From the blog:

Tip of my Tongue, Toe of my Pocket.

Posted 17 October 20240 comments

I have some serious fondness for Orcas Paley, they stock my cards and are so friendly. You can tell they just love running their shop. So when they approached me to put a piece in their upcoming show entitled 'Vide Poche' my mind immediately started whirring.

For the exhibitions I made two mobiles; a little one called 'Tip of my Tongue' and a big one called 'Toe of my Pocket'.

I made cut-out illustrations of the kind of things that might gather at the bottom of a pocket: sweet wrappers, combs, twigs, pins, bracelets, pebbles and pencils and set them on brass rods with linen thread.

A coat pocket specifically.

They move beautifully and say something, I think; just softly though.

I loved seeing the trozzle rise slowly up off my desk, like a load of everyday objects had reached enlightenment.

The intrigue spanned the species.

Humpday Update, the third

Posted 16 October 20240 comments

The kids have made this fancy dinner station for Mags, our princess leader.

Would you look at this incredible website!? Gosh

I'm enjoying Ashh Blackwood at the moment, this one is nice. It's a great niche: affirming, uplifting songs. In case you need a bit of that today - this one is also excellent.

I'm seriously into this yeast extract, I cannot tell you how good it is! If you haven't had it before make sure you get some, you can thank me later.

Rachel Eardley's jewellery is really beautiful, I have an oak ring and clover necklace in my basket: can somebody make me buy them please?

Books for the chop

Posted 15 October 20240 comments

Please enjoy this selection of images harvested from a 1970s French cookbook. I shall be using the textures and colours to bring some images to life, here are my thoughts so far, any suggestions welcome.

A fancy domed roof for a small temple
Some frilly sleeves for a dress
A halo
A bush
Glistening planets and carrot stars for a night sky
A beautiful living fish, hiding timidly in some weeds
While these two spritely fish play nearby (oh god, sad)
And this one I'm not so sure. A mountain? And some buttocks?

The Wad

Posted 11 October 20240 comments

Totnes was graced with a visit from The Wad recently (pronounced Wad as in bad, not Wad as in squad).

What a folky dream.

(Our Amelia was dancing)

You should take a look at Lally Macbeth's work - The Folk Archive!The Church Kneeler Archive! and Stone Club.

What a good egg.

Humpday Update, the second

Posted 9 October 20240 comments

Just a little picture of me being a massive hippy at Wasing Estate.

I enjoyed this article and found it very true, even if the title is a tad click-baity

We watched Will and Harper at the weekend and really enjoyed it, you should watch it too.

If you're sat down watching a film why not stuff some controversial crisps in your mouth. Ok, they're not that controversial it's just that some people don't like them. Those people are losers. In my humble opinion.

In case you need another word game in your life; I enjoyed Alphaguess.

On a darker note, I found this article on the Wim Hof case really well written, it's interspersed with the views of domestic Violence experts as well as testimony from all parties. It's a harrowing read.

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