Ciara Healy

Ciara Healy- Butterflies

Karen Logan

Karen Logan- scalpel cut wallpaper

Yesterday I was lucky enough to take a train trip to Chichester with my good friend Heather. We visited art galleries, cook shops and cafes. I'm going to post some of the photos I took at the first gallery- The Otter Gallery is housed in the same building as Chichester University library- it's a small gallery but it's hosting a show that's well worth checking out. "Cut it Out' features work from a selection of contemporary paper cut artists and runs until 19th July.

there wasn't much info about the artists at the show, but i've just noticed that Karen Logan has also created a series of hankies with embroidered text on them:

I wish my embroidery was that good- she has recreated the handwriting from original letters and used backstitch to stitch the messages onto hankies.

ps- it's just dawned on me that the reason i've not been blogging much (apart from the exhibition and Uni deadlines) is because my mouse is pretty much broken- it means that everything takes so much more effort and I get frustrated if I spend too long using the computer. I know the solution would be to buy a new one, but in the mean time i've stuck it together with gaffer tape and keep my fingers crossed it holds out.

Mini breaks and Mini Eggs

I took this photo the other day as part of my attempt to take a photo a day for the whole year. This was a last minute photo taken whilst I was munching my way through a tub of mini-eggs. I love how this photo came out, and so do lots of other people too it seems- I don't think any of my Flickr photos have ever had so many comments on!

I can't believe I haven't posted all week- I thought that once the crit and presentations were out the way I would be back blogging with abandon, but it seems that I needed a few days off from life on-line and instead I have been reading books about Gypsies, playing with my nephew and
visiting my friends.

Talking of friends I recieved an email from my friend Gaina that included some of these amazing images:

It's the work of Danish artist Peter Callesen and not, as an email that seems to be doing the rounds suggests, part of a competition at Hirshhorn Museum. Seems like this email has been circulating for a while now, which makes me wonder- why? Thanks for the email Gaina- I do love the papercuts, even if they don't appear what they seem.

Rob Ryan on Etsy

I can't wait for my A-Z of artists to get up to R now i've seen that Rob Ryan has got an Etsy shop! I discovered Robert Ryan via my friend Alys (who is friends with him) and fairly recently found out that he had a blog. While catching up with blog reading this evening (i've been in London for a few days) I noticed that Rob has got some limited edition screenprints up for sale on Etsy, and if you click on the image above it will take you right to them.