Foxton

This Foxton Festival is half way through its second day, had a lot of very positive feedback regarding my art, so am please about that. Thank you to all those who stopped by and had a look and bought. We have had a throughtly lovely day so far and it can only get better.

if you would like to purchase anything that you saw over the weekend please feel free to have a look at my website: www.scrapartjournal.co.uk the show prices are still available. just contact me.

I am also offering small group workshops if you are interested so let me know about that.

Boxed for Foxton

I love texture and just love the effects you get from the creative metals that are available, for me its all about distressing them, embossing and generally abusing the metal to get the effects I am looking for.

Foxton in September

I have been creating away for Foxton which is in 3 weeks time, this event is over 2 days and I am worried that I am not going to have enough stock for this well attended event.  I've got greeting cards, boxes, prints, pendants to add variety and visual interest.

An experiment

I decided to make some 3D flowers to add to one of my face creations which I decided would be a bit of an experiement and I added some unusual effects to her face.

Kelly Rae Roberts inspirational pieces

I've been on a year long journey with the faces I have created, and the textures I have played with.  Along the way I have been inspired by many different artists especially those who's love was mixed media, but one stands out in particular and that is Kelly Rae Roberts, I just love the grunginess of the backgrounds today I put the final touches to my work and for the first time ever I am well and truly proud of where I have landed. 

Making a face

Hiya
Its not my first blog, but on this new site it most certainly is.    I have wanted to create a blog that I could use to have a conversation with my inner self.  If you think thats deep please don't worry at college we are often being told to have conversations on paper ( I am a graphic designer) and I also think that I don't get to share my inner thoughts often enough , not my arty ones anyway lol.

I have always had a fascination with faces and  now I can't stop drawing them.  Most of the time the faces emerge out of the paper other times I use my own face as my muse.  Self portrait is expressive and allows us to see ourselves in a creative way rather than just the reflection of ourselves. 


Who is my inspiration, there are quiet a few actually, Kelly Rae Roberts is one, and her style has most certainly influenced me a great deal as has Mogdigliani who's elonged faces set him apart from the rest.
I am going to attempt to go from start to finish on my first face for this blog.  I will cut this out at a later stage to incorporate into  a pre- prepared background board I should be able to glue the  to, add hair , body bits, to begin to make a collage