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I was browsing the Guardian newspaper website and came across this set of truly amazing images. Entitled Hiding in the City the artworks show the Chinese artist Lui Bolin camouflaged against city locations in China and the UK. I really had to look quite hard to find him in the final image of the [...] I first read about Valerie Goodwin in Dec 2009 /Jan 2010 issue of Quilting Arts. Her quilts appeal to me. I like the bird’s eye view and her use of colour. She is an interesting quilter as she has a degree in Architecture and teaches classes in architectural design. She has a web site [...] I got up very early on Sunday – for me. We were booked onto a guided tour around the Botticelli Exhibition at 10:15 in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt. Just recently we have been to a couple of guided tours around exhibitions and have really enjoyed them. So it was a relatively small price to pay to get some culture. It had the added advantage that we got a parking space practically outside the exhibition and beat most of the crowds to see the exhibition. It is very popular. The tour was well organised with everyone being given a headset and the tour guide using a microphone. So despite it still being quite crowded we could still hear everything well. The tour lasted about an hour and took in 6 or 7 of the paintings, which was quite enough. The choice of paintings was also very good to cover a wide range of the works. The tour guide was obviously knowledgeable and told us lots of interesting background information, including some about how the exhibition was organized and how the paintings were transported.  Idealized Female Portrait, Städel Museum, Frankfurt Continue reading Botticelli Exhibition I first read about the quilt being made by the prisoners in the high security wing of Wandsworth Prison in the Autumn edition of the magazine Intelligent Life. You can read the article here online. It has turned up in the news again on Times Online, as the newspaper is supporting the charity Fine [...] Frohe Weihnachten God Jul Boas Festas Joyeux Noël Buon Natale Feliz Navidad Prettige Kerstdagen Hope there was one there for everyone! On Thursday evening we went for a private guided tour of the exhibition “Art for the Millions” at the Schirn Gallery in Frankfurt. The company DH works for is a corporate sponsor of the gallery and this is one of the perks for employees and spouses. The exhibition shows over 100 life-sized figures [...] Well I have the answer to my question as to the size of the piece. Wietske was kind enough to pass on the answer she received from Jo-Ann to the same question concerning the size constraints. Donna visited the museum and discussed her plans with Jo-Ann, the curator of the exhibition. She chose her [...] I love getting comments on my blog and sometimes I add a comment myself as a result. I’ve still not really decided what the etiquette should be – reply to each comment with an email or another comment. So I tend to do a bit of both. Anyone who contacts me via my contact [...] I was working on my tea cosy this afternoon. I have more or less finished both sides to it now. I am making a pieced background for the sea and the wave and am appliquéing the white horses onto this. I am using the technique of fabric collage, that I learnt at Quilt University [...] Today I really did do everything that has to be done to get my submission for the CHF Award into the post. I was even able to leave my studio in the cellar and sit in the garden to put the finishing touches to my blog on paper. I’ve felt uncomfortable all the time [...] |
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