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i jumped on with instagram! perfect for quickness and keeping up with the flow. thanks for the tip and as always , thanks for the comments and support :)

i had a weeks delay between treatments this round, waiting for blood levels to come up, and took the chace to start some painting. also bought this amazing silk/cashmere/merino lace yarn - it was fun even to make a ball from the skein - so bright and luminous. what to make!!

ps the photos are not showing up it seems and i will pop back when I figure out how to share the links! . . . . ok, got the pics here by downloading through facebook!! am sure there must be a more direct way?? my user name is gretchenmist or maybe belinda kemp ;)

our creative space ~ work in progress

i pulled out my paints for the first time in weeks! it was excellent!
there are quite a few pieces on wood that i've started and i hoped to re-connect with them/work on them. i ended up working on paper with acrylic and pencil.
there will be stitching and one or two more details . . .

happy creative space day!
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our creative space

i started a new painting this week and also decided to make some mini versions on the side ~ as a way to experiment and get ideas out in a visual way {rather than taking notes, which i can't always translate later}.

and, the fabric has arrived!! along with some swatches of new designs~ so today i'll be taking photos, cutting and packing.

happy creating!
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tiny

the collage elements that i'm using for the new paintings seem to be getting smaller and smaller. they are kind of abstract flowers for abstract {garden} paintings and it seemed right to try them in a real garden! the hot pink is crazy in photos {always out of focus: the camera doesn't like it} and the sky was dark and verging on stormy.

have a fun start to the week!

our creative space

thinking of using these collage pieces {cut out paper with pinholes and stitching} in this new painting. i don't usually add collage pieces to painting on wood, but i'm thinking it might work. i like the look of the thread hanging loose but am wondering if it would make varnishing and scanning etc too tricky . . . so much technical planning involved with this intuitive process!!

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our creative space

the top one ~ 'kangaroo paw' is done and in print form here. the second one is about half way and the others right at the start! i feel like i'm asking lots of questions with these ~ even though i'd hoped to let go of thinking. it's just the edge of my comfort zone i guess, which is kind of scary but feels necessary . . .

have fun today! find more spaces here.

my creative space

i've been feeling kind of blah lately and possibly a little burnt out ~ i might have pushed it too far with the intense non-creative work burst over the holidays . . . and also having appointments slotted into the creative time in the first week of getting back into things, doesn't help . . .

thankfully, i think i'm at the tail end of it. i'm trying to let go of 'grand plans which won't happen for a year and a half' and taking it slowly and working in stints on the top painting and trying out a simple idea in the bottom one {on paper}. am into black with blue at the moment!

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my creative space

so great to have 'my creative space' back for the start of the new term. school's back!!

the one at the top ~ 'theory' is finished and the other two are in progress. they are/will be acrylic, pencil, pinholes and stitching on paper.

painting these pieces inspired a trip to the art supply shop this morning. i had spotted the most beautiful gouache paints ever {over the holidays}, and have also been obsessing about water colours, which i think might work better for what i'm trying to do with the bottom layer. i was very restrained and bought only a couple of colours to try them out . . . am sure i'll get back to the shop soon. {i don't shop for shoes very often!!}

hope you've had a creative, fun day. will pop in to yours asap, no doubt i owe you a visit {sorry!}.

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my creative space

working on some drawings that i make into patterns for fabric . . . {kind of short on words today!}.

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my creative space

the week has flown by!
have been working on paper and the computer . . . making holes with a pin, stitching, painting, drawing, and playing with the first idea for fabric. fun! and lots to learn!

>> click images to go to flickr=clearer

happy creative space day!
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my creative space ~ re connecting

our phone and internet was disconnected this week . . . you can imagine the disarray! it's a particular kind of disconnected, hands tied behind the back kind of feeling. we've got a temporary solution {no phone} and it's going to be 1000 times better when it's all fixed up, sometime soon. i can see how a break from the internet can be healthy, but only when if/you're ready for it!

. . . mr 3 and i went out in the rain to take garden photos and i put some stitching detail into the almost finished work in the top photo.

hope you're having an inspiring week! pop into kirsty's for more spaces :)

ps thanks so much for all the encouragement re the fabric idea ~ can't wait to start on it xx

my creative space

going where the ideas take me this week ~ which is all over the place i guess! i'm having fun with the little pieces, they are really no threat. great for liberating ideas and trying things out.

also experimenting with triangle garlands . . .

and off to the city {in the rain} for supplies. will pop in to yours when i get back.

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my creative space

had/have lots of things i need to do on the computer ~ but ~ i felt an overwhelming need to get to the other desk!
making mini collages on wood, some with stitching. am hoping to try out another hanging idea when some supplies arrive.

:: for a clearer view of these pics {flickr}

hope you're having a creative/fun thursday!
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my creative space

having a lot of fun getting side tracked with the recycled print projects. making gift tags and stitching together pieces that i kept to one side. i have an idea for these, but it's a little vague . . .

i managed to make 3 garlands this week one is listed!

happy creative space day ~ pop over to kirsty's for more :)

today was a surprisingly productive one, despite the end-of-school term exhaustion. i managed to make + order some moo postcards and this image above. it's in progress! it's along the lines of what i was thinking, but from my sketchy, slightly unreliable memory, there were other ideas too ~ stay tuned!

happy friday/school holidays :)

connecting the dots

there's a certain {good} tension that comes with making collage. it involves the pull between the thinking mind and the intuitive mind, and i love it when intuition wins! or at least directs.

i have lots of work that is lying around at stage 1. i might've had half an idea {just a feeling that i'm trying to record} or an idea as an offshoot of something else. it seems that often i'm not sure where i'm going with it . . . so i leave it at the start.

then today, as i was in this collage work mode the penny dropped! some of the half ideas may have been the beginnings of a new direction. i'm still not sure entirely what that entails. it also, could be one of many possible directions.

it gets confusing sometimes, working on so many different things, a little at a time. but it keeps it fun.

hope to do a shopping post soon 8)
happy friday! what are you up to this weekend?