tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61368150648326976952024-02-19T07:33:48.026-08:00Laurie Woodruff Illustration<a href="https://lauriehfw.github.io/">ideas.design.illustration</a>Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15262283752921679098noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136815064832697695.post-64105767901329024762018-11-22T13:52:00.002-08:002018-11-22T13:59:52.156-08:00Finding inspiration on the other side of the world<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Going to make up for my radio silence since July with a bumper post from my recent </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">trip to Australia. This was for a beautiful beachside family wedding with my sister, but we also snuck in a decent amount of gallery-ing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The first point of call was in Sydney, or between Bondi and Tamarama Beach, at their annual <a href="https://sculpturebythesea.com/" target="_blank">Sculpture by the Sea</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At the other end of our trip, we chanced upon the 2018 <a href="https://www.melbourneceramicsmarket.com/" target="_blank">Melbourne Ceramics Market</a>, then </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a day later, visited the c3 contemporary art space at Abbotsford Convent. This was where we found these thorny ombre delights by </span><a href="https://www.c3artspace.com.au/adam-stone/" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;" target="_blank">Adam Stone</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here, too, are further down-under-discoveries from the <a href="http://fedsquare.com/shopvisit/ngv-australia" target="_blank">Ian Potter</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://fedsquare.com/shopvisit/ngv-australia" target="_blank"> Centre: NGV Australia</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Losing the commute has been a win, but to regain some work-related-social-ings, </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've signed up to co-work from the magnificent </span><a href="https://duke-studios.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank">Duke Studios</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> f</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">or the next few weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The space is attached to <a href="https://sheafst.com/" target="_blank">Sheaf Street</a>, which <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BIvLIkWB60xhAs80INQAypvYcd9mWEAfaEQKHY0/?taken-by=lauriehfw" target="_blank">I already loved</a>, and it opens up inside like Mary Poppins' bag, housing it's considered collection of creatives, alongside a multi-tiered event space and a pictureskew hidden yarden. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm sure there's lots for me yet to discover, but </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm particularly excited about making use of their breakout spaces with LEGO and having</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> my very own Duke mug - It's got my name all over it. For </span><b style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">reals</b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Snaps will follow...</span>Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15262283752921679098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136815064832697695.post-22119329946283909762018-06-19T13:12:00.000-07:002018-06-19T13:14:37.814-07:00Cock-a-doodle-drew<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We're almost on the longest day of the year, and </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've been in Portugal, making use of the extra daylight house by crafting the curves of my very own Portuguese rooster:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I learnt there's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooster_of_Barcelos" target="_blank">a whole legend</a> behind these familiar frangos.. or 'galos', if I translate 'roosters' correctly. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cocorocó! 🌅 🐓</span>Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15262283752921679098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136815064832697695.post-49877673618938150532018-05-31T14:10:00.000-07:002018-06-01T14:20:51.952-07:00See you later, WordPress 👋<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I wasn’t best pleased to discover that the mobile version of <a href="https://lauriewoodruff.com/" target="_blank">lauriewoodruff.com</a> has been taken over by adverts:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I’m therefore in the process of applying some skills learnt <a href="https://shecodes.io/" target="_blank">here</a> along with some new learning tools available <a href="https://lab.github.com/" target="_blank">here</a> to construct a shiny new site here -> <a href="https://lauriehfw.github.io/">https://lauriehfw.github.io/</a></span></div>
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15262283752921679098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136815064832697695.post-30669084163295864292018-04-23T13:50:00.000-07:002018-04-23T13:58:05.092-07:00What Sundays are made for..<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Indulged in a full day of gallery-ing yesterday at the <a href="https://gulbenkian.pt/museu/en/" target="_blank">Calouste Gulbenkian Museum</a>. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Was particularly enchanted by the setting, with multi-tiered windows and playful gardens. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Was refreshing to see a whole load of work by predominantly Portuguese artists that I'm not too familiar with. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Highlights include:</span><br />
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15262283752921679098noreply@blogger.com0Lisbon, Portugal38.7222524 -9.139336599999978738.6231754 -9.3006980999999787 38.8213294 -8.9779750999999788tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136815064832697695.post-79142580802538756142018-03-25T10:25:00.000-07:002018-03-25T10:30:50.270-07:00NOLA<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At the very beginning of this month, I found some pretty prints of New Orleans architecture by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FoxComet?ref=pr_shop_more" target="_blank">Magda Boreysza</a> in a teeny shop next door to our hip hotel. Here's an beaut example that really captures the character and soul of one particular home:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Made me nostalgic about the Kiwi houses I tried to draw <a href="https://lauriewoodruff.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/" target="_blank">here</a> and determined to get drawing back into my routine. </span>Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15262283752921679098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136815064832697695.post-66185140543172019982018-02-27T10:22:00.000-08:002018-03-04T11:40:35.274-08:00Museu das Artes de Sintra<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Have been doing a lot of travelling this month, between Leeds, Lisbon, Magoito, Madrid, Miami and New Orleans, but managed to sneak in a visit to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.cm-sintra.pt/musa-museu-das-artes-de-sintra" target="_blank">Museu das Artes de Sintra</a>.</span><br />
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15262283752921679098noreply@blogger.com1Sintra, Portugal38.8029127 -9.3816494999999838.6050137 -9.70437299999998 39.0008117 -9.05892599999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136815064832697695.post-26392250618412217252018-01-27T04:06:00.001-08:002018-01-27T04:40:51.814-08:00They love the laughter and they love the living..<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Made it to the <strike>Moomin</strike> Tove Jansson exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery this month. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It was a gorgeous retrospective of her work (not just the mooooomins), full of humour in the face of despair and respect toward nature and diversity. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I loved finding her integrity evident in her choice of commissions, such as this Christmas card for Unicef (1981) 💛</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Self Portrait (1975) 👇 - Her last ever painting, loaded with pained wisdom and starkly contrasting with earlier fresh-faced and determined </span><a href="https://curiator.com/art/tove-jansson/self-portrait-1" target="_blank">self portraits</a><span style="color: #444444;">.</span></div>
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15262283752921679098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136815064832697695.post-2059422029292453502017-12-10T04:16:00.003-08:002017-12-10T04:22:41.527-08:00Actual cards in the post<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I may be in a very exciting world of digital EVERYTHING in my new role at <a href="https://github.com/" target="_blank">GitHub</a>, but I'm holding on to the tradition of sending physical handmade cards this Christmas. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Made from old photos / paint gradient exercises / collage material / thread and spare brown card, they're also assisting in the ongoing house-clearing quest at chez Mum.</span><br />
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15262283752921679098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136815064832697695.post-30522039455045815232017-11-28T14:11:00.002-08:002017-12-10T04:25:26.763-08:00Robin Delivery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sorted a drawing of a little robin to feature on a Christmas card for a friend's nephew. Dawdled with the typography but pretty pleased in the end.. almost as satisfied as the little well fed character themselves:</span></div>
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15262283752921679098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136815064832697695.post-21106780910776647612017-10-31T08:22:00.000-07:002017-12-10T04:25:57.273-08:00Festivities are coming...<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Getting organised already...</span><br />
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15262283752921679098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136815064832697695.post-62829718339499274082017-09-21T06:16:00.002-07:002017-09-21T06:19:01.673-07:00Finds on Feriado<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Back from 10 days of holiday/family-ing in Portugal. Spied a few things along the way that I'm sharing for future inspiration. Apologies for the poor photography - Had hoped to be able to find better images of the artworks online but I've failed, likely due to my poor ability to search effectively in Portuguese.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At an seemingly pencil-themed exhibition in Guimar<span style="background-color: white;">ães, I found </span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ana Pérez</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Quiroga's delicate acorn bobbins... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And then these clever interlinking hands by Julião Sarmento.</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At <a href="https://www.maat.pt/en" target="_blank">MAAT</a> in Lisboa, I loved the palette and anonymity of </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">João Gabriel's work. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">There's also an installation here by the afore-mentioned </span>Pérez<span style="background-color: white;">-</span><span style="background-color: white;">Quiroga.</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And at the <a href="http://www.museudoazulejo.gov.pt/en-GB/default.aspx" target="_blank">Museu Nacoinal Do Azelejo</a>, I lusted over t</span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">hese beautiful coloured tiles, which form part of a bigger composition by Querubim Lapa. #getinmykitchen</span></span></span><br />
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15262283752921679098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136815064832697695.post-91723983694668844012017-08-22T10:57:00.000-07:002018-07-31T13:39:06.318-07:00Indian Summer<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I headed to the recently accoladed Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield today to feast my eyes upon Howard Hodgkin's <a href="http://www.hepworthwakefield.org/howard-hodgkin-painting-india/" target="_blank">Painting India </a>exhibition. A check of opening times prior to departure led me to a <a href="https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/07/hepworth-wakefields-latest-show-grossly-irresponsible-museum-doesnt-deserve-sort-prize/" target="_blank">sensationalist review</a> that briefly marred my mood. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I agree art institutions have a '</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">responsibility to respond to the social and political context', but does a quota analysis of a preview night really demonstrate segregation? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I perhaps resembled this beautiful find by William Scott on arrival. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But then I walked into a world of multi-faceted colour that totally transformed a dreary Tuesday. Hodgkin's work celebrates moments he experienced. Yes, there is variety and difference but at the same time <i>and</i> collectively, the exhibition sings of togetherness. Indian and British.. Rich colours and raw materials.. Concrete structures and oil paint.. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here's a few of my favourites:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'Small Indian Sky' - Radiating beyond the frame.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'Indian Veg' Triptych - On chopping boards. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And 'Over to You' - Hodgkin's final painting from 2015-2017, which looks to me like a immaculately captured finale flourish.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Another couple of treasures include this Evelyn Gibbs illustration of 'Eliza and Dinah Working Hand Presses at Raleigh Works' (1943) that took me back to when I was obsessed with drawing <a href="https://lauriewoodruff.com/portfolio/lace-machines/" target="_blank">lace machines</a>. </span></span><br />
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15262283752921679098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136815064832697695.post-23872923639684664472017-07-09T14:03:00.000-07:002017-07-10T14:04:47.484-07:00No Ordinary Hobby<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Been asked to design a bit of branding for a colleague who has a rather special way to spend her spare days... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Given her </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/saffronblackshoes/?hl=en" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank">name</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, she's looking for a continuous line drawing of a crocus (from where saffron comes), which can be made into a leather stamp. The result is still ongoing but here's a mock up of how it could look on some appropriately-coloured leather...?</span></div>
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15262283752921679098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136815064832697695.post-90352747656105755872017-06-30T02:18:00.003-07:002017-06-30T02:21:11.706-07:00Recycled Flowers<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I ran a little group at work this week making flowers from plastic bottles. This was inspired by some I clocked at Glastonbury last weekend (<a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/93449761001562147/" target="_blank">See here</a>). They are going to compliment real flowers in a mass window box planting session next week. Here's my shiny example complete with buttons in the centre. Thanks to a Fruit Shoot bottle and my dad's glue gun.</span><br />
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15262283752921679098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136815064832697695.post-57499768087648737152017-03-31T14:40:00.003-07:002017-03-31T14:40:46.204-07:00Step one in something new<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Started something a bit different this month in keeping with the making-use-of-existing-stuff-policy in force at home. Took a canvas and covered it in a heap of what was nearly binned paint. Mainly a process yellow acrylic.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm going to work up from here adding texture and collage to see where it takes me. Haven't quite got rid of the canvas texture, so there's a lot to add, but hoping to keep the the yellow glowing through in a sunshine-y positive fashion.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Where it goes. No one yet knows. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Georgie by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Gaskin" target="_blank">Arthur Gaskin</a> (above) and </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Study of a Y</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">oung Woman by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cooper_Gotch" target="_blank">Thomas Cooper Gotch</a> (below), b</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">oth of which got me wanting to place bold colours next to elaborate patterns on paper..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And last but not least, these underfoot floor panels with their pressure shifting ink were addictive..</span><br />
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15262283752921679098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136815064832697695.post-70512241891215800622016-11-12T12:59:00.000-08:002016-11-12T12:59:40.642-08:00Thought Bubble<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I went to the 10th Leeds Comic Art Festival last weekend. This was a fairly spontaneous decision, on the background of a teeny bonfire related hangover.. But it did my eyes good, and like last time, I was impressed with the breadth and quality of exhibitors. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This was a varied and refreshingly accessible day - E</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">xamples of creative activity were shared.. existing </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">doctoral projects were presented.. ideas, challenges and funding streams were considered for future research.. </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The breadth of people and organisations represented was properly inspiring. It really reinforced that the world of arts and dementia are coming together with some momentum. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are inevitable challenges</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> in co-production as a result of the gap between theory and practice, or the different approaches of researchers and creative practitioners.. but as with all healthcare interventions, robust evidence is needed to justify funding. </span><br />
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15262283752921679098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136815064832697695.post-17230461292038391802016-08-30T16:46:00.001-07:002016-08-30T16:48:38.865-07:00Return of the tile<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Its been a while since I blogged about <a href="http://lauriewoodruff.blogspot.co.nz/2015/09/tiles.html" target="_blank">tiles</a>. But the intention for a little project has not vanished. I've recently been working on a design crammed full of personal meaning. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">5 symbols of courage, awareness, safety, peace and love - a carabiner, a (in) tuning fork, a padlock, an olive branch and a heart - woven into a decorative square pattern. Here's a pic of the working sheet and a close up on the toward-finished design. </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The next bit will be getting it onto ceramic..</span><br />
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