The World of Woodroffe, a feast for the eye....

I thought you'd like to see a few pictures of the new exhibition at Falmouth Art Gallery

Until I visited the gallery last week I had never heard of Patrick Woodroffe.. It's not the type of work that I'd like on my lounge wall particularly but if someone were to give me one  I'd bite their hand off.

But his work seemed very familiar in a strange kind of way.. 

Very quirky, thought provoking and insightful and most of all inspirational..
Patrick Woodroffe this is a great link.. Enjoy..

This is his actual desk taken from his studio, meticulously tidy.. Unlike my own. ha, ha....

Next to his desk was this amazing creature.....

Week 14... On my work bench..

Well, not my work bench...I went on such an amazing course last Saturday with Alison Stockmarr and Abi Concannon. at the shipyard studio's Wivenhoe.  Textile art is my new thing.. (I can here my husband, not another lot of stuff... More shelves..Groan...).  

We started off with coffee and a very warm welcome then straight in at the deep end, just what I like.. The course was about transfer printing..

Firstly we learn't how to transfer scanned images from the computer to the special transfer sheets that were supplied.... Then we got to work choosing images transferring them onto fabric then 'destroying them... Well I did anyway..  Here is my feeble effort, first attempt was a collage of little boats.. Not the most exciting...

 

Then lunch... And what a spread.. It was delicious. After lunch... Back to the fun...

 

 Here is Alison explaining about texture and print.. 

 How to hot press velvet... Simple when you know how... Take a wooden 'fish' damp down your velvet, put on to of 'fish' and with hot iron press.. I didn't know that you can easily texture velvet with an iron and steam.  So exciting.

 

'Talk things over'

This was my final piece, not quite finished but loving it so far. Click on image to get a closer look..

Prey - Private view..

New work by local artist Matt Keeling.  Prey exhibition  at the Coach House coffee shop, Brightlingsea.

Sketches at the poetry reading

Last night Norman and I did something out of our comfort zone and went to our our first 'Poetry Wivenhoe' evening at the Greyhound, to hear Tobias Hill and Adrian May .. And... I remembered to take my sketchbook and pencil.. Hurrah!  Wonders will never cease.

So with a large glass of red wine in hand ... 

I had forgotten how hard it was to do the two, three things at the same time, listen, drink and concerntrate on the drawing..  Hang on, I'm a girl I should be able to do this easily... Maybe it was the wine...

We had seen Adrian once before at a book signing, he was so funny, his observations are hilarious.. So that was the sprat that caught these two mackerel.. We had to hear him talk and sing once more... I think back in the day he must have been a travelling minstrel.

Adrian Hill was a revelation, for someone so young, his poetry was so beautiful, especially the one about his granddad.. He also read from his new book, by this time I was so tired, but desperate to hear his words.. The descriptive way he writes, and the gentle way he spoke captured me. I shall be ordering one of his books from the library today..

 

Here are a couple fellow listeners..

  

This young chap had such a sensitive mouth.. I've drawn his eyes a bit too close together, never mind it's all good practice.

 Loved this man's face....

A final one of Adrian..

So... When is the next meeting?.... We can't wait.