Earth and Ornament
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Artist/Craftsperson |
| Location | Bedfordshire, United Kingdom |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | Hello there. I live in a small Bedfordshire village with my lovely husband Mel and our much loved white and black moggy, Katie. I am currently not in a ‘proper’ job, but since giving up work I have been far from idle. In fact I wonder how I ever found time for it! I have a degree in Fine Craft Design, and continue to practise my own art, though this ebbs and flows with the seasons. I have an allotment and a wee garden which keep me very busy through the fairer months. We live on the edge of a nature reserve, where I help out when I can with a bit of conservation work. I am the sort of person who fills nearly every minute of my time with my many interests… |
| Interests | Art, Art Therapy, craft, embroidery, felt-making, textiles, mixed media, gardening, my allotment, recycling, reading, walking, swimming, yoga, birdwatching, natural history, playing bodhran, taking photographs, collecting Ladybird books, cooking and baking, (and obviously eating the bi-product), DIY, lots more besides. |
| Favorite Movies | I nearly always forget films as soon as I've seen them. These ones must have made an impact, The Wicker Man (the original version with Edward Woodward - I love the sound track too), O Brother Where Art Thou, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Austin Powers Films, The Piano, and there are more but I can't think of them! |
| Favorite Music | Too much to mention all, but, blues, jazz, reggae, folk, blue grass..., I love music with passion for example, Faure Requiem, Manu Chao, Leonard Cohen, Rodrigo y Gabriella, Them, Rolling Stones, Moody Blues, Nina Simone, Arcade Fire, The Doors, Sigur Ros, Kings of Convenience, Kate Bush, The Bees, Crosby Stills & Nash, Alan Parson's Project, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Alison Krauss, etc, etc! |
| Favorite Books | Again so many!, Magnus Mills-The Restraint of Beasts, Peter Hoeg-Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow, Kate Morton-Forgotten Garden, House at Riverton, Flann O'Brien-The Third Policeman, Jean Giono-The Man Who Planted Trees, Neil Gaiman-M is for Magic, Seamus Heaney-Death of a Naturalist, Anita Shreve-Light on Snow, Joanne Harris-Chocolat, Lollipop Shoes, Alexander McCall Smith-No1 Ladies Detective Agency, Phillip Pullman-His Dark Materials Trilogy, SF Said-Varjak Paw, last but not least my childhood favourite, Little Bear's Visit by Else Holmelund Minarik, illustrated by Maurice Sendak. |
Oscillate my metallic sonatas with your plan for the Panama canal:
I'll undulate your planktonic opus with my profile of the Pyramids of Egypt.