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RICHARD SHILLING - LAND ARTIST

Richard Shilling is a self taught land artist living and working in Lancaster in the North West of England. Currently he is artist in residence at Beacon Fell Country Park. I find the more I look at his work the more captivated I become.

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Added by RobynG on February 28, 2009 at 1:37pm — 6 Comments

JUST ANOTHER DAY IN AFRICA

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Added by RobynG on September 30, 2008 at 6:30pm — 18 Comments

TIM HAWKINSON

This work by Tim Hawkinson is called Sweet Tweet. Not all of his works are as innocent and as whimsical as this piece however. A small "Bird" looks fascinating until you realize it is made from finger nail pairings. Eeww! Very clever though. To see more go to http://www… Continue

Added by RobynG on April 27, 2008 at 8:00am — 2 Comments

WHAT A WEEK!

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Added by RobynG on February 16, 2008 at 12:00pm — 12 Comments

STUDIO FRIDAY: LEGACY

This week's STUDIO FRIDAY topic is: LEGACY.

"What works, successes, accomplishments would you love to leave behind for the world? What legacy would you like to or are you about to create?"

Oh boy! This is a tall order. I'm not going to think of the world because that's mind bog

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Added by RobynG on January 26, 2008 at 5:13am — 5 Comments

PHONEY SHEEP

Aren't these sheep spectacular? I can't think of a better use for old phones......cord and all. Amazing!!! They were created by Jean-Luc Cornec.

To see more go to http://www.cualquiera.com.ar/notas/arte.html

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Added by RobynG on January 14, 2008 at 5:00pm — 11 Comments

STUDIO FRIDAY : THE VIEW

This week's Studio Friday topic is:- The view : "Everyone looks out their window and sees a different view....palm trees, snow, beaches, mountains, gardens, animals. Share the vantage from your studio.....what's outside your window that takes you away and lets you daydream or get inspired." - Espialdesign

It's easy to daydream when looking out of my studio window. Though we live in a built up area the surrounding hillside and forests are wild. Early every morn

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Added by RobynG on January 12, 2008 at 11:30am — 6 Comments

Brand New!

Studio Friday topic (I am a bit late) : BRAND NEW!

There's definitely a flurry of newness at the beginning of this year, 2008. I have started a new blog, I have a pile of new books to read and I've made a few new resolutions.

1) The new blog is only a day old. I decided to start a second blog so that I could r

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Added by RobynG on January 6, 2008 at 9:30am — 19 Comments

Out of Africa

Pages from Peter Beards journals.

I became intrigued with art journalling after readi

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Added by RobynG on December 29, 2007 at 4:30am — 10 Comments

Happy Christmas

To all my dear friends at CCS.

Have a great festive season filled with peace and joy.

Photograph: Ethiopian Icon

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Added by RobynG on December 25, 2007 at 6:16pm — 27 Comments

Sunday Google Meander

I never tire of googling! I suppose its a form of procrastination or boredom, but I don't think so (I'm never bored). I just love finding this wealth of knowledge at my fingertips.

Today I googled Yummy....art and sculpture. (I know! I'm weird!). Amazing sites materia

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Added by RobynG on December 16, 2007 at 2:00pm — 10 Comments

Poetry in Paint

The whimsical paintings of Diane Culhane feed my spirits. See http://www.dianeculhaneart.com/

"I want each painting to ask something, and at its best moments I want the question to remain unanswered. It is the place between speech and silence that the viewer brings knowledge, experience an

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Added by RobynG on December 13, 2007 at 4:47am — 5 Comments

Studio Friday

This weeks topic for Studio Friday is; 7 Random facts/ studio habits.

Hmmm, lets see now...what am I willing to share.

1. To start my creative process in the morning I sip coffee whilst surrounded by books, sketchpad and notebook. The books don't have to be opened and...oh there must be froth on my coffee.

2. I churn out quite a

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Added by RobynG on November 29, 2007 at 8:00pm — 11 Comments

Up with the birds.

The birds were chirping at 3.a.m. this morning so thinking it was 5.a.m. I got up to start work on an order. Of course once I had a few sips of coffee I realized my mistake. Too late. I was up.

It's incredible just how much work you can get done in a fe

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Added by RobynG on November 4, 2007 at 11:00am — 16 Comments

Freeing the spirit.

"Within every block of wood and stone, there dwells a spirit, waiting to be released. Direct carving is a way of freeing the spirit - my own and that of the stone or wood." - Hap Hagood Continue

Added by RobynG on November 4, 2007 at 10:50am — 13 Comments

The Law of Dharma

Deepak Chopra's book The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success is a little gem. One of the laws Chopra writes about is The Law of Dharma or

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Added by RobynG on October 26, 2007 at 7:19pm — 34 Comments

How to be Creative

I recently discovered the blog of Hugh McLeod, cartoonist and professional blogger. Its given me many hours of entertainment so do yourself a favour and read "How to be creative". http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/000932.html

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Added by RobynG on October 7, 2007 at 4:15pm — 4 Comments

Replenish

The topic for this weeks's Studio Friday is REPLENISH.

Replenish, take a breather, recharge your creative batteries.....how do you go about it? Do you make enough time to do so or do you run in danger of burnout?? How do you replenish? Do you exercise, meet a friend, go

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Added by RobynG on October 4, 2007 at 11:00pm — 7 Comments

Goddess of Secrets

This is the third totem in my "Secrets" series. Once again I am using African symbolism.

The bird I have carved is a night bird which signifies the dangerous nocturnal powers of a woman.

Above the bird are 5 little leather parcels containing seeds, charms, muti, written symbols and magic. They are valuable to a person who is holding s

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Added by RobynG on September 9, 2007 at 2:30pm — 7 Comments

Bottled Belly Laughs

I was reading Judy Wise's beautifully illustrated blog this morning and she mentioned that she had been bottling tomatoes. She went on to say how wonderful it would be to bottle and preserve other things that we don't normally bottle, like a perfect Cecile Brunner rosebud.

That got me thinking! I would like to preserve the scent of newly mown

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Added by RobynG on September 2, 2007 at 2:00pm — 8 Comments

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