easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in culture, exhibitions, inspiration, museums, nature, photos on Jul 16th, 2010
This is the Natural History Museum in London. Quite a typical view – looking over the central hall from the giant sequoia tree, over the top of the big dinosaur skeleton, to the statue of Darwin on the main staircase. Usually people are so busy looking at the dinosaur that it simply doesn’t occur to [...]
Posted in culture, exhibitions, inspiration, writing on Apr 29th, 2010
Hopefully you can all see this embedded video of the finches at the Barbican in London – an installation by Céleste Boursier-Mougenot. We went on a little trip yesterday evening, and had an absolutely magical time watching and listening to a room full of little birds and musical instruments. The video is of a previous [...]
Posted in exhibitions, inspiration, photos on Apr 2nd, 2010
The second building at the REME Museum of Technology is where all the vehicles are kept. Obviously we saw tanks, and a helicopter (with the Easter Bunny as the pilot!), but I was particularly interested in the seemingly endless variations on the Bedford lorry. Not only were they used to transport both personnel and equipment, [...]
Posted in exhibitions, photos on Apr 2nd, 2010
This morning we paid an impromptu visit to the REME Museum of Technology at Arborfield. We wanted to go somewhere local, but that we’d never been to before, so this fit the bill perfectly. We were both surprised at how big the Museum was, and also how good the displays were. I have to say [...]
Posted in exhibitions, inspiration, museums, nature, photos on Sep 25th, 2009
This skinny little fellow is the skeleton of a Slender Loris. One of the projects I’m currently working on as a volunteer is rebuilding the website for the Cole Museum of Zoology, so I thought it would be useful to go and have a look around. I’m so glad I did! If you’re freaked out [...]
Posted in exhibitions, inspiration on May 24th, 2009
Today we went to the Chiltern Open Air Museum, and I got to pet this little lamb! He is ten days old! Bless! We also saw an encampment of the Romano-British re-enactment Group, the Vicus. As you might expect, I very much enjoyed the fashion show. Lots of tunics! And a demonstration of toga wrapping. [...]
Posted in exhibitions, inspiration, sewing on Apr 27th, 2009
On Sunday afternoon I persuaded Paul to wander round the Museum of English Rural Life. I hadn’t been since it moved location (in 2005!), and it’s in a much bigger space now. It’s a slightly strange museum – laid out more like a store room than an exhibit, with things shoved up corners and hanging [...]
Posted in badges, exhibitions on Jun 27th, 2008
The Reveal Showcase exhibition starts next weekend, and just for once I’m prepared well in advance! I’ve spent today preparing all the badges for display. I’ve used mini cards and postcards from Moo for my packaging. I’m a big fan of Moo, and the mini cards are just the perfect size: I have forty individual [...]
Posted in badges, exhibitions on May 27th, 2008
I mentioned this a little while ago, but some of my badges are going to be in an exhibition! It’s called REVEAL – a showcase of quality hand-made craft. It’s on from Sunday 6th to Saturday 12th July, 10am to 5pm every day, and entry is free. It’s at the Henley Exhibition Centre. The website [...]
Posted in badges, exhibitions on May 18th, 2008
Today I have been mostly making lots and lots of badges. This probably wasn’t a very clever thing to do with a bad wrist, but I needed to get some photographs taken to send to Lauren Denney. She’s organising an exhibition of local artists, and she saw my badges on Etsy and invited me to [...]