Tulip Farm

This is the National Geographic photo of the day.  It is a tulip farm in Tasmania.
I have visited Tasmania and thought it was one of the most beautiful places i have had the pleasure of travelling to in the world.

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'Aerial view from a helicopter of the tulip field at the Table Cape Tulip Farm on Table Cape, near Wynyard, on the North West Coast of Tasmania. It was Blooming Tulips Festival Day at Wynyard and fortunately for me and my six-year-old grandson, the helicopter operator was selling 15 minute joy-flights. On the left-hand end of the rows of tulips you can see some of the visitors to the farm's open day'

This reminds me of colour thread wrapping,

Kirsteen Aubrey

Kirsteen Aubrey is a glass artist based in Manchester who has an exhibition in the MMU Special Collections Library at the moment.  This is open to the public ... so not limited to university students and staff.

Drawing

exploring colour

I have been working on some thread wraps and exploring colour over the past few weeks.  It is in an interesting exercise and really focusses the mind!

Fairy lights

I realise that winter is on my doorstep when i switch my fairy lights on at 5pm!  I bought these a few years ago from Hannah Nunn and they are timeless.

Suet Yi

I saw Suet Yi's work recently at the Northern Contemporary Craft Fair. She is a recent graduate from the Decorative Arts course at Nottingham Trent University.   I thought her work was infused with a sense of silence, delicacy and whimsy.  She has spent a lot of time travelling through Japan  and this influence is evident in her work.  Her little landscapes of birds and trees were delightful.

Terracota Plates with drawings of children

Raindrops

Her latest work is the 'raindrops' series.  As mentioned on her website she

'wanted to capture a single moment in time in the rain .... something simple but timeless".  

Chill out weekend

Something wonderful for the weekend J P Cooper.  The quality of the video is not great but just close you eyes and enjoy!

Hadieh Shafie

10250 pages  2011
Ink and paper with handwritten and printed Farsi text 'love'

I have just discovered Hadieh's work.  Sublime!!

A constant element of my work has been the significance of process, repetition and time all rooted in the influence of Islamic art & craft.

Flight 2011