Some lovely detail in this oak tree cast… . . . .

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A little detail from the momento Mori piece I was thinking about earlier…. . . . . . #momentomori #keepsake #memory #nana #impressionsofnature #memorial

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A little bit of direct casting of my sheep’s footprint with some leftovers… #casting #plaster #impressionsofnature #inthestudio #experiment #artistsoninstagram

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Playing with a few more ideas…this may become a piece inspired by my nana…but I want to make a cast of some brass monkeys and I can find them! . . Working around the idea of Memento mori ‘(Latin: “remember that you have to die”) and it is the medieval Latin Christian theory and practice of reflection on mortality, especially as a means of considering the vanity of earthly life and the transient nature of all earthly goods and pursuits.’

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This is lovely George …I will be running a felting workshop soon and would like to find an alternative to merino wool shipped miles from the other side of the world…can anyone recommend a UK produced close alternative? I have lots of wool from my sheep but it’s not ideal and not really like merino… #felting #questions #recommendationsneeded #finearttextiles

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@lanhydrocknt 💜💙💚

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#cornwallcollege trip to #lanhydrock with 2nd & 3rd year BA hons students.i do love this place!

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More great markmaking from #cornwallcollege students. You can’t beat black and white! #bahons #contemopary #creative #practice #artanddesign #drawing

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Wonderful mark making workshop with 1st year BA students today at #cornwallcollege.

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Bear! Is here for a visit…bless him.

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Wonderful detail picked up by the casting process. Today I may begin constructing my assemblages …or I might just continue the excitement of casting :)

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Oh dear I got distracted by a visit from the sheep an now there is plaster everywhere!

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I was having a conversation with someone about why we take photos of detail and not the whole …we didn’t reach a conclusion 😁 but here is a little treslothan church detail. Beautiful place …

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Happy autumnal equinox! Gorgeous piece by Alphonse mucha… . . . . #alphonsemucha #autumnequinox #artnouveau #natureinspired

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Woodland abstraction…so much gorgeous texture…😀 . . . . #lovecornwall #lovenature #woodland #walks

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A walk in the woods…remembering nature tables at school…mine and my children’s.. . . .

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More ma work looking at the relationship between humans and animals…

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Autumn! The importance of celebration the wonders of all seasons…it was a glorious morning in Cornwall too!

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A few more casts…kind of feels like a race against the autumnal clock as everything dies back for winter….

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An image from my MA. Skulls featured heavily in this body of work and I am wondering if I can somehow include it in my current project…???

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Still can’t get my lettering the right way round but having fun anyway…I have no name for these…but they seem most like postcards at the moment.. . . . . .#workinprogress #mermaidspurse #sharkegg #foundobjects #feather #birdskull #bones #skeleton #crabclaw #beachcombing #shells #seaweed #beachfinds #coastalliving #coast #sea #sand #pebblebeach #wildlife #seaside #sealife #artiststudio #impressionsofnature #inthestudio #artist #art #contemporarycraft #capturingmoments #casting #plaster.

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Glorious day for walking in Cornwall and…lots of beach finds to play with :) . .

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A little more assemblage play….still working out what I am doing, but it’s all good fun! . . . .

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Wild Geese by Mary Oliver You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about your despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting — over and over announcing your place in the family of things

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Final one for today an oystercatcher collage…using pages from coast magazine and country living, old maps…thinking about the experience of travel or migration, fragmented landscapes, snippets remembered…

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Some of our beach finds in North Wales and my plaster relief work in progress…. . #mermaidspurse #sharkegg #foundobjects #birdskull #bones #skeleton #crabclaw #beachcombing #beachfinds #coastalliving #coast #sea #sand #pebblebeach #woldlife #seaside #sealife #artiststudio #impressionsofnature #inthestudio #artist #art #contemporarycraft

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Apart from the N Being the wrong way round, not sure about the pattern or the map or the bladderwrack…I am very very happy that the cormorant skull came out so well!!! . . . . #workinprogress #Cormorantskull #map #plaster #sculpturalrelief #textandimage #foundobjects #beachcombing #beachfinds #coastalliving #coast #sea #sand #pebblebeach #woldlife #seaside #cornwall #cormorant #contemporaryappliedarts ##sealife #artiststudio #impressionsofnature #inthestudio

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Also I have a cormorant theme today…I wonder why all my cormorants face the same way…how odd! . . . . . #cormorant #painting #drawing #printmaking #collage #mixedmedia #artist #cornwall #foundobjects #beachcombing #beachfinds #coastalliving #coast #sea #sand #pebblebeach #woldlife #seaside #sealife #artiststudio #impressionsofnature #inthestudio

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Off to my studio to play with some of these today….. . . . . #mermaidspurse #sharkegg #foundobjects #beachcombing #beachfinds #coastalliving #coast #sea #sand #pebblebeach #woldlife #seaside #sealife #artiststudio #impressionsofnature #inthestudio

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We do miss our graduates but know that they will be amazing without us! .@nessapenrose @sarahlcoolingart @little_arctic_flower @overlap2 . . . .http://ift.tt/2f8DpTL . . #bahons #cornwallcollege #artanddesign #painting #drawing #printmaking #fineart #textiles #ceramics #grapics #sculpture #pottery #education #degree #cornwall

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I have spent the day in planning and preparation…whilst looking forward to the return of our students… .http://ift.tt/2f8DpTL . . #bahons #cornwallcollege #artanddesign #painting #drawing #printmaking #fineart #textiles #ceramics #grapics #sculpture #pottery #education #degree #cornwall

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Unfinished collage…he has a slightly wonky eye…made from horse and hound magazines :) . . . .#cornwall #artistincornwall #inspiration #artist #workinprogress #illustration #illustrated #textandimage #illustrator #illustrating #designermaker #interiorproducts #wip #ontheeasel #artiststudio #inthestudio #countryside #countrylife #countryliving #ruralife #countryside #farmland #naturalworld #natureinspired #naturereserve

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Here is plaster collage thing number 2 no where near finished but inspired by a trip to Barmounth in Wales, it had changed a bit since our last visit in 1984 …. . .#barmouth #wales #inspiration #artist #workinprogress #illustration #illustrated #textandimage #illustrator #illustrating #printmaker #landscapestudy #designermaker #interiorproducts #wip #ontheeasel #artiststudio #inthestudio #fromtheartist #inspiration #countryside #countrylife #countryliving #ruralife #countryside #farmland# naturalworld #landscapev #natureinspired #naturereserve

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Looking forward to a bit of cutting and sticking this afternoon…who knows what my happen! These a inspired by starlings as they gather and chatter…collaged from country living magazines :) which seemed appropriate ! #inthestudio #collage #artist #mixedmedia #workinprogress

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Lovely to be running a workshop with Truro Arts! :)

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Lovely to be teaching at Truro arts today…:)

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Very much a work in progress…thinking out loud…:) . . . #carnbrea #workinprogress #inspiration #inthestudio #conterporaryart #contemporarycraft #plaster #wiredrawing #art #cornwall #copper #mining #industrialheritage #playingwithideas

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Inspired by a trip to Barmounth where I had my first holiday…without friend or parents…it’s changed a lot! #workinprogress #inspiration #impressionsofnature #inthestudio #shells #beachcombing #seaside #wales

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So inspired by the wildness of Carn Brea this morning I dashed into the studio…which I should never do in my favourite DMs! Oh we I had a lot of fun with plaster and wire…. #inthestudio #artist #inspiration #wildcornwall #wildmoors #carnbrea

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A bit wild and damp over Carn Brea today! #drownedrat #wildmoors #wildcornwall #wildweather #cornwall #inspiration

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Bright blue sky and a Gannet one of my favourite birds…some one once told me that you will only ever see them flying west…it can’t be true but I have never seen a Gannet flying east!!!! . .. .#collage #mixedmedia #wildlife #gannet #seabird #bassrock #bemptoncliffs #grassholme #art #coastalliving #conterporaryart #countrylife #cornwall #contemporaycraft

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More play with collage and assemblages… Working out ideas and having fun imagining possibilities…

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Just ideas at the moment…but it feels exciting!!! #workinprogress #inthestudio #inspiration #impressionsofnature

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Playing with a few ideas this afternoon…trying to find ways of combining processes I love… . . .#collage #wiredrawing #plaster #printmaking #maps #senseofplace #wildlfe #wildbirds #cornwall #natureinspiration #conterporaryart #contemporarycraft #mixedmedia #countrylife #coast

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A little more collage with ‘two for joy’ :) , , , #collage #magpie #twoforjoy #conteporarycraft #wildlife #art #cornwall

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A little bit of website updating this evening…it’s always a work in progress :) http://ift.tt/2vMadJf. . . #website #workinprogress #admin #artistwebsite

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A little more collage…nosey the badger…made from farmers weekly and wildlife mags…:) . . . .#collage #mixedmedia #wildlife #badger #art #artcard #conterporaryart #countrylife #cornwall

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Godwit! Another of my charity challenge paintings, can’t quite believe this was 3 years ago… . . . #inkandwash #charitysale #charitychallenge #30daychallege #artchallenge #art #cornwall

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It’s a few years since I did one of my 30 day challenges…this is one of the paintings…:) . . . #artchallenge #30daychallege #charitysale #countryliving #watercolor #paintings #artist #cornwall

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