Have at last started work on a series of pieces for a gallery show this July - the working title is con.text or con:text (whichever I think has the typographical clout) and will be work inspired by chunks of text. The title is a play on words around the first project.
This morning I heat-transferred a 419 email contents onto a thrifted remnant of cream silk ... hence con text!
If you need any more clues, try googling Nigerian scam :)

Weaving thrums stitched into wire crochet. Not sure where this is going yet ...

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For one thing, the little dude sitting on the chair with his back to me has happened.
And that's quite a big deal - he acts like the glue in my life, holding a number of other happenings in orbit around us both.
And self portrait thursday happened. It used to be something that a bunch of Etsy sellers would do back in the good old days when Etsy actually had a community. We'd take our portraits, post them to the flickr group then stop by to 'chat'. Good times.
Since then SPT has evolved into a snapshot of what's going on inside my head - sometimes it's ranty, other times just vacant! Occasionally it's contentment.
But always a reflection on life so far.
As I said, a lot has happened to me.

Photograph of ma and pa's DIY bonfire weatherproofing

Creativity - it's in my genes I guess.

Spotted on my lunchbreak

This week is Mental Health Week here in BC. A good reminder that the sun doesn't necessarily shine on everyone all of the time,  and life can indeed be a dark place to live. But if there is alittle light around, then a tiny shoot of mental wellness can grow as long as it's nurtured.
Don't stamp on the little shoots; nourish them instead.