One week to go….

Well the countdown begins… Exactly one week tomorrow I will be leaving the house at 3.45 am (oh gosh!!!) and making my way to the airport to begin my journey to Eunique in Karlsruhe, Germany. At the moment I feel so nervous, worried that I will not get everything done but there is nothing else [...]

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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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Introducing Benno

Hello! There will be lots of short in-progress blog posts coming up as I am in full swing preparing work to take to Germany so I will be posting from my phone and resisting getting lost in the cavernous world wide web! Just over a month to go and an exhibition and an arts trail [...]

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Over the sea …..

Just a really quick post today as I am on my way up to my studio but I have a wee bit of exciting news. I have been selected as part of a group of Design Factory members who will be exhibiting at The International Art and Craft Fair in Karlsruhe in Germany this May 2012. Eunique is [...]

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A clumsy return….

Lustre, Nov 2011, originally uploaded by gilfling. Again…. so, so very long since I have blogged. So easy as it is to get out of the habit, to worry that I am boring you, repetition of the same old, same old stories. But I am back and we shall see what I have to share…………. [...]

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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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Holmfirth Art Market

Hello there! I will be posting my usual flickr monday mosaic later on today but I wanted to start the week with a wee post about the Holmfirth Art Market which I was exhibiting at yesterday. We had the intention of travelling up to Yorkshire early on Saturday morning but I made the last minute [...]

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Lydia

Lydia, originally uploaded by gilfling. Hello! Well this week I have been staying off the computer as much as possible in order to forge on ahead with preparations for the Art Market this Sunday. I have been sculpting, painting, sewing, embroidering, stringing, painting display boards and so it goes on! Above is Lydia – the [...]

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Waiting….

Waiting…., originally uploaded by gilfling. … for some finishing touches…. I have been working the weekend away, making slow progress, or so it seems…. But things are really coming together now and I have a wee community of fellows just needing hands and a final putting together before they can join their friends. Tomorrow I [...]

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