tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43330031674467911432024-03-19T05:07:20.045+00:00karen loganKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comBlogger225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-5429741173050476932024-03-01T12:11:00.003+00:002024-03-09T08:04:19.555+00:00walking skirt<div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: courier; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">It is almost 6 months since I began to consider 'Care Collaborations', a strand of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ruthsingertextiles/" target="_blank">Ruth Singer</a>'s Arts Council Funded <a href="https://ruthsinger.com/cultures-of-care/" target="_blank">Cultures of Care</a> project. </span>Ruth states, "Over the next couple of years I will be looking at under-explored stories of care of people, places, objects. I'm interested in how artist activities and creative practice contributes to a culture of care".</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: courier; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: courier; font-size: 13.2px;">I'm taking 10 walks in the handmade ric-rac and ribbon <a href="https://www.karenlogan.com/p/walking-skirt.html" target="_blank">Walking Skirt</a>, click on the link to learn about the inspiration for this process and timeline of the walks. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: courier; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: courier; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">The closing sentence of J B Firth's preface in the Highways and Byways in Derbyshire (London, February 1905) inspired the production of these cards. Firth wrote, </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">"Nor would I forget to thank the many chance and momentary acquaintances whom I met on the roads and in the fields of Derbyshire and, perhaps, wearied by my questioning curiosity".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: courier; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: courier; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">I'm hoping a momentary acquaintance will comment on my skirt on the roads and in the fields of Derbyshire, if/when they do, I'll give them this card. </span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bLm37wu44gIpowOh3LCrYzeh0S6VUOs32k0653G_mfuYhGAHHht3WcHB_8zj_LyTJIcqyltjSniBCKIuVGbyR8ht1yX6xa3jkzh7SY6PM78CIyA0yy3t0cOZzBpqcaEPY8JlLhif8ZVmF5tyxq-fOFoW_7zjLq5oSctd1gSKN3sZaOOZE-CblMFd_mvg/s3582/IMG_20240229_110221.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2697" data-original-width="3582" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bLm37wu44gIpowOh3LCrYzeh0S6VUOs32k0653G_mfuYhGAHHht3WcHB_8zj_LyTJIcqyltjSniBCKIuVGbyR8ht1yX6xa3jkzh7SY6PM78CIyA0yy3t0cOZzBpqcaEPY8JlLhif8ZVmF5tyxq-fOFoW_7zjLq5oSctd1gSKN3sZaOOZE-CblMFd_mvg/w640-h482/IMG_20240229_110221.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69yAl4OPZJRjn6_cRTwBGlmwjL7I8oaxyZRsJPNGb_nB4FPEQfE67jFpzZRjHzJA1k5_jkuDOjppDy6-d-rTShkEeMgBl3tMY7E1pV9_NVsGVDUbNpnonGP_3zQjmdbz6N56zrPgcLkifIiOdccl1GCP3apVVcN6ZODrunebROF1tKyb7YQuLB0o6Hm6u/s3806/IMG_20240229_110232.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2866" data-original-width="3806" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69yAl4OPZJRjn6_cRTwBGlmwjL7I8oaxyZRsJPNGb_nB4FPEQfE67jFpzZRjHzJA1k5_jkuDOjppDy6-d-rTShkEeMgBl3tMY7E1pV9_NVsGVDUbNpnonGP_3zQjmdbz6N56zrPgcLkifIiOdccl1GCP3apVVcN6ZODrunebROF1tKyb7YQuLB0o6Hm6u/w640-h482/IMG_20240229_110232.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-35750059528632177132023-12-01T19:04:00.002+00:002023-12-01T19:10:40.496+00:00summit of win hill - care collaboration commission<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Walking to the summit of <a href="https://hillexplorer.com/summit/2818-win-hill/">Win Hill</a> in the footsteps of J. B. Firth and in honour of <a href="https://hoperobinson.org">Hope, Paul and Penny Robinson</a> of Ilkeston.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">24th November 2023</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Photographs by Clare Logan</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSgAdPNXD1_vXD65xmOe6WBP8bhTZxhU9z18DCPx9CWvEfuI66qzkujeOQuR7n65cWe0th7NBq_38iKp8YRrlnMEQ8o_2onSUFabryuYLw-YqRIeHMLKS59LFZTgg70yaR64dphNQIO1LLIygzakvpYNauFLTIr_5mqKkrObTucm-DayO6JKLRL-SWS_iv/s2592/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1944" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSgAdPNXD1_vXD65xmOe6WBP8bhTZxhU9z18DCPx9CWvEfuI66qzkujeOQuR7n65cWe0th7NBq_38iKp8YRrlnMEQ8o_2onSUFabryuYLw-YqRIeHMLKS59LFZTgg70yaR64dphNQIO1LLIygzakvpYNauFLTIr_5mqKkrObTucm-DayO6JKLRL-SWS_iv/w480-h640/1.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNA2BUCKCqLDhZd-7VeKLPzqC0MU5no8_8AZp-fBqqBeXqZSE7NyS0x2zOqL4HM9i9GIXcHpw6hpSyNob_toqR2OPr4B9UOLrRr1EDfJIb_WHOoI98zLoYwtXXMqn1cx4mschmCu11N8nhyW5-UkKq4z3EjGhOHP_tVRIuFJsPzupqjCqyEVfXdpwy89Gm/s2592/2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNA2BUCKCqLDhZd-7VeKLPzqC0MU5no8_8AZp-fBqqBeXqZSE7NyS0x2zOqL4HM9i9GIXcHpw6hpSyNob_toqR2OPr4B9UOLrRr1EDfJIb_WHOoI98zLoYwtXXMqn1cx4mschmCu11N8nhyW5-UkKq4z3EjGhOHP_tVRIuFJsPzupqjCqyEVfXdpwy89Gm/w640-h480/2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEmOrC9nUsUY3MVf7HJo5Lr1Lc08hvbFrFBxbfP6IX0oUyNS0PuX9Jk_Hl3UsLpmNrqTjnPrC8LMB09hvqloRkeEjkiuBpvtePMVjyKYvzNJbFhGpvPnapFUHd9ZFLnsSNYV1cRAHnA7xvhj0ZwZWzn-4yC2p-kUH2SBydABxWfpLn3cZhnqYolEKJcLDx/s2592/3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1944" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEmOrC9nUsUY3MVf7HJo5Lr1Lc08hvbFrFBxbfP6IX0oUyNS0PuX9Jk_Hl3UsLpmNrqTjnPrC8LMB09hvqloRkeEjkiuBpvtePMVjyKYvzNJbFhGpvPnapFUHd9ZFLnsSNYV1cRAHnA7xvhj0ZwZWzn-4yC2p-kUH2SBydABxWfpLn3cZhnqYolEKJcLDx/w480-h640/3.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7vHUtXZyY9PM5HcstFFJ6e5vAILhi9CvgON-BFes43lX8czfVqzCO5Ny91lMnE7u6UY_g9vNLabs3-QHk4WwbMbXd1IL8rJYwBoYGbT2ost1xcRiucA9YrUi-S4Q8rhH6qFHQDcgABiYF32vhvR0XL7rPHMhvrTS8O356_ylBZxYzcVabT8L5MNvyzK2/s2592/4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7vHUtXZyY9PM5HcstFFJ6e5vAILhi9CvgON-BFes43lX8czfVqzCO5Ny91lMnE7u6UY_g9vNLabs3-QHk4WwbMbXd1IL8rJYwBoYGbT2ost1xcRiucA9YrUi-S4Q8rhH6qFHQDcgABiYF32vhvR0XL7rPHMhvrTS8O356_ylBZxYzcVabT8L5MNvyzK2/w640-h480/4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comWin Hill, Hope Valley S33 6RA, UK53.3625368 -1.720446625.052302963821155 -36.8766966 81.672770636178853 33.4358034tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-16583305374442295672023-12-01T18:49:00.004+00:002023-12-01T19:10:25.650+00:00gorse & walking skirt - care collaboration commission<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">On Friday 24th of November I traveled to <a href="https://visitpeakdistrict.com/business-directory/hope-valley#:~:text=The%20Hope%20Valley%20is%20one,picturesque%20villages%20in%20the%20region.">Hope</a> and walked to the summit of <a href="https://hillexplorer.com/summit/2818-win-hill/">Win Hill</a> with my sister, Clare. J. B. Firth writes on page 206 of The Highways & Byways in Derbyshire, <i>There is no more restful scene on which the eye of man can rest than the Vale of Hope as seen from the summit of Win Hill</i>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">This was the first journey and walk in the skirt inspired by <a href="https://hoperobinson.org">Hope, Paul and Penny Robinson</a>. It was a short but meaningful walk, discovering how the skirt felt, moved and functioned (and how I felt, moved and functioned in it). I was delighted that the yellow ric-rac mirrored gorse, furze or whin, and the blue ribbon matched the cloudless sky! I'd not expected to reflect nature with these gaudy colours.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: courier;"> </span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: courier;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuxj0rvr3QHZPT2EDNqWWYlT_KeYO18OLAT52VEIqKzLLzCvMnib63qhbIXOCgMJ7LRlQG3WGukJh7jCMIaQ5FQPArnfsDvOl9uwRM8jsIHRA3xyqPeZs-o6We-p1-axm-t4DXjDGOD-yTlpZamydo2c8DH3SC0AWf5tynHQNVU_VE04Yx33AWtFbmxu1/s2592/DSC06218.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1944" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuxj0rvr3QHZPT2EDNqWWYlT_KeYO18OLAT52VEIqKzLLzCvMnib63qhbIXOCgMJ7LRlQG3WGukJh7jCMIaQ5FQPArnfsDvOl9uwRM8jsIHRA3xyqPeZs-o6We-p1-axm-t4DXjDGOD-yTlpZamydo2c8DH3SC0AWf5tynHQNVU_VE04Yx33AWtFbmxu1/w480-h640/DSC06218.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p></p>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comWin Hill, Hope Valley S33 6RA, UK53.3625368 -1.720446625.052302963821155 -36.8766966 81.672770636178853 33.4358034tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-71511024734823647702023-09-25T16:43:00.012+01:002023-12-01T18:37:23.394+00:00hope, paul and penny - care collaboration commission<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">I'm making gentle progress with the Care Collaboration commission, a project within </span><a href="https://ruthsinger.com/artist/" style="font-family: courier;">Ruth Singer</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">'s </span><a href="https://ruthsinger.com/cultures-of-care/" style="font-family: courier;">Cultures of Care</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"> ACE funded project. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: courier;">I've visited the </span><a href="https://hoperobinson.org" style="font-family: courier;">Hope Robinson Letters Collection</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"> at the <a href="https://erewashmuseum.co.uk" style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Erewash Museum</a> a number of times now. The first visit was to see what resonated within the whole museum, and I was drawn to the room telling the story of Hope Robinson, her husband Paul and their daughter Penny. Paul was a POW in Thailand during WW2 (forced to build the Burma-Thailand Railway) and Hope wrote and published a pamphlet after interviewing two escaped soldiers - this pamphlet led to 5,000 letters arriving at Hope's home in Ilkeston. The letters were from desperate families living in painful limbo, having received only snippets of information and infrequent censored postcards from their loved ones.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">What a story!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Within the exhibition are a couple of items that linger in my thoughts, a bamboo covered book: a 1923 edition of the Highways and Byways in Derbyshire that Paul memorised during his captivity, and a dancing skirt, made for Penny by Hope from blackout material decorated with rick-rack. These objects represent how Paul, Hope and Penny endured a horrendous time. How Paul stayed connected to Derbyshire, how Hope sat at her sewing machine transforming blackout fabric and Penny danced with abandon shaking a ribboned tambourine. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">The book/the skirt inspired an interest in stories of endurance, how people endure times of uncertainty and limbo. What strategies, rituals, routines do people practice to survive, possibly thrive during these times?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">With this in mind I am making myself a walking skirt based on Penny's dancing skirt. I will read the Highways and Byways of Derbyshire and walk routes around Ilkeston in my ribbon and rick-rack skirt. I'm interested in what may emerge as I make and walk, what conversations and thoughts are sparked. I'll be reaching out for walking companions and stories of endurance too, but all in good time. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_EAw4_-WR2K7W4mV2JbROnQXf9RG5rGwFycN1CXvooBvW12kYbq2iC8WcAD7CoPlXRt_dJP3g4c-uFf0rv_eg0NH0WLn5-dhq2lO5gOwrnNSuhzsL0qcBCpZQxZdvsO_QiDhCRRVTfWVEGBWNgLwBm3Sl85tCmIwQtOHVqo4KadEKQ01wsR6YyrsGTcV/s1941/DSC05741%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1941" data-original-width="1941" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_EAw4_-WR2K7W4mV2JbROnQXf9RG5rGwFycN1CXvooBvW12kYbq2iC8WcAD7CoPlXRt_dJP3g4c-uFf0rv_eg0NH0WLn5-dhq2lO5gOwrnNSuhzsL0qcBCpZQxZdvsO_QiDhCRRVTfWVEGBWNgLwBm3Sl85tCmIwQtOHVqo4KadEKQ01wsR6YyrsGTcV/w640-h640/DSC05741%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><div style="text-align: center;">The 1923 edition of <i>Highways and byways in Derbyshire</i> by John Benjamin Firth that Paul kept and memorised while a POW</div></span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4nb0DNzwBmShdxpkHUg5_U1OrAAhXd6NAWaLKgsydEkY1JLyDi-pHrO-qT1BOj5NFTO6nMyn1Hm8Tb-W6NPjyMNUUw9v3VQNtCZj_x7skXuap_0kg_lQ1__b-maQjqgxeqL1cQ1LUCtoEg0JNYV2SGdQigCvpNDDDLUNb2ymmuX1uPH2JrBMDWbnU7hN/s1599/DSC05847.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1599" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4nb0DNzwBmShdxpkHUg5_U1OrAAhXd6NAWaLKgsydEkY1JLyDi-pHrO-qT1BOj5NFTO6nMyn1Hm8Tb-W6NPjyMNUUw9v3VQNtCZj_x7skXuap_0kg_lQ1__b-maQjqgxeqL1cQ1LUCtoEg0JNYV2SGdQigCvpNDDDLUNb2ymmuX1uPH2JrBMDWbnU7hN/w640-h640/DSC05847.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><div style="text-align: center;">Penny in her dancing skirt</div></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQm9nyy0kSp5DyasM9YawMPww04a6cNXrJBRQb0pMXzsNI_gtgHX6PcyNTgm6YAcu6fKhBTGn6nxVzDjvzFzkrOkb6vpFGprrx5Heau-sUCr9Irf6mpUpDhoAiDyOOl4PK4wDyyLR3PPd5JcbRrnHzgXGGB_RMnnWBDEAfwmDFNvW4-i29yvYkeI9PWTwc/s1889/DSC05854.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1889" data-original-width="1889" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQm9nyy0kSp5DyasM9YawMPww04a6cNXrJBRQb0pMXzsNI_gtgHX6PcyNTgm6YAcu6fKhBTGn6nxVzDjvzFzkrOkb6vpFGprrx5Heau-sUCr9Irf6mpUpDhoAiDyOOl4PK4wDyyLR3PPd5JcbRrnHzgXGGB_RMnnWBDEAfwmDFNvW4-i29yvYkeI9PWTwc/w640-h640/DSC05854.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Text from display in the Letters of Hope exhibition at the Erewash Museum: <i>This skirt was made for Penny by Hope to play dress-up. It is sewn from blackout material.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsg53dP8-JsCeX7DznlUwRLme5Crs3rfLwyKOz3hJucAvUnKVQabxos50te8nvFWhWJjYsWXLrVo9eUMlNMrUJJfpezkgj3rGmFqyLEzh4-4tLiJWBg4i4DwuG6aih2S0q6HSbInzVIUnVRw5zD-EyXk_ZZ4jxadL3H9I2wW0eW4RucTYiSCiV2FzB_a-/s1944/DSC05860.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="1944" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsg53dP8-JsCeX7DznlUwRLme5Crs3rfLwyKOz3hJucAvUnKVQabxos50te8nvFWhWJjYsWXLrVo9eUMlNMrUJJfpezkgj3rGmFqyLEzh4-4tLiJWBg4i4DwuG6aih2S0q6HSbInzVIUnVRw5zD-EyXk_ZZ4jxadL3H9I2wW0eW4RucTYiSCiV2FzB_a-/w640-h640/DSC05860.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Blackout material, rick-rack and machine stitch</span></div><p></p></div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comErewash Museum and Gardens, High St, Ilkeston DE7 5JA, UK52.971629000000007 -1.307172424.661395163821162 -36.4634224 81.281862836178846 33.8490776tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-774548343711637502023-07-26T15:55:00.007+01:002023-09-25T15:41:29.463+01:00care collaboration commission<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Thrilled to share that I'm working with <a href="https://ruthsinger.com/artist/">Ruth Singer</a> on one of three Care Collaboration commissions within Ruth's new <a href="https://ruthsinger.com/cultures-of-care/" style="text-align: center;">Cultures of Care</a><span style="text-align: center;"> Arts Council England funded project.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><span style="text-align: center;">My starting point is the <a href="https://hoperobinson.org">Hope Robinson Letters Collection</a>, on display at Erewash Museum, Ilkeston. I was very moved by particular items in the display and these have sparked ideas that I'm excited to develop.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0H_LpY10aEgGkTgr3YaKfqJyj_-1_aMd01I5SufChq6gC6iOWYqfE3gPMC8HDVstrVi8CEmB4N5mFmi5P6Aj1ZU2T97avTOP84a-Yj3FUJxugIyREvLhCG3vOox6QbbL5SBFZIEwoocCDqXjS2tGtP8H_IN-_FYD4Bj9hN4NT4jWy6UVji3twdP7xiHrI/s1944/DSC05504.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="1944" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0H_LpY10aEgGkTgr3YaKfqJyj_-1_aMd01I5SufChq6gC6iOWYqfE3gPMC8HDVstrVi8CEmB4N5mFmi5P6Aj1ZU2T97avTOP84a-Yj3FUJxugIyREvLhCG3vOox6QbbL5SBFZIEwoocCDqXjS2tGtP8H_IN-_FYD4Bj9hN4NT4jWy6UVji3twdP7xiHrI/w640-h640/DSC05504.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Detail of <a href="https://ruthsinger.com/home/blossomandthorn/">Blossom & Thorn</a>, installation by Ruth at the <a href="https://timberfestival.org.uk">Timber Festival</a>, July 2023</span></div><p></p>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comErewash Museum and Gardens, High St, Ilkeston DE7 5JA, UK52.971629000000007 -1.307172424.661395163821162 -36.4634224 81.281862836178846 33.8490776tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-21207311379249902532023-07-26T15:06:00.006+01:002023-07-26T15:11:29.227+01:00air arts workshops<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">In March I responded to a call out from <a href="https://dbhc.org.uk/airarts/">air arts</a> and was delighted to be selected to provide lunchtime workshops for staff at Royal Derby Hospital.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">I was particularly interested as the brief asked artists to respond to the <a href="https://uhdbmedicalmuseum.wixsite.com/my-site">UHDB Medical Museum collection</a> - a unique archive of over 1000 objects that provides an insight to the history of medicine and Derby and Burton hospitals. The brief also requested that an element of celebration and/or the colour blue be included to mark the 75th Birthday of the NHS on the 5th of July 2023. <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Below are the items I picked from the collection. I've developed a lunchtime mono-print drawing and block-printing activity that I really hope staff will enjoy.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lULq-bUf5jYjUjO9wL42hWwQ7ZZDlFEn5hfjYc5qBf3e8KlYQJF9pwGEgS2d4s6WBH5gumq86cKzEocTP5Op25pmz-AqHZUWD4TuhaH-VR79yVJnfmTjTkDmRgvqwy2b43FK1DBZKp1h_BM9jivHNrJd8yKliDy1M7u8FPW2kk1_PUPa9hYRpxr0n4Xp/s2592/DSC05472.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lULq-bUf5jYjUjO9wL42hWwQ7ZZDlFEn5hfjYc5qBf3e8KlYQJF9pwGEgS2d4s6WBH5gumq86cKzEocTP5Op25pmz-AqHZUWD4TuhaH-VR79yVJnfmTjTkDmRgvqwy2b43FK1DBZKp1h_BM9jivHNrJd8yKliDy1M7u8FPW2kk1_PUPa9hYRpxr0n4Xp/w640-h480/DSC05472.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT04JjaVr6EKCdNz_VDgzKxbWIBS_WvHQrt9o7FD7tE38WWI-GxB5effLrCRiXwKfP7px5YTfGr60tU_8-pEQFNe_VSbObNPvqaoDIMvtzKtxGeoBZtnuDcIYdb2upIWEA3M-ia_8OawNkdUKpVJnkuHqOMAfS4s7my3zXFPcNSGBxSXJp9387vjN7JlaX/s2592/DSC05473.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT04JjaVr6EKCdNz_VDgzKxbWIBS_WvHQrt9o7FD7tE38WWI-GxB5effLrCRiXwKfP7px5YTfGr60tU_8-pEQFNe_VSbObNPvqaoDIMvtzKtxGeoBZtnuDcIYdb2upIWEA3M-ia_8OawNkdUKpVJnkuHqOMAfS4s7my3zXFPcNSGBxSXJp9387vjN7JlaX/w640-h480/DSC05473.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><div style="text-align: center;">Derbyshire General Infirmary</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Birds eye view of the proposed new buildings - architectural blueprint</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Bloomsbury & Young Architects 1891</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCzaVKD7qIUVaS82vLKTtswQPPlEBU002zZHyyW1WP6_1LcRh7qVnbj64lYzuO095WcmZhRMIGhWXX2ZfIPciYsVhV2hDMe3q56vvlrmUEJk0P03ggox4guvbm7gLtLYXwmopj73ojFWe00TOSYzioUGSPGCxZrobHEzU_kcPHTfKpZl4ei-9ANAmH_8j/s2592/DSC05488.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCzaVKD7qIUVaS82vLKTtswQPPlEBU002zZHyyW1WP6_1LcRh7qVnbj64lYzuO095WcmZhRMIGhWXX2ZfIPciYsVhV2hDMe3q56vvlrmUEJk0P03ggox4guvbm7gLtLYXwmopj73ojFWe00TOSYzioUGSPGCxZrobHEzU_kcPHTfKpZl4ei-9ANAmH_8j/w640-h480/DSC05488.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Rubber stamps with wooden handles: </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Elastoplast, Hypertensive, Penicillin, Septrin, Diabetic, Asthmatic, Angina </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Lincoln Rubber Stamps 20th Century</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMihzEWbY9yEbP7rmNuUyEHV32YidiNs70uaJVQkry42ugCJUk5DsfvEnz8eEyjmr56So7o8fHHrXnoZb6UOlbiORMWPbrwCMRp5TWbuv7rpc44G_Mlagr_WczubKSbCqd9ZoXQxKaSlJDr0SGzBnUwgdDsp-xewPfAIQIOLWZC4YKmXvfZfXbLs-Qynd/s2427/DSC05490.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Maddox Cheiroscope with picture cards</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">London Clemment Clarke Ltd 1960's</span></div><p></p></div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comUttoxeter Rd, Derby DE22 3NE, UK52.9109983 -1.512864324.600764463821157 -36.6691143 81.221232136178855 33.6433857tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-90505331885295874542023-07-26T13:36:00.008+01:002023-07-26T15:14:13.182+01:00draw derby - april/may/june 🙂<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">My Draw Derby gatherings are simple and complex all at once. DD provides a time and space to meet and draw together and <i>draw together: </i>in friendship, gentle support and in building confidence.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">We meet by the Waterfall Sculpture in the Market Place (shown in first image) at 10.30am on the last Saturday of each month and draw for two hours. Here's a link for the <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/draw-derby-july-2023-tickets-479475904337">July gathering</a>, please see e<span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">ventbrite for all 2023 dates - all welcome, <u>don't let believing you can't draw put you off</u>.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISbKLXODU3RapZrqA-IB8WQ0JeofPpHNNCDc3u0CfM1m-5bZWDq3zm4-SVES2xqZPpWQBRSC2t2OrUAAt2_x7aptaWxpPcbNq9SFZSYwjOsHh8646c_4xdn2REWvp_Kc_QxHBWNVMFSq0Ma-bwDbU0DW-d8UFdOtym3Spa4uYr7Q6kMT_AB1ClPa7cqxF/s1944/DSC05301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="1944" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISbKLXODU3RapZrqA-IB8WQ0JeofPpHNNCDc3u0CfM1m-5bZWDq3zm4-SVES2xqZPpWQBRSC2t2OrUAAt2_x7aptaWxpPcbNq9SFZSYwjOsHh8646c_4xdn2REWvp_Kc_QxHBWNVMFSq0Ma-bwDbU0DW-d8UFdOtym3Spa4uYr7Q6kMT_AB1ClPa7cqxF/w640-h640/DSC05301.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><div style="text-align: center;">April - Market Place Derby</div></span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKC5yhp4NjHjTlHjuHw5cPBMQeI-btDiUxk968Kk_r6UAGq_MmXJecoNURdI-oxAXdopIHTMv6Xr13XqQjKRKyDISFoYIMrxN6meiDFjxb0eRckbrDd_WfxWM9dRSjPAeH-35RqZ4EfRXhTM35gmOXIvIVqoa0FK-WjOd-Vk0mzMCqq41gQkGnH7UfQVb/s1475/DSC05314.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1475" data-original-width="1475" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKC5yhp4NjHjTlHjuHw5cPBMQeI-btDiUxk968Kk_r6UAGq_MmXJecoNURdI-oxAXdopIHTMv6Xr13XqQjKRKyDISFoYIMrxN6meiDFjxb0eRckbrDd_WfxWM9dRSjPAeH-35RqZ4EfRXhTM35gmOXIvIVqoa0FK-WjOd-Vk0mzMCqq41gQkGnH7UfQVb/w640-h640/DSC05314.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Selection of April drawings</span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSS525v5lyMg0H_dy0BxUdwgghlH6VO3jduOK0eQKKbm4OU3mXB_R06BUnuvPsd1hMfH831nFi-dLfT0oaTqfjTAxUFPtNQCaqjXpsm5wLgzWj7qcmzOFa8lAd6ovYKEDwUOe5wEm2f3PLZRS6qppnoJp2OhinPRoi_3rBtegdA23VM-Grse7kj3wO-8M7/s1939/DSC05403.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1939" data-original-width="1939" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSS525v5lyMg0H_dy0BxUdwgghlH6VO3jduOK0eQKKbm4OU3mXB_R06BUnuvPsd1hMfH831nFi-dLfT0oaTqfjTAxUFPtNQCaqjXpsm5wLgzWj7qcmzOFa8lAd6ovYKEDwUOe5wEm2f3PLZRS6qppnoJp2OhinPRoi_3rBtegdA23VM-Grse7kj3wO-8M7/w640-h640/DSC05403.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><div style="text-align: center;">May - Derby Cathedral</div></span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJtKg34neK5cm5Tnh7jmgCDjSyekeVY1hY0-FmtaKWjbtihKdUwqkIB0iTCTAS_3Oaq5DscyVmFg6XRqo40LeYdk8u2HIzV6ei2o6sCgZ-AeHlv4vBo4w7TrbJm622P7JuqhHpsAr-44j_NACpVyQBRHuIa00sd3b5pGFhqYVUI54F2jg3OP12TMDUrmC/s1806/DSC05404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: courier;">June - Bridge by the Museum of Making</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SnP53bCEZCNYyvooAvaYVHj-BMhzGb1jqqZUDNwni5lhBwGx2OByZJMAI9buvkpetrj_QKF41XO2ZpZ_op3DtllHUS3jQGbnQqnOkCoatf7p3CET_8SeDARJGgMaUA7goi-_vTY9cYi1JCLfFUrXPjqw_Sg4pQZwTx7fDoo15mhJ0utvLW9eFY8y1AOC/s1872/DSC05466.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1872" data-original-width="1872" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SnP53bCEZCNYyvooAvaYVHj-BMhzGb1jqqZUDNwni5lhBwGx2OByZJMAI9buvkpetrj_QKF41XO2ZpZ_op3DtllHUS3jQGbnQqnOkCoatf7p3CET_8SeDARJGgMaUA7goi-_vTY9cYi1JCLfFUrXPjqw_Sg4pQZwTx7fDoo15mhJ0utvLW9eFY8y1AOC/w640-h640/DSC05466.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><div style="text-align: center;">Selection of June drawings</div></span><p></p></div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comDerby, UK52.9225301 -1.474618646.965846675816522 -10.2636811 58.879213524183484 7.3144439000000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-17587966639477132932023-03-29T17:02:00.004+01:002023-03-29T17:18:43.282+01:00experimental drawing with horizons 6th form<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">My Tuesday mornings are rather exciting as I'm running experimental drawing sessions with fabulous students from Horizons 6th from at Derby QUAD. </span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">We had our third session this Tuesday, hardly ever take photos (no time!) BUT managed to take these beauties this week. Last week we went on a gathering walk near the river by the Museum of Making, we also took photographs along the route. This week we made drawing tools from the natural materials gathered and the photographs inspired mark-making and drawing.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">To keep the DIY ethos going, the group used pestle and mortars to create 'paint' from turmeric, spinach, <span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">blueberries, beetroot, coffee, charcoal and soil! Amazing and sometimes unexpected colours were released.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Jamie captured his beautiful river photograph with the leaf drawing tool and charcoal 'ink' 🖤</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_43-obuecdVo1gBoj9-MezcJ7hnylee2MR3PP1KBajNtF_I8I3wRa_1DZVg4MAt2s8N1bvZ17subbgxbSTxlXsV-V1BRaEd8B0SjNnVsMVooBR_IXtIpZX5JSRYS2Gz9TFDL-MRShTGIjitcI4tSoRLVGSRoChrSdpj8REdEuzX6TFKJilAttjREUyw/s2200/DSC05252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="2200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_43-obuecdVo1gBoj9-MezcJ7hnylee2MR3PP1KBajNtF_I8I3wRa_1DZVg4MAt2s8N1bvZ17subbgxbSTxlXsV-V1BRaEd8B0SjNnVsMVooBR_IXtIpZX5JSRYS2Gz9TFDL-MRShTGIjitcI4tSoRLVGSRoChrSdpj8REdEuzX6TFKJilAttjREUyw/w640-h480/DSC05252.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSavc2hVvQdZ0fjiH1J6z0Wu0Pll9IciyfWqmEa8811lBJPGwHoU_bW2mZ9tNfqWbkmXvClRU-e-GIuTe9zNkXPDJ2t1hii4dX8Eqs6hPqfzUuYQpYk1xLMTqxXFm06OVlISSN9J7_IJWy8YaotodFOcqS-crYx1rWX-Fj3GupEV_AZQyDOOnd-E_CA/w640-h480/DSC05251.jpg" width="640" /></div><p></p>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comQUAD, Derby DE1 3AS, UK52.9232003 -1.475429224.612966463821152 -36.6316792 81.233434136178843 33.6808208tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-3808936063630978132023-03-29T16:14:00.006+01:002023-03-29T16:25:06.848+01:00for wilfred<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">In early 2022 I had the privilege of working on a very special commemorative commission. </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">I pieced </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: courier;">together vintage linen (much repaired, hemmed, some monogrammed, tea towel sized) to create a two meter hanging.</span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: courier;">The piece was commissioned by a granddaughter in memory of her grandfather Wilfred. My heart warmed towards Wilfred while looking at documents from his life and reading a handwritten note of thanks to his son and daughter-in-law (the commissioners parents). </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Precious echos from which to create from and this writing became central to the piece.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I love working with repaired fabric and these textiles were skilfully mended, showing their value, that thrift and longevity were important. I added another layer, working in collaboration with the unknown sewer, connected for a time and couldn't help but wonder about their life too.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixi4WAn9fkavW8Vcxu7e5WSWt4lMHfScblOoSEZqQKgMxBJ6FqyFevN48kpSVVZBABibC9kjxKxSBZpwE8AFS6kN7afk7ooc3m4shzCGXb_xrQ47_9Vau0syLYneCuH1mt9wG4v3cq0EPSYc0R9o_5phuwz-NPp49B0mU78xE0TXiGHPPaVk_ph1Ut9Q/s2592/DSC04301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixi4WAn9fkavW8Vcxu7e5WSWt4lMHfScblOoSEZqQKgMxBJ6FqyFevN48kpSVVZBABibC9kjxKxSBZpwE8AFS6kN7afk7ooc3m4shzCGXb_xrQ47_9Vau0syLYneCuH1mt9wG4v3cq0EPSYc0R9o_5phuwz-NPp49B0mU78xE0TXiGHPPaVk_ph1Ut9Q/w640-h480/DSC04301.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRRsYaAg6DgbXfxNjbcgrjOGKBD5xBuUFDS9AbS_isKLrdjkYxn87n__lCozxhAQTQwDftXx9K4iPpdjDGiiBJAO_lMfz7c-tAkq0RXDlP_zpobjaiPLiFRJeM0MIKpsK4cndvpSTlWwleg6_D9SwOPOQDVKj1z7eKElSni96PxJ7cBwocS_XHc3t6A/s2592/DSC04300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRRsYaAg6DgbXfxNjbcgrjOGKBD5xBuUFDS9AbS_isKLrdjkYxn87n__lCozxhAQTQwDftXx9K4iPpdjDGiiBJAO_lMfz7c-tAkq0RXDlP_zpobjaiPLiFRJeM0MIKpsK4cndvpSTlWwleg6_D9SwOPOQDVKj1z7eKElSni96PxJ7cBwocS_XHc3t6A/w640-h480/DSC04300.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAz_9w_svz0rgdOnOUbwIxNI_l3diOHZufFXc4ayecaXTkNR3gKQc5QZUzgFmP-Odo8lLcKlFAD9sA2BdpGP2SzmrgBRCU2NjQmyeIk-_CG2otMuVFSHAxH-8VPBAL8JCPcwKBbKP4i3khJzKThDX5O6Y_6woXs2aC7fvHVnnpWfmgkzvaPRK9k_sb4A/s2547/DSC04296.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1910" data-original-width="2547" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAz_9w_svz0rgdOnOUbwIxNI_l3diOHZufFXc4ayecaXTkNR3gKQc5QZUzgFmP-Odo8lLcKlFAD9sA2BdpGP2SzmrgBRCU2NjQmyeIk-_CG2otMuVFSHAxH-8VPBAL8JCPcwKBbKP4i3khJzKThDX5O6Y_6woXs2aC7fvHVnnpWfmgkzvaPRK9k_sb4A/w640-h480/DSC04296.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzXWrp-7bfQkm_yvZig-RVltHCbIMLo2YFfJI_q-_b29D27b0kPNB_Xvo1OXwioAPB3RvPKKol1qKwFNCd2EyzyShwXnuBmq3Ii2-lyGMBsP38JJBAuiD0sgliqjUdTWr_-OSROXq4h3x4GTqlCMTMrCWM9c4U8koNLpqIU7vyWqCJrPLtZ-cLwrmMA/s2592/DSC04294.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1944" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzXWrp-7bfQkm_yvZig-RVltHCbIMLo2YFfJI_q-_b29D27b0kPNB_Xvo1OXwioAPB3RvPKKol1qKwFNCd2EyzyShwXnuBmq3Ii2-lyGMBsP38JJBAuiD0sgliqjUdTWr_-OSROXq4h3x4GTqlCMTMrCWM9c4U8koNLpqIU7vyWqCJrPLtZ-cLwrmMA/w480-h640/DSC04294.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Goodbye, Hurriedly, Dear Both</span></div><p></p>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comDerby Rd, Wirksworth, Matlock DE4 4BG, UK53.0700113 -1.577802224.759777463821152 -36.7340522 81.380245136178843 33.5784478tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-44640174779809167282023-03-27T22:16:00.007+01:002023-07-26T12:50:51.922+01:00play nicely<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">2022 was a particularly tough one.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">This February I moved into a roomy one-bed rental flat in Langley Mill, Derbyshire with my cat Cilla. Unable to find affordable accommodation along the Derwent Valley I made the difficult decision to leave Haarlem Artspace in Wirksworth and the familiar people/surroundings that I love - hopefully I'll return one day.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">I'm grateful for my own space and being reunited with my darling cat. Have set up a studio in the living room and am planning to take time to reengage with my art practice, pick up unfinished work and consider next steps. There is a neglected garden here and I've purchased a selection of interesting heritage seeds and plan to sew a small patch of flax.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">I'm currently working as a creative practitioner for <a href="https://www.derbyquad.co.uk/whats-on/art">Derby QUAD</a>, the <a href="https://www.derbymuseums.org/museum-of-making/">Museum of Making</a> (<a href="https://www.derbymuseums.org/learn/midlands-maker-challenge/">Midlands Maker Challenge</a>) and <a href="https://artcoreuk.com">Artcore</a>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/draw_derby/">Draw Derby</a> is going from strength to strength: word of mouth and DD's Instagram is calling in the drawing kin - as I'd hoped. A regular attendee took me aside at the March gathering and said Draw Derby had changed her life, giving her confidence and the opportunity to meet likeminded, Kindly people - WOW! </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">For more information and to book a free Eventbrite ticket see </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/o/karen-logan-artist-and-creative-practitioner-39987364793" style="font-family: courier;">here</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">!</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Watch this space! Come on 2023 - play nicely!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7Rbo6cTQzLZWBb3STU70-_tw88TaL9Ye1pahenCnaFkH7h41miW2aiqwtbRKVyekpzzTuuTV3IvD2ZZps0yr_m1ymcOae62YMampS2BFj9UjfjtZkIUyYrodEFz97jzSzHXQKdRasTXnSCkEOTegBoAP0WT8ZeV0h4gP-SM0Ov64H9SVEYSW_teLCQ/s2000/DSC05243.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7Rbo6cTQzLZWBb3STU70-_tw88TaL9Ye1pahenCnaFkH7h41miW2aiqwtbRKVyekpzzTuuTV3IvD2ZZps0yr_m1ymcOae62YMampS2BFj9UjfjtZkIUyYrodEFz97jzSzHXQKdRasTXnSCkEOTegBoAP0WT8ZeV0h4gP-SM0Ov64H9SVEYSW_teLCQ/w640-h480/DSC05243.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comLangley Mill, UK53.01827 -1.33836224.708036163821156 -36.494612000000004 81.328503836178839 33.817887999999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-25510483385642969232022-07-16T15:58:00.008+01:002022-07-16T16:43:44.759+01:00pause<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Having moved 6 times in the last 4 years and dealing with everything the pandemic has bought into our lives, I'm currently in low battery/preservation mode and have paused in updating my blog.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">All focus is directed at finding part-time paid work(s) and securing a stable home where I can unpack and ground and b r e a t h e.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">I'll pick up the threads of my practice soon (it's always buzzing around my head anyhow) and share all the fabulous things that are on the tip of my tongue 💥 </span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Thanks folks, sending best wishes to you all ❤️</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkOgipZpQDPb8GIQ1G2rCNhI61MUsHC093sEsVnuvR5I95i_wwqGjDLz0uIhSs3QuYJkhsH2maJlZ8nCrLaz2EJS1M_HJRrKpY62vIMCq1EhAUXUSBQB-rTJd1qvJX-lmCNk2KF3Qs1KEL5oDiT5QdYZLun_v7DlTcGBSdhYKPbJ5iTaT1OMzr2krHg/s2295/DSC04258.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1721" data-original-width="2295" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkOgipZpQDPb8GIQ1G2rCNhI61MUsHC093sEsVnuvR5I95i_wwqGjDLz0uIhSs3QuYJkhsH2maJlZ8nCrLaz2EJS1M_HJRrKpY62vIMCq1EhAUXUSBQB-rTJd1qvJX-lmCNk2KF3Qs1KEL5oDiT5QdYZLun_v7DlTcGBSdhYKPbJ5iTaT1OMzr2krHg/w640-h480/DSC04258.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier; font-size: small;">Ink drawn insect in a handmade book made in 1944 - a gift for brother Wilfred</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier; font-size: small;">(inspiration for a hand stitched textile commission)</span></div><p></p>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comMatlock DE4, UK53.137156 -1.55177424.826922163821152 -36.708024 81.447389836178843 33.604476tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-43401131351535444392022-03-03T13:59:00.004+00:002022-03-03T14:02:57.856+00:00take time residency: day 2<p><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Eek! Where did February go? Just realised I'd not added day 2 of the residency I set up at Haarlem Artspace in January</span> 😶</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Take Time: Day 2</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">See the a-n blog <a href="https://www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/take-time-in-person-residency/" target="_blank">here</a> and read about my frustrating day!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRzGFSN-bLrafohfZ92dYbphOZA6LBVrnFzu5CZTcTXi-naew_4kul9bUjSL4oMUomrbLlf1qCFiWj5vSGnylcic0JHAiXfiIbqy5FFsPIhDFLIIbQpsbol7e2UAhkj0H2s_LUDlNbrC62Xjj4wTubu19IMk2R-aQDmelVVaKruJ93fJOzxXdnIQnpZg=s2592" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRzGFSN-bLrafohfZ92dYbphOZA6LBVrnFzu5CZTcTXi-naew_4kul9bUjSL4oMUomrbLlf1qCFiWj5vSGnylcic0JHAiXfiIbqy5FFsPIhDFLIIbQpsbol7e2UAhkj0H2s_LUDlNbrC62Xjj4wTubu19IMk2R-aQDmelVVaKruJ93fJOzxXdnIQnpZg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #666666; 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font-family: courier;">Take Time: Day 1</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">For more information see the a-n blog I've set up <a href="http://www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/take-time-in-person-residency/" target="">here</a> 🙂 </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhohz72bh_KGvIOMzJxx_TFQqyvclBXCl-vuq2RlUN6tCHXlTeClrMBhEe-NHRxmeYndzeqpKjLXUTsBy4WjeYOT7V_pPck1SSaAxmW997hlx410zEKC4ZZvxBGnvmUC_KRII0_UHWqLbL86lv8-wilqqs1Vg_5QQFNd9G3Q7OxKHjs8dpUheHvLdCYw=s2441" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1831" data-original-width="2441" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhohz72bh_KGvIOMzJxx_TFQqyvclBXCl-vuq2RlUN6tCHXlTeClrMBhEe-NHRxmeYndzeqpKjLXUTsBy4WjeYOT7V_pPck1SSaAxmW997hlx410zEKC4ZZvxBGnvmUC_KRII0_UHWqLbL86lv8-wilqqs1Vg_5QQFNd9G3Q7OxKHjs8dpUheHvLdCYw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmZA35UaGMGVzQfD4qd6Cpfi4E2n9X4bXbtT45uqF4LBjlAyTG9DGQo07rt-2HA1khclImTHDnJYZDTzsAZqYvxssyIElWMNmyGMMq_4RwT220G1ZD4_nEwCazg_P7s-yY4xRKAe9gYioB_WxJ8UnfRgSrbokUwi0lKzlvro1W96iPOVfsNwPuV-YuRg=s2592" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmZA35UaGMGVzQfD4qd6Cpfi4E2n9X4bXbtT45uqF4LBjlAyTG9DGQo07rt-2HA1khclImTHDnJYZDTzsAZqYvxssyIElWMNmyGMMq_4RwT220G1ZD4_nEwCazg_P7s-yY4xRKAe9gYioB_WxJ8UnfRgSrbokUwi0lKzlvro1W96iPOVfsNwPuV-YuRg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comDerby Rd, Wirksworth, Matlock DE4 4BG, UK53.0700113 -1.577802224.759777463821152 -36.7340522 81.380245136178843 33.5784478tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-17769813584756972862022-01-18T19:50:00.004+00:002022-01-30T22:00:17.417+00:00take time residency<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Excited to share that I've set up a mini residency with the studio holder participants of the Virtual Residency at Haarlem Artspace in November 2020. </span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">We will gather on the last two days of January 2022 to reconnect and focus on an unresolved and/or unattended creative itch in caring critical support. I've set up a <a href="https://www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/take-time-in-person-residency/">blog on a-n</a> to record our intentions, actions, progress and insights.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfXrbBCa7D1jnzEvkA6IJAoVZU_1u5mVDadknfupPVos62nJoilcIX7nESvpPJ5bbu1CWCdFy9iz_BxDHXP_dv0lxGVXmH8SrJ143ieIOKpi0UL9eyXuNBxIiWPiuJ_C4GPbky87r1evk5uKYVO2pJfSiE_rMh7FkPfhY7A0CcGECbUjmb7NqWqv8Fbw=s2505" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1879" data-original-width="2505" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfXrbBCa7D1jnzEvkA6IJAoVZU_1u5mVDadknfupPVos62nJoilcIX7nESvpPJ5bbu1CWCdFy9iz_BxDHXP_dv0lxGVXmH8SrJ143ieIOKpi0UL9eyXuNBxIiWPiuJ_C4GPbky87r1evk5uKYVO2pJfSiE_rMh7FkPfhY7A0CcGECbUjmb7NqWqv8Fbw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Work that came to a halt - The Tablecloth Cloak</span></div><p></p>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comDerby Rd, Wirksworth, Matlock DE4 4BG, UK53.0700113 -1.577802224.759777463821152 -36.7340522 81.380245136178843 33.5784478tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-25715845004360204122022-01-17T23:03:00.004+00:002022-01-17T23:07:52.076+00:00draw_derby<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">The idea to draw Derby has been floating around in my head for a while - so here goes! </span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Draw Derby is a free-monthly-untutored-bring your own materials-outdoor-all welcome-gathering in the city centre. Come and meet like minded others and DRAW! <a href="http://www.instagram.com/draw_derby/" target="_blank">Find Draw Derby on Instagram</a>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Draw Derby takes place on the last Saturday of each month throughout 2022. For further details and to book free eventbrite tickets for January's gathering click <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/draw-derby-tickets-244532060977" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Drawing materials at the ready, see you on the 29th ✋🏻✏️📗</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinsvu8Kld6-kL2CJxTc35vSGpc4oER3MFKiYmI4Fsqy4jGc9qvP_Q9TDVM9Ehz1jlgQXlGkSw0WweXARjN9CTT03OqbqIquaRDPhXbgQ8UWAWW8wdTqkoWG6fq5SZh9jlyQ9aueNPcsfOFKJf_Ovv0MDZqQM6xESuaa4rFcp_rWF9TQPUp2NdZZ15Kjg=s2592" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinsvu8Kld6-kL2CJxTc35vSGpc4oER3MFKiYmI4Fsqy4jGc9qvP_Q9TDVM9Ehz1jlgQXlGkSw0WweXARjN9CTT03OqbqIquaRDPhXbgQ8UWAWW8wdTqkoWG6fq5SZh9jlyQ9aueNPcsfOFKJf_Ovv0MDZqQM6xESuaa4rFcp_rWF9TQPUp2NdZZ15Kjg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.com7 Market Pl, Derby DE1 3QE, UK52.9230294 -1.477379624.612795563821152 -36.6336296 81.233263236178843 33.6788704tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-57758929689421558892021-12-19T14:58:00.004+00:002021-12-19T14:58:34.801+00:00element<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Last month I was handed this beautiful book, <a href="https://haarlemartspace.bigcartel.com/product/element-book">Element</a>, by Catherine Rogers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">I'm honoured that my work, <a href="https://www.karenlogan.com/2020/07/daughters-of-daughters.html">Daughters of Daughters</a> is featured with the story Weaving Fire. Catherine has woven stories from studio holders at <a href="https://haarlemartspace.co.uk">Haarlem Artspace</a> with <span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">ancient tales/abstract storytelling to create new/old tellings of new/old inspirations and motivations. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRLDZT_P4yua8XhqTUCotsJ1kKmQomj8J-hP2kDcwbeXB6Mg9VFy3UscsTPKSVxTXi4ZSYcSjyq_R9B9Wx3v2FK546yB7fE0X3WAOmpEE0yaOamtKFQdg7S3mYXAB0s022N1LQaLtIoc2GxEk9KOF5XSLxiyswJLhe_SKOksI9tXSe66qX05DbQEL5yQ=s2514" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1917" data-original-width="2514" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRLDZT_P4yua8XhqTUCotsJ1kKmQomj8J-hP2kDcwbeXB6Mg9VFy3UscsTPKSVxTXi4ZSYcSjyq_R9B9Wx3v2FK546yB7fE0X3WAOmpEE0yaOamtKFQdg7S3mYXAB0s022N1LQaLtIoc2GxEk9KOF5XSLxiyswJLhe_SKOksI9tXSe66qX05DbQEL5yQ=w640-h488" width="640" /></a></div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBMPH8lThV5gwI8ZD_oeLPXgloFKNfhu2GB-I3Xqk60UUNPB1pQrC6-28YYgxiK48M_egz1dNmAOIoUdlYNJQfskxoBbQN_8njYccW2i2sqCoiayrQB6jaGUWbdZPlXict7xLxHd2NM8aU1GGUgrSqAy2kV4eqzwk8fAJIWUzXeUztfy-h2LwmAxBBBA=s2537" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1887" data-original-width="2537" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBMPH8lThV5gwI8ZD_oeLPXgloFKNfhu2GB-I3Xqk60UUNPB1pQrC6-28YYgxiK48M_egz1dNmAOIoUdlYNJQfskxoBbQN_8njYccW2i2sqCoiayrQB6jaGUWbdZPlXict7xLxHd2NM8aU1GGUgrSqAy2kV4eqzwk8fAJIWUzXeUztfy-h2LwmAxBBBA=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJdKUzsLUXPeAc6RteeSy9r2MR1X9LGNPRxgKxsNwl_xJZSm3Kk_r0-Z_Lu_9AbmO4ecuh1FccjryNYADahLlhlqWl5GGH2MWokYms2FPp6OX9lvNrAnZNjLTj5an_HRD0pNcOwHtEMvsSlNmm8OZIh7bG-R5m3hUbHR3QRHfapNb0Ruk_2ybZJj9O9Q=s2592" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJdKUzsLUXPeAc6RteeSy9r2MR1X9LGNPRxgKxsNwl_xJZSm3Kk_r0-Z_Lu_9AbmO4ecuh1FccjryNYADahLlhlqWl5GGH2MWokYms2FPp6OX9lvNrAnZNjLTj5an_HRD0pNcOwHtEMvsSlNmm8OZIh7bG-R5m3hUbHR3QRHfapNb0Ruk_2ybZJj9O9Q=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comDerby Rd, Wirksworth, Matlock DE4 4BG, UK53.0700113 -1.577802224.759777463821152 -36.7340522 81.380245136178843 33.5784478tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-25113206981912307652021-11-26T17:28:00.005+00:002021-11-30T07:12:12.885+00:00326 artspace<span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Last month I visited 326 Artspace, an allotment in St Ann's Allotments Nottingham, created and nurtured by artist, Val Turton.</span><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Next February I'll begin a residency there and am excited to discover what evolves from conversations with Val and time in the space.</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">We spoke about being guardians of things, rather then owning them. Val shared how permaculture principals have snuck into all areas of her life, permeating everything and I felt this wholeness/connectivity within the space.</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Can't wait for the allotments magic to work on me. </span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfXFKCdJPGwVhJSdmhPERe8Ym0P-HqiVQKNSzBwnO3Ud5mXkzsjQLx78a4D8VArFNI3oKsJ0SXO73rOAdEF7Oh3Kkl4l3wSu0S1_Fa6Ov9EwAKcfIvhrwu55fboZpMUC1kTETWHBy_Onjc/s2048/DSC04007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfXFKCdJPGwVhJSdmhPERe8Ym0P-HqiVQKNSzBwnO3Ud5mXkzsjQLx78a4D8VArFNI3oKsJ0SXO73rOAdEF7Oh3Kkl4l3wSu0S1_Fa6Ov9EwAKcfIvhrwu55fboZpMUC1kTETWHBy_Onjc/w480-h640/DSC04007.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZilAFFt774Dc6N4nw7H6MUjdiGU4FA1FiIGDRUR3LkafDPqj48Et8RIZcmh0_jxQeLKyfVSCulLT2lvSrA3AugRjZ2RgLAqBEGytkEA_NAaWcPodIR9FCPfY57KoDgMOUVQ4mvBiBwvI/s2048/DSC04008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZilAFFt774Dc6N4nw7H6MUjdiGU4FA1FiIGDRUR3LkafDPqj48Et8RIZcmh0_jxQeLKyfVSCulLT2lvSrA3AugRjZ2RgLAqBEGytkEA_NAaWcPodIR9FCPfY57KoDgMOUVQ4mvBiBwvI/w640-h480/DSC04008.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UreF9VfzYhq57QnyyNI1zhEn-bBulISh-1BarE9bVizD-HLACu6b2fCuDd7_2xUhcqqUTeN0DvWV3kOIRZ9fS8ehXdOzSKF4b4OCsCgbtnF058vy6hqU9mQUVy-eSIRIVzVlvCGYT8r_/s2592/DSC04009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UreF9VfzYhq57QnyyNI1zhEn-bBulISh-1BarE9bVizD-HLACu6b2fCuDd7_2xUhcqqUTeN0DvWV3kOIRZ9fS8ehXdOzSKF4b4OCsCgbtnF058vy6hqU9mQUVy-eSIRIVzVlvCGYT8r_/w640-h480/DSC04009.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMZM_B1_Rk79qcLJXoh-VyOXFq9aTHsoct14Rd8z5MkQxWFYp7tYdScHZ6j-k2xjXwQqyWy5VrpD4nBMIXasVcdvJJsalJ0nXNWd_e0yy5-o9yhd7OFMFAczrPwjSdJyKilJkv1qjs3l1/s2592/DSC04011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMZM_B1_Rk79qcLJXoh-VyOXFq9aTHsoct14Rd8z5MkQxWFYp7tYdScHZ6j-k2xjXwQqyWy5VrpD4nBMIXasVcdvJJsalJ0nXNWd_e0yy5-o9yhd7OFMFAczrPwjSdJyKilJkv1qjs3l1/w640-h480/DSC04011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFPgrsTO-3BJuU1kbp0JGAVLi6Gpv4PxXh7cQLhz7gCx9KXVdC72v_-SeIOrQ3BTgvem56xn4v-dmjbBpPcbVTfWdAH8vSHMvrRdokX-hVmRGZ2Pv1gi0X2T7hpXsfYJeQs4ggqXi7Busi/s2592/DSC04017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1944" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFPgrsTO-3BJuU1kbp0JGAVLi6Gpv4PxXh7cQLhz7gCx9KXVdC72v_-SeIOrQ3BTgvem56xn4v-dmjbBpPcbVTfWdAH8vSHMvrRdokX-hVmRGZ2Pv1gi0X2T7hpXsfYJeQs4ggqXi7Busi/w480-h640/DSC04017.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comSt Ann's Allotments, 121 Ransom Rd, Nottingham NG3 3LH, UK52.9701573 -1.134428424.659923463821151 -36.2906784 81.280391136178849 34.0218216tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-31643576985955247192021-10-16T22:52:00.009+01:002021-10-16T23:23:09.553+01:00epping forest<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">While in London this week I met a friend for a walk in Epping Forest. We walked from Chingford Plains to High Beach and it was thrilling to experience an unfamiliar aspect of the forest and notice many instances of sympathetic management and habitat creation. Since I left the area in 2018 greater numbers of English Long Horn cattle have been released and we saw small herds grazing and relaxing in the grass. This sight is part of a thousand year history of people having commoner rights to graze cattle in Epping Forest, a working landscape.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">The forest where I grew up has a different feel: huge pollarded beech trees, deep leaf litter and wide tracks. This part felt more intimate and varied with winding, slow streams, boggy areas and clearings. It's been years since I walked in Epping Forest and my eyes felt fresh with the wonder of it, realising anew that this is a very particular place and surprisingly, that I'd forgotten something of its power and beauty. I would love to visit again with more time for exploration.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGq87jOAUrj2sfxoeKdoNdJnANg9Zm7fofBcCSKoelkkpHA5hCYdR6yKg03YRyIpqhV5faI8Ziqib3hriIff9wwnSvv0A2PFhUJWpGeF6Fea9qBCiEZXQZHG2SOcIlUZeiLguXEcsSZw5B/s2048/DSC04001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGq87jOAUrj2sfxoeKdoNdJnANg9Zm7fofBcCSKoelkkpHA5hCYdR6yKg03YRyIpqhV5faI8Ziqib3hriIff9wwnSvv0A2PFhUJWpGeF6Fea9qBCiEZXQZHG2SOcIlUZeiLguXEcsSZw5B/w640-h480/DSC04001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOqNxuvynE0tG64_EsTxts99Zwn3SNBAIlxGpVC1LHMTl8YzCO0WYBWrLTfWDcfLiwK9f5wPiUO9PHlU7JDvEXpcug3IrUgzCtLRAdM6wUJZlyl-ymZwp5ZU4MaZ-WCKstf7u_q8wP0Ps/s2592/DSC03998.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: courier;">It was my mum's birthday on the 13th of October, she would have been 86. Mum is buried with her mum and two of her sisters in St Pancras and Islington Cemetery, East Finchley. </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">My friend lives near the cemetery and left a trowel, fork and gardening gloves outside her home so I could tidy the grave. </span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Two years have passed since my last visit and I was bracing myself for a task, but it wasn't too overgrown. Years before my sister and I added compost to the grave and the soil was rich and loose, teaming with worms, in contrast to the London clay of the site. I saw a jay, robin and heard parakeets in the trees - a sure sign of being in London.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">After weeding I stood and <span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">sang</span> a song to mum, an artwork I'm developing.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Burial sites are so important to my work and it was grounding to tend my mum's grave on her birthday.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzo4ubLRPtKYbGgjIDoL7m6tYstHLtk_fK8EndkgE323l_iz7FV0igh9ZjDI43DVRbVgVWN-m4gOL-DG8nuHIubd1eGO3ARqEKWMLFZMt825ljCB__Eo0-I4hlfyI1XQXkSIL7TWlIOfR/s2048/DSC03979.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzo4ubLRPtKYbGgjIDoL7m6tYstHLtk_fK8EndkgE323l_iz7FV0igh9ZjDI43DVRbVgVWN-m4gOL-DG8nuHIubd1eGO3ARqEKWMLFZMt825ljCB__Eo0-I4hlfyI1XQXkSIL7TWlIOfR/w640-h480/DSC03979.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.com278 High Rd, London N2 9AG, UK51.6006902 -0.164576123.290456363821157 -35.3208261 79.910924036178841 34.9916739tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-12801957632631148852021-08-26T13:46:00.008+01:002021-10-16T21:31:21.202+01:00inkling_print<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">I've set up an online shop <a href="https://inklingprint.bigcartel.com">inkling_print</a>, click the link and have a peek 😀</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Inkling - a slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">At inkling_print I offer print, drawing and painting (mostly) inspired by the wild plants and ancient landscape of Derbyshire. I'm intrigued by folk medicine, hedgerow herbalism, folk song, hedge laying and dry stone walling. Watchful and attentive to the signs that cover this land from the people who came before. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAH6A9C1Daf7LqibzqDWJBJLDHPARG45_0o8P9OCZnDWcDCppvYyoGk9nnbMPEd_s2YRY9xAQuGCZwhDucUQ_-HYVdzJjyvFFD_0vGH59H0Pr3-rzyVMggjSaJ_FUrg_Q7xTy86YIgtpPA/s2048/DSC03943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAH6A9C1Daf7LqibzqDWJBJLDHPARG45_0o8P9OCZnDWcDCppvYyoGk9nnbMPEd_s2YRY9xAQuGCZwhDucUQ_-HYVdzJjyvFFD_0vGH59H0Pr3-rzyVMggjSaJ_FUrg_Q7xTy86YIgtpPA/w640-h480/DSC03943.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div></div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comBelper DE56, UK53.0243899 -1.47761624.714156063821157 -36.633866 81.334623736178855 33.678634tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-70174676754937336922021-08-26T13:30:00.004+01:002021-08-26T13:32:25.348+01:00folding takes some effort<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Tamed the button sheet 😀</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Folding takes some effort, the buttons clink together reminiscent of waves dragging shingle or pebbles back into the sea.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Not yet half covered, almost a year of on and off attention.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">My studio space is wee so the sheet can take over. Tamed and tidy it can sit and watch me for a while. </span></div></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTDijPcWMWJmGE7USpxVmhNt0T-P21TJ04eohcXgEjDT6rowNM0M3AlCAY44QiB0jRxoj3z9Zjx-g5KoT91PqUxNMtvsUsMLN4cKJ4-jKEjZ_ye8USIjH_lHgDt3NpFZocM209vGANnpX/s1834/DSC03819.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1834" data-original-width="1834" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTDijPcWMWJmGE7USpxVmhNt0T-P21TJ04eohcXgEjDT6rowNM0M3AlCAY44QiB0jRxoj3z9Zjx-g5KoT91PqUxNMtvsUsMLN4cKJ4-jKEjZ_ye8USIjH_lHgDt3NpFZocM209vGANnpX/w640-h640/DSC03819.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjl_YAWa4smu5mIRgnX3Jam7WBIKDv09XlGWD3Uvy94reZ3clsPr_fz-pNfb4CZoEGp-5j9S-jYq8KI4LdMUqhtlAwmLKBf_0raH-MH3dTEUBN2Sg_DDeMwsCfIaST7PxO3cm6hKcoPDS3/s1710/DSC03820.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: courier;">Since September 2020 I've hand stitched buttons onto a single polyester sheet that was my mothers. Mum (Doreen Logan <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">née</span> Furmage) used yellow Lenor fabric softener and I've kept her sheets and pillowcases in a sealed bag to retain this scent. </span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">When I began to sew the scent was strong and powerfully evocative of climbing into the single bed in my old room at home. I feel protective of this scent, aware that over the months and years it will fade. At each sewing I sniff the sheet, judging 'loss', relieved the scent is still detectable - my mothers final act of washing bedding palpable. </span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">This fading and my emotional urge to 'stop time' evoked thoughts around the <span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">impossibility (and undesirability) of statis, the futility of this desire and the inevitability of loss and gain and loss and gain. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">As scent fades buttons increase, making the sheet heavy, unwieldy, difficult to handle. I've covered a third of the sheet in buttons and my arms shake when holding it for longer than a moment.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">I'm enjoying the sheet becoming difficult and how frustrating it is to sew at times - thread getting lopped around buttons, knots, button spacing, placing the needle precisely to sew (unseen) from under the sheet through tiny button holes... </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Infuriating and satisfying and repetitive and time consuming.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5IY4lYnKNI8QVcP1KWw6H4eSgQ7iAQSip3WxfKuIle0TuBYdxU-uMi_KZ-WG9kWEnKLQeKdt7qACln9L2hw1KQ7eMoxHffH0iNFRc3-d5LUTZA3Y2RG3XsP_JucKI4w50_K-8va0ZQSB/s2048/DSC03543.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5IY4lYnKNI8QVcP1KWw6H4eSgQ7iAQSip3WxfKuIle0TuBYdxU-uMi_KZ-WG9kWEnKLQeKdt7qACln9L2hw1KQ7eMoxHffH0iNFRc3-d5LUTZA3Y2RG3XsP_JucKI4w50_K-8va0ZQSB/w640-h480/DSC03543.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeD-1qWfPpzxKb7Kp_gLlGs4p9Z_eaV3eS0yBqwusBAHb2NSbIjgTa2oiyarUzgoj2yluBpZIKvlczNSblPxad6AkJrere688bagWdUCCLJXdGFX8UlZSJ64CUXxP62kzHhQrqAFNCiMsI/s2048/DSC03542.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeD-1qWfPpzxKb7Kp_gLlGs4p9Z_eaV3eS0yBqwusBAHb2NSbIjgTa2oiyarUzgoj2yluBpZIKvlczNSblPxad6AkJrere688bagWdUCCLJXdGFX8UlZSJ64CUXxP62kzHhQrqAFNCiMsI/w640-h480/DSC03542.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkorHpMi2F14N1wkwuOBLhzOHGD4zbKz4fMtz9MkbwQD5vHIwUqCjZQQnCRSkAYSc10qWVHJAPQLSqbycX5lCdOmAOZa2Guoim1Szoi9MB7jpBjKFnDPJydUOq6HZi8fbDuXEF-ufEkrVN/s2048/DSC03541.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkorHpMi2F14N1wkwuOBLhzOHGD4zbKz4fMtz9MkbwQD5vHIwUqCjZQQnCRSkAYSc10qWVHJAPQLSqbycX5lCdOmAOZa2Guoim1Szoi9MB7jpBjKFnDPJydUOq6HZi8fbDuXEF-ufEkrVN/w640-h480/DSC03541.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDewBgdFH_v6XMQ_oI-0_BtDYg75Dr58DvyVDYXo6PPdrwv8bTApTozQFneK6IjHM9K88Nqi-CUU7wySIR7drH1MAiMFGNEF6Vo3vGoOyjKvH_v4TWMYKpYO1qhjERnmgzhpawkydWVHZ/s2048/DSC03540.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDewBgdFH_v6XMQ_oI-0_BtDYg75Dr58DvyVDYXo6PPdrwv8bTApTozQFneK6IjHM9K88Nqi-CUU7wySIR7drH1MAiMFGNEF6Vo3vGoOyjKvH_v4TWMYKpYO1qhjERnmgzhpawkydWVHZ/w640-h480/DSC03540.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comDerby Rd, Wirksworth, Matlock DE4 4BG, UK53.0700113 -1.577802224.759777463821152 -36.7340522 81.380245136178843 33.5784478tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-8150958661965811152021-04-02T17:31:00.000+01:002021-04-02T17:31:03.378+01:00photo of Doris<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Joined <a href="https://www.ancestry.co.uk">Ancestry</a> for a month and found Doris Hardy instantly and was astonished to look into her eyes. </span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">I will tidy her grave and plant insect friendly plants. I also </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">plan on hand spinning flax tow by her graveside, in celebration of her spinster status and to hang out with Doris and see what thoughts and feelings emerge. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-gorfkZ1OP2ItSnzo8nAm0WEvS7iCNCkTDp3QYQQcbRPsmW9kFftMf69RCuesYLnwnv6K_tc7eiud1jvgXriRIb7U-YjBXQwwNwpTaq-KRMBe73qDdyy9gnCqFuUKqU5bg5TDtGoxseT/s907/Dorris+Hardy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-gorfkZ1OP2ItSnzo8nAm0WEvS7iCNCkTDp3QYQQcbRPsmW9kFftMf69RCuesYLnwnv6K_tc7eiud1jvgXriRIb7U-YjBXQwwNwpTaq-KRMBe73qDdyy9gnCqFuUKqU5bg5TDtGoxseT/w626-h640/Dorris+Hardy.jpg" width="626" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Doris Hardy 1894-1967</span></div><p></p>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comCromford Rd, DE4, Wirksworth, Matlock DE4 4GZ, UK53.0855764 -1.571494624.775342563821155 -36.7277446 81.395810236178846 33.5847554tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333003167446791143.post-72739499196832516262021-03-11T18:45:00.004+00:002021-03-15T13:17:54.151+00:00doris<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Spinster hunting/haunting in Wirksworth Cemetery. I'd like to find out more about Doris. Her memorial is added to the side of a tall obelisk type headstone with a stone urn on top. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">I'm always struck by wife/mother/grandmother and husband/father/grandfather text (understandably) on headstones... but what if someone is none of those things? I've seen sister/brother, daughter/son, aunt/uncle, niece/nephew and once (heart swelling and wonderfully), friend.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Pondering those without family behind or in front of them. Who will remember them and who decides the text on their headstones in a pronatalist world?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">I'm intrigued by the labelling of Doris as spinster in 1967. Was she one of the generation of women who lost their potential partner in the First World War? Will do some <i>digging</i>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wgjdUYXt3A5bLoO3wpEQ-MDJFT5Ak_jEgY5vEpXfp0fQ3-7xu7Q4hMempnFBbeBpcGixLcXvMo4t9DN5hE8YViV6Rit3aF0msr4BVTBtVbezHSFW1Dq0IYKLR0jfkFGLD_AwwtFvbiM3/s1750/DSC03341.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1313" data-original-width="1750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wgjdUYXt3A5bLoO3wpEQ-MDJFT5Ak_jEgY5vEpXfp0fQ3-7xu7Q4hMempnFBbeBpcGixLcXvMo4t9DN5hE8YViV6Rit3aF0msr4BVTBtVbezHSFW1Dq0IYKLR0jfkFGLD_AwwtFvbiM3/w640-h480/DSC03341.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Spinster</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Wirksworth Cemetery, Derbyshire</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzOnUglBt-HiepPf377diEJzmokjUNbavxAV-aSeiSUXw3iqYqMlM8eTrulzjVdzBAaO5kkB3dIv9jrA2OadsRCXV3I7_a_Kago7KoEoSDXdFObCLqAU5_rnlw0WpwqqYw-V6Nr1vr_Wt/s1728/DSC06695.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="1296" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzOnUglBt-HiepPf377diEJzmokjUNbavxAV-aSeiSUXw3iqYqMlM8eTrulzjVdzBAaO5kkB3dIv9jrA2OadsRCXV3I7_a_Kago7KoEoSDXdFObCLqAU5_rnlw0WpwqqYw-V6Nr1vr_Wt/w480-h640/DSC06695.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Sister, Aunt, Friend</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">St Pancras and Islington Cemetery, East Finchley, London</span></div><p></p>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633571819841052642noreply@blogger.comDerby Rd, Wirksworth, Matlock DE4 4BG, UK53.0700113 -1.577802213.610561642163447 -71.8903022 90 68.7346978