Tiles and other bits

These are terracotta roof edging tiles that I have recently been commissioned to make, they go along the roof line between the ridge capping and they are going on The Gingerbread House as it is called in Charles St. Launceston....they will be there long after i am gone !

and here are some more of my buttons and 3 little smoke fired birdies....very cute.

nearly Friday at Tin Shed

I have been busy whizzing up plant fibre and soaking paper getting ready for a full on day of Paper Making on Friday ....i have some ideas ...i might texture some with lace and press some leaves between a few sheets this time. I have also been playing with some watercolour paper , popped it into the dye pots and have some very nice results...looks like a little book coming up !

stitching friday

Twas stitching day at Tin Shed and  Cilla was busy re creating a dress into a skirt...

I completed a bonnet to remember a female convict ancestor...

and Tracy continued stitching her long john, wool, silk , doily, scarf , wrap piece that is full of wonderful textures and is going to be dyed soon i recon.
                                                                                                                                                                                      

here is the yummy textures of Tracy's piece....

music day at the Tin Shed

We had another wonderful day today with Wal and John playing guitar and banjo  and some fantastic singing ...these music sessions really make our week....we wish they could happen more often but we don't want to wear our muso's out and lets face it they do have a life away from us... and there own art etc to keep up with... check out what John does here in Deloraine.

playing around and working

a random pic ...a little beach basket ...coiled and stitched from sea weed and grassy stuff while camping at Petal Point on N.E. coast of Tasmania.

 these 10 little smoke fired buttons are about to be sent of to Bonnie ...she recons they are fantastic which is just what I wanted to hear...

It is going to be cold again.....

another freezing day ...

The frozen cobweb above is on my wisteria and not surprisingly not a spider in site....  and our little pond frozen over too... I wonder how the frogs cope with the cold?
I have to say it was very difficult at the Tin Shed today none of us strayed to far from the heaters for very long.We did manage to get a little work done though.

Fun Friday

 I had a good day today ...I taught Katrina how to wet felt and we filled her head with other stuff that she could teach her kids.. didn't we Tracy?

 Speaking of Tracy I caught her in the act today?????  Is she smoking in her studio!!  BTW can you spot some of her art....

                      
                    Something is goin on..... she has a rather blissful look about her don't you think...

                               
                             Ahhh  she is preparing  a piece for one of her intriguing mixed media pieces

  It is amazing what can be done with a piece of old book and an incense stick....

winter at Liffey

                                  looking east....

                                    looking west....

                                     looking to the  north west...
                three different views at the same time from my place....

a great day at the Tin Shed

Wow ! first up we had Flynn and Zac tap dancing for us and Summer had a go too.They were excellent you don't realise how noisy those taps can be till you hear em at close range....
 Then along came Wal and John and they played their guitars and sang with some background drumming from the youngsters and a little comedy tossed in from Zac.
Everyone totally enjoyed the music and worked along quite happily until after lunch, when our exhausted entertainers went their separate ways, and left us in a very quiet space for the remainder of the day.
 Some of us even got some work done....thanks Glenn for helping me stack the kiln, and Edna and Zac too.

paper pics

Here are a couple more pics of the paper we made on Friday....I am still contemplating what to do with it, I have a couple of ideas brewing....watch this space.

Latrobe Baskets

 Here is Mal playing with pencils....

 and Sally and Kathy doing a little reading....

  and  Chook with her random weave creation for the top of her swing....

   

Aukje's lovely stitching

I went off to Latrobe with Pauline today...it was pouring with rain and very windy  but nice and warm in the Regional Arts building where we had our basketry day.

 Here is my naturally dyed and hand stitched  dress, Every one thought it was lovely and were amazed at the colours and textures of the fabric (blanket and silk)....
Thanks Trace for helping me along the way...I think it will be one of those ongoing projects !!

great way to finish the week

Yep it's Friday and we had a terrific day making lots of lovely sheets of paper.

We are thinking we may make it a monthly event .... could be 1st Friday = paper making .
                                                                                             2nd Friday = basketmaking .
                                                                                             3rd Friday =  ? suggestions anyone!
                                                                                             4th Friday = stitching.
Seems like a nice way to end the week.....
  I have made about 50 sheets of A4 paper in two sessions , that's pretty good... Cilla and Trace would have about the same I recon.Will have to think about what fibre to use for the next lot.

paper making revisited

tomorrow we are making paper  again at the Tin Shed this time it will be recycled matt board scraps and cumbungi (bullrush) that we cooked up during the week and Cilla whizzed up in the blender so we can get straight into it ...after the fires are lit !!

another frosty one

Yesterday we had an even more severe frost than the previous ones....Hows this Ali brrrr !!!!

   luckily today was not so bad as it was cloudy and we had a little drizzle now and then... still cold though.

went to dancing tonight i swear I have 2 left feet half the time , it is great fun and good stretching excersize too.Maryanne is of to Q. for three weeks with her family so we can have a rest too although Tae kwon do is still on over the break...