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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One more…a golden hare :)

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One more…a golden gate called Thomas…

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Watching badger in my wildlife collection…

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Time to get back to work! I have been organising some of my cards into collections to post on my Etsy and eBay shops…they can all be seen on my website. #rook #artcard #greetingscard #backtowork #loveart #artist #designermaker

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Collage! :)

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Just one more….Rachel Whitehead…wonderful! #conterporaryart #casting #sculpture #sculpturalrelief #plaster #rachelwhiteread

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Plaster, cement, fabric and wood. Wonderful Doris Salcedo! #conterporaryart #fineart #dorissalcedo #cement #casting #plaster #sculpture

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More by Anselm Kiefer, I visited an exhibition of his at the royal academy I remember massive books with drawing on plaster…but I can’t find any images…whenever I work with plaster I think of it…and want to add lead! #anselmkeifer #royalacademyofarts #contemporaryfineart

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Amazing and mostly huge work by Anselm Keifer… #plaster #lead #casting #contemporaryfineart #anselmkeifer #royalacademyofarts

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We enjoyed a wonderful exhibition amd chat with the artists at the Poly in Falmouth by Jenny Webbe and Sonia Bateman.

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A wonderful zines workshop today with Vicki from @little_arctic_flower at the Cornwall records office…this is a seal in wax and an 11th century a letter from the archive amazing! Vicki has another workshop coming up soon….httpstagram.com/p/BXn8A88jL3b/ #zine #workshop #inthestudio #inspiration

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A little name change to reflect the current projects that I am working on…with this work nature is the true designer not me! #nobetterdesignerthannature #alexandermcqueen #impressionsofnature #countryliving #countrylife #contemporarycraft

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And another honeysuckle or woodbine as my grandad used to call it. Some plants hold so much memory and meaning…I feel a little like I am in a race against the clock…as the seasons are changing and the cycle of life moves forward…. #impressionsofnature #contemporarycraft #natureprinting #wildflowers #casting #countrylife #countryside #countryliving #summerflowers

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Finally a result…a gorgeous cranesbill leave…wonderful detail :) #impressionsofnature #casting #inthestudio #contemporarycraft #nobetterdesignerthannature #natureprinting #natureinspiration

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The worst casting in the world! Plaster everywhere! #inthestudio #casting #workinprogress #makingamess

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This is a really old one…2002 I think a fern pressed into clay then oxides to enhance the detail. #nobetterdesignerthannature #impressionsofnature #oxides #clay #contemporarycraft

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A bit leftover so I took a print from a lino plate :) #inthestudio #workinprogress #printmaking #linoprint #casting #contemporarycraft #art

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More tests this time with a polymer based casting medium instead of resin. Much friendlier! . . #natureprinting #naturecasting #impressionsofnature #contemporarycraft #casting #artistsoninstagram #inthestudio #workinprogress

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Everlasting roses in white concrete … , , #impressionsofnature #natureprinting #naturecasting #concreteart #roses #contemporarycraft #casting

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Yaay! Second time I got it, beautiful Shasta Daisey in white cement.. , .#impressionsofnature #natureprinting #casting #artistsoninstagram #art #contemporarycraft #sculpturalrelief

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Damn!!!!!!!!!!!

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The art of patience! Waiting for the cement to set….I am not good with waiting!!! #inthestudio #casting #contemporarycraft #natureprinting #impressionsofnature

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Our Wedding flowers pressed and cast in jesmonite it picks up an amazing amount of detail, includes confetti and the button holes its a lovely momento from our wedding. #weddingflowers #casting #jesmonite #everlastingflowers #contemporarycraft

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Using an old mould but this is why I was excited by the graphite. . . #contemporarycraft #bluebells #resincasting #inthestudio #art #artistsoninstagram

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Some test complete…some more on the go…refining the ideas…but feeling sick with the fumes from the resin! Graphite is currently the exciting addition 😂 . . . #inthestudio #artistsoninstagram #experiment #resincasting #impressionsofnature

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Resin tests done…this is the leftovers 💕#artistsoninstagram #inthestudio #resinart #resincasting

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Wonderful weeds…or wildflowers. Hopefully doing some material test today…to see what I can add to resin, to give me the result I am looking for. #impressionsofnature #inthestudio #countrylife #countryliving #wildflowers #casting #resin #art #designermaker #contemporarycraft

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Blustery but inspiring day of thinking and materials buying…#natureinspiration #impressionsofnature #art #inthestudio #workinprogress #countrylife #countryside #countryliving

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So many plants to choose from at this time of year…I have been reading about the apothecaries of the middle-ages and how they took prints of medicinal plants to aid future identification…nothing is new! #natureprinting #impressionsofnature #art #craft #designermaker #wildflowers #herbs #casting #monoprinting #inthestudio #natureinspiration

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One last cast for today a beautiful mermaids purse…I find them magical, imbued with mystery and narrative! 💚💙💚 #impressionsofnature #mermaidspurse #beachcombing #coast #seaside #strandline #cornwall

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Cast seaweed…sculptural relief, this one is from 2015 #impressionsofnature #jesmonite #casting #art #sea #seaside #cornwall #coast

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One more from 15 years ago before I get on with something new…experimenting with materials…#casting #art

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More from 2002 this is a suspender clip in lead. #art #fineart #casting #lead #impressionsofnature

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This project began in 2002 casting objects found on our smallholding, some excavated by our pigs…influenced by the work of Mark Dion, Rachael Whiteread, Cornelia Parker, Doris Salcedo, the Boyle Family and many others we began to explore our environment… #casting #printmaking #art

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And just in case you have no idea what I am talking about…#impressionsofnature #casting #printmaking #wildflowers #nature #countryside #art

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Out in the field today doing a bit of much needed fencing…but with all the wonderful meadow plants around I am thinking that it’s time to return to a few impressions of nature…casting and printmaking…it feels quite exciting #printmaking #casting #nature #wildflowers #countryside #countryliving #countrylife

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