New system

I have managed to my husband has updated the operating system on my computer so now I won't loose the updates from Google but have at the moment lost access to all my photos so no work in progress at the moment. Apparently I have to move to the US to access my I photo as no updates are available in the UK, hopefully we will find a way round this soon.

For Grace

Close up

 Grace here is a closer view of the piece you wanted to see. I made five of these but two sold. The foliage and colours that the hots springs produced were amazing. Below a few of the photos I took for inspiration.

Surrounding foliage

Surrounding foliage

Three of the Rotorua series

Strode Theatre exhibition

Here are pictures from the exhibition at Strode Theatre, Street - hung today.

My work

Hilary and my work

Hilary Tudgee's work

Hilary

My work - The Tapestry of Life

My work

 A bit difficult to photo as they are quite high, well out of reach of customers in the foyer area with drinks. Street is very close to Glastonbury if any of you are down that way.

My work

Rather an odd piece

Sometimes I wonder where I get the ideas for my work, some pieces are just in my head and want to come out, like this one. I haven't done anything like this before but I did enjoy turning the finished weaving into something different than a flat surface. Its for the exhibition at Strode Theatre which opens next week. It contains herbs and has little bells attached.

Amulet figure

20/20 exhibition

On Wednesday evening I went to the opening of North Somerset Arts 20/20 exhibition, all work had to be 20 x 20cms. A very successful evening, loads of visitors and the exhibition looked great, a brilliant concept and I hope they will repeat it. You can see from my photos how it was laid out and also there are close ups of my pieces. I will be visiting again when its quieter so may get some images of the rest of the exhibition.

Rusted Hearts

Mapping Contours

Pieces for exhibitions

detail

From the shore

detail

The top piece is for an exhibition I am taking part in late July, I am very pleased with this, again I was weaving on a loom where I couldn't see the whole piece so you never quite know what its going to turn out like.
The bottom detail is of a piece I am still working on which is for the exhibition in Street starting early April. The colours are all wrong they are deeper than these, I will post again when it is finished.
I also took two small pieces in today that are for an exhibition opening on Wednesday.
Once the April exhibitions are both on I shall be solely working on the July exhibition which I am really looking forward to and have lots of ideas running around in my head. It is called 'Shoreline'.

Ivy Garland

My neighbour is a bit of a tidy freak, if any plant on my side of the wall reaches the top and pokes over his side he cuts it off, hence my huge ivy garland which is hanging on by a few tendrils.
It looks quite good but I can't imagine its going to hang on for much longer.
 I grow ivy for its berries to provide food for the birds and for shelter for insects and birds.
I am now trying to encourage it to grow in the opposite direction away from his clippers, it will be sad though when this falls down, its about five years of growth and won't do the plants underneath much good when it collapses. I will however have loads of tangled ivy branches to play with.