Quilters Cottage Norfolk

Wednesday, 7 April 2010

Pentney and Norfolk's Future Artists

Just look at these artists and their art!

Everyone different too!

They got to choose to create from,

'The Hungry Caterpilla'

'Cars'

'Space'

'Super Heroes'

'Football'

and

Butterflies.

Well done all of you and I look forward to the next workshop in the Summer.

Art Workshop at Pentney

Today I gave the Moveable Art Board workshop at Pentney. There were 26 children in total age ranging from 4 to 14 yrs old. Everyone had a wonderful time. Thank you to Sue and her helpers for assisting and making it a great success.

The Tuck Shop cakes and biscuits were homemade and delicious.

Tuesday, 6 April 2010

Catepilla's on Parade

These Hungry caterpilla's are on Parade ready for tomorrows workshop. I now have over 20 children attending, so have had to put together a lot more pack ups. This is the reason for all these cheeky caterpilla's. I have had such fun preparing the different theme boards.

Visit again to see more of the art boards and how they were recieved by future artist's!

Carol's Quillo Together

Carol and I layered her Quillo together this morning and then Carol planned her squares for the Cushion to put on the back of the Quillo.

I gave Carol a lesson on Machine free-machining. She's hooked and I feel a new machine is coming into view for Carol's Birthday!!!

See more of my Quillo's and quilting on my website.

http://www.art2inspire.co.uk/

Tuesday at The Gallery 6th April 2010

Pat is developing her mixed media techniques by making an Angel artwork for a special gift. She has also made a card out of the practice background papers and fabrics.This angel is really coming along well as you can see.

My residency at the Gallery is such a pleasure and you never know what sort of art people want to come and try.

I love the serendipity of the experience.

See more of what goes on at The Gallery

http://www.thegallerydereham.co.uk/

Jenn Reading

We had a lovely Easter Sunday with the Family. We all descended on Grandma and Grandad in Brightlingsea for Easter Lunch.

Here Jenn is reading to her cousins, Aaron on the left and Lewis, who is Aaron's brother and Jenn's Godson. He thinks she's wonderful and is firmly attached!!!

The Mini's came in the Easter Eggs, they are really cool!

See Jenn's website for what she gets up too!

http://www.jenniferroseclark.blogspot.com/

Undercoat for The Settle

First undercoat painted on the prepared settle. I think I am going to keep it white because I have bright and colourful patchwork cushions in mind. I have brought a new seat foam pad and I think that will go patchwork too!

A total revamp.

Keep visiting to see the patchwork additions to my favourite conservatory seat.

Preparation Saturday

Spring is really here at Quilters Cottage because not only are we tidying the garden but this is is what we do on a rainy Saturday morning ! Sand and clean down the Settle from the conservatory ready for painting.

This photograph was taken in Stewart's Studio. This studio overlooks the Monk's Secret Garden. It is a 30 foot by 12 foot log cabin which was originally mine until I moved into my new one near the house last year.

Is'nt he tidy?!!!!!!!

Friday, 2 April 2010

The Hungry Caterpilla

This is one of the new boards I have made to demonstrate the different techniques that can be used on the art boards. I have used lots of recyled elements and some of the new goodies!

As you can see it is based on one of my favourite stories I used to read to Jenn and at school.

The Hungry Caterpilla is cut out of a napkin and glued to card.

The flowers move and the ladybird goes up and down her leaf.

I will show you some of the others as I re- furbish them adding more elements of movement.

Children can be very keen critics about techniques

and they have to be do- able, really quickly.

Art Workshop Goodies

Look at these goodies! I brought them to help me with an artworkshop I am doing next week,as a Norfolk Community Artist.

It is an art morning for a children 5-11 year olds at a local village hall.

I have been making more artworks with moveable sections on them as demonstration pieces and improving art games from prevous sessions.

Textile Workbox

The Gallery Dereham is needing storage for all the textile threads, bobbins,needles,pins and scissors etc.
The thought was a piece of furniture that looks like a large textile workbox. This piece of furniture was in Stewart's studio. Stewart put a shelf and rail at the bottom, to allow workboxes to go underneath and put casters on the bottom so it can be moved around easily.

It now needs painting and "do a Jane on it", these were Judy's words!

So I will post as it goes through it's transformation!

http://www.thegallerydereham.co.uk/

Business Cards

I have had a really busy and interesting week.

I had to pick up another lot of business cards from Prontoprint in Kings Lynn on Wednesday.

I am still using the Blue Moon image as it has been so well recieved.

It was also The Embroidery Guild meeting.

The stitch challenge was announced. The stitches and rules for each stitch were all put in a bag and we had to pick them out by lucky dip. I got blanket stitch, random size in a circle.

We've got until May meeting to complete our square so they can all be put together for the Exhibition at the Museum.

See my website for the original artwork.

http://www.art2inspire.co.uk/