Postcard from London

People watching at kings cross, originally uploaded by gilfling. Dear blog/blog readers I wish you had been here with me last week. I had a wonderful time with my dad in London. He got the train down from Edinburgh and I got the coach from Nottingham. We walked till our legs and feet ached and [...]

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I am not here….

….nope – you don’t see me. Really I am just popping in for a second….oh ok then I shall stay just a little while… Well I am at that stage where I have so much to do that I have butterflies permanently residing in my tummy and my hands and thoughts are all a flutter! [...]

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Bits and pieces….

Aah tis the weekend and Saturday mornings are for relaxing, eating a healthily cooked breakfast, whilst watching Saturday morning kitchen and the bunnies playing in the garden. I have also been pottering around my vegetable pots and am amazed at how well they are doing. After my disasterous courgette plants that didn’t flower or fruit last [...]

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studio shapshots

studio shapshots, originally uploaded by gilfling.   With an upcoming art market and a local craft fair in June, and an exciting exhibition commencing in July, I am trying to get into the studio as much as possible at the moment. Yesterday I was working my part-time job and had applications for other events to send off, but [...]

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WIP wednesday

WIP wednesday, originally uploaded by gilfling. Another wednesday (how do they come around so quickly?) and another work in progress shot. More clay characters as I have a wee waiting list of places where they need to be….my etsy shop, galleries, and a couple of upcoming exhibitions. I ordered a ‘huge’ batch of clay which arrived this [...]

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Treats……

Wobbly bowls from Roost Living (Photo from Roost Living) With all that is happening in the world and the feeling of being helpless that I think is common to many of us, one thing that I am making sure to do, is to take time to be thankful for small things. To acknowledge the things that [...]

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Oskar

Oskar, originally uploaded by gilfling. A belated hello on this Wednesday! A day full of applications and headaches mean that I am only just popping in before bedtime to show you this little fellow, Oskar, who has also ridden off into the sunset to be part of the Out of this world exhibition in Stafford. [...]

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Ola

Ola, originally uploaded by gilfling. What a day, what a day! Life does not always go to plan, does it? Mark had a day off today and we were to be driving up to Stafford to take my work to the Out of this World Exhibition – I got up early to photograph the newest [...]

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Mosaic Monday 28 Feb 2011

Mosaic Monday 28 Feb 2011, originally uploaded by gilfling. 1. El monje.The monk., 2. il baptiste, 3. an essay on the shaking palsy, 4. Snowdrop, 5. Untitled, 6. julie, 7. round pincushions, 8. when cloth has eyes, 9. line…, 10. self, 11. Dead bird memorials made from fabric scraps and vintage spoons., 12. Steel plates [...]

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Introducing…..

janek , originally uploaded by gilfling. …..Janek. My first hand sculpted character. I had intentions of creating much simpler characters first of all in order to play with the materials and find out how they responded – at least that was my intention… Instead I found myself hurling myself headlong into making a jointed character [...]

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