Folkestone Mermaid Festival 2013

 

So I haven't blogged for a looooooong while!

I have either been busy, or struggling with the lethargy & depression that BPD brings, so sorry about that.

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.

This is my old sea map inspired map/poster for the 1st Folkestone Mermaid Festival, which is taking place in the coastal park on Saturday 1st June 2013.

 

 

(click on the image for a larger version)

 



Events will include;

2pm - Mermaid Parade, starting from the Leas Lift and finishing on Mermaid Beach.

 

3pm - Fancy Dress Competition

6pm - Siren Song at the Amphitheatre, live music from local ladies including Maiuko.

For more information, have a look at their facebook page in the link above, or go to www.folkestonefestival.org.

 

For a taster of Maiuko's music, watch this:

 

 

A Pirate's Life For Me!

 

A Pirate's Life For Me!

 

For those of you who hadn't yet noticed, I have quite a thing for Pirates!

 

So naturally I put myself forward when The Folkestone Film Factory were in need of a narrator for their latest workshop production 'A Pirate's Life'.

 

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 Day of Syn.

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.

 

 To compound his misery on land, he has lost his faithful parrot 'Sir Squawksalot'.

 

 

Notice that someone has actually taken one of the contact slips!

 

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!

 

Max and Hanne with me after I recorded my voice over.

 

Anyway, that's enough waffle from me; here's what you have been waiting for:

A Pirate's Life : A Film Factory Workshop Production

 

 

More films from the Film Factory can be found on their YouTube channel here.

 

Enjoy what's left of the weekend Folks. I'm off to find the answer to one of life's most important questions....

 

 

See Ye later Mateys! Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

I do Love a good Boot Fair!

 

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!

 

 

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 Johan Lindsten. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with these yet, but I'm sure I'll show you when I do.

 

 

Check out this link - Lindsten's quite a cutie! ;)

 

My next favourite item is this Pirate fuzzy felt set! 34 years old and still playing with fuzzy felt....

 

 

It will make a nice addition to the 'Wall of Pirate' (which I still haven't written about) so that's my excuse for buying it, and I'm sticking to it!

 

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.
 

I also picked up Slash's autobiography, because I LOVED Guns n' Roses as a teenager (still do), and it gives me an excuse to sign off with this picture:

 

 

Have a Great Bank Holiday Weekend! I'm off to put the kettle on.....