At last the weather is warming up and the seeds are coming up in veg pot city which is taking advantage of a sunny corner in my walled garden.
You might have spotted what I am using for plant labels. Determined not to
forget what I have planted this year I have enamelled the names on bits of cutlery.
The orange bucket is the Gardening Clubs potatoe in a bucket competition. Who can grow the most for the August show, I am consistent and always come in the last 2.
I am also very smug about my spring bulbs this year.
I am still on target for doing a print a month, even though I am cheating and appear to be doing 2 a month. Will this mean I can have a holiday here and there? I suspect not...momentum is everything.
These are both collagraphs called Singing the Blues. The winter plump blackbirds were in the garden during December. I love the blackbirds song, always cheery at dawn and twilight, hence the labels with gum arabic transfer. I am running a one day Transfer workshop at Hampen Factory on June 21st if you want to learn more about the technique.
BREAKING NEWS:- I will be featured in the Artisan section of Period Living in June. Very exciting, several pages of my work, shed and Frank the cat. I believe the magazine comes out in May so watch out for it in your local News Agents.
Love the plant labels! The blackbirds are a real delight, and coincidentally my husband was just saying the other day that he thought that blackbirds must be the reincarnations of jazz musicians!
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ReplyDeleteI won't need a second bidding to buy that magazine. Congrats on the recognition. I can contribute to the walled garden this year - lots of plants on offer when I see you! Love the blackbird too. I want to do something like that but with a magpie and real jewels hanging from his beak (yeah, as if I'll get round to that....) xx
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ReplyDeleteWill be buying a copy of that magazine for sure! Love your work Sue...you are so inspiring. Hoping a little of that magic dust will land on me after your workshop next month : )
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