Skiving

A day out at aqwa.  Lovely looking at all the fish without actually getting wet!

And my Collograph printing lesson was SO cool.  No prints as yet but I have started making my first plate, maybe a print to show next Monday.

Beginning with Art

The I Spy team blog is up and running.  To take a look click here

Juggling

At the moment work is just one big juggle of lovebirds, owls and giant cream squirrels….. 

I have to make a decision on wether to clad my owls feet in knitted mittens, or is that just silly…..  

And just to add to the chaos I am starting a Collograph Printing course on the weekend.  I think it will be great, just very, very bad timing.

High and low

New cute owls and a silly old dog.

Tick tock tick tock…….

The I Spy exhibition is creeping up on us rather rapidly – eek!  We had another exhibitionist’s meeting on the weekend to sort out stuff like invitations, press releases etc and do a bit of a show and tell and photo shoot.  I am not giving anything away about anyone elses work right now, as they will be able to do that themselves when we set up a team blog – yay!!

Sam’s Fox

Oooo what a great start to the day, my fab foxy owl print by zombification queen Samantha Hughes has arrived!

Fierce Ed

” Grrrrrrrr……grrrrrrrrr……. grrrrrrrrrr ………grrrrrrr…………RAH RAH RAH”

This is Fierce Ed.  He does not like you and is not pleased to meet you. 

So, the first of my new batch of creatures.  Lots more embroidery, which is taking ages and making the end of my finger go numb, but I think the different textures look cool and after all its quality not quantity right?

Happy Australia day folks!

Murder Most Foul

Yes, I know, welcome back to Bird World, but look at this.  See that bird at the back, thats a Sparrow Hawk and see the feathers beneath it, that was a Dove.  A murder committed in my very own front garden, and although very gruesome it was certainly a sight to see. Mr. Hawk is extremely handsome with his striped rusty feathers and his BIG  yellow eyes. 

On a completely different note I will hopefully be able to show you my latest creations tomorrow.  I have been working on a new batch of felt creatures all of last week rolling and pounding my wool despite the heat. So today is embroidery day, stitching on eyes and noses and teeth.

Tomato soup days

Or more like ”hot hot”.  With temperatures at nearly 43c for the last couple of days it has been like wandering around in hot tomato soup.  These Butcher Birds and Rainbow Lorikeets have got it right though, hanging out by the pool.

Never too old for Smarties

A very grown up cake for a very grown up lady! Happy BIG birthday Clare!! xx