Bottles

Posted on June 28, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #uskstoke, Art, Blue, Bottles, Challenge, Drawing, Fern, Glass, Goldfish, Perfume, Sketching, Urban sketchers Stoke on trentLeave a comment

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Stoke-on-Trent urban sketchers challenge today. The prompt was bottles so I went and drew the ones I have on the windowsill in my bathroom. My favourite is dark blue. Then there is a ‘poison’ bottle of perfume a glass cat with a glass goldfish trapped in it. A square small gin bottle and an old chemistry bottle with a cork… I do like collecting stuff…

I used brush pens and permanent colour pens and a fine liner. On cartridge paper in my sketchbook…

Just enjoying the challenge of drawing the fern that has spread everywhere in the bathroom.

Orchid reflection.

Posted on June 14, 2020June 14, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blue, Close up, Contrast, Darkness, Glass, Green, Orchid reflection, Photo, Pink, Random, ReflectedLeave a comment

The bright reflection of my orchid plant in a glass covered picture my friend gave me. It’s a close up and it stands out because of the darkness of the surrounding area.. The pink, blue and green stands out bright and clear. I wish my phone camera could reproduce images more clearly when you zoom in. But it was worth taking the photo.

Necklaces

Posted on June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Design, Fused glass, Glass, Glass necklaces, Inspiration, Jewellery, Random, Wire weavingLeave a comment

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I got some of my necklaces back from a gallery that closed down last week. Most of them are quite chunky. I had a few small ones that were being made (my friend does wire weaving) but with the lockdown I haven’t been able to get some of them back.

I promised a couple to friends and I’m very disappointed they haven’t been able to have them yet. It’s only because of covid 19 that I haven’t been able to pass them on.

Another drawing

Posted on May 1, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #uskstoke, Art, Drawing, Glass, Life, Pattern, Sketching, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, Usk Stoke-on-TrentLeave a comment

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Today’s #uskstoke challenge, day 13, Friday, back gate / door. As I don’t have a back gate these are reflections and distortions in the window of my back door. I hope you can see my hands and the black sketchbook reflected in the frosted glass. (it it frosted or patterned?). Anyway it’s quite difficult to draw your hands while you are drawing. They tend to move about, so this is more of an impression.

Some of the colour is outside, some inside. I think the patch of red and orange above my hands might be my face? I know the sketchbook is too small, bit it was difficult to see where the book ended and my cardigan started….

Blue glass

Posted on March 11, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blur, Ceramic, Colour, Design, Glass, Pattern, Photo, Two years agoLeave a comment

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I found this photo of when I’d has the bathroom decorated. I love the colour of the blue glass. Now it’s full of ferns and my glass and ceramic collection is well hidden. I think the bulbous white ceramic is the side of a vase. X

Above our door

Posted on February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Art, Cat, coloured glass, Design, Door, Fun, Glass, Leaded glass, Pretty, Stained glass, Stained glass cat, Stained glass window, Window2 Comments

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I designed this about 25 years ago. A cat resting in the window above our front door. My friend Phil Shaw who was a carpenter also knew how to make stained glass, so I drew out the pattern and he made this up for me. It’s been there ever since and I love it. When we had our house double glazed I wanted to have this incorporated into a window but they couldn’t do it, so it remains, behind the single glass window. Letting the sunlight in. Coloured patches on the carpet.

Old glass lampshade

Posted on February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Antique, Blogging, Etruria, Glass, History, Holy Inadequate pub, Lampshade, Light, Pub, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

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Saw this in the pub a few days ago. I’m not sure if it’s antique or a reproduction but it has a feeling of something from the start of the last century. I liked the main shade surrounded by three smaller shades all held together by solid but delicately shaped metal. I wonder if it’s converted from a gas mantle?

I imaging its a considerable weight, so I guess it’s screwed into a ceiling joist. I didn’t think to look at the lights in the rest of the pub so I don’t know if it’s the only one there. Perhaps it’s from a reclamation yard? There are a few round here. Anyway it’s good to see old things about.

Necklace

Posted on February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Design, Escape, freedom, Glass, Jewellery, Life, Memories, Prevarication, Thinking, Wireweaving8 Comments

I thought I would post an old picture of one of my necklaces from my Facebook memories. I made the glass cabochon at a glass workshop with someone called Angela Ashton. She has moved away and I would like to find somewhere else to do this. The wire weaving is by my friend, I need to chase her to try and get some pieces back off her, but I’ve been preoccupied and keep forgetting to contact her. I don’t think it’s anything to do with my age, but when you are busy with other responsibilities it’s hard to keep on track.

Sometimes I just wish for freedom to be myself, and sometimes I feel I’m using it as an excuse not to do things.

Maybe I can pull things back together soon. I need to escape my cocoon and be a butterfly.

Wine

Posted on January 19, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged beer, Blogging, brewing, Demi-johns, Drink, Glass, Sparkling, Taste, WineLeave a comment

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I don’t drink much, but I used to make wine. My favourite was a sparkling plum wine. I didn’t know what I was doing so I used a yeast that makes lots of gas and fizz. The wine was brewed in demi-johns, then I put it into old beer bottles with ceramic and rubber stoppers. When we opened the bottles it was a deep orange red and had a real sparkle.

Sadly I couldn’t remember what yeast I had used and I never got the same result. I also found that I was allergic to the sulphur dioxide that is used to sterilise the equipment, so I would start sneezing uncontrollably.

I then went on to brewing beer for a few years. That was fun and less difficult but in the end I sold all my demi-johns.

Necklace

Posted on December 8, 2019December 8, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Creative, Design, Glass, Hand made, Jewellery, Life, Wire weaveLeave a comment

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This is one of the necklaces I sold recently. Unfortunately the catch is a bit difficult to open for the new owner. Its a ball chain and you have to turn the chain to 90° to the clasp and slip the chain out. After a discussion I’m going to try and get a longer chain for her with a different clasp to make things easier. I want people to be happy with what I’ve created.

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Tag: Glass

Bottles

Orchid reflection.

Necklaces

Another drawing

Blue glass

Above our door

Old glass lampshade

Necklace

Wine

Necklace