Making St Ives holiday sketchbook

 I am putting together a holiday sketchbook of St Ives. I didn't do much drawing while away but it is all in my head mulling around. This time I am stitching in postcards, gallery leaflets, photos and any other collected material so I can use it for inspiration at any time.

Yesterday I had a good time splashing around paint and making feather prints. I am working on the pages separately then stitching a few together when they are completed.

Barbara Hepworth Sculpture garden.

Images and reflections from Barbara Hepworths garden in St Ives.

St Ives

I have been on holiday in St Ives for a glorious week- totally in love with the place.These vessels are by Jack Doherty- a multi-site exhibition called Waypoint. The vessels are in 2 tiny chapels one on the island, St Nicholas' chapel, one in St Leonards Chapel on Smeatons pier- in the picture above and one on the Wharf- a fishermens lodge. The tiny chapels for fishermens prayers before they went to sea." Pray some fishes and a safe dry bed."

Needlecases finished

The needlecases made up- they contain a felt page for needles and pins and a pocket for scissors and thread.

S.I.T. select showcase Oct 2015

I am stitching in circles for a 2 hour workshop on 23rd Oct at Cheltenham Town Hall for SIT select . We will be making a needlecase and looking at different stitches to fill the circles. Visit www.sitselect.org to book a place. Lots to see and do over the weekend 23-25th Oct.

Feathers from Newark Park

 Fridays feathers

Sundays collection.
 For a long time I have been meaning to walk down the carriage drive at Newark Park and do one of the longer walks on their map. On Sunday we did the red walk. Down the drive and back up a glorious valley with sheep, pheasants and cattle in the fields. Quite steep in places. We ended up back by the lake. I wanted to look out for birds of prey and we were lucky to see buzzards, a kite and a smaller bird of prey-possibly kestrel. The feathers are mostly peacock. We saw a peahen with a chick on the wall of the walled garden. I am thinking of researching falconry which would fit in with the hunting lodge theme.

Visit to Newark Park

A glorious day out yesterday at Newark Park N.T. Ozleworth to look for inspiration for the next BB exhibition in June. I was looking for birds real and in pictures or sculpture etc.