tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18208191317125748602024-02-07T08:20:29.553+00:00The Owl and the Pussy CatNina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.comBlogger168125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-3558912043884668212020-11-09T07:07:00.001+00:002020-11-09T07:14:26.372+00:00<p> And now, 5 years on I am back in very different circumstances.</p><p>I am back up in Devon helping my mum to care for my dad who is bed bound and has terminal cancer, but still has his wonderful spirit and humour.</p><p>I have been here 10 days, since dad came home after two weeks in hospital. In many ways it's not a bad life as I get on well with mum and dad and they live in a beautiful location and are comfortably well off. But I am not sure how sustainable it is going to be as I have a house and husband down in Cornwall and I am starting to miss them a little.</p><p>I thought I would start writing this again as a kind of therapy. If it becomes a drag I will stop but if it helps me I will continue.</p><p>View from the spare bedroom window 'my' bedroom</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNsrfaN0hsVon3piu8lJUyjZeIOhi-klk5q56zL6exn8yxcrUtIcb54ugIwiDkJQst-NHeu4eDK4ij1qGX3i6O5zf8FgC1OhSl3ka2DOjFk8Qv7krErkWzjHOvyEXZeCRVECCWpzV04UL/s2048/IMG_2711.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNsrfaN0hsVon3piu8lJUyjZeIOhi-klk5q56zL6exn8yxcrUtIcb54ugIwiDkJQst-NHeu4eDK4ij1qGX3i6O5zf8FgC1OhSl3ka2DOjFk8Qv7krErkWzjHOvyEXZeCRVECCWpzV04UL/s320/IMG_2711.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-59091014016402564722015-07-26T22:21:00.000+01:002015-07-26T22:21:29.827+01:00Scottish Flora and Fauna<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
And here is some of the wonderful Flora and Fauna we saw<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slightly overexposed orchid</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look close and you'll see an otter...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David Attenborough (!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puffins</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More Puffins</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">…and more puffins</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">anchored off puffin island</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guillemot colony</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sunset at puffin island</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">leaping dolphins</td></tr>
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We also saw several seals and other dolphins, and orchids everywhere, it was amazing.</div>
Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-20504484349553866632015-07-26T22:08:00.000+01:002015-07-26T22:08:40.094+01:00One Year On..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's almost a year since I last posted here, a lot has happened.<br />
We sold our house ….and our boat…almost simultaneously, which wasn't really part of the grand plan. We rented for 6 months, bought another boat and have now finally bought another house. Our plans are finally coming together.<br />
Our Boat is currently in Scotland and our house is in Cornwall. At some point they will hopefully be in the same place, which means bringing the boat south! However Scotland is proving to be a lot of fun so we are taking our time over it. Here are some photos from our recent Scottish trip, a circumnavigation of Mull. I think if you click on the images you will get to see them full size.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovely old bridge between Seil island and the mainland</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View out to sea from Seil Island</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jaywalker in 'The pool of the Otters'</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me at the helm</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meeting up with some sailing friends</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Visiting Fingles cave</td></tr>
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We also visited Iona which was lovely but I was feeling a little seasick and it rained in the morning, so no photos got taken.<br />
Next post will have photos of some of the wildlife we saw.</div>
Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-52840847012959533972014-07-30T15:17:00.000+01:002014-07-30T15:17:10.286+01:00Sailing to the Scillys<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I haven't had the urge to blog about creative stuff here, and am comfortable about that, but we have just had a fantastic (for us) sailing trip to the Isles of Scilly, and I wanted to share it here, mainly for Rob and Cally who we bought the boat from, as I'm sure they will love to see that we are finally doing some fun stuff with her.<br />
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It has been on of Vince's dreams to sail to the Scilly Isles, and particularly to be there on his 60th birthday, as he had a birthday party there on his 50th. We missed it by one day, but we decided it was officially his birthday 'week' and so he spent that on the islands.<br />
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I made him a cake with a map of the Scillys on it as an aid to navigation. I even put the little boat in the right place, which was complete luck as I had no idea where we would be approaching from!<br />
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We were very fortunate that a couple of friends of ours, Paul and Sam, were happy to come along for the ride and help crewing. Paul just happens to be a sailing instructor and has done many yacht deliveries, we couldn't have done it without him!<br />
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We had Vince's birthday meal on the boat on Tuesday evening and set off early on Wednesday morning. There wasn't a lot of wind, so we motored with a bit of sailing down to St Mawes, where we picked up a bouy and were treated to a lovely sunset and a visit from a huge jellyfish in the morning.<br />
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Setting off again in the early morning and with force3/4 predicted we saw very little wind all the way, but just had enough of a breeze to help us along from time to time. Motoring in a sailing boat is a bit tiresome and slow, but the sun shone and the water was mostly like a millpond so there was no seasickness and several sightings of porpoises, sunfish fins (a new one for me) dolphins and diving gannets. We arrived at the Scillys in the last of the daylight, and were treated to another glorious sun set.<br />
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We then had three days of glorious sunshine and the four of us split up to visit various islands and friends during the days.<br />
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We set off to catch the tides at silly o'clock on Monday morning (1 a.m.) and had a fabulous (if slightly rough for some of us) sail back all the way to Plymouth.<br />
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Leaving the Scillys and arriving at Plymouth in the dark was very challenging as Vince and I have done very little night sailing, and it was slightly frightening how different the familiar surroundings of Plymouth sound look at night. We were very glad to have Pauls experience to guide us.<br />
I really felt safe on our lovely boat in the crashing waves, and also very at home down below in the wood lined cosy interior. After several summers of mostly being cold and wet and not really knowing what I'm doing I finally feel I can imagine a life as a boat gipsy one day.<br />
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Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-91640696568598525622014-03-04T21:24:00.001+00:002014-03-04T21:24:31.643+00:00Goodbye to blogger for a while<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've finally decided to say goodbye to blogger for now. I've read blogs that end suddenly with a final entry years ago and no explanation, and I find that a bit creepy, so this is an explanation of why I'm not posting here at least for a while.<br />
I just haven't had the urge to blog recently. I am doing more and more teaching which I'm really enjoying, also lots of music and morris dancing and creative stuff. I spend my online time answering emails, trying to get my website more together and I have a facebook page where I post images of booky stuff that I do<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/NinaFennerHandmadeBooks">https://www.facebook.com/NinaFennerHandmadeBooks</a><br />
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I may come back here one day, but for now it's goodbye to those of you I've never met, and I look forward to seeing you in person to those who read this and who I see in real life.<br />
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Finally a few pictures from the last few months</div>
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just to show I've been having a lovely time...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Workshop with my local embroidery group</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A dragon skin book!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Binding a commission for a friend</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pollen laden bumble bee</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorting my button collection</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A medieval-inspired book</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coptic binding</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Knitted cafetiere cosy for a friend<br />(vince playing guitar in background)</td></tr>
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That's all for now, have lots of fun x</div>
Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-84725525312147570572014-01-14T22:48:00.000+00:002014-01-14T22:53:12.226+00:00Creative future<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Thank you to everyone who commented on my last post, I'm sorry I'm so rubbish at replying but I do love it when people make the effort to comment.<br />
I'm no good at those "whatever every day" things …and my retreat was disappointing,<br />
so …… moving on!<br />
I started this post back before Christmas, here's the updated version ..<br />
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I ran some informal 'workshops' at home for friends in the autumn. I started with little books and paste papers. I have taught both of these before and chose them because I wanted to break myself in gently. I had two main aims when I organised these, one was to try out a space to meet up regularly with others who want to dabble in creative things, the other is a place for me to try out new workshop ideas. I love teaching the bookbinding, and I'd like to expand the range of workshops I provide and try to reach a wider audience. I thought they went well, and I then did a few more before Christmas and invited a few more people. This year I have launched a whole load more, doing two hour workshops on the first, second and third Mondays in January, February and March. I'm stretching myself by teaching stuff I haven't taught before, which is scary but really wonderful when it works well and people enjoy themselves. So far I've had between 2 and 5 people turn up each time and it's been so satisfying. I am now charging £5 for the sessions, which means I'm not making a huge profit what with all the preparation, but as I said, I'm hoping this will be a good investment for future workshops. I haven't been blogging or even taking photos, I've just been enjoying life each day as it comes.<br />
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I cut down on gardening work so much in the autumn that I pretty well run out of money. It's a bit of a shock as I've been so busy busy for the last few years that money has just flowed in and out and I haven't really thought about it. I am making a big effort to put energy into my creative stuff and I'm very passionate about developing my teaching because I enjoy it, I believe I'm good at it, and I have a desire to help others to bring creativity into their lives.<br />
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But, it's not easy. I regularly lose my confidence about whether I can actually earn enough money to survive. I think I have inherited from my family a common belief in our culture that art is something that one does as a hobby, and isn't a proper job. So my inner critic regularly rises to the surface. There is also a rational side to this, because if everyone wanted to be able to swan about being creative there wouldn't be food to eat, houses to live in or fuel to keep us warm (etc) However, although I feel I've 'worked hard' all my life, all I've done is weed peoples flower gardens so I suppose I have, effectively, earned my money doing something creative and enriching peoples lives!<br />
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I would also like to acknowledge that one of the reasons I can afford the luxury of spending time playing with creative things right now and trying to develop workshops is that I have a wonderful husband who works jolly hard and pays all the household bills. This is a bit of a novelty for me because from leaving school to the age of 45 I always supported myself or paid half the bills, and sometimes more than half the bills. Much as I appreciate this current luxury I also feel guilty because it is important to me that Vince is also able to enjoy being creative. When he does have time to relax he enjoys playing the guitar, played lots of cricket last summer and has even written some lovely poetry. I also make sure that he comes home every day to a meal, a warm (if untidy!) home and, most importantly he comes home to a happy wife. Ok, so I don't always manage the happy bit, sometimes I'm a bit grumpy or sad, but I always make a point of telling him how much I love him, even if I am feeling grumpy! And I am also very grateful for the fact that he is incredibly supportive of all my creative adventures.<br />
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I haven't given up the gardening, it is still my bread and butter money. I went out today weeding, pruning and clearing some brambles, loved it.<br />
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Gosh, that was a rambly post, and no photos at all, I think that's a first!<br />
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Feels good to be back, now where is that camera?….<br />
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Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-71232106728523100102013-11-18T23:19:00.000+00:002013-11-18T23:19:14.824+00:00Art Every Day? (well, most days)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I feel I've done lots of creative stuff, but I don't have pictures of all of it.</div>
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Here is some of the stuff.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Printing cards with Mary this afternoon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fun and productive card printing session</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made this book years ago</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a circular book</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perfect for mandalas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I pencil my designs in first</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then draw them in with a marker pen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm off to a yoga retreat tomorrow for 3 days</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's at a place called the 'Mandala Yoga Ashram'</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I thought I'd take this little book along</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">…and colour in my mandalas, when I'm not doing yoga!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had my 50th birthday last week</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With wonderful chocolate cake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And a walk on the beach (I'm easily pleased)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The week before a group of us made wreaths</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That evening a friend brought us a roadkill deer.<br />I gutted and skinned it<br />It was a weird contrast!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this week my paintings will be hanging <br />in the corridors of the<br />Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital</td></tr>
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Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-47516046992979335292013-11-17T10:24:00.000+00:002013-11-17T10:24:07.788+00:00A medley of recent things<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Below are some wonderful pebble mosaics I saw in a courtyard garden at Devon Open Studios in September. This is another of the many things I'd like to have a go at one day.</div>
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..and seeing those made me notice these lovely cobbles outside our local church</div>
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I wonder how long these have been there?</div>
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I recently did an evening 'Printing Without a Press' workshop at the Double Elephant studios in Exeter.<br />
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Corr, I loved doing these. The bottom left image is printed on fabric. With the long evenings approaching I feel an urge to get back into fabrics again.</div>
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I've done a lot of arty stuff recently, but rather than fill this post up too much I'll do another one soon with more catch ups in it.<br />
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I've written a long rambly post about life and art, and where I may or may not be going with it. It feels too disjointed and a bit scary to share it right now. I think I'm hoping that telling you might prompt me to get on and be more open. I love posts from others that are all soul searching and honest.<br />
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Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-37367577618873985122013-11-09T23:27:00.000+00:002013-11-09T23:27:26.286+00:00Mandalas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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About a month ago I was introduced to the concept of mandalas. They are really just glorified colouring-in exercises, but like many creative activities they can be wonderfully absorbing and therefore meditative. They can be done lightheartedly for pure pleasure, or can be looked at more symbolically for deeper meanings and symbolism. I like both ways.</div>
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This is the mandala that I designed and coloured in the day I was introduced to them. This one includes symbols for change, infinity, hope and clarity of information. It was also done at a time when many people I knew were dying. We all have to go at some time, and the people close to me had had wonderful lives and slipped away quickly.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same one with a bit more added</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another one I adapted with an autumnal feel<br />(sorry about the appalling quality!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flowers for inspiration<br />(image by <a href="http://melindaschwakhofer.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Melinda</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colour inspiration used in my first mandala<br />Image by <a href="http://melindaschwakhofer.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Melinda</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More mandala ideas<br />(I feel a new book coming on)</td></tr>
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Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-39216029473444357772013-11-08T18:42:00.000+00:002013-11-08T18:42:05.047+00:00Re-organising my craft room<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I haven't done a lot of art the last few days, but I have had a huge re-organise in the room I do my creative stuff in. I finally splashed out and bought some shelving. These are so fab I'm going to buy some more.<br />
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I completely re-arranged the room so I will have space to have workshops in here for 3 or 4 (5 at a squeeze). It has been through several stages of chaos. This little corner is fairly sorted.<br />
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The rest of is is still a little chaotic. (and the new shelves have now moved into the corner you see below).<br />
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It's easy to sort things like 'watercolour paints', 'decorative paper' 'plain paper', 'books for re-purposing'. Filing the 'other stuff' has not been so easy. I have 3 big boxes of 'other stuff'. I'm not going to be able to find a lot of things for a few weeks!<br />
I'm running some afternoon crafting sessions here on Monday afternoons, this is what we'll be doing this Monday (if anyone comes)<br />
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I also did some doodling in my diary, but it's dreadful, so I'm not going to show you!</div>
Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-72399706093321786712013-11-06T09:22:00.003+00:002013-11-06T09:22:27.037+00:00Sparkly stuff for Art Every Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm still trying to keep up this 'art every day' challenge.<br />
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It's not easy, particularly on days when I'm out working all day then go out in the evening like I did on Monday. Here are some pages I did yesterday. The sparkly bits are inspired by someone I know who does face painting and sparkly things. I saw some of her work last week and thought 'wow'. It's not the sort of thing I do usually, and note that I had to hide it behind a little door in my book, but I'm fairly pleased with it. I will add more colour and some writing to this page.<br />
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Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-82724362708786221762013-11-04T18:11:00.000+00:002013-11-04T18:11:54.673+00:00Hat finished<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Vince's hat is finished just in time for winter. All hand carded and spun from local wool. Last year I only managed one hat, this year I've finished two, my output has doubled!<br />
Here's my wonderful man, modelling his new hat.<br />
(this is a 'can I get on and drink my coffee' expression)<br />
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Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-49697771527984296092013-11-03T20:09:00.000+00:002013-11-03T20:09:40.989+00:00Todays journalling<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Just a few pictures from today, taken with the laptop...<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buddha page with more collage and writing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few sketches and bits and pieces.<br />Hot chocolate and live blues music at a local pub</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Self portrait</td></tr>
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Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-13890898381749106722013-11-02T19:20:00.001+00:002013-11-02T19:20:16.406+00:00Todays 'art' (ok, creativity would be a better word)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here are some of the creative things I did today. Today was a day off, so don't worry, I won't be doing this amount of posting every day!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bread dough ready to rise</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to knead again</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drawing our new buddha<br />
(also our <i>only</i> buddha)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buddha on the first page of my art journal.<br />
I plan to work in this journal every day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cat enjoying the sunshine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vince's hat nearly finished</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Conservatory plants enjoying the sunshine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Allotment pumpkins <br />
in a lovely old bowl someone gave me recently</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bread out of the oven</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cranachan with raspberries from the allotment</td></tr>
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Ok, so some of these are more like appreciation than actually being creative, but hey, there are no blog category police!</div>
Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-30371188585068772972013-11-02T10:43:00.000+00:002013-11-02T10:43:13.831+00:00Art Every Day (in November)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've just decided to sign up for the Art Every Day challenge. It's not normally my thing to take part in something like this, but I thought I'd give it a go.<br />
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I managed to get the logo on here which is a start, this should link to the blog that is hosting the challenge.<br />
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The thought of doing this is both exciting and scary. Hmm, better get off the computer and go and create something……...</div>
Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-58084102284677252882013-10-31T19:02:00.000+00:002013-10-31T19:02:00.770+00:00Paintings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've never done anything like this on canvas before…...</div>
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I submitted these for an exhibition today. It was pretty scary. I'm really pleased with myself for actually getting round to it, whether they are selected or not!</div>
Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-38526183621617013452013-10-28T09:42:00.000+00:002013-10-28T09:42:09.656+00:00A happy craft fair<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Saturday was another 'Cake and Craft Fair' at 'The Hub on The Green' in Exeter.</div>
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As I have mentioned before I dislike doing craft fairs, but the Hub is very different. </div>
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The Hub is a community organisation run by a wonderful and very enthusiastic lady called Joey. The place is a real 'hub' of caring and sharing, and I always feel good after spending time there. </div>
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I run a 'makers table' at their monthly craft fairs. It's for all ages, which isn't as challenging as I thought it would be, because I keep it simple and find that adults love cutting up and gluing bits of paper as much as children do. I'm also quite a good listener, which is possibly the most important part of the job.</div>
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The fairs are fund raising events for the Hub. I charge a small fee for participants, and I sell a few things. I make very little out of it (I usually come home, after bus or parking costs, with about £15), but it enriches my life enormously.</div>
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I did card making this month. Here are some samples I made before the day, the theme was flowers and collages.</div>
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Here is a card made by a little girl who was very clear that she wanted to 'do her own thing'</div>
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What a proud young lady (and great face painting by Sonia)</div>
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Behind her you can see jewellery and knitted hats</div>
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Another pretty card</div>
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Knitted 'jelly babies'</div>
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Sparkly sonia (who does the face painting) makes these amazing sparkly creations</div>
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Not brilliant photos as the sun was behind them, but you can see the amazing detail in this, I thought the were wonderful and would love one on my wall.</div>
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I was quite pleased with this stall, I have splashed out on some cardboard shelving. I have branched out into handmade envelopes and paper bunting. They were priced rather low, but it makes me happy to sell stuff, and gives me an idea of what people like. I even tried (unsuccessfully) to sell some of my handspun wool!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An S.L.R. camera my parents bought me, second hand <br />in 2000</td></tr>
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I still have these two cameras, and some films, and I've been making an effort to use up the few films I have. I had these developed recently (and put onto disc as well, old meets new!) I took the pictures last winter, I think with my dad's old camera. I love the quality of the images, this is just how they came, no editing. I have another film finished and one still in the camera. It's been lovely remembering 'slow photography, really thinking carefully about each image and not just snapping away.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cross at Budleigh Salterton</td></tr>
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Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-7347384230295052652013-10-02T20:00:00.000+01:002013-10-02T20:00:00.334+01:00Village cricket<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Vince plays for a local village cricket side. During the summers of 2011 and 2012 I would tag along at matches dreaming of summer evenings, the nostalgic sound of leather on wood and polite clapping. Every time I went it was b****y freezing.</div>
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This year the dream came true.</div>
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I took my knitting and sewing along and had some lovely lazy days.</div>
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Roses round the balcony</td></tr>
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And here is this years birthday cake. Can you tell what it is?!</div>
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Oh dear it's a bit wonky.</div>
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I'll get the hang of this cake decorating lark one day</div>
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Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-43358564220414618892013-09-29T13:32:00.001+01:002013-09-29T13:32:41.913+01:00A book of winter pleasures<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I made about 5 of these as christmas presents a few years ago. I meant to make one for myself but had run out of enthusiasm by the time I'd made 5 of them! I was very pleased with them but they were quite time consuming. It would make a lovely workshop one day.<br />
This is the one I made for my mum, she gets it out every autumn and has it on display over the winter then puts it away in the spring. Posting this makes me realise how lucky I am to have a mum who appreciates my creations.<br />
One page isn't shown which has a silhouette of a pair of feet and says 'putting your feet up in front of a fire'<br />
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Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-37299704500894799512013-09-25T13:20:00.000+01:002013-09-25T13:20:00.891+01:00The Lovely Larder<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm inspired by some strange things. I spend too much time reading blogs, but earlier this year I was inspired to look at my larder with fresh eyes. I am fortunate to live in a house old enough to have a proper larder. I've been collecting jars for some time now (you don't think I'd go and <i>buy</i> a set of jars do you?) This is what my larder looks like, I took these a while ago, and I don't think I tidied it up much. That's home made vinegar on the bottom left, top picture.<br />
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Thanks to<br />
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at 'Textile Treasury' for this appreciation of the simple things in life.<br />
I'm not organised enough to do menu plans tho' that's a bit too much.<br />
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Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-81591443462135330662013-09-22T16:00:00.000+01:002013-09-22T16:00:00.932+01:00Silver washed fritillaries<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One of the things Vince and I share is our love of plants, flowers and wildlife in general. One of the things we love doing together is wandering round the garden or field looking at flowers or spotting wildlife, and on Sunday mornings we will often have tea in bed and get out some books. We have an extensive library from both my collection and Vince's dad who was also a keen wildlife spotter. We browse through the books finding out what butterfly/bird we saw, or try to find out what wasps and hornets eat. It's such a simple pleasure.</div>
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I planted two buddleia bushes in our garden this spring. They have given us hours of fun bee and butterfly spotting. We got quite excited when these fritillaries arrived. I took lots of pictures like this...</div>
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and finally got some decent close ups, and (with the help of several books) identified this one as a male silver washed fritillary</div>
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and this one as a female silver washed fritillary (and a bumble bee, unidentified)</div>
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Once again, as I write this, I am reminded how very lucky we are to live in such a beautiful place.</div>
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Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-82159766206404260752013-09-21T20:51:00.001+01:002013-09-21T20:52:16.227+01:00My "Scraps" book in progress<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been spending more time filling books than making them recently. This one is my "scraps" book. Actually it should be called my 'precious scraps' book because most of these scraps are from particular places, people or events, or are images that remind me of such. Some of these scraps I have had for years, some are from a few days ago. There is a sketch dated 2010, and some pieces I know I've had since art college days over 10 years ago, and a bus ticket from last week. I love doing this book, I could sit and do it all day, but life keeps getting in the way. I hope I finish it before I get obsessed with something else!<br />
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After several unsuccessful attempts I managed to do this flip through of it. The book isn't finished, but I like the fact that you can see pages in all stages from finished to barely started. There's a funny bit at the end where I'm scowling at the laptop trying to work out how to stop it. I could have edited this out, but I like those quirky 'I'm not perfect' moments!<br />
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The book contains some of the following:<br />
photos (mine and other peoples), pages from books that I've taken apart, bits from colouring books, sketches I've done, notes, bus tickets, my decorated paper scraps, and others scraps from workshops I've run, paint, songs from wedding and other ceremonies, bits of cloth, a few images from the internet, napkin scraps, magazine and newspaper clippings, photocopies of book pages, stamped and punched scraps.<br />
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Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-65952598645538046422013-09-21T20:00:00.000+01:002013-09-21T20:00:00.828+01:00A red geranium<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Just because...<br />
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Nina Fennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128749978562913310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820819131712574860.post-37864242710099371542013-09-20T16:00:00.000+01:002013-09-20T18:12:45.521+01:00A Commission<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have done a few commissions in the past, some I have enjoyed doing, some I have not.<br />
<a href="http://lauradenningartworks.weebly.com/index.html" target="_blank">Laura Denning</a> who I met a few months ago emailed me to ask if I would bind some work for her. I waited two weeks before replying, half hoping she would have found someone else, but saying that yes, I was prepared to consider doing it. She brought the work round and we discussed options. I have learnt not to offer people too many options! A technique and price was agreed upon and I have to say I enjoyed the process and was really happy with the finished books and so was my customer.<br />
They were two books of sun prints, both covered in sun print paper. They looked so lovely when they were finished that I am inspired to make some books like this with my own decorated papers.<br />
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as I realised it would show between some of the sections</td></tr>
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Happy customer, happy me<br />
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Here is her website with information about the exhibition at Dartington Hall<br />
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<a href="http://lauradenningartworks.weebly.com/index.html">http://lauradenningartworks.weebly.com/index.html</a></div>
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