Thursday 30 October 2008

The railway tunnel under the Mersey




*!* what a week ...


not going to bore you but ... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggghhh




phew that's better


problem is I am a bit temperamental (don't snicker)


I will sulk


for days


longer


lifetimes


FINIS




will look for a distracting couple of pix now


ciao xxx

Wednesday 29 October 2008

Mercury
















Hail frost ice or snow





whither thou goest I will go










Late post





just another autumn day





although th icy grip of winter isn't





too far away

Tuesday 28 October 2008

the long and winding road













ok back to some pixellating pix
me on the way home tonight
photo through a window in liverpool on the day that yoko's exhibition was closed
one of them lambananas...











Monday 27 October 2008

Turning the tides








pix of my prints from college (not unfortunately in natural dyes)
plus the ice floe collage again as I so want to texture my hat with it

Sunday 26 October 2008

salute to the Sun


British summer time is over and the clocks have gone backwards one hour

Warm and cosy indoors

going to work on my sketchbook tonight to try to keep up to date
and the picture is...

A depiction of SkaĆ°i by Carl Frederick von Saltza from Fredrik Sander's 1893 edition of the Poetic Edda.

Saturday 25 October 2008

Saturn's day

Already wearing my dancing shirt
will have to be the new Prada T shirt later on
Completely soaked in Norse mythology now
(found a snoe shoe goddess)
am going to make a felt hat with a Viking and ice theme
if it turns out OK it will be my new Winter hat
well that's the plan...

Friday 24 October 2008

Week 7 at college


Freya's day (oops it's Frigg's actually) get your facts right love

Getting our sketchbooks up to date today

Ripping , placing , sticking, reading and writing

A day to go kicking up leaves

a gift of chocolate mmm...

charity shop silk scarf @ 50 pennies

Prada T shirt ! £1.50

cafe au lait cotton blouse for dancing in £2.50

ahh...

Thursday 23 October 2008

Thor's day

off to Cambridge for a day trip soon
will be a late night before college
my new Viking book is excellent
The Viking World by James Graham-Campbell
A4 size with fabulous full colour prints and illustrations

Wednesday 22 October 2008

Rune poem

Ice is bark of rivers
and roof of the wave
and destruction of the doomed

Tuesday 21 October 2008

to be or not to be...

my new books are in the post office waiting to be picked up
guilt is an ugly word
have another busy week ahead so textile and art stuff will have to wait for Friday
am not letting go of my snow bees though... no no no way
need to keep my vision clear in my mind and allow it to develop organically
may have to stop surfing for a while and focus
get out of my own way (so to speak)..

Monday 20 October 2008

Mellow but mildly irritating Monday

Mmm...
Three gifts today
a pile of shells collected in St Lucia
a pear
and a caramel slice
what can it all mean?

Sunday 19 October 2008

An Autumnal Sunday

My mind is still full of little bits of cut up silks today
last week got so busy I never made it to the Courboisier exhibition
it is still on the list though
I did manage two whole days of doing arty stuff so life can't be too bad
Art is keeping me sane
For anybody who is interested (They) are in the bedroom sleeping on top of my clean laundry next to the radiator - cat heaven

Saturday 18 October 2008

textured surfaces in felt




Great course today - got a snap of a bee on the way there

made three pieces of felt and then printed and dipped one in indigo

sprinkled it with silk slivers first

realising how addicted to colour I am

cats are being a bit bossy at the moment - but excessively cute too so i can't complain

Friday 17 October 2008

Week 6 at college

We did collographs today and I loved it

did loads of work plus more rasta colours that I can't stay away from

lots of prow curl prints and even some bees thrown in for luck

no camera and course in Wales tomorrow so this will be brief

collected another couple of hydrangea flowers... nice one.. and a pearl bead

organised all my bits for textured surfaces in felt

now i just need to get up in time

jools and tom are crooning on the tele

suki is on my bed

sid is mithering me to go too

Thursday 16 October 2008

college tomorrow
must dig out some needles and threads etc

Wednesday 15 October 2008

Spiders and Cranes



ok all i have tonight are spiders and cranes
little Sid watching my fingers type
Suki is mooching about in the background

Tuesday 14 October 2008

its getting better all the time

I bored you with the details
sorry
still... onwards and upwards
would love to go on a short trip to Oslo to see the churches and museums
churches for the architecture
might have to settle for day trip to the viking museum in york
if that
i can dream
boy can i dream
back to Liverpool Thursday or Friday for the Courboisier exhibition in the basement of the catholic cathedral in Liverpool
paddy's wigwam
that's the plan
Suki has been a bit sick tonight. think i might wean her off the fish and Felix
Sid is fine
i have levelled out a little

Monday 13 October 2008

not a good un


Oh dearie me... one of those days when you know you should just have stayed in bed

up, earlyish, ok so far

slight altercation in car park with new neighbour and boyfriend with attitude

drove round corner for milk

knock on car window re flat tyre :(

illegally parked :*)

de dum de dum dedum

2hrs of tyre fixing ****

got to work

milk spilled in bottom of rucksack

growl

not one of my better days

did loads more research at work though

about the three styles of Viking Art

got some photocopies done.... checked out the ryanair prices to Oslo :)

primary research doncha know

they will sack me one day if i am lucky

here's a pic of Bidston Hill where the Viking fertility symbol is

now that is Primary research

Sid says hello by the way

Sunday 12 October 2008

need more sleep now




Sunday is the day of rest and in my case recovery



not really organised for work tomorrow but as long as I get a relatively early night I will be OK



pictures are a view from my window and the cats


of course

Saturday 11 October 2008

Week 5 College






Photo postings from college

ran out of steam yesterday

going to get some netting to make some snow bees next week

plus needles, silk threads and whatever else I can find

Friday 10 October 2008

He doesn't know how much i love him

Another late night.
Great day at college. Did textile ice floes in cotton wool seas. And felt prows from viking longships plus a rice paper flower. Mmm snowflakes. Winter draws on :)
Charcoal outlines and glue.
Plus a gift (found object) from the flower arranging class of another hydrangea flower in the most amazing colours.
Being a true flower child of the sixties ( born Liverpool 1960) you can't get me away from my flowers very easily

Thursday 9 October 2008

Woman






throw me a scrap of information and

like a little tasmanian devil i carry it off snarling and yapping to devour


pinky ochre ? rrright

minerals, earth, wikipedia then somehow???

to snowball earth theory and

whoops i am right back in Norway with the snow queen, snow bees (:)) and

a little ice nugget


snaps are "Skyladders" by Yoko Ono on display in the old bombed out church

beautiful autumn day

offensive drunk on the train there but i gave him one of my twisted sister looks and he left me alone

Wednesday 8 October 2008

Lovely Lou

off to try to catch the Yoko Ono installation tomorrow
again
going in my lunch time, whilst also picking up some rice paper from Rennie's Art Shop
going to do some Viking boat shapes in natural dyes
hopefully i will get the snaps i am after

Tuesday 7 October 2008

happiness is


sorry am multi tasking at the moment

which in my case means not concentrating

could only post five photos last night


geese or swans flying overhead .. loads of them

we must be on some sort of bird superhighway


i don't think they are fed up with the camera yet

i use them like an anchor in the great big river of life

Monday 6 October 2008

Weekend catch up






OK amazingly I was up too early on Saturday ... (Yes you did hear right)
the Yoko Ono installation was still locked up

you would have needed a ladder to see it :)

so it is a photojournal of my morning

i had to go back for an afternoon nap

of course


there is little sign of the cats tonight as the heating is on
no... I can hear Suki feeding noisily in the background

Sunday 5 October 2008

Sunday Post

Energy levels low today, weather cold and wintry already. Need to get some shut eye in time for work tomorrow.
Bought books on Vikings, Man Ray, Ibsen and feltmaking. My next felt class is saturday october the 18th. Textured surfaces in felt.
I will have to prepare some silks and wools to take with me.
must go now. Sid needs my undivided attention
bye

Saturday 4 October 2008

party time

will tell you tomorrow about my trip to the Yoko Ono installation today
Saturday night has arrived

Friday 3 October 2008

Week 4 at college







ahh a good but tiring day where if you slow down ....


i have so much to do and so little time


it is the season of my discontent

The QE2 is in liverpool for the last time tonight before being de-commissioned the last shot is the fireworks as she sails out of the mersey... ahh well i will look at the others tomorow night
ciao




















I have to listen to some grieg now ... via you tube of course



here's today's collage frottage cardi thingy

Thursday 2 October 2008

Eyelines not skylines



Blogging facilities were a little restricted this evening and I still need to do some organising and printing for tomorrows class

Found Yoko's blog today online whilst looking for pictures of the ladders exhibition

maybe i can make a little textile ladder for the site. She has been advertising for people to bring their old ladders to the site.

Well it's conceptual and I love it

YES

is the answer

and you know that for sure


wish the light show lit up the three ferry sites like a surreal triangle ......

sid is watching my fingers type. He wants to lie on the keyboard again to keep warm

poor little love

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Wednesday 1 October 2008

The Liver Birds


computers for the terrified

i think that is me tonight

need to do some printing for the collage session at college on Friday

also print out some stuff on Elsa Schiaparelli too