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Well that sure turned our lifestyle on it head didn't it ........

Life can change in the blink of an eye- or in my case - in the last few seconds of a catch up call with my youngest daughter. There isn't a need for details here but long story short - We've upped and moved house back to the Midlands, we've sold the motorhome and are no longer part-time travellers. There, when it's said quickly it all sounds so simple. The impact upon this particular little slice of the internet is that I no longer have a studio and any work I do is definitely no longer done under the arms of a gorgeous old oak tree. However, as it took me soooooooooo very long to come up with a name for my little practise I've decided it can stay as is for now. Also for the time being my cards will continue to be stocked in Knighton and the plan is to look for additional outlets in my new locality. My mojo, however, is something else entirely. Actually that is probably better described as lack of mojo and having half my 'stuff' still packe...

We're on the road again

I'm currently still skipping from one medium to another and we're now back on the road again so inevitably I'll be wanting to pursue something I don't have the equipment for. I seem to have packed a small print studio so really that genre should be my focus - I don't appear to have quite got there yet 😃 I'm still tatting, as I call it. The art above, as yet untitled, belongs to the tatting category. The original resides in one of my new handmade books. Like the book, it's not perfect but I am rather pleased with it. I also finally decided upon a use for the smaller of the two books I made in my workshop. I'm using it as a little glimmers or gratitude book and will intersperse the writing with tidbits of art like the one below. In other news, a recent printmaking course will hopefully be inspiring me on the intaglio and relief printing fronts - hence the packing choices. One of the techniques explored did result in this lovely new range of cards...

Replenish and Rejuvenate

Our lifestyle choice of traveling for 3 months or so at a time does sometimes stifle my creative flow sadly. At least I think its that - maybe it's just me lol. Either way it is good to get to grips with a new skill every so often and so last week found me sat with a lovely girl in Shrewsbury where she taught me the art of bookbinding. I've had my eye on this for a while and have 'saved' quite a number of Instagram posts on this very subject. However, for once, I have refrained from buying ANY equipment until I had tried it out with an experienced book binder. At this point I must introduce Naomi of Briar Rose Books . I contacted Naomi following a post of hers on Instagram/Facebook advertising a workshop that I really fancied but couldn't make the date. She didn't have any future dates planned at the time but did offer me a one to one session at her studio. Fast forward to earlier this week where I spent a fabulous 5 hours c...

Snaps

I'm working away slowly in the background on a few bits and pieces so I thought I'd just share some photos. In no particular order. Drop me a line if you're interested in anything

Our House

I had a little session in the studio a couple of days ago with the main aim of producing a birthday card for one of our grand daughters'. That session proved to be successful and the outcome was both the required card and a new one for my 5 x 7 range (which I have already printed out and used for an 18th birthday card too) As a result of this session I do also have a small series of acrylic paintings that I've played around with in a digital mock up in order to test how best to frame them. I'm really liking how they might look. Not sure whether to stick with black frames or try white and oak - we shall see. Firstly though, I need to cut the mounts accurately which is always a challenge. I'm intending to make these two originals available from Walkmill @no 7 over the next week or so, always presuming I can cut the mounts correctly of course. Thanks for reading Wendy xx

It's always nice when .....

It's always nice to make a sale, or two as is the case this week, which is an absolutely fantastic feeling - especially after a small hiatus . Firstly, one of the affordable art prints sold in Rebel Vintage, closely followed by a little original hand painted print in Walkmill @no7. I have replaced both but annoyingly I keep forgetting to take photos (or scans) of the originals before I send them off. Helen has very kindly sent me a photo of 'Summer' in situ. This is the new little hand painted print that she now has in stock. Summer 1/1 HPP - £18 Sadly I don't think I have a photo of the previous one that sold to share with you. They are both a linocut print that has then been hand painted in watercolours before being mounted and then framed in these gorgeous dinky black wood frames. This was my second carving of our spring trip and I really enjoyed being able to carve whilst on the road. I only packed a cheap black relief p...

Affordable Art

Navy Jug 2/20 - Mounted - A digital print of an original acrylic painting - £12.50 I absolutely love playing with new mediums and trying out new techniques but these things cost money. I do try very hard to be self sufficient in my art practise and on the whole I don't do too badly, but I do need to sell some products in order to fund my habit. To that end I have taken a few pieces of very affordable art into another fabulous shop in Knighton, called Rebel Vintage . As you can imagine with the shop name, they do sell a plethora of wonderful pre-loved items alongside some new pieces. The lovely Claire has taken 4 framed and 2 mounted prints to sell for me. I'm so excited to be selling somewhere new (to me), fingers crossed that they're well received. Please take the time to have a look at Rebel Vintage , I've linked to their facebook page to help you find them easily. In the meantime this post contains images o...