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Our latest project, which has taken some months to assume its final shape, is now complete and called …. Seeds of Enlightenment It is an Altered Book … to be exact it is Encyclopedia Britannica Volume 9 (Extraction* to Gambrinus**) […]
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Art Allotments has been running projects and workshops over the past months and an update on developments is long overdue. Today in a pop up shop there was an all day event. Drop in visitors of all ages made collages […]
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Although this blog virtually stopped for months on end the project carried on. There were more workshops and occasional exchanges of envelopes between Angela & myself. However 2012 has brought new ideas, new enthusiasm, and new plans for workshops and […]
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Here are a few more images. More good feedback keeps coming in but one postcard was very moving. Someone took an envelope away and then returned the flower image she had created writing on the bottom edge of the card […]
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Yesterday was the official opening of the exhibition at the SPARC centre Gallery in Bishops Castle. A steady flow of visitors of all ages came and saw the exhibition, made a postcard & ate cake. The exhibition will be up […]
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Today was the last day of a really good two weeks of the Art Allotments exhibition. It has been open in the Visual Arts Network community Gallery in the (new) market hall in Shrewsbury which is is not the easiest […]
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Well I have, at last, made a collage from the last envelope of stuff – I began with the coloured pile. and an extra piece of strong colour that had got overlooked. It became the all important starting point. Bird […]
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The last envelope has been opened and It is really full of stuff. So much that I have split it into two piles neutral & coloured – a bit like washing. No idea immediately jumps to mind from the items […]
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I have been looking at my latest envelope from Angela since I last posted an update. I remained determined not to open it until I knew that I had time to make work from the contents. So why has it […]
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This is the last picture that I have to add to this blog for 2010 before I begin making 2011 collages. As always at the beginning of a new year I feel a need to reflect on the work done, […]
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As it is January 1st and I am trying to begin the year purposfully especially with regard to making art. I am now typing this and posting the last few images. The project is in the final stages leading up […]
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Suprise here as this time Bev has made collages that hint at stories instead of being pure colour & shape. Also two images from Nigel & Estella that are A3 … (the guidelines are A4) .. but they arrived folded […]