More Auntie Jane

Auntie Jane in her favourite place

Auntie Jane

Auntie Jane on the beach again

people

Dodo and the Lad c1920

doll face

Hmm, what is about dolls? Some love them, others hate them...I love them! The odder the better...teeth always a bonus...who needs a Barbie!!

drawing!

Auntie Jane in the garden in about 1915....

homemade bike paniers!

almost forgot about these...made from heavy calico, some left over furnishing fabric and an old tablecloth.

I didn't want to buy plastic for my bike (Barbara, since you asked...) so thought I must be able to work out how to make two bags that won't catch in the wheels...and here they are, happy little souls with a purpose; how many of us can say that?!! ;-)

little people...

I think their little leather shoes are amazing...I want some!!! This pair do make me smile, she looks so cross...and there he is bringing home the bananas like a good husband should...

I think it ought to be compulsory for clothes to look this happy;-)

...and I want his hat!!!!

burst of creativity!

For ages I've been telling myself to do some printing...and finally, a lino cut! Just like being back at school, although this time it's not a sunflower repeat to print on some cotton fabric..nothing so useful;-)

It's nice to have started...now I have to carry on...

peg dolls...

Who wouldn't love a doll made from something that could hold your pants to a washing line...;-)

new pots!

After two years...maybe three...languishing in a box on a wardrobe I've finally finished some pots!! I didn't want to glaze them this time because access to a kiln is limited and I wanted to see what else I could do. So, being a bit artsy fartsy I wanted to retain their 'integrity' as earthbound objects...hmmm...so chose to use pigments and beeswax polish and a little ink, and I think it worked;-) I did go a bit off message and use some 'treasure gold' which is really just wax coloured gold so not too bad. I like that effects can be achieved that would be difficult if not impossible with glazing (and too advanced for me!). To me these have a look of artefacts from some imaginary period when dinosaur eggs met Byzantine artisans...oh dear, all this polish must have gone to my head...anyway, here they are!