Wednesday, January 23, 2013

After a long delay–first post of 2013

I can’t believe I haven’t blogged since last October!

Here is a brief catch up:

Exhibition – ‘Impressions 2’ at the Hutt Art Centre.

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Some of my solar plate etchings (the one on the right sold).

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Daughter 3 is 14!

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Christmas Day in Wellington ( hottest day since 1934!)

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Holiday in the Coromandel:

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Kids go back to school in a week or so , then can start printing (and weaving) again.

Rx

Saturday, October 20, 2012

October

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Maggie broke her cruciate ligaments in her leg and is on the slow road to recovery .

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The latest weaving project is underway.

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I have had the use of a press for a week at home and have been making lots of prints…

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A small sample

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Getting ready for the Hutt Art Centre’ s printermaker’s exhibition at the end of November.

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Tools of the trade.

Rx

Sunday, September 9, 2012

7 Trigs, 7 Days Day 7

Sunday. Top of  Wright’s Hill Road in Karori. Still windy but the sun is out. Yay.

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Looking out over Wellington City.

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The heights of the trigs from this week ( from NZ Lands and Survey Dept)

Monday – Piwakawaka Track  (Kaiwharawhara Hill No2 )  241 m

Tuesday – Newlands 266m

Wednesday- Johnston Hill 359m

Thursday – Mt Kaukau 445m

Friday – Tinakori Hill 303m

Saturday – Mt Albert 178m

Sunday – Wright’s Hill 355m

Rx

Saturday, September 8, 2012

7 Trigs, 7 Days Day 6

Saturday. Gale force winds and rain. But I still made it up to the top of Mt Albert behind the National Hockey Stadium in Newtown.

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I had my parents’ dog too.

Looking north towards the city:

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And an extra trig we passed on the way back to watch hockey. Looking south-east over towards Wellington Airport.

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I hope the weather improves soon!

Rx

Friday, September 7, 2012

Making

I have been learning how to make Solar Plate prints out at the Hutt Art Centre . Here is a sneak peek:

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The orange part is the plate that you print.

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I have been using hubby’s bikes as inspiration.

And I have warped my loom this time with orange wool and cream alpaca in the warp.

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Rx