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Issue 16

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:43:00 +0000

It's my turn to edit again. Have decided to go for a small version, which I have lifted from an actual japanese book. I like the holdability of it. Here is the template and the stickers I used for the packs.

RIP Greg Daville

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:38:00 +0000

Our friend and fellow artist Greg died the day before yesterday. Very sad.

Family photos

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:02:00 +0000

The first pic is my beautiful grandmother on the left, her Auntie Cath holding my mother.

The second is my mother and father.

The third is me and my fathers brother.

My iMix

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:13:00 +0000

Music today

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:10:00 +0000

Gigs and stuff

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:48:00 +0000

At the Point in Cardiff Bay:

Kate Walsh
Iron and Wine

Wales Millennium Centre

Marc Rees - Gloria Days

New Sketchbook

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:34:00 +0000

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..

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:24:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:47:00 +0000

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..

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:42:00 +0000

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...

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:33:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:00:00 +0000

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

Selvedge magazine

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:55:00 +0000

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...

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:28:00 +0000

..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

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:26:00 +0000

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!

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:53:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:51:00 +0000

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

This month I am mostly listening to...

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:44:00 +0000

New Drawings

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:00:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:25:00 +0000

Issue 13

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:39:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:35:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:31:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:23:00 +0000

Crane Wife

noreply@blogger.com (inkygirl) — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:28:00 +0000

The Crane Wife is a fabulous old chinese story I think, about a man who saves a crane that has been wounded. Shortly after this a beautiful woman turns up on his doorstep. They marry. She has the ability to weave the most fantastic silk which the man sells and they become very rich. She only stipulates that he must never try to watch her weaving, but his curiosity gets the better of him and one nights he creeps up on her and sees that she is really a crane. She flies away and never returns.

And the reason for this story is that I have recently been listening to the Decemberists and I love their new album The Crane Wife.