tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12713252557494742262024-03-05T07:34:30.187+00:00Notes from the studioPainting on Gozo Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16592616458943756399noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271325255749474226.post-15718953537270828802016-06-23T06:56:00.003+01:002016-06-23T06:57:06.315+01:00Exhibition at the Citadel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So we are finally there. The process has taken very nearly a year from start to finish. Our initial application to have a space at Ta' Dbiegi Craft Village was put in at the end of May last year. As it is a government run scheme the application had to go through an extremely lengthy and drawn out process. Filling in the 20 page long application form itself was a mammoth task. The same form incidentally as if we had wanted to start a tomato canning factory ! </div>
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Anyway we are there and set up. There is a shortage of available units and so in order to get a foot in the door, an angel in the form of Beryl Bugeja made us an offer to temporarily share her space. So while we await our own unit we are part of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thecandlemakergozo" target="_blank">The Candle Maker</a> ! Have a look at what Beryl makes, not just candles.</div>
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Our very dear and long suffering friend and wood turner <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006877458267&fref=ts" target="_blank">Paul Singleton </a>did all the woodworking jobs we needed. We hope to showcase a few of his very beautiful bowls in the near future too. Click on his name and go to his FB page to see his work.</div>
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<a href="https://studio38gozo.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">STUDIO 38 </a> has it's own website and blog. Click on the link to see what we are up to. I will still continue to put a monthly post here to keep all up to date with current work but I will also be posting on the new website. You can also follow us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/studio38gozo/" target="_blank">FB</a></div>
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All our artworks are made by either Petra or me using where possible recycled materials. I will show some more detailed samples of work soon.</div>
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Looking through from Beryl's Candle shop to Studio 38. We still have a little finishing off to do around the entrance..</div>
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All finished. Some tidying up to do but that is it. Epic ! </div>
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The 15th of March is going to be a special day this year. All will be revealed !<br />
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It's usualy windy in March and the start of this month has been no exception. This morning the sun was shining but standing up straight on the cliff was hard. I took my camera out with me this morning to get a few shots of the cliffs and sea. Inspiration for some new paintings. I like to take some pretty wide angled shots, this tends to give a more abstract feel, not too much detail. It's all about colour, light and shade and strong lines. My seascapes usually end up fairly abstract and I thought I would share how I go about it.<br />
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So, first take some photos, they don't have to be technical or perfect in any way. Just go for some strong lines or colours that are pleasing. Something that intuitively feels good.</div>
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I particularly like the cliff dropping straight into the sea.</div>
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The colours today were beautiful.</div>
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Then roughly cut a template from some paper, in order to mask the majority of the photo. Through this 'window' you can select your favourite portion of the photo to use.<br />
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16592616458943756399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271325255749474226.post-63458555666738543432016-02-10T13:45:00.001+00:002016-02-10T20:40:42.707+00:00Ensó and the fire monkeyI have come full circle. A journey that started in 2008 has finally come to a close. The year of the fire monkey brings all that has passed to an end. I chose Ensó as one of the words I will work with this year along with 'allowing'. Ensó<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.92px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 17.92px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">is a circle that is hand-drawn in one or two uninhibited brushstrokes to express a moment when the mind is free to let the body create.</span></span><br />
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I am embroidering a golden circle on my hanging, Not quite the spontaneous ensó, but a collection of silk threads draped and then sewn on to the backing. 'Allowing' the circle to emerge on it's own rather than me trying to control it into a perfect shape. All part of the process.</div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16592616458943756399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271325255749474226.post-65313988702978395942016-02-04T16:52:00.000+00:002016-02-04T20:44:11.340+00:00Adding value and charity shop insider tradingLiving on a small island means working materials can be difficult to come by. Things I took for granted in UK are hard to find here. For example certain fabrics, an extensive paint range and of course natural materials like waste wood and metals on which to paint. So I have had to re adjust the way I work and look for a ready supply of materials to use.<br />
One thing we do have here are charity shops with bags and bags of unwanted clothes. Most of which one wouldn't want to wear but the fabric content is invaluable, I have always been a recycler and it's ethically a good thing to do for the planet. I love to use materials and discarded goods in my art work. Of course the money I pay for recycled fabrics also goes to benefit the charity concerned which makes us all feel good !<br />
What is really important is that as an upcycler I add value to a piece before it is ready for resale. My reworked skirts have much time spent on them to add value and make them into a unique piece of wearable art.<br />
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It seems there has been some insider trading going on on the island ! Over the last few months I have noticed a decline in variety of garments for sale at the charity shop and enquired as to why. It appears that big bin bags of goods have been cheaply sold off from the shop for staggeringly below the going rate and then those individual items re sold at a massive profit at a car boot sale !!! Shocking ! What that says to me is that someone is making money at the expense of the charity (and the good will of the donnors) and at the same time depriving all us artists (!) of our natural resource, not to mention a Spring frock. You may think that is enterprising and of course it is, but I personally feel there is a fine line between making a living and cheating a charity. Now if the garments were bought at the charity shop for the going rate and then a profit made then we would all be happy. It's only my opinion ... just sayin'<br />
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My new labels for my ReWorked skirts have finally arrived and I have sewn them on.. all ready to go.<br />
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January 26th and the weather is wonderful for the time of year. With renewed energy after a bout of airoplane circulated bugs, I felt a energizing day coming on. Familiarising my self with with a footpath route Raffi and I set off for a walk on the cliffs above Cable bay.</div>
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What a view, it was particularly breathtaking today as the terraced feilds are already begining to colour with the bright yellow of the wild flower Oxalis pes-caprae.</div>
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Past the ancient cart ruts to view Comino and Malta beyond. I am not sure where the ancient peoples were going with their carts down this track as it's a fairly hazardous way down through the garrigue to the water ! Perhaps the terrain has changed in the last thousand or so years. There is also evidence of the fault that joined Comino to Gozo. All very interesting and absolutely beautiful.<br />
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I am up to over 80 hours of sewing and I still have a long way to go. I am loving it but I can only manage a couple of hours a day. The sheer difficulty of sewing this long hanging is tiring, my arms ache. I have managed to do a fair amount sitting down but I just can't get a feel of the whole thing when it is screwed up on my lap. I need to stand back from the design and see how I am using colour, just as I would when I am painting.</div>
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I doubt most people even consider, when they look at large scale art works (and mine aren't that big !) how difficult they are to produce. The physical energy that is used to actualy reach the top/middle/bottom of a large painting is massive, up and down the ladder or scaffolding to asses progress or having to reach a canvas at an awkward angle is slow and tiring. Michelangelo lay on his back to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, it must have been exausting. Starting a canvas the size Mark Rothko uses would be daunting. Even Andy Goldworthy's large scale structures take a massive amount of effort or Richard Long's walks are no mean feat.<br />
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16592616458943756399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271325255749474226.post-22210660691939766302015-12-30T17:20:00.000+00:002015-12-30T17:20:31.275+00:00Excited ....<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">Well that's it for another year. A visit to Blighty, tick, spend quality time with the family, tick, rush around like a headless chicken, tick, tie up loose ends, tick, return to gozo exhausted, tick. Just enough time to catch my breath before the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"> start</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"> of a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">great adventure in 2016. I love the beginning of a New Year, I love the expectation of what is to come. I love that time to reflect on what went by in the last year and what we can learn from all of that. A time for renewed optimism and a rush of energy. </span><br />
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Living by the sea and indeed on a small island, my daily dog walks are always spent scrambling over the rocks (if not in the sea) looking for bits and pieces. The weather is changing and finally in November I think we can say good bye to Summer and are due the first of the winter storms and high winds this week, which should produce some big seas. In turn the big waves should wash up a whole treasure trove of driftwood, shells, stones and all manner of things to be gleaned.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"> I have a whale bone, a dragon fly, sea urchin shells, cowrie shells, stones with holes in, heart shaped stones, egg shells dyed with plant dye, a fossil cockle, a sharks tooth, a mother of pearl fish, a manilla (slave currency in the form of a bronze bangle) and 3 buddha's, one ivory (old), one jade and one sandlewood.</span></div>
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My textile hanging is coming along. I have been working on it for nearly a month now. Every day I spend a couple of hours sewing. I love it. Very medatative ! I am not rushing to finish. I have now sewn down all the edges and will soon begin to work on the detailing. A little gold silk has crept into the gaps, I guess in the style of Kintsukuroi - mending with gold-</div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16592616458943756399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271325255749474226.post-66406542878528636762015-10-30T08:03:00.001+00:002015-10-30T08:03:13.372+00:00It's a boro (ed) thingI can feel a winter of sewing coming on. I have a desire to make a textile panel using the ancient Japanese folk cloth idea of patching and mending old textiles called boro. You can read a bit about boro <a href="https://furugistarjapan.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/boro-japanese-folk-fabric/">here.</a> Shabby textiles became works of art, the more stiched and mended it became the more interesting the fabric. <a href="https://www.google.com.mt/search?q=sashiko+and+boro&espv=2&biw=1517&bih=725&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CB0QsARqFQoTCJ2-gKHd6cgCFQW3FAodcZcDgg&dpr=0.9">Sashiko stitching</a> on the antique boro fabrics became an art form and in true wabi sabi style these old textiles became precious.<br />
Anyway I am going to have a go myself. The backing is an old fine egyptian cotton sheet and the patches are scraps of linen and cotton. Some with embroidery and old lace pieces made here on Gozo. It may take months to finish but the winter here is just the time to do this.<br />
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Some of my boro skirts can now be found in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SarahMaturinBaird?ref=hdr_shop_menu">Etsy Shop</a></div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16592616458943756399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271325255749474226.post-88406201782954169522015-10-01T09:59:00.001+01:002015-10-01T10:01:18.344+01:00It's been a while !It's been a busy few weeks. A change in the weather has brought cooler air, but with that come the flies ! My family and other animals have been out to stay with me. A lovely week catching up on all the news and just generally enjoying some 'old times'. More to come this month !<br />
A day in Malta ended up at Ghar Lapsi, a picturesque cove where the water is as clear as glass and the marine life abundant. A lovely morning's snorkeling.<br />
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Petra and I spent some time holding day intuitive painting and collage workshops. Apart from our 'Art holidays' we facilitate individual tuition. A pared down version of our residential weeks and held in our studio. Check out <a href="https://studio38gozo.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Studio 38</a> website for details.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1 week stay <span style="line-height: 1.33333em;">hosted in a comfortable traditional 400 year old </span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 1.33333em;">farmhouse set on the idyllic and inspiring Mediterranean island of Gozo. </span><span style="line-height: 1.33333em;">Four days of art and soul exploration,</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Whilst investigating self publishing I came accross this charming book featuring the work of Sid Burnard. A sculptor living in Borth - West Wales - a place I used to spend a lot of time as a child. Coincidentally he is married to a second cousin of mine, who I have never met ! I love Sid's use of driftwood and how he can turn not very inspiring peices of flotsom into something truly lovely and often whimsical. </span></div>
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You can also watch a video of Sid on youtube.... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeFH3DhSC8k" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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A wonderful story of how to use your eyes and see creative potential in everything. Nice. Very inspiring. </div>
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Good question. Does it matter that I don't know right now ?<br />
My days generally start with an early morning dog walk, If I have anything pressing to be done in the day I like to get it done first thing. The rest of the day is dominated by moving my painting or creative work forward. The day usually culminates in more dog walking or swimming and a catch up with friends. That's it.<br />
I try not to plan too much and like to allow the day to sort itself out, itself. My life to sort itself out. It usually does.<br />
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Santa Marija, mama mia ! For two weeks in August the whole of Malta is on holiday, 90% (slight exaggeration but you get my drift) of them come to Gozo for the biggest festa of the year. Two weeks of fireworks and celaebration culminates in this weekend. The highlight for me is a small agricultural show. Not quite the Royal Suffolk but a pretty good turn out of all the local breeders and jam makers.</div>
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I used to love the shows in the UK, the kids were always very excited about the unusual animals and birds on show. We usually found something to take home. As a result we had many chickens, ducks, ferrets etc on the farm. It was joy this morning to kind of relive that. My daughter used to keep a diary of the many chickens we had, she called it 'Chicken memories' and it was full of their unusual names, feathers, photos and descriptions. Joy.</div>
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End of the first day. Quite happy with the way this is going. Tomorrow when these layers are properly dry, I can start lightening it all up so that the whole painting is very pale in colour.<br />
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More moon inspired journal pages.</div>
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Interesting symbolism in this first one. Hmmm !</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">It's a rare blue moon tonight, an auspicious occasion. The image below is from my journal, worked on this morning. What will the blue moon bring for you ?</span></h3>
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The golden rays of the moon light up the people adrift in the boat. A symbolic crane, protector from evil, stands on the words, 'expect someone to answer, open the door right away'. Once in a blue moon !</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">On Friday, July 31<sup style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">st</sup> we will have a Full Blue Moon in the sign of Aquarius.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A blue moon is the term for the second full moon in the same month. The first full moon of the month was in Capricorn on July 1<sup style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">st</sup>, and now we are saying good-bye to this month of change with a special blue moon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">These full moons have been the bookends to the important lessons learned over the past month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the most special aspects of this moon is that we won’t have another blue moon month until 2018. For many of us, we will be receiving our last bits of a long awaited wake-up call that actually began back in 2012, far before most of us were aware of the changes that were developing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The energies of this moon are only being magnified by Venus turning retrograde on the 25<sup style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">th</sup>, which is just one of seven planets slowing and turning retrograde the week prior to this lunar event.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This cosmic event is unprecedented—it’s truly a month of transitions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The skies have collided to physically slow all of us down. It seems that it is so easy for most of us to get caught up in our daily lives that we often feel we can push aside issues or decisions because it seems like there will always be more time—more chances.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This moon we are being asked to stop, look around and to see the bigger picture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We are being asked to notice where in our lives we have been neglecting the truth, or what situations we have been putting off. It’s not easy to deal with life head on—but this moon isn’t only encouraging it, it is making it a requirement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There is so much happening around this moon in terms of once-in-a-lifetime type chances. It’s as if we are all on the edge of something so big and we have to make the decision to take the path we’ve always taken—or to jump into the territory of new possibilities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Because of Venus, the planet of love, going retrograde a week prior to this moon, there will be a heavy connection to romantic relationships. This isn’t about just any sort of love though—it’s about the kind of love that comes around only <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">once in a blue moon</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The full moon will be shining a decadent light of truth deep within our hearts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This will give us the opportunity to get a good grasp on what is in our heart of hearts—if we don’t have our soulmate or twin flame as our lover, then there is a good chance we are aware of who they are, or may start to recognize them around this time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sometimes the most wonderful aspects of our lives can be the most terrifying—and that is okay, no one ever said greatness and easiness were one and the same. The thing we all have to remember, though, is that if it doesn’t scare us even a little bit, then it lacks the ability to be that once in a lifetime opportunity to change our lives for the better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nothing amazing ever comes from us staying in our comfort zones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is about opening our eyes to what is right in front of us—and knowing that some chances don’t come around every day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sometimes situations come down to now or never—this blue moon is showing us exactly what we are afraid of losing the most, and it’s challenging us to make the big moves necessary now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">While it is true that those people that are meant for us, that they won’t ever leave us—sometimes humans make the wrong decisions. We make choices based on fear, or try to do what we think is right instead of listening to our hearts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It seems that so many of us the past few years have been making as many wrong decisions as possible, and while it has seemed difficult, and even painful at times—know that it was necessary, and all part of the divine plan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sometimes we really do need to experience everything that is wrong to know what is right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As amazing as this moon will be, and necessary—it’s going to be one that challenges us on every single level. In the build up to this lunar event we may have been feeling restless, or have had an excess of nervous energy. Our pulses may have been racing, and it may have been harder for us to relax or fall asleep at night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our souls can sense that we are on the verge of something big—but it’s up to us to initiate change.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We are on the threshold of having massive pieces of the puzzle collide. There may be big changes or upsets in the status quo during the next several weeks. We may find ourselves acting in ways that only a few weeks ago we never thought possible, but Aquarius is lighting a fire inside of our hearts and daring us to break the boundaries that have held us back for far too long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We can only deny ourselves of what we want the most for so long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">While we may feel anxious at all of the possible changes being presented to ourselves—know that the universe won’t bring us anything we aren’t ready for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The truth of it is there is no such thing as the perfect time—so now is as good a time as any.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Everything that we have been going through the past year has been leading up to this moon. It’s the time of infinite possibilities, of desires bubbling over and manifesting themselves in our lives in ways we never thought possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">No matter what has come in or out of our lives in the past few years, once in a while we are given the chance to have everything we’ve always wanted—we just have to make the choice now to not let it go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Because certain chances only come around once in a blue moon.</span></div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16592616458943756399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271325255749474226.post-41967205014991124292015-07-29T16:31:00.001+01:002015-07-29T16:31:22.360+01:00Dar ir-RummienA short film set in the Mill Room where the artist's co op had a gallery last year. If you click on th link and go to the <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dar.ir.rummien?fref=ts" target="_blank">FaceBook Page</a> </span>you will see the photos of the shoot. If you look closely enough you may just spot some of my artwork used in the stage set !<div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16592616458943756399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271325255749474226.post-38327185898121366642015-07-24T19:42:00.001+01:002015-07-25T09:32:32.047+01:00Re purposed books<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
To make an art journal, find yourself a book from a charity shop. Hard backs are best and if they have an interesting cover all the better. You should be able to pick up a no longer loved novel for 50c.</div>
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Keep the removed pages to use another day. They can be used in mixed media works or back in the journal.</div>
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Unless you specifically want the written word, typed pages, paint with white or black paint as a neutral surface to work on. Any old paint will do for this job,... household emulsion or cheap poster paints. Gesso makes a lovely velvety surface to work on but is comparitively expensive.</div>
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So this book is going to be based on some intuitive collage. A notebook or diary as I go through the Summer. We plan to do some workshops in the Autumn , so this will be a great reminder for me,</div>
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I randomly tore pages from old magazines. Not thinking too much about what I was doing but chosing images that appealed. Lay them all out in front of you and start with one image for the background. build on this with the images that catch the eye. When you have finshed, take time to ponder the collage, what is it saying to you ?</div>
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The symbolism: Mountain (Xwejni in Gozo) with a figure on top, unreachable perhaps. A figure has been placed on a pedastal, possibly by them selves ? Perhaps the characture is not what they seem, snake skin for clothing, a peacocks head dress, a mask for a face. Three monkeys climbing, hear , speack, see no evil. There are guides to help travellers accross the water aided by some ancient words. You have to be able to see them before they can help.<br />
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16592616458943756399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271325255749474226.post-35755613519744921312015-07-11T08:00:00.002+01:002015-07-11T08:03:04.456+01:00Busy busy busy !Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16592616458943756399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271325255749474226.post-60415385779696740922015-06-16T22:10:00.001+01:002015-06-16T22:11:40.932+01:00OMG Déjá vu<div class="MsoNormal">
Today was a scary time-warp experience. I wrote the following post 3 years ago and today I relived it. As I sifted thro' a barn full of belongings,,,, sigh...Sadly the box of trinkets destined for my children has been purloined by an unscrupulous individual but that is their karma, and mine that I have to live with out it.<br />
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<b>Saturday, 16 April 2011<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="1262784773794447594"></a><a href="http://sarah-baird.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/pondering-hoarding.html">Pondering
Hoarding</a></div>
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Hoarding, we all hoard don't we? Physical stuff, the mountains of no longer
used things we can't bare to throw away. What about all those 'ideas' and
beliefs we hoard? All that mumbo jumbo that we hang onto for dear life, the
baggage that we think defines us.<br />
I have been pondering this notion of hoarding all week !</div>
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Mostly because it was my daughter's 21st birthday yesterday and I decided to
give her, amongst other things, a selection of jewellery that had been
given to me on my 21st birthday. These items had been stashed away in a
campaign box for at least 25 years, along with semi precious jewels my brother
had brought back from India, ( I had long forgotten to have them made into
something wearable) a letter from my father when I was at school, a
cigarette box of cowry shells collected on a beach in Ireland. A photo
booth pic of me with very short platinum blond hair, a Victorian mother of
pearl cigarette holder and many other unlooked at trinkets. Daughter can sell
them if she wants, to subsidise a trip to India, I don't need to hold onto them
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What about beliefs? preconceived ideas? do I need those any more? Does <i>your </i>mind
look like our barn, full of clutter?<br />
Buddhists feel that we should walk our path on this earth and when we
leave...leave no trace. We are all so caught up in this idea that we should not
be forgotten. Everyone wants to leave a mark....'don't forget me, I was
important'....<br />
Filling in the Census a few weeks ago, I pondered the religion question. What
am I ? Christian?, Buddhist? I don't know. So I didn't put anything..... 'Now'
ist, possibly, 'this moment' ist ....maybe ! The problem comes
when the tag 'ist' or 'ism' is put onto a word. It's suddenly weighted
down with baggage, beliefs. Ideals. We become entangled with rules and
regulations. Hmmm.<br />
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Anyway....my point is.... we do the same with art. We become entangled with our
notions of what our art should look like. Frightened to stray far from the
norm.<br />
Not knowing is liberation. Aaaaahh !</div>
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