Tag: handmade collage
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Impostor Syndrome
Impostor syndrome is something I’ve been dealing with since the age of 10, when I was informed by another child in my class that I hadn’t actually passed the 11+ to go to grammar school. According to this child, the head teacher had just randomly stuck a pin in my name. In hindsight that sounds…
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Art for art’s sake
I chart my life in books. A book title can spark a million memories: I re-read Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” every year, and will always remember it as the first book I bought with my own (pocket) money when I was 9 years old. And I will never forget the day I discovered Sylvia…
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Reinventing Myself
On 2nd August 2021 I made my first Etsy shop sale: I didn’t really have any big expectations for how well the shop would do, but recently I notched up my 34th sale (plus a couple more via Instagram DMs) and I definitely feel I’m where I want to be. I’m in no hurry to…
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Image Transfer Techniques
Helen Kitson, 2022 : a piece featuring an acetone image transfer on a page from a vintage music book In my work I like to use original papers rather than copies, but there will be times when you want to incorporate an original image that feels too special to use. Generally, I would say don’t…
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Collecting Books About Art and About Making Art
I’ve always been a bookish person. As a child I devoured the books of Enid Blyton before moving on to more substantial literature. Everyone I’ve ever known, every important place and event in my life, can be mapped using the books I was reading at the time. These book-memories are almost as visceral to me…
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The Day Job v My Creative Life
It’s not easy when you struggle to find the time and energy to create but you have to do something else to pay the bills. A real job. A proper job. A defined payday at the end of every month. I take issue with the phrase ‘work/life balance’ only because it implies that work isn’t…
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Introducing myself and my art
Ephemera: objects that, when they were produced, were not intended to last a long time or were specially produced for one occasion [Cambridge Dictionary Online] Below: The first artwork I sold (on 20cm x 20cm paper) The blank page, like the blank canvas, can be a terrifying thing. So many possibilities, but also the potential…
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