art for art's sake #425

Hi all, here we are for another peak at each other's workdesks and crafting.
I've been finishing up my latest lapis infinity earrings and making an origami box to send them in.

On Sunday, I went to an exhibition by an artist friend, Catherine Robinson.

It's on till the end of July in Faversham, if anyone's around, and well worth seeing.

Catherine's print, Migration II, is the poster image, right, and is really beautiful. She's done a lot of work in support of MOAS, who help save the lives of refugees trying to cross the Mediterranean into Europe.

I needed to send her a card, and so painted this one as a comment on "Migration" - still enjoying my Japanese watercolour brush pens.  

That's about all this week - happy WOYWW, everyone!

 

hugs, Lynne xxx

Hokusai, herbs and healing #424

Hi all, 
Here's my weekly look at my workdesk - see http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/ for more.

As reported last week, I'm making more Lapis earrings and so here's my jewellery making workdesk.

I've  been out and about, buying herb plants for the long border in our back garden, which Brian's planted. This border has recently been weed cleared and had a ton of spent mushroom compost dumped on it. I was struggling to think of what to do with it, but eventually had the brainwave of making it mostly herbs. We suffer a lot with slugs so I decided to buy mature plants and hope they stand a better chance of surviving. We need to get more plants yet, to plant closely to keep down the weeds, but it's a start.

As you can see, Thea has made a good recovery, after a week of keeping her in and bathing her bites with a cleaning liquid from the vets that looks like feline iodine. I'm not sure if she was helping or just using the wheelbarrow as a good place for a snooze! 😏


I also returned to the Hokusai exhibition with LLJ and Gordon, as the BM has changed the pictures. The dragons were particularly impressive.

We had a great day out together.  On the way out we also visited the Assyrian bas-reliefs. I swear those gods are carrying handbags!

Anyway, have a good week all, hugs, Lynne xxx

Catminding and earrings #423

Hi all, it's Wednesday again, and time to show my workdesk. If you want to know what this is about, head over to http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/, where our kindly host Julia will tell you all about it.

I've had requests for more of my infinity drop earrings so I'm back to the jewellery making workspace this week. I've more of the lapis beads so will make more the same. 

At the same time, our smaller, but very fierce cat, Thea, has been in a fight, probably with a big, nasty tabby who bullies her, so we're keeping her in until her 6 bites  (6! poor thing) have healed and she gets her nerve back. I'd like to get my hands on him, but what can you do?

Anyway, I've been cleaning her wounds daily with the special feline iodine-like stuff from the vets and she's not infected or in pain.

She's either sleeping behind the settee or sitting on me, so its tricky doing anything when she's awake. Brian says it's a good job Doctor Who has finished (his traditional hiding spot when the Daleks come on was behind the settee.)

Anyway, have a good week all, hugs, Lynne xxx

unknitting and tennis #422

Hi, I don't have much to show on my workdesk this week, apart from my knitting, which I've decided to undo and redo. I like the pattern, but need to improve the joins between the different blocks.

Apart from knitting, the main thing I've done is to go to Wimbledon, to see the tennis (Centre Court, my dears). Thanks to a great friend who got tickets in the ballot. we had the best seats in the house, even looking DOWN on royalty!

We saw Andy Murray and Petra Kvitiva win, and Stan Wawrinka lose, as well as a couple of entertaining sets of Dustin Brown.

The grounds were beautiful, flowers everywhere, and the whole day was just immaculate. Pimms, strawberries and cream and all ;-)  


Anyway, that's all for me this week, have a good week all, hugs, Lynne