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Category Archives: About artists.
Purrcelain.
Since the kiln went on the fritz, knackered by an incompetent kiln engineer, not the manufacturer’s engineer, and some dodgy wire, not the proper high temperature wire, doll production has been a cat-astrophy. Now everything has been put right by … Continue reading
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Tenterhooks.
I am on tenterhooks and have been for some time but specifically the last fifteen hours or so. Regular readers (hello) know that, after seven months of waiting, the manufacturer’s kiln engineers finally arrived and put the kiln right, with … Continue reading
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Up and mincing.
There is a possibility that I might just have new stuff for Miniatura. In fact the new stuff should have been the new stuff for the Spring but there was a problem. Houston, I have an idiot. (Me.) I did … Continue reading
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Anniversary.
Amazingly the OH and I will have been married for 50 years on the 27th of August. For anyone wondering how you do that, it’s like anything, you keep going and don’t give up. Our neighbour wanted to take us … Continue reading
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The big river retailer on a canal.
Sadly the water colouring of the sketches I made in Venice has to be paused until after Miniatura. I have really enjoyed them and would still be sitting in my shed with the paints were it not that the OH … Continue reading
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Sketches by a time traveller.
I did not really time travel in Venice, although by the time I have finished reading the major history of the city, I may well feel as if I have. One day, off the beaten track, or, as it is … Continue reading
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An easy present to make for relatives.
Specifically, small relatives and demented relatives. As I mentioned, I have a neighbour currently back home in a foreign country trying to help a demented mother. The neighbour’s son has gone out in the holidays to join in (having been … Continue reading
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More watercolours from Venice.
It’s taken a while because I’m not rushing anything. I still have half the pictures in the sketchbook to colour. I will have to stop and do dolls shortly but it’s too hot again to do anything as active, so … Continue reading
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Reader (hello) I saved the dog.
Sometimes your plans do not go as planned, not even slightly. On Tuesday the plan was that the OH and I would have a day out. We planned to visit a National Trust property not far from here. In the … Continue reading
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Supportses for horses.
Sculpture is skill that can be learned but great sculpture is often a joint venture between learning and love. I’ve been sculpting dolls for over three decades and have sufficient skill to get the shape I am thinking of out … Continue reading
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