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Sadly last week my mobile phone finally gave up the ghost.
It has done me well apparently it is twelve years old !
So it was decision time re replacement. Samsung v Apple?

However a decision has been made and I went for the Apple. I couldn't believe how much art time this has taken up. Now I am enjoying playing with it. I have been very surprised at the quality of photos it takes.

Market

Last Sunday afternoon I was at Brown's Bay indoor market. I was selling my photo art on acrylic. I was pleased that I sold a few and will be going again this week. Though it takes time to pack up and set up the work I found it fun and enjoyable. Many thanks to
those who came by and chatted to me.
If you want to pop along it is held in The Leisure Centre Bute Road Brown's Bay.
Love to see you there.

Encaustic Workshop

This weekend I am off to Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch 's encaustic workshop  to be held in Avondale looking forward to getting my hands waxy. Will keep you posted as to how it goes with photos.
Here is a taster of Patricia at Gordon Harris Art Shop.

 

             Fog over the harbour

This was taken going over Auckland harbour bridge from out of the car window.
It was a beautiful Autumn foggy morning with the sun just rising.

There has been very little to report these last few weeks due to visitors arriving from Canada. The place has been buzzing with much coming and going and constant meals.
After a couple of days recovery time things are gradually getting back to normality.
    I took time out to attend a fibre, textile and metal art course and found it fascinating and fun. I really enjoyed this section designing in metal ( copper ) heating it to change it's colour to be later  integrated into other work.

 

 

 

 

 

To add more colour after heating we painted small areas with alcohol ink. 

 

Printing with hand sanitizer

 

After many attempts to achieve a print I finally

feel I am getting somewhere. During the many trails I have been making I feel that the edges of the picture are now too precise so next time I will rough them up a bit.