tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22736401284983558682024-03-14T10:04:08.261+00:00Sweet PandemoniumMusings on Life, Art, Moggies, Mermaids and more.Folkestone Harbour Yarnistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001244794449076931noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2273640128498355868.post-73425651290745898362015-06-15T18:09:00.000+01:002015-06-15T18:09:29.219+01:00Anchors Aweigh Quilt<div style="text-align: center;">
I made a version of Tula Pink's 'Anchors Aweigh' quilt for my Mothers birthday. </div>
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It is basically the same pattern, but I changed the scale from 2" blocks to 1.5" blocks as the finished quilt would have been too large for storage on the boat my parents bought when they retired. <a href="http://static1.squarespace.com/static/53d7f56ae4b050a215420a9d/t/54b7fc10e4b0ac034b199919/1421343760422/AnchorsAweigh.pdf" target="_blank">Here's a link</a> to the free quilt pattern.</div>
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I also designed my own 'seascape' quilting, rather than the recommended pattern.</div>
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The other elements, such as the '<a href="http://www.tulapink.com/salt-water/" target="_blank">Salt Water</a>' fabric or the grey and white cotton I basically kept the same as the pattern, although I used some Calico Laine plain fabrics instead of the recommended Kona cotton.</div>
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I have wanted to do a nautical quilt for a while, as I live by a working harbour, and Tula's design was perfect for this. The quilt took me about 6 months to complete (It was quite labour intensive so I paced myself, in between other projects).</div>
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A view of beautiful sunny Folkestone Harbour and some of the fishing/leisure craft at anchor. </div>
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The local fishermen were quite curious as to what I was doing with their crates and other paraphernalia. Obviously I didn't go down there during their peak working hours!</div>
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Here's how the quilt turned out:</div>
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I photographed it on the jetty at Folkestone Harbour.</div>
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Some close ups of the front:</div>
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A quilted Jellyfish.</div>
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A Seahorse. </div>
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Seashells, seaweed, a 'mermaids purse' and gravel on the sea bed. </div>
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A Crab sitting on the Anchor. </div>
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And the reverse:</div>
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The Jellyfish again. It doesn't show up too well in these photos but for the back I used a variegated blue thread for the quilting.</div>
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A close up of the Crab </div>
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The bottom back showing the sea bed, including shells, rocks, seaweed, starfish, mermaids purse and fish.</div>
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Note that the name of the boat is hand embroidered into a 'Salt Water' square at the bottom centre of the border. </div>
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The backing was extra wide Klona cotton in a lovely baby blue, bordered by leftover 'Salt Water' blocks. I used a simple grey binding so as not to distract from the detail of the quilt.</div>
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PS: My Mum loved it, and it has already been to France and back! </div>
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PPS: I have re-started my blog 'Random Thoughts of a Bored Artist' with some changes <a href="http://randomthoughtsofaboredartist.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Check it out. I have upgraded it to COLOUR and here's a peek of the kind of thing you'll be seeing:</div>
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I fell in love with this quilt pattern 'Jazz Hands' from <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Material-Obsession-Modern-Traditional-Pattern/dp/1584798807" target="_blank">Material Obsession 2</a> by Kathy Doughty & Sarah Fielke. It's a fantastic book which has a wide range of modern designs based on traditional quilting blocks. In this book the two designers begin with the same starting point (the same block, the same fabric, the same technique & so on) and come up with two different versions of each quilt idea. It really effectively shows how one quilt block can be used with different settings/borders/colour choices etc to create completely different quilts.</div>
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<a href="http://www.sarahfielke.com/" target="_blank">Sarah Fielke</a>'s original 'Jazz Hands' pattern was (as the image above shows) quite bright and contains pretty much the full colour spectrum.</div>
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For my version I had already decided to work in a limited palette inspired by <a href="http://www.fancymoon.co.uk/fox-gloves-grey-cotton-fabric-by-philip-jacobs-rowan-westminster.html" target="_blank">Philip Jacobs 'Fox Gloves' fabric</a> in the grey/dark colour way as I was completely in love not just with the elegant design but the way the dusky pinks, olive, bluey-purple and creams work with the grey and black background.</div>
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I've been working on this quilt for about 11 months. I started last spring but finished this March (2015) as quilting isn't a very summery activity, and besides, there's so much else to do down here by the sea in the warmer months! I had already raided my stash for suitable fabrics but couldn't resist picking up some more at the April '14 Selvedge fair in Chelsea whilst on a day out with my Art College friend Jo. Here's a selection of the fabrics I had pulled out to fit the colour theme I was going for:</div>
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There's quite a lot of Kaffe Fassett Collective designs, plus the required stripes, spots and blenders. I added a few Tula Pink, Liberty, Art Gallery and Joel Dewberry fabrics, all cottons (note: I ended up not using all of them but as I didn't know exactly how each hexagon block would be put together It was useful to have a wide range to choose from).</div>
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The quilt is made up of 12 hexagon blocks, each consisting of 72 kite shaped pieces. The general rule was that the centre contained stripes leading the eye into the centre, the centre ring was a bold 'feature' fabric, the next ring was made up from two patterns complementing the centre and the outer points of the star were another dramatic fabric, followed by a gentle outer ring of a lighter or neutral coloured fabric. Of course I didn't always stick to this rule as it was really interesting to see how different colours and patterns affected the look of the hexagon.</div>
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I also did some fussy cutting to highlight certain parts of prints and play with the symmetry they created (such as the Tula Pink trees in the centre of the top right hex and the Liberty Ianthe print just visible in the points of the bottom right hex).</div>
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Some close ups of 'fussy cutting' to show off various patterns.</div>
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It was really fun to play with the different effects the prints and colours created, and I ended up with 11 full hexagons and 2 half hexagons (one hex was due to be cut in half at the top and bottom of the centre strip) for the final quilt. I could have gone on making hexagons forever, but only had enough backing fabric for the planned 12 hex quilt.</div>
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Here are the 11 complete hexes:</div>
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I tried various different layouts trying to get the right 'balance' in the quilt. Here are 2 of the many versions (neither of which are the final outcome), laid out on the floor with the framing strips to try and get the full effect:</div>
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Once I had pieced together the hexagons and framing strips in the same fox gloves fabric as the back I added a border made from the leftover dots, as per the pattern. Somehow it didn't seem quite right, so I added a second border of pale warm grey cotton which seemed to work. Here's Studio Cat giving a relaxed nod to the new addition pre-quilting. </div>
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After narrowing it down to 3, including a fabulous but risky cobalt blue, I eventually played it safe with a black and dusky pink Michael Miller 'Garden Pindot' print, which perfectly matched the fox gloves fabric. I like making my own bias binding from strips of cotton instead of buying it ready made as it gives me so many more options, plus I made the binding extra wide for this quilt to show off the lovely dot design.</div>
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To finish it off, I fully hand quilted it in an amethyst colour Perle no 8 which matched the bluey-purple in the backing fabric. I followed the pattern for the hexies and the dotty border which basically echoed the outline of each ring of kites, and added an extra line of stitches in the thin border strips running up the centre of the quilt. </div>
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Ps: <a href="http://www.kentnews.co.uk/blogs/five_reasons_i_think_folkestone_is_a_great_place_to_live_1_3985166" target="_blank">Here's</a> a great little blog post about why it is so Fab to live down here in the south coast beside the seaside!</div>
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Today a friend put out a 'casting call' for someone to illustrate a story he had written for<a href="http://www.allhallowsread.com/" target="_blank"> Neil Gaiman's 'All Hallows Read'</a> project.</div>
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“Mummmmm! There’s a Shoggoth under the bed!”</div>
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And if you're looking for a scary book to give someone, I'd recommend Lisa Richardson's fantastic Zombie Apocalypse novel<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blog-Dead-Sophie-Lisa-Richardson-ebook/dp/B00CSS71FY" target="_blank"> 'Blog of the Dead - Sophie',</a> which is available for kindle for just £1.91 at the moment.</div>
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Funnily enough, also illustrated by Yours Truly!</div>
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Ally Pally is always a delight, so I thought I'd share with you some of the amazing suppliers and artists I saw there. This post will be mainly photos, and I will try to include links to the people I am talking about.<br />
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My Best supplier find was <a href="http://www.tendanceruban.fr/" target="_blank">Tendence Ruban</a>, a french company who seem to be the European arm of American ribbon manufacturer Renaissance Ribbons. You can very rarely find these supplied in the UK, so to find the whole range available on line and without humongous US postal charges is amazing.<br />
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They make Jacquard woven ribbon in incredible designs and have well known names such as Tula Pink, Kaffe Fassett and Anna Maria Horner on board, producing ribbons that complement their fabric ranges. The ribbon is not cheap, but is well worth it as a special finish for a project. I was particularly pleased to find the Kaffe Fassett Teal & Yellow clouds!</div>
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Another amazing find was this lace zip from the <a href="http://www.eternalmaker.com/decorative-lace-zips" target="_blank">Eternal Maker</a> stand (I admit I've never really bothered to look at their web shop properly). Super cute and in loads of colours, I bought this cream one, and will find something super cute to put it on.</div>
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I bought a couple of skeins of their beautifully soft Baby Merino Lace, although I could have easily bought more! (I was muttering to myself "I must have some restraint..." whilst browsing their stall, and the woman standing next to me said "Restraint? Then why come here!!").</div>
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It's difficult to show you how intense these colours are on a computer screen, but the 2 shades are 'Fuchsia' and 'Intenso'.<br />
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I fully intended to visit <a href="http://www.edencottageyarns.co.uk/PBCPPlayer.asp?ID=1181477" target="_blank">Eden Cottage Yarns</a>, in fact I had a shopping list as I'm going to knit <a href="http://katedaviesdesigns.com/" target="_blank">Kate Davies Designs</a> '<a href="http://katedaviesdesigns.com/designs/paper-dolls/" target="_blank">Paper Dolls</a>' fair isle top (Image below) and knew that their gorgeous semi-solid colour hand dyed 4 ply would do the job perfectly!<br />
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I bought Tempo 4 Ply (75% wool 25% nylon) in charcoal for the main part of the top, the dolls will be done in the natural yarn (Tempo again), I already had a skein of Pendle 4 Ply (100% Superwash Merino) in Hazel colourway which I will use for the waist, neck & sleeve ribbing, and the Plum MiniPendle skein will be for the classic fair isle OXO pattern. I don't think the above photo does the colours any justice at all, but I'm sure I'll post something about the finished top at some point.</div>
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Last but not least, I had to include some photos of the <a href="http://www.jamiesonsofshetland.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jamieson's of Shetland</a> stand simply for the way they displayed their amazing range of DK & Spindrift yarn!<br />
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Kate Morris from <a href="http://www.bedroomfactoryknits.co.uk/" target="_blank">Bedroom Factory Knits</a><br />
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She had these two amazing jumpers on show, I love the lobster and flowers still life (I'm not sure if I'm brave enough to wear it, but it's an awesome take on the picture sweater theme). These are hand made on a vintage knitting machine, not made by some amazing computer programmable machine, so I'm sure you can appreciate the cleverness and complexity of these multicolour designs.</div>
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However, I WOULD wear one of her Creature Knits, for example this Amazeballs Giraffe scarf, and If I has the £££'s would love to commission her to do a dachshund or a black panther (in the style of my little House Panther Herman!)<br />
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On the stand next door was Olivia Hunter who didn't have any business cards left, but I have found a site featuring a wide selection of her designs <a href="http://www.nisbettandgeorge.com/oliviahunter" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Called 'Oodles and Oodles of Poodles' her cute and witty work featured lots of <span style="color: magenta;">PINK </span><br />
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I had never seen the work of Dutch Cat loving Textile Artist T<a href="http://www.tillekeschwarz.com/" target="_blank">illeke Schwarz</a> before, and definitely approve of the feline theme running through most of her work.</div>
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On the theme of Chuckles, Embroidered <a href="http://www.sallyhewett.co.uk/" target="_blank">Sally Hewett</a> had some cheeky (excuse the pun) work on display. Click on the link to see more. These reminded me of an idea I started to pursue but dropped whilst at Art College. The embroidery hoop as presentation device theme was also something I used. I think some of these were stitched with real hair (or they certainly looked like it).</div>
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Josephine, 2012<br />
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'Our World of Make Believe' was a stunning Freeform Crochet exhibition by Japanese Artists Mitsuko Tonouchi and Sonomi Tanimoto. Utterly Stunning, my pictures do not do the work justice at all!<br />
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Gorgeous crochet Bullion stitch!<br />
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The variety of yarns & threads used next to each other was inspirational.<br />
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Yours truly went to the Roundhouse in Camden last night to watch the F'king AMAZING <a href="http://amandapalmer.net/" target="_blank">Amanda Palmer and The Grand Theft Orchestra</a>, plus <a href="http://www.bitterruin.com/home.html" target="_blank">Bitter Ruin</a>, <a href="http://perhapscontraption.co.uk/" target="_blank">Perhaps Contraption</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pplleeaassuurree/app_2405167945" target="_blank">The Simple Pleasure</a>, <a href="http://jherekbischoff.com/" target="_blank">Jherek Bischoff</a>, <a href="http://www.katemillerheidke.com/" target="_blank">Kate Miller-Heidke</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBh11VuYSQA" target="_blank">Desmond O' Connor</a>, and the cast of Strut N' Fret's <a href="http://www.strutnfret.com/" target="_blank">Cantina: Limbo</a></div>
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It was the first time I'd seen AFP and she was incredible, as was the whole show. It pretty much started at 7.10 with Perhaps Contraption marching around the venue whilst playing, and the music didn't stop for 4 hours, no long boring waiting around bits, just constant music from 1 support act or special guest to another. You didn't even have time to go to the loo without missing something! The lovely lady herself crowdsurfed literally right over me (I felt like I was supporting her weight solo for about half a second!).</div>
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Anyway, I am knackered, tired, exhausted, my legs hurt and my ears are still a bit weird, so what better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than browsing the interweb for beautiful things I can't afford. Did I mention I was tired?</div>
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1) <a href="http://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/156271216/love-red-a-love-heart-lino-print-hand?ref=shop_home_active" target="_blank">'LOVE' Hand coloured Lino Print from Chris Bourke</a></div>
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Pretty much anything from Chris Bourke is on my 'Want' list. His lino prints are amazing but this is a particularly cute new one.</div>
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His 'Better Days' or 'Shot Through' prints would suit me just fine too!</div>
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Anything Angelique would do me just fine! One day I will have one of her beautiful tattoos on my skin, but until then I will have to be content with looking at her books & prints.</div>
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3)<u> Tula Pink 'Parisville' Tapestry cushion kit.</u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;"><em>Wooden Doll's house, all handmade. Tiny little individual wooden tiles on the roof and balcony and porch. </em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;"><em>Quite large - from turret to floor 111cm</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;">Width 55cm, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;">Depth 47cm</span></em></div>
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5)<u> A Dutch Style bike</u><br />
<u><br /></u>I am a pedestrian and live in the town centre, with difficult parking, so a my vehicle of choice would be a bike. Not just any bicycle though, it would have to be <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390625102187?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:VRI&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2661" target="_blank">this</a> beautiful 19" Ladies Dutch Style town bike in Lavender.<br />
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Instalment 3 of a project turning classic literature into graphic novel formats, with 560 pages containing 84 different artists takes on the works of some of the last century's most celebrated writers, including Virginia Woolf, Kerouac and Hemingway. It looks fascinating!<br />
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7)<u> Game of Thrones DVD box set</u><br />
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8) <u>Handmade Frida Kahlo Heart Drop earrings</u><br />
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<u>9) Art Viva Handmade knitting needles</u><br />
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Knitting needles will last a lifetime, long after moths have munched your beautiful noro yarn lace cardi to shreds, your grandchildren will find these beautiful environmentally friendly, handmade and painted Australian needles in a dusty box in the corner of the attic.</div>
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<u>10) Dr Martens Triumph Boots</u></div>
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The other 'new' thing I've done lately is make a zine.</div>
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For those of you who don't know, a zine is a homemade mini magazine, usually based around a subculture like art or music, cartoons, gender or political issues etc, usually cheaply photocopied in black & white and in small numbers (back in my teen years the number was however many you could get away with before someone caught you on the copier machine).</div>
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Back then I used to read zines like <a href="http://www.simongane.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Simon Gane's</a> Arnie the Anarchist </div>
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I actually had both the above toons. I loved characters like Young Arnie, Subvert Man and Anti-State Tortoise. I bet my Dad chucked them out years ago..... </div>
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(however I have just found out about <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Punk-Strips-Simon-Gane/dp/1899866353/ref=sr_1_24?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373573504&sr=1-24&keywords=simon+gane" target="_blank">Punk Strips</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Slab-Selection-Simon-Gane/dp/1899866035/ref=sr_1_31?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373573603&sr=1-31&keywords=simon+gane" target="_blank">The Slab Selection</a> so I may just be able to revisit my youth)</div>
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The other one I liked was a Wildhearts focused punk zine, possibly called Gingernuts. It was a proper scruffy cut & glued crappy Xeroxed zine where you could see the edges of the bits of paper, and the back usually had some awful rendering of Danny McCormack or whoever done in biro on the back page of someone's maths book, that cost about 80p plus the cost of a stamp (24p first class in 1993!!!! That's another thing I can add to my list of 'kids these days...' grumblings!).<br />
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Anyhoo, those lovey peeps at <a href="http://www.strangecargo.org.uk/" target="_blank">Strange Cargo</a> held 'The Zine Library' Event at George's House gallery last weekend, and it was open to any artists who wanted to get involved.</div>
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The Library had a pretty good selection of zines for sale and for reading, plus a little tea and coffee station set up in the gallery next to the sofas they put in for the event so that people can sit and read. How very civilised!</div>
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The zine wall, you could take these and read them. Everything from art zines to cartoons, music & old skool feminist zines were here.</div>
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One of the contributors, Fat Hen & Flo, had drawn characters from her <span style="background-color: white;">geektastic</span> 'Star Wars Fan Art Mini Colouring Zine' on the walls. They also had live bands playing throughout the day.<br />
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Astrid Goldsmiths 'Rainy-Day Toys' zines were pretty cool. They had a story and toy pattern plus making instructions included, a great idea! </div>
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The adorable mini zines by The Zine Team. The school one includes an interview with teacher Mr Wagstaff. Sample Quote - Question: Who would you take to a football match, Miss Tait or Miss Wright?</div>
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Ellis Bolton's Amsterdam at Night was one of my favourites and cleverly formatted, it concertina'd out into a beautiful illustration of city night scenes.</div>
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My zine was inspired by local nutters, the <a href="http://sweetpandemoniumdesign.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/things-that-i-love-about-folkestone-1.html" target="_blank">Folkestone Urban Sirens</a>, who dress up Cornelia Parker's 'Folkestone Mermaid' statue in various outfits. Click on the above link for a previous blog post about them if you want to know more.</div>
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I loved paper dolls when I was little (still do), so my contribution was a tongue in cheek take on the dress up doll.</div>
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The zine got a pretty good reception, and I have a few copies left if anyone is interested!<br />
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PS: This weekend is Strange Cargo's Carnival type event Charivari.</div>
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I've seen some of the costumes and the list of drum bands playing and it looks to be another incredible day!</div>
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I was taught a little bit of knitting at primary school, where we had sewing lessons that included making a hand sewn garment from scratch. My mum would pack me off at the start of term with the most hideous cheap piece of fabric she had in her box for me to 'massacre', and would get a completely hand sewn shirt or skirt back at the end of the term in a random size. It taught me a great deal about sewing and the art of dressmaking; I learnt all sorts of skills that I think they probably don't teach very often anymore, like hemming a skirt with one thread of the warp picked up, and sewing the edges of buttonholes by hand. Sewing machines are great, but learning the absolute basics and being made to unpick them until you get them right certainly has its merits (although I probably didn't think so at the time).</div>
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Anyway, I digress. One of the skills we were taught was knitting. I knitted a bobble hat for my troll (which my parents had brought back from Copenhagen - the must have 80's toy!) but haven't picked up a pair of knitting needles since.</div>
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The first thing I tried to make was a free simple jumper pattern I found online, which I a) muffed up the pattern on, and b) inadvertently felted in the wash, so I won't include a picture of it, but it will make a nice basket liner for the cat next winter! He rather likes knitting.</div>
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Studio cat sleeping on knitting attempt no 3, whilst I was wanting to knit.</div>
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Attempt 2 was prompted by this AMAZEBALLS James C Brett Passion Chunky wool.</div>
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This is shade P1, and it is 30% wool, 70% acrylic.</div>
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I bought a James C Brett pattern (JB090 - about £2.50 from Deramores) because my mum insists that patterns work best when you do them with the wool they were intended for, and It worked really well, not too much increasing & decreasing! I did lengthen it a bit though, I felt it was too short for me.</div>
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I love the way this knits up with bands of slowly graduating colour, although the mustard stripe across the bust was a ball changeover and kind of annoys me. </div>
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The only real problem I felt I had with this was stitches becoming visible when I made it up. Whichever piece of wool I used to sew the seams, there was always a point where a contrasting colour made a very obvious appearance! Maybe I'm sewing them wrong.</div>
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Attempt number 3 was this beautiful OWLS sweater designed by Kate Davies <a href="http://www.katedaviesdesigns.com/">www.katedaviesdesigns.com</a>.</div>
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£4.25 downloadable pdf from her website <a href="http://katedaviesdesigns.com/designs/o-w-l-s/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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This is my attempt, knitted in Hayfield Chunky with wool instead of the suggested Rowan British Sheep Breeds. The button eyes eventually came from the craft shop 300 yds from my house, after browsing the Internet, John Lewis and every craft shop I came across for the 6 months it took me to finish this! The pattern recommends 5mm buttons, but I used 10mm for a better effect.</div>
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This was my first attempt at knitting in the round, short rows and cable (which I found much simpler than I expected once I got the rhythm)</div>
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The only error I think I made was these 'holes' in the increases in the back shaping. I'm sure there is a technique to stop this happening, but I haven't learnt it yet!</div>
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All in all I'm pretty pleased with it, although I did knit a size too big for me! Big & roomy is good for the winter though. I may do a 2nd version with a heather or khaki colour way.<br />
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My next project will be this Sirdar Click chunky leaves cardigan (pattern 9392)</div>
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I am going to knit the short sleeve version in this Magnum Chunky I found in the bargain bin in Loremar, Folkestone a while ago. The buttons are from <a href="http://www.lisswools.co.uk/" target="_blank">Liss Wools</a> in Hampshire, which is a great little wool shop down the road from my Auntie's house. I bought them without knowing what I would use them for!</div>
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Of course I can't resist making myself some cute rolls and bags to hold all the needles & knitting bits I have been collecting from charity shops & boot fairs.!</div>
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I don't know what I'm going to do with these big boys, but it will produce some interesting results!</div>
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And of course by this time next year I will be an expert (!) producing incredible projects like this bag knitted in incredible Noro yarn! </div>
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I have developed a serious yarn fetish. Here's a pic of me & Malicious Opera like kids in a candy shop when we discovered a '1p a gram' yarn sale in Rye! (I even have a ravelry account - MissPandemonium!)</div>
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My Haul. The lovely pastel DK cotton is helping me learn to crochet. So far I have mastered half triple stitch, as seen in this soon to be giant stripy blanket I started.</div>
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I have picked out my favourite pieces from the Folkestone Mermaid Festival Art Exhibition, so this entry is mostly photographic, with links to some of the artists pages or websites if you would like to see more of their work.</div>
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Inspired by the H.G. Wells book 'The Sea Lady', which is based in Folkestone. It is a comment made by one of the books characters, Lady Poynting Mallow, on hearing of the Folkestone Mermaid and her tail.</div>
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Carol Stump, Seahorse (l) & Catfish (r).<br />
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Dee Taylor, 'Online Dating Danger'</div>
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Possibly a problem faced by many Mermaids wishing to find land based love online!</div>
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<a href="http://www.marksutherland.co.uk/" target="_blank">Mark Sutherland</a> 'Sea Lady off Sandgate'<br />
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Victoria Fontaine-Wolf 'Coral Reef Mermaid'</div>
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Carol Harper 'Veleda'</div>
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Elena Priestley 'Mermaid' & 'Merman'</div>
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Caroline Hallett 'Mermaids suitcase'</div>
I have to confess this isn't the type of thing I usually like, but there is something very charming about this little suitcase, especially the photos of sailor boys she has persumably loved over the years!<br />
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I'm a HUGE fan of The Dirty Pen, and the above image is the poster girl for the Mermaid Festival. Her name comes from the ancient greek for water.<br />
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Her name is taken from the ancient greek name for 'one from the sea'. Russ's detail is incredible, you really need to see his work up close to appreciate it, but I have taken some close ups (through the glass) to give you some idea of the incredible intricacy.<br />
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'Morgan'</div>
A baby from Irish Mythology, which tells of a baby mermaid found on the shore by a fisherman.<br />
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The Mermaid Festival is on Saturday 1st June 2013, see <a href="http://www.folkestonefestival.org/" target="_blank">Folkestone Festivals website</a> for more details, or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/FolkestoneMermaidFestival" target="_blank">find it on facebook</a>.</div>
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I was very lucky to visit Kaffe's recent London exhibition, A Life in Colour at the Fashion & Textile Museum, Bermondsey.<br /><br />Kaffe is right up there at the top of my 'design idols' list (I feel a 'people whose work I admire' post coming on), he's a total 'renaissance' man who seems to be able to turn his hand to any technique with stunning results! His long and illustrious career has, in my opinion, paved the way for many modern young textile designers to earn a living from their creations, particularly those specialising in the less 'popular' and more laborious techniques such as needlepoint.<br /><br />(Apologies for the quality of some images - lighting was low to protect the textiles)</div>
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A beautiful still life arrangement - it looks like an oil painting!</div>
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I'm very inspired by this upholstered furniture .... and have acquired my own stool for an upcoming project!</div>
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My favourite was this tiny blue & white chair - unfortunately my photo of it came out badly so I've pinched one from the Kaffe archive.</div>
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I purchased Kaffe Fassett & Brandon Mably's book 'Knitting with the Colour Guys' as I was so inspired by these amazing zig zag knits I felt that I must try my own version with my ever growing stockpile of chunky wool!</div>
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This Leopard knit is particularly clever - a bit advanced for me at the mo I think!</div>
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These were particularly interesting to see, as I have been considering going back to designing my own fabrics recently.</div>
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The Artwork for Lisa Richardson's upcoming Debut Novel:<br />
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'Blog of The Dead - Sophie'<br />
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The book is based around the story of the Zombie Apocalypse hitting Folkestone, and features many well known local places and names, including <a href="http://googies.co.uk/" target="_blank">Googies Art Cafe</a> and it's proprietor Keith, Kay McLoughlin, Stewart, Liam and a number of fictional characters including the narrator Sophie, who reports on the horrific scenes via her student blog.<br />
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But I won't tell you more than that as it will give the plot away if you haven't read it yet.<br />
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The original blog diary can be found <a href="http://blogofthedead-sophie.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/day-1.html" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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The original sketch based on Lisa's brief.</div>
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Kay and her axe ready for action.</div>
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2p piece to show the scale - but I even got those darned croc flip flops in!!</div>
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Liam gets turned into a zombie after an unfortunate incident in Debenhams. You can tell he's loving it. Bastard!</div>
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Ripped off arm & hole in the head. To be honest he looks like this most Friday nights.</div>
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'Works in a shirt with her name tag on it.......' (after Mark Ronson). Some of the tiny details like this were more for my amusement and the challenge of working on such a tiny scale.</div>
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The book is launched and downloadable from Amazon UK for the amazingly bargainous price of £2.02. Just click <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blog-Dead-Sophie-ebook/dp/B00CSS71FY#_" target="_blank">here</a> for the link.<br />
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If you don't have a Kindle, you can download free kindle reader software from the website, just click the 'available on your PC' link below the 'Buy it now' button.<br />
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In honour of the book launch, one of the frequently featured locations Googies Art Cafe have launched a limited edition Zombie Burger!<br />
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The dolls and cover artwork were featured in an article in the <a href="http://www.folkestoneherald.co.uk/Lisa-s-zombie-blog-e-book/story-19272063-detail/story.html" target="_blank">Folkestone Herald</a><br />
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So I haven't blogged for a looooooong while!</div>
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I have either been busy, or struggling with the lethargy & depression that BPD brings, so sorry about that.</div>
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Anyhow, I am feeling a bit better now and have been able to start/finish some work that has been on the go for a while. </div>
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This is my old sea map inspired map/poster for the 1st <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suzi.piratesarebetterthanashworths?ref=tn_tnmn#!/FolkestoneMermaidFestival" target="_blank">Folkestone Mermaid Festival</a>, which is taking place in the coastal park on Saturday 1st June 2013.</div>
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2pm - Mermaid Parade, starting from the Leas Lift and finishing on Mermaid Beach.</div>
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3pm - Fancy Dress Competition<br />
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6pm - Siren Song at the Amphitheatre, live music from local ladies including <a href="http://www.rl-2.com/maiuko.htm" target="_blank">Maiuko</a>.<br />
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For more information, have a look at their facebook page in the link above, or go to <a href="http://www.folkestonefestival.org/">www.folkestonefestival.org</a>.</div>
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Tom Spencer. "Ooo the Farks 'e then?"<br />
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For those of you not familiar with the modern Hounslow parlance, the above question put forward by my friend Kay roughly translates as 'I have never heard of this artist, please tell me more about him'. Which is exactly what I'm going to do in this post.<br />
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I first saw Tom's work in the <a href="http://www.gogowhippet.com/index.php?/project/bb-project-space/">B&B Project Space</a> when his lovely Mrs left some fliers after doing a Club Shepway event or a Lady Lucie photo shoot. I can't remember which.<br /><br />I think the image on the postcard was this one: <br />
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It pretty much blew me away how beautifully a traditional technique could be used with much more modern imagery to create such a fantastic piece of work, and it kind of struck a chord with me (I'm a sucker for traditional workmanship done to a high standard) and inspired me to put into practise an idea that had been swilling round my head for some time; Embroidery techniques plus tattoo imagery = Tattoo Tapestry:</div>
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Unfortunately the Emily Peacock Tapestry company beat me to it when it came to getting tattoo imagery tapestry kits out on to the market (grrr!) and then every f***er started doing it. But I'd like to churlishly point out that I thought of it first! Anyhow to cut a long story short, the Tattoo Tapestry episode was part of what made me decide that life was just too short to be stuck in an office job and I should just do what I want. So Thank You Tom.</div>
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Tattoo Glass can be seen everywhere from The Crobar in London, Tattoo Shops up and down the country to private houses and everywhere in between.</div>
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This gorgeous panel was made for <a href="http://www.fionalong.co.uk/">Feline Tattoo Studio</a>, Sheffield. I want it.</div>
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A Mermaid Panel done for the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zgrk-3uvM0">R.A.R.E.</a> (Rock & Roll Expressionists) show at <a href="http://www.resistancegallery.com/">Resistance Gallery</a>, which I went to. Each artist was also a gigging musician, we got to see people such as <a href="http://www.vinceray.com/">Vince Ray</a>, Gaye Advert and Tyla play as well as look at their artwork (although I think my brother was more interested in the charms of 'Bonette' <a href="http://www.miss-miranda.com/front.html">Miss Miranda</a> than the artwork or bands).<br />
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Tom's website for Tattoo Glass is <a href="http://www.tattooglass.com/index.swf">here</a>. He takes commissions for any size and budget, and exhibits regularly in the UK. See the site for more pictures of his work & news on events & shows.</div>
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The Yo-Yo's video for Sunshine Girl from about 2000 - also starring a gorgeous Black Cat:</div>
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My Loyalties favourite, Sofa Surfin' UK live and very noisy! </div>
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So Kay, I hope that answers your question, and before you ask, No he's not one of the Lostprophets, and yes, at 14,592 he has has more hits on youtube than <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1BmXM-U_-g">you</a> (Public Health Warning - you may need earplugs to watch the last link!).<br />
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Have a good weekend Folks, and don't forget to Rock N' Roll! I'm off to the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/490717034283912/?fref=ts">Windfarm Christmas Annual launch</a>, and to find out why half the Kent Police force are parked on my street. See ya!<br />
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As a footnote I'd like to point out that the Koi Carp panel (below) was stolen from The Old Cinema in Chiswick two weeks ago. It wasn't insured so is a massive loss to Tom. If anyone sees it doing the rounds in the art world please contact Tom (his website is <a href="http://www.tattooglass.com/index.swf">here</a>)<br />
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Childhood Onset Schizophrenia is rare, but not unheard of; there other children with similar or the same diagnoses as Jeni shown in the 5 part documentary below.</div>
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The footage taken of Jeni as a baby appears to show her seeing hallucinations in other parts of the room, so it is thought she has had this condition since birth.</div>
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What is truly incredible here is the way the family have stuck together and trusted their own instincts to treat their little girl; it was recommended at 7 years old that Jeni be taken away to live in a psychiatric facility for her own and the family's safety. Her parents refused to allow this to happen as they wanted to be part of their little girls life, so they came up with a novel solution; they would live in two different apartments, one for Jeni and the parent acting as 'carer' which was set up like the hospital ward she often recovered in, and one set up for their baby boy Bodi, so that he could grow up in as normal environment as possible whilst he was too young to understand his sisters violent episodes. </div>
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The parents worked as a 'tag-team' for about 3 years, to bring their children up (whilst Mr Schofield had a full time job! The family are now united again and living in one apartment together, and it would seem that their unusual approach has paid off, with the two children having a good relationship with each other. Unfortunately it now looks like the youngest, Bodi, may have some symptoms of Schizophrenia, on top of Autism.</div>
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The family have set up a charity <a href="http://janisjourney.org/">'The Jani Foundation'</a> to highlight the plight of Children with mental illnesses or disorders and the lack of services available to them. From what I've read of it, <a href="http://janisjourney.org/index.php?option=com_myblog&Itemid=94">Michael's blog</a> seems particularly interesting as it is well written, honest and insightful.<br />
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There is also a book 'January First', which I will be looking out for. You can read an excerpt <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/100326567/January-First-by-Michael-Schofield-Excerpt">here</a>.</div>
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The amazing, adorable polydactly dwarf kitty who has come from outer space to save us all!<br />
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Bub has one extra toe on all her paws, plus two opposable thumbs on each front paw, she also has a rare genetic mutation which means she is a 'perma-kitten' and will forever remain small, as well as being a dwarf with incredibly short legs and a long body. In addition she never grew teeth (don't worry, her appetite is fine) and her lower jaw is smaller than usual, hence the tongue. <br />
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Here's a video of Lil Bub at the park. Her facebook page can be found <a href="http://www.facebook.com/iambublog">here</a>.<br />
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<u>2. Colonel Meow</u><br />
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One of the grumpiest kitties on the net, Colonel Meow likes scotch, treaties and planning world domaination. He hates <a href="http://www.facebook.com/iambublog#!/Boo?fref=ts">Boo</a> and the Vet. He is a Himalayan and lives in the USA with his 'Master' and a golden retriever called Boots, who doubles as his bodyguard/henchman.<br />
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Join the Colonel's Army <a href="http://www.facebook.com/colonelmeowinthecity">here</a>.<br />
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Anakin is a beautiful little kitten, born without any back legs or pelvis. He was part of a feral colony living in the woods in Florida, and was rescued by his current owner from near her Dad's place of work. It is not known why he has no pelvis & back legs, but his x-ray is below. <br />
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Oskar has been blind from birth, but his other 4 senses are very well developed.</div>
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Oskar and Klaus model their own range of designer cat ties and other goodies <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BlindOskar/info?ref=ts#!/BlindOskar/app_150178545006427">here.</a> </div>
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Henri makes me laugh out loud. Another Seattle resident, a selection of his <strike>videos</strike> art house shorts are here:</div>
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And I think the <strong>BEST EVER YET </strong>Henri film, L'Haunting</div>
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As a footnote; the Walker Art Centre in Minnesota recently held an 'Internet Cat Video Film Festival' which included some of the above mentioned moggies. <br />
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The Film Fest was so successful it has now started touring to other parts of the States!<br />
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<u>1. A Vintage Welsh Blanket</u> </div>
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This one is from <a href="http://www.welshblankets.co.uk/product_view.php?id=1885">Jane Beck Welsh Blankets</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.johnlewis.com/231405815/Product.aspx">this</a> incredibly Kitsch coral sewing machine</div>
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<u>9. Skull Knitting needles from Punk Knits</u></div>
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available from <a href="http://www.punkknits.com/newneedles.html">Punk Knits</a> $19 including postage (i'm gonna get me some net time I have ££'s)</div>
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<u>10. Brown Leather boots</u></div>
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They have to be calf length and they have to be chocolate brown</div>
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I'm size 8 by the way.</div>
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<u>13. This Leopard Print Ring</u></div>
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Gold and Citrine. Price on application from <a href="http://www.thegreatfroglondon.com/product/gold-leopard-print-ring-with-citrine/">The Great Frog</a></div>
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<u>14. A Set of Ceramic Moomins</u></div>
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from <a href="http://www.pussyhomeboutique.co.uk/shop/products-page/moomins/ceramic-moomins/">Pussy Home Boutique</a></div>
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so that I can pretend to be Tove Jansson and pose like this.</div>
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<u>16. This Felicity Hall clutch bag kit</u></div>
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An Incredible needle felted Rhino Head from the Mr X Stitch stand.</div>
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Embroidered punched car/van door from Mr X Stitch.</div>
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Incredible (I think I'm going to use that word a lot in this post!) Mr X Stitch embroidered door, front and back. His website can be found <a href="http://www.mrxstitch.com/">here</a> for more information.</div>
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These Cross Stitched and mini-quilt QR codes. I'm definitely going to try something like this for upcoming <a href="http://mermaidsandseagulls.wix.com/mermaidsandseagulls#!home/mainPage">Mermaids and Seagulls</a> events.</div>
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The 'Knitted Village' and some of the very clever and bonkers contributions from W.I. Grannies up and down the country (I'm not joking - some of them had tags on showing which W.I. they came from).</div>
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Me & Mumsie particularly loved the overstuffed ones. It's like they spent hours lovingly creating these miniature masterpieces, and then totally Ruined them by ham-fistedly shoving kapok into them. I suppose they got to have a cup of tea and a good natter and sung 'Jerualem', and that's what counts, Eh?</div>
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The 'Unfinishable' Project had some interesting bits too, we couldn't work out why some of the items were deemed 'unfinishable' but I suppose this lovely Festival of Britain embroidery was a pretty valid entry. I mean, if you started something in 1951 and still hadn't finished it in 2012, you probably aren't going to finish it are you?</div>
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Cute black cat applique. Look Herman, you're famous!</div>
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The project was housed in an awesome tent made from Kaffe Fassett fabric. I want a Kaffe Fassett tent. </div>
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Embroidery Artwork from Jo Smith. Her work was so impressive I wrote a blog post just about her which can be found <a href="http://sweetpandemoniumdesign.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/people-whos-work-i-admire-2-incredible.html">here</a>.</div>
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The standard of quilting was immense: I snapped some inspirational pieces but forgot to write down all the makers. Sorry.</div>
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Beautiful Kaffe fabrics from Rowan.</div>
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Nel Whatmore - Nel Patterns on the Rowan Stand</div>
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I <em>think </em>these last two <em>might</em> have Karavan fabrics by Valori Wells but I'm not 100% sure.<br />
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Newly graduated knitwear designer Charlotte Ruffell - she was on one of the Hampshire College stands, either Basingstoke or Eastleigh I think.<br />
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And last but not least, this Giant french dolly from another college stand.</div>
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The Knitting & Stitching show will be in Harrogate 22nd-25th November so you can still catch a chance to see it. The Dublin show starts tomorrow. Their website is <a href="http://www.twistedthread.com/pages/exhibitions/viewExhibition.aspx?id=39">here</a>.<br />
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Folkestone Harbour Yarnistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001244794449076931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2273640128498355868.post-44104672530663491972012-10-31T17:42:00.000+00:002012-11-01T22:18:19.747+00:00People who's work I admire : 2 The incredible Embroidery of Jo Smith<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I don't know very much about Jo Smith, except that she is the <a href="http://www.embroiderersguild.com/whatson/awards/index.php">Embroiderers Guild Scholar</a> in the 30+ age group for 2012, which itself is no mean feat. This very prestigious organisation only award two scholarships a year, one for an 18-30 yrs category, and one for 30+ so it's a big deal, and in my opinion quite rightly awarded!</div>
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I found her stand at the 2012 Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace, and fell in love with her work immediately; particularly her Kitten pieces. </div>
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Jo's Alexandra Palace stand</div>
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This Kitten Bed piece tells the story of three little kittens Jo and her family were due to adopt that were sadly so flea infested, that they died from the viruses the fleas introduced to their systems, and the dehydration effect of having their tiny bodies sucked dry before they were old enough for Jo and her family to take them home. The fleas literally 'sucked the life' out of the trio. The 3 tiny hospital style beds each have a tiny helpless kitten lying on them, depicted in incredibly expressive embroidery drawing, whilst the border, which appears to be a decorative pattern on first glance is actually made from a repeated image of the fleas that sucked the poor little babies dry.<br />
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The piece that really made me fall in love with Jo's embroidery was this portrait of the three kittens. It is not until you look very closely at the delicate white on white embroidery on the vintage looking doily that you realise the background pattern is made from repeated images of tiny kitten skeletons. <br />
I think I love it so much because it reminds me of my favourite Alexander Henry fabric <a href="http://www.fancymoon.co.uk/osteology-children-s-cotton-fabric-by-alexander-henry.html">'Osteology'</a> (incidentally I was wearing my handbag made from this fabric at Ally Pally). As an embroiderer myself, I worked with drawing in stitch at Art College and know the skill and patience required to get results like these. </div>
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Another amazing piece is this embroidered mouse picture, framed with tiny genuine mouse skulls, which Jo apparently extracted from Owl Pellets! I won't be asking Brian at <a href="http://sweetpandemoniumdesign.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/folkestone-owl-sanctuary.html">Folkestone Owl Sanctuary</a> for pellets any time soon, but it is certainly an interesting idea! </div>
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These two portraits commemorate beloved family pets 'Stripe' and 'Twitch', who despite numerous visits to the vets and the love and care of Jo's family passed away due to ill health some years ago. They were the Smith children's first experience of being carers for another living creature, so I think most of us can identify with their loss. I certainly clearly remember the love and loss of one of my earliest family pets, a giant grey lop rabbit called Benjamin.</div>
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You may think that these portraits of dead animals are a little 'tasteless', but I think that the charm of Jo's unique embroidery and presentation style, and the numerous hours and skill put into the work show the love and care taken with these pieces. These are not done to offend or distress the viewer, far from it, and the subtle and delicate medium takes the edge off any thoughts about revulsion or 'shock'. I didn't even think of these things when I first saw Jo's work, but am mentioning them now because I'm aware that not everyone reading my blog will have the same thoughts on the artwork as me. From my own work, I'd estimate some of these embroideries took between 30-50 hours to complete, and believe me when I tell you that you don't embark on an intricate and complicated endeavour like that unless you feel really, really strongly about the subject!</div>
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These are memorial pieces, showing the love and affection, and sense of loss for the family of these beautiful creatures. I have included Jo's Artists Statement at the bottom of the page, which should help explain further her thoughts and motives behind the artworks.</div>
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Another piece from the show that makes me positively squeal with admiration for the Artist is this sculptural piece of a tiny disemboweled mouse, apparently brought in by the family cat, and respectfully buried at the bottom of the garden beside the beloved rabbits. I can't explain why, I just love it. The fine line between 'cute' and 'macabre' just ticks all my boxes! I'd be much less happy to find a real dead mouse on my carpet, but as a cat owner I can appreciate the little 'gifts' that our beloved pets bring us.</div>
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These last five pictures show beloved bunnies Twitch and Stripe as they battled the illness that killed them, and in Jo's words "wasted away before our very eyes".</div>
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To me, Jo's work captures and commemorates those tiny deaths that every family experience, but that go barely noticed in the rush and hustle of everyday life. These animals are portrayed carefully and lovingly, and Jo bestows them with the status that we would give the late Human family members whose photo's adorn our walls or mantelpieces. Memory and mourning entwine with a family's private moments to remind us just how precious and fleeting life really can be.</div>
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Small deaths in the domestic environment, this work tells the tale of the loss, sorrow and suffering of the animals buried beneath the foliage at the bottom of the garden. Two rabbits, three kittens and a mouse.</div>
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The rabbits were the first family pets we had and our children's first experience of being carers and guardians of another living creature, they were much loved and sadly missed. Losing the battle to ill health at the ages of just two and three years old, after numerous trips to the vets, they became gradually more and more ill. They wasted away before our very eyes; nothing could be done to save Twitch and Stripe.<br />
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The kittens were killed by fleas, victims of neglect at the hands of their carer, they were not properly looked after and their deaths were entirely preventable. They were due to come and live with us and just as they became old enough to leave their mother one by one they began to keel over and die, only one kitten out of a litter of five survived. We rescued one and rushed her to the vet; she survived overnight but died the next day, she is buried with her sisters.</div>
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The mouse, the victim of one of our cats, was dumped upon the carpet, terrified and injured and although we tried our best to save him he passed the next day and is buried alongside the rabbits.</div>
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The animal and human have here been merged. The rabbit sculptures have been constructed to the size of their human counterparts of the same age. There are portraits of the animals happy and healthy, as we would have pictures of our loved ones upon the walls, are here surrounded by bones. Chocolate box kitten faces stitched upon a delicate doily are encircled by skeletons, appearing alongside sculptures depicting the manner in which they passed.</div>
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The kittens dying in their sleep are here in beds surrounded by the fleas that killed them, the rabbits thin and wasting away, spines showing and the poor solitary frightened mouse is on the floor lost, alone and injured.<br />
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There is barely a home in the land that has not been touched by grief and sorrow at the loss of a loved one. If nothing else, death serves to remind us how precious life is, no matter how small.</div>
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Update 01/11/12:<br /><br />Jo now has a facebook page for her art <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jo-Smith-Textiles/440833492620271">here</a> and a wordpress site <a href="http://josmithtextileartist.wordpress.com/">here</a> so follow/add her to keep up to date on news about work and exhibitions.</div>
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<em>I'd like to dedicate this blog post to Ozzie the Bearded Dragon, Charlie the Chameleon and Moss the Guinea Pig.</em></div>
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Sorry that I haven't posted for a while, I have a couple of blogs I haven't finished writing which should be up soon, one on The Knitting & Stitching Show at Ally Pally, and another on Image Theft - a subject that affects people I know and really makes me cross.<br />
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I've just finished reading James Bowen's 'A Street Cat named Bob'</div>
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In case you haven't read it, it is James' telling of the true story of his meeting (or being chosen by) Bob the cat, nursing Bob back to health, and how Bob then returned the favour by effectively 'nursing' James back to health. James is very honest about his problems; recovery from drug addiction, estrangement from his family and his life busking and selling The Big Issue on the streets of London.<br />
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Bob's role in James' life is pivotal. The responsibility of having another mouth to feed, however small, and the love and companionship Bob provides, give James the sense of purpose and motivation to get free of his addiction and to earn a wage in a relatively safe and legal manner (as a Big Issue vendor). As a result, his attitude towards life in general and his relationship with his family improve greatly, with amazing results; he even takes a trip to Australia to see his mother for the first time in about 10 years.<br />
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I wouldn't want to be as crass as to equate my problems with James', I'm certainly not homeless or addicted, but I can identify hugely with how a cat can make such a positive change in a person's life. <br />
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After struggling for as long as I can remember with mental health problems (from at least 9-10 years old) and having been Misdiagnosed as 'depressed' for the last eight years, I have within the last month been given a proper diagnosis, and will be able to access the treatment I need to manage (it is not possible to 'cure') my condition.<br />
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The link between homelessness and mental health problems is well known (this <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7980921.stm" target="_blank">BBC article</a> estimates a third of the homeless have 'serious' mental health issues such as personality disorders and figure as as high as 8 in 10 can be given when mental issues such as anxiety and depression are included) and the condition I have been diagnosed with gives a built-in predilection towards addiction and substance abuse; something which I can't claim I am entirely innocent of. I also (like James and many who are homeless) have some spectacularly poor family relationships, so when I read a story like his, it really is 'but for the grace of God go I'.</div>
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I decided almost exactly two years ago to get myself a pet - against the advice of friends, one of whom said "FFS! you can't even feed yourself let alone an a bloody cat!" James had a similar reaction from a friend when he wanted to take Bob the cat in. </div>
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I can't count the number of times over the last two years when I have looked at the cat and said "It's OK, I'll find a way to keep a roof over OUR heads" or stopped myself doing something stupid or harmful for fear of what would happen to my pet if I wasn't about (being kept in a pound, starving to death, or worse - being forced to eat my dead body to survive! My brain can be very melodramatic at times). </div>
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I'm useless with money, usually something bounces, either the rent or bills, and if those do get paid then there's not quite enough money for food or I have no phone credit, and then the 'unauthorised overdraft fees' or whatever come out. I'm impulsive, reckless, sometimes downright stupid. I have a lousy temper, useless memory, Insomnia or constant drowsiness, severe depression. People often don't know about the physical effects a mental illness can have on a person, constant headaches, sickness, low immune system. I often hardly have the energy to get out of bed, and no it's not laziness. It's hard to keep a job down, even harder to organise my finances or muster the energy or enthusiasm to deal with problems like the rent or bills. <br />
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But whatever happens I always have my little fuzzball; he'll cuddle up when I'm feeling lousy in bed, or he'll tell me it's time to get up and feed him (usually by sticking a claw up my nose). I make sure that whatever happens there is always enough cat food & litter for him, and this in itself requires a sort of organisation. He's company, he's comfort, he's motivation to get up and deal with the day, he's motivation to sort myself out and keep a roof over my head. What I'm trying to say is that he keeps me going. Even at times when I would have given in and given up, my cat has given me a reason to keep fighting. Sometimes I don't think I would have done if he wasn't about.<br />
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At one point in the book James describes Bob as his 'Baby'. I feel the same about my cat, life with him makes all the difference and the bond and love is as strong as anything.<br />
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If you haven't read this book, I suggest that you do.<br />
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For another incredible story about the healing difference a cat makes in someones life, read <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cleo-Small-Black-Helped-Family/dp/1444700138" target="_blank">Cleo by Helen Brown</a> (and if you can find it elsewhere but Amazon, please do: <u>support</u> your local independent bookshop).<br />
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Support your local <a href="http://www.bigissue.com/" target="_blank">Big Issue</a> seller - they really are helping someone help themselves. The recession has hit vendors hard so if you can, forgo 1 cup of coffee a week or a gossip magazine and buy the Big Issue instead. It's full of great stuff.<br />
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If you are local to South East Kent the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Supporters-of-the-Folkestone-Winter-Shelter/240251046101503" target="_blank">Folkestone Winter Shelter</a> is in it's 4th year and desperately needs your help. The project no longer has it's own van or storage facility and locals are fundraising for this - read Barcode1966's blog <a href="http://barcode1966.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/the-launch-supporters-of-the-folkestones-winter-shelter/" target="_blank">here</a> for more information. Fundraising events and other ways you can help will be on the first link above.<br />
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If you live elsewhere in the UK, have a look at <a href="http://england.shelter.org.uk/" target="_blank">Shelter</a>'s website for ways to help the homeless, or for help if you are facing the prospect of losing your home yourself. The Salvation Army also do incredible work in Folkestone, and up and down the country. Find out more information about their Hostel and '<a href="http://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/homeless" target="_blank">Lifehouse</a>' projects here.<br />
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This Christmas maybe you could consider making a charity donation on someones behalf instead of buying them a gift. I used homeless charity <a href="http://www.centrepointgifts.org.uk/?AppealID=RWA1112GO&PackageID=SA&xtor=SEC-43-GOO-[Generic]-[]-S-[christmas%20charity%20giving]&gclid=CIjjvpmhqbMCFanItAodTAUA3g" target="_blank">Centrepoint</a> and the RSPCA's <a href="http://gifts.rspca.org.uk/charity-gifts.html" target="_blank">Animalternative</a> last year (the RSPCA provided Bob with much needed veterinary care) amongst others, and there are a variety of virtual charity gifts you can give to different organisations. Money Saving Expert suggest a few <a href="http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/charity-gifts" target="_blank">here</a>. It is a 2011 list but most of the links still work.<br />
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'People persuade themselves they deserve easy lives, that being human makes us somehow exempt from pain. The theory works fine until we face the inevitable challenges. Our conditioning of denial in no way equips us to deal with the difficult times that not one of us escapes.<br />
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Cleo's motto seemed to be: Life's tough and that's okay because life is also fantastic. Love it, live it - but don't be fooled into thinking it's not harsh sometimes. Those who've survived periods of bleakness are often better at savouring good times and wise enough to understand that the good times are actually <em>great.</em>'<br />
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A facebook comment by a friend yesterday reminded me how much I would like to see the Colorado Plateau, which spans Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.</div>
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The photos above are by the amazing wildlife & landscape photographer <a href="http://www.dykinga.com/" target="_blank">Jack Dykinga</a>, and I first saw his work in an amazing book called 'Stone Canyons of the Colorado Plateau'. </div>
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It was the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe that made me look for these images. She had a home with a studio in New Mexico, and I wanted to see where she was getting these abstract looking swirls of sandy red colour from. I was amazed to find that they were real landscapes, interpreted through her eyes.</div>
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This photo of Gandhi arriving at Folkestone Harbour in 1931:</div>
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He arrived in Folkestone around March 1931 to attend a 'Round-Table' conference to discuss the political state of India after the signing of the 'Gandhi-Irwin Pact' negotiated with Lord Edward Irwin (a representative of the British Government). As a result of the pact all political prisoners were freed by the British in return for the suspension of the civil disobedience movement.</div>
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This was not Gandhi's first visit to the U.K. In 1888 he arrived in London to study as a barrister at University College London, and after being called to the Bar in 1891, he left London for India due to the news of the death of his mother (interestingly, his family kept this information from him, presumably so as not to interrupt his studies).</div>
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Mrs Sarojini Naidu was known as the 'Nightingale of India' and was a poet and Indian Independence activist. She later became the President of the Indian National Congress (the first woman to hold such a position).</div>
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I admit to being totally ignorant of her life and work, but her poetry is utterly beautiful from what I've read so far. This one is titled 'Coromandel Fishers' and seems to be the most appropriate one to put into a blog entry related to Folkestone Harbour!</div>
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Rise, brothers, rise; the wakening skies pray to the morning light, <br />
The wind lies asleep in the arms of the dawn like a child that has cried all night. <br />
Come, let us gather our nets from the shore and set our catamarans free, <br />
To capture the leaping wealth of the tide, for we are the kings of the sea! <br />
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No longer delay, let us hasten away in the track of the sea gull's call, <br />
The sea is our mother, the cloud is our brother, the waves are our comrades all. <br />
What though we toss at the fall of the sun where the hand of the sea-god drives? <br />
He who holds the storm by the hair, will hide in his breast our lives. <br />
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Sweet is the shade of the coconut glade, and the scent of the mango grove, <br />
And sweet are the sands at the full o' the moon with the sound of the voices we love; <br />
But sweeter, O brothers, the kiss of the spray and the dance of the wild foam's glee; <br />
Row, brothers, row to the edge of the verge, where the low sky mates with the sea.</div>
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This footage of WWII Mine clearance being done on the Warren in 1953:</div>
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This slightly mawkish, but nonetheless cute painting of a dog awaiting the return of his (probably dead) master, who has gone to fight in WWI:</div>
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Artist Unknown - Titled 'Will he come back?'</div>
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This postcard of the Pool on Bayle Road - 1907, now covered over with a garden containing a fountain:</div>
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I did not know there had been a pool here, but I have been told that the fountain is fed by a 'miraculous' spring, believed to be miraculous because the water flows up instead of down and comes out at this point, It was apparently found by St Eanswythe whilst she was living at the nunnery attached to the nearby church in the early 600's. However I do not know how true any of this is.</div>
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These gorgeous 1937 stamps from the 24th Philatelic Congress of Great Britain, held in Folkestone:</div>
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Folkestone Harbour and the Harbour Arm has a long and very interesting history, which I will probably not be able to do justice in this blog, and is responsible for much of the former wealth of the town. <br />
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Until 1807 Folkestone was just a small fishing town, until an Act of Parliament was passed to build a pier and harbour, Work was completed in 1820, and comprised the 14 acre enclosure that can be seen today.<br />
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A sketch by John Constable of the Harbour in 1833.</div>
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Harbour fares in the late 19th century.</div>
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The rail branch to the harbour opened in 1849 and was used up until 2001 when the competition from the Channel Tunnel and the Sea Cat service (dubbed the 'sick cat' by my mother due to the bumpy ride) being moved to Ramsgate made the line redundant.<br />
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Now dilapidated and partially unused (like many parts of the town), I am going to focus on the more recent history of the area (by calling it dilapidated and unused I am by no means putting the town down - I love this area and enjoy watching the progress of the regeneration - but this does not mean that I cannot voice my own opinion).</div>
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The viaduct arches across the harbour as they are today. These hold the railway tracks and at the right of the picture is the swing bridge. I would love to see footage of this in action but unfortunately cannot find any.</div>
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'Folkestone, Kent, Boat Train' by Bertram Priestman, 1932.</div>
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Note that two locomotives are used for this task in the above two images. The steep incline of the line once beyond the harbour made this necessary and It was common practise to use two (and sometimes four) engines to haul/shunt the passenger and freight carriages up the line.</div>
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Looking up the viaduct towards Tram Road and the mainline. This is not the best picture in the world but shows the swing bridge (the area with the raised steel partitions) and the track beyond. </div>
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This silent <a href="http://www.britishpathe.com/video/new-bridges-for-old/query/folkestone+harbour" target="_blank">British Pathe clip</a> from 1930 shows the old wooden swing bridge being replaced by a steel one, all in 48 hours. It includes footage of steam trains crossing the bridge before and after the replacement.</div>
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The last time a train came down the track was 12th April 2008. The track has been unused since then but despite various suggestions for regenerating the area has remained untouched. Personally I'm all for turning the unused track into a <a href="http://www.messynessychic.com/2012/07/06/paris-secret-park-in-the-sky-the-original-high-line/" target="_blank">New York/Paris style High Line/La Promenade Plante</a>, merging into a boardwalk style area for chilling out with drinks, ice creams and deckchairs overlooking the harbour. </div>
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As you can see, the old British Rail station itself is in a state of severe dilapidation, a far cry from its heyday when it was the main entry point into the UK, and later the main route to Boulogne (Dover ferries concentrated on Calais).</div>
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The current state of the tracks.</div>
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The only occupants of the station are the cafe used by the fishermen and the truck drivers who use the parking area as a truck stop, and this 2011 Paloma Varga Weisz sculpture titled 'Rug People'.</div>
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Despite various plans, public consultations and promises for developments in this and the old Rotunda site, the progress seems to be bogged down in arguments between the Council, The Landowners, The Harbour Company and Network Rail (who still own the line) and the general dithering that goes on when you involve organisations of this size. See the <a href="http://www.folkestoneseafront.com/" target="_blank">Folkestone Seafront</a> website for the 'latest' updates and the master plan, which basically involves lots of (presumably expensive) seafront houses and apartments with a sea sports centre.</div>
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I don't want to sound churlish, and any development is preferable to the tarmac wasteland currently in existence, but given the importance of Folkestone Harbour in 20th Century History, this seems to be missing a trick. Approximately 10 Million soldiers passed through Folkestone on their way to the trenches of World War One, and as only about 8 million returned, this was the last piece of 'home' many of these young men's feet ever touched.</div>
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Guarding the Western side of the Harbour with 4 5.5 inch guns.</div>
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The above images show pages from the visitor books of the Harbour Canteen, opened at the start of the Great War. Over 42,000 of the soldiers who passed through the harbour signed the books between 1914-18. Signatures include some <a href="http://www.stepshort.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Names-on-Visitor-Book-pages-FO-Z6-5-006.pdf" target="_blank">famous names from WW1</a> including King George V and the 'Father of the RAF' Major General Trenchard.</div>
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As this Combined Leave and Railway ticket shows, some of the lucky few got to have home leave during the war, although not for long as the dates show. I expect a great deal of this fortnight would have been taken up travelling (via Folkestone) from the front line to Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis and back. However, a week at home with Mum's cooking would have been an amazing treat for a war worn young man in 1917 (although the newspaper excerpt at the bottom of <a href="http://www.ceuig.com/archives/730" target="_blank">this link</a> would suggest that the young man never got to use his ticket). </div>
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The <a href="http://www.stepshort.co.uk/" target="_blank">Step Short</a> project specifically works to commemorate and remember Folkestone's War History. The project gets its name from the order given to the young soldiers walking down the Road of Remembrance (then called 'Slope Road') towards the harbour to "Step Short", ie take small steps, to prevent stumbling and falling down the steep incline. They do a fantastic job and I would recommend that you save the Step Short website to your favourites to keep up with news of their work and plans for the 2014 Centenary of WW1.</div>
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This blog entry by <a href="http://barcode1966.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/poignant-folkestone-pier-our-heritage-and-our-future/" target="_blank">Barcode1966</a> makes a fantastic suggestion for the Harbour Arm and Railway Station. I would recommend that you read it and the May follow up entry, but in a nutshell it suggests a 'White Light Tower' similar to the one Yoko Ono's 'Peace Tower in Reykjavik, which would run on renewable energy and would shine up to the heavens every night as a remembrance to those that died. The remaining station buildings could be a museum to WW1 & WW2, which could be interactive and very emotive, just like the War Tunnels 10 miles down the road in Dover. Given the success of the Dover tourist attraction, the current (and it seems lasting) interest in genealogy, and the number of Brits, Americans & Canadians who go on 'War Tours' to trace the footsteps of their loved ones, this seems like a very viable suggestion, with a conservative estimate of half a million visitors per year. Just imagine what that could do for the local economy? The war tours stop at Dover, whilst Folkestone is virtually unknown as a departure point. <br />
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Barcode1966 suggest that other parts of the station buildings could be used for the local community, which I totally agree with, and with part of the harbour area being used for the benefit of the local community and economy I would have little objection to the proposed housing development on the Rotunda site. Providing, of course, that there was suitable infrastructure for such a development, and that locals weren't forced out by extortionate housing prices.<br />
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A view along the harbour arm now and as it was then, with the train and platform below. Surely we could use it as a 'promenade' again? The 'FOLKESTONE' sign is an artwork by Patrick Tuttofuoco from 2008.<br />
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A smashed up boat left on the side of the dock. It looks like she is called the 'Leila Sonja' although I can find no record of her, and you can still see curtains, a high viz jacket and other things left inside the cabin.<br />
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The lighthouse at the end of the pier. Never occupied, it is only two storeys tall and according to a friend whose father worked at the harbour back in the day (and let her inside), the interior has nothing but an iron staircase.</div>
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The story of <a href="http://www.bartonuponhumber.org.uk/Stories/middleton.htm" target="_blank">Frank</a> - a WW1 soldier who passed through Folkestone.</div>
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This <strong>AMAZING</strong> Issuu E-Book of <a href="http://www.spiritofremembrance.com/page/folkestone-during-the-war-1914-1919-ww1" target="_blank">'Folkestone During The War 1914-1919'</a>. Check out the story on page 83 of the book where a lady in the West End repeatedly accuses her neighbours of being spies due to 'clicking noises' she assumes are wireless broadcasts and which turn out to be the cowl turning on the chimney pot! There are some fantastic photos including (237 of 346) a horse wearing a gas mask.</div>
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This blog about <a href="http://ww1ha.wordpress.com/category/doughboys/" target="_blank">American WW1 soldiers</a>.</div>
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I don't know if there are E.U. quotas on 'Crazy' but if so, Folkestone seems to have got more than its fair share of people who fell out of the loony tree hitting every branch on the way down, and then climbed back up again for a second go.<br />
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My favourite of these are a group of self-styled '30 something bored housewives' calling themselves the 'Folkestone Urban Sirens' whose hobby is to dress up artist Cornelia Parker's 2011 statue , the 'Folkestone Mermaid'.</div>
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The ladies believe (and they have a valid point I think) that the statue, placed on Sunny Sands, is 'not a mermaid as it has no tail'. They have renamed it the 'statue of the naked bird with her bits out' aka S.O.T.N.B.W.H.B.O. and to highlight their 'cause' they carry out 'covert operations' whereby they dress the statue in a variety of costumes which are then photographed and sent to the local media!</div>
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After a quiet period, they announced their return in Grand Style this morning with a couple of photos protesting the conviction of Pussy Riot posted on their <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Folkestone-Urban-Sirens-FUS/214766918568132" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page:</div>
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If you don't know who Russian Punk Protest group Pussy Riot are, a) where have you been? and b) click <a href="http://seansrussiablog.org/2012/08/23/pussy-riot-as-modern-day-skomorokhi/" target="_blank">this link</a> for more info.</div>
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For those of you who <em><strong>hadn't</strong></em> yet noticed, I have quite a thing for Pirates! </div>
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So naturally I put myself forward when <a href="http://www.thefilmfactory.org/about-us/" target="_blank">The Folkestone Film Factory</a> were in need of a narrator for their latest workshop production 'A Pirate's Life'.</div>
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The short film was written and directed by two incredibly talented under sixteens taking part in a week long film making course, Hanne Jessen and Max O'Sullivan, and stars Folkestone based actors Ash White and Andy Butler, who you may recognise from local events such as Romney Marshes <a href="http://www.dymchurchdayofsyn.org.uk/" target="_blank">Day of Syn</a>. </div>
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It tells the tale of Brian, a landlocked Pirate, struggling to come to terms with life on land after becoming disillusioned with the direction modern piracy was taking.<br />
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It caused much amusement at the Film Factory when people stopped to seriously read the 'lost parrot' signs that were put up around town during filming; I would have thought that the 'reward' of 500 Doubloons was a dead giveaway, but apparently not!</div>
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I haven't done a boot fair in a while, so was really pleased with my seemingly random 'haul' above. It all cost under £5, which I think makes it quite a successful trip!</div>
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I think the most 'relevant' pieces to a blog that is supposed *ahem* to be about my work are these two completed tapestry canvases. I love, love, LOVE tapestry and these reminded me of a pair of 'Embroidery' chairs by the young Swedish designer <a href="http://www.lindstenform.com/#" target="_blank">Johan Lindsten.</a> I'm not sure what I'm going to do with these yet, but I'm sure I'll show you when I do.</div>
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Other items included two brand new bandannas, which will be used for fabric as they are pretty much Fat Quarter size, not bad for 20p each, and a rather interesting 1923 novel by Colette called 'Ripening Seed', about the coming-of-age of two teenagers one summer in Brittany.<br />
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I had completely forgotten about the work of Tara McPherson until I was tidying up my book shelves the other day and found my copy of Lost Constellations (the link is to <a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/39286-lost-constellations-the-art-of-tara-mcpherson/?utm_source=googleps&utm_medium=comparison" target="_blank">forbidden planet</a>'s store - an awesome shop and the cheapest I can find it on line). The picture above is 'Hey, We All Die Sometimes' and features in Lost Constellations.</div>
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I was completely unaware of her work, until one day when I was scratching my inner nerd's itch at <a href="http://www.playlounge.co.uk/" target="_blank">Playlounge</a> just off Carnaby Street (Go - they have moomins and tokidoki and <a href="http://www.liberty.co.uk/fcp/categorylist/dept/gifts_chocolate-shop?resetFilters=true" target="_blank">Liberty</a>, <a href="http://store.iheartdropdead.com/section.php/48/1/london_store" target="_blank">Drop Dead</a> and <a href="http://www.itssomethinghells.com/home" target="_blank">It's Something Hell's</a> are just around the corner) and came across the above book. It's AWESOME.</div>
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She's a US based artist who draws wonderful, dreamy, ethereal, kooky, Rock 'n Roll characters in surreal, fairytale worlds using a limited palette of colours (usually teally blues, dusky pinks and reds and black). I wouldn't say that her work directly inspires or influences mine in any way, but it's definitely an aesthetic to aspire to.</div>
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When I had my finger mo tattooed a couple of years back, I used her 'Lucius' character from a Melvins poster she'd designed as the flyer image to get sponsorship for <a href="http://uk.movember.com/" target="_blank">Movember</a>.</div>
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It's hard to pick out the best pieces of work from her portfolio, because I love them all - she's one of those rare artists who never seems to do a bad piece of artwork. For the sake of you, the reader, I'll have a go and say that this unicorn seahorse girl for a Shonen Knife album cover is one of my favourite characters.</div>
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I adore this Isis gig poster, and have a copy of it on my 'Wall of Pirate' (I'll blog about THAT some other time). I really love the resurgence of one-off screen printed poster designs for individual gig dates that seem to be 'en-vogue' on the Indie Rock scene at the moment. To see the archive of Tara's posters click <a href="http://www.taramcpherson.com/art/Posters/2002" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Her 'How to Heal a Broken Heart' comic strip (click on them to see larger images)</div>
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And of course 'The Umibozu Wish' - because I have a fondness for small, black cute things with big eyes!</div>
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Oh, and whilst at Art College, she interned at Rough Draft Studios working on my favourite cartoon ever: Futurama. Respect!</div>
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Tara McPherson's website is <a href="http://www.taramcpherson.com/" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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The art boutique she owns 'The Cotton Candy Machine' webstore is <a href="http://www.thecottoncandymachine.com/store/" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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The gig posters are screen printed by Diesel Fuel Prints and their website is <a href="https://www.dieselfuelprints.com/store/index.php" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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