My iMix

Music today

Gigs and stuff

At the Point in Cardiff Bay:

Kate Walsh
Iron and Wine

Wales Millennium Centre

Marc Rees - Gloria Days

New Sketchbook

I have been bookbinding like mad recently, and am now on complete book no.4. The latest effort is a new sketchbook, that is the size of the old daler ones I used to like, but which are no longer available.

And also one of my drawings from said sketchbook.

Stuff I want to see and have seen..

Two films I would like to see, Ira and Abby is by the woman who did kissing Jessica Stein I think - which was a brilliant film. Also found a great sight and blog for Free People clothes. Firstly I love there clothes and the style of their website is lovely too.

St. Ives

Paul and I had our annual St. Ives pilgrimage recently, but due to the terrible rain we had been having I managed to persuade him that camping was not such a great idea. So we ended up staying in the Pedn Olva hotel, with the most fantastic views of the sea and the harbour. Although the weather was pretty crap - we had a gorgeous time, being lazy and relaxed, we ate in our favourite places, looked round the shops, visited our favourite spots and beaches. Saw a good exhibition in the Tate, called "if everyone had an ocean" - very interesting. Treyarnon beach where I wanted to swim in the rock-pools is really busy these days, and they have knocked down the little surf cafe that was there and now seem to be building holiday homes. Bah!!

Issue time again..

Heather's turn to edit 1ssue, and this time she gave us a theme, which was "calender". I worked on more collages.

Long time no blog...

Been very bad recently doing work and concentrating on home issues like broken boilers and building IKEA wardrobes. See below, except mine is white. I am very happy with this and have had to colour coordinate my clothes so that they look lovely hanging up on it. Even Mouse has found a way to turn it into a snooze opportunity by taking possession of the basket I was planning to keep my bags in.

Drawing

J thinks I should start doing my drawings bigger. Maybe I will.

Selvedge magazine

Selvedge is a very expensive and very beautiful mag all about textiles and stitchery- it is a guilty pleasure because it's price is really quite extortionate. I bought this one at Chpater yesterday while waiting for E. Saw quite an interesting exhibition, but a little whimsical I felt.

Recently I have mostly been...

..listening to The Smiths, reliving my youth. This album takes me back, quite literally so that I am once more walking down Albany Road on my way to The Spice of Life, stripey T-shirt hanging off one shoulder, huge earrings...

..going to see strange films with my best friend

..and painting. More of that later.

New drawing

Finished this drawing at Druidstone, eating my lunch with a cold beer, looking out over the cliffs and able to see Paul surfing in the sea.

My hair is driving me mad!

I am mighty sick of my hair at the moment. It is just all wrong and I don't know what I should do to remedy it. These women have great hair. I am taking these pictures to the hairdressers to see if I can be saved from my bad hair days.

Crosshatch Showcase

One day when I am old I will be famous for my marvelous crosshatching.

This month I am mostly listening to...

New Drawings

Been drawing like a crazy drawing thing recently. Once I dreamed that I was walking down Wellfield Road with a pram, and people kept looking into the pram to admire my baby - but I was really embarrassed because my baby was an orange and I didn't want them to find out. (Hence the orange drawing).
What the hell was that about?

Scotlandia

Issue 13

Issue has been a good one for me this time, with sewn collages from bits of ephemera from my collection. I really like these and did 13 individual pages too, so everyone gets an original.

Studio/Shed

My little red room is like my shed, except that I cannot keep everyone out of it unfortunately. I have been looking at lots of magazines and being inspired by patterns and colours.

Flotsam & Jetsom

Monknash Beach is one of my favourite spots on the coast. I first came here as a student for picnics. We like to walk on the beach and listen to the waves playing tunes with the pebbles. This day was particularly good for interesting debris. Including the most fabulous wellington boot ever which was also huge.

London New Year