Jiggety jig

Home again, again!!!! I arrived home from Melbourne last week did my washing and was back out the door to the Basketry Conference held at Port Sorrell.
I had a great time and now am back and hopefully this means after wading through the mounds of washing and sortiung and shopping I will be able to get back into the studio full of enthusiasm and inspiration and get some work done.
Oh and of course preparing for next months trip to Melbourne where I will be teaching here and marketing here and here. Last month at my market I collected addresses for my mailing list and as a prize there is a small piece of my art which will be drawn ans sent at the end of the month, I will be doing the same thing at my April appearances, though it will be a new peice of art. So for a chance to see it and maybe win come along and visit.

NIche Market

Well I am back and technically have been around since monday afternoon but I have been kinda distracted by the Niche Market which starts tomorrow and continues on Saturday. So have been in the studio making things and getting things ready and the same has been happening when I get home at night. Never the womanly chores that must be done.

The workshop in Port Sorell went well. Every body seemed to enjoy them selves. Above is a picture of the doll I made for the swap. And below some of my students work.

Before pictures this one with some very nice texture happening.


Little areas of text.

Lots of nice stuff being glued on.

More pieces.

In this one you can see the pages for one of the little cloth books I made for my students on which some spent more time and had much more fun than the pictures.

And now some of the finished pieces.

And finally a bunch of satisfied customers.

But now back to work, I still havent got everything packed yet.

Port Sorell

I am off to Port Sorell this afternoon for a long weekend with the Basketmakers of Tasmania. My bags are very nearly packed, I have my swap piece finished and placed inside a paperbag. I believe I have gathered all the supplies I will need for the workshop I am teaching on alternative paints for mixed media. I have checked the blogs I read and answered emails so now I can move into the last minute stuff. I will be sans computer till I get back on Monday. So I will hopefully post some pictures next week. That reminds where is the camera?