A zine - at last ...

I have joined a group of friends to make zines - we meet once or twice a month. So eventually (6 years after my original intention!) I have just finished my first zine, called Matters of the Heart. Some of the pages:

Matters of the Heart (zine, 28 pages, b&w photocopy, stitched binding, with origami heart).

New art acquisitions.

I have acquired a couple of new works of art over the last 12 months, all of which I neglected to post about.
Two new works by Eugenie Marais - small, delightful canvases:

And the one below is by Bridget Simons - from her Masters degree show.

Next week I will show the three most recent paintings in my collection.

Every Art ...

I found  this quote by Charles Simic in Dime Store Alchemy - a book of his reflections on Joseph Cornell's work.

My heart is ... an adjective.

My Heart is an Adjective (drypoint etchings and debossing).

Accidental felt.

I knitted this cowl last year with a beautiful grey merino wool. Put it in the washing machine last week and had a big shock when it emerged as a considerably smaller felted scarf. But after a while I decided that I like the felted version better - it fits snugly round my neck in a double loop, and feels warmer.

Then I got bold and decided to wash another piece I knitted last year - a two-toned rectangular shawl knitted on big needles with mohair.  Unfortunately this time it felted kind of uneven - parts of it stuck together most unattractively and had to be pulled apart. I might put a button and loop on to fasten it and use it as a kind of asymmetrical wrap around my shoulders, or maybe I should put it through the machine again and see what happens? Time will tell.

Colony.

New work. I think it is finished but it may not be.

Colony (mixed media - teabags, fabric, paint,  magazine and newspaper cutouts, found objects, drypoint etchings, transferred images on cotton, hand and machine stitching)

Detail

Detail

A Mystery - revealed.

I reworked this piece - adding machine stitching to make it stronger and to reveal the mystery ...

Evoking the mystery (mixed media: tissue and other papers, gauze, found object, drawing, stamping, paint, ink and embroidery threads, hand- and machine stitched)