing Avant-garde duck.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant-garde

She dared to be different, not only is she half the size of phase one. My reasoning for a smaller size is to fit easiest into a suitcase or envelope for cheaper postage.:-)

Destination..........

Kungsträdgården

And that's Stockholm's city centre , drop off point at the Swan water fountain.

AKA Molins Fountain.

About the park

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kungstr%C3%A4dg%C3%A5rden

Avant didn't have the regular little duck jacket she had three flowers hence the Avant garde:-)

It all started well, until the flowers got wet through and she tipped daring to be different in the occasion was defiantly not for the better.......

Rip little duckling.

Hopefully rescued by a small child that will keep her on the ground as she was not meant for the water.

Is it a case of the little ugly duckling.

OOOp's

A little side ways short video just like Avante adventure.