Sadlers Wells, Peacock Theatre.

This weekend I shall be leading 'before show' family workshops to coincide with the Mischief performance at London's Sadlers Wells Peacock theatre.






Goody bags will be available to make at home or better still come along an hour before the show and use the materials to make 'mad' characters like these.





Pin them to the large foam character in the stalls bar and the most creative will win a prize.

Alternative craft

Here are a few pictures of my stand at the alternative Craft fete.


taken by NIgel Aono-Bilson
whose wife Hiroko was exhibiting her wonderful Blue field collection on the next stall.



Do look at the Home live art site for lots more images from a wonderful weekend.

It was a huge success and one I hope to return to next year.

I have a stand at this event on September 26th where I will be selling copies of my signed book and a few other homemade bits and bobs.

For the second year in a row, innovative live art and performance company,Home Live ART, presents a riotous weekend of artist’s, craft and produce stalls, performances and participatory activities which re-interpret the traditional village fete for the urban environment of the National Theatre.
At 12pm each day the Fete will be opened by a special Guest Star from the National Theatre….



Saturday will revolve around a vibrant stage programme - including a mass ukulele jam, contemporary barn dance, participatory skipping & hoola hooping and a spectacular bird of prey demonstration – alongside a wealth of fun, participatory fete based games and interactions that bring our traditional craft making practices into the 21st Century. The Legendary Miss Amy Lame invites you to make a pom pom for peace, while you can brush up on your knitting, sewing and craft skills.

Re-Inventing vintage French textiles

This week I had a meeting with ChateauDumas and I have confirmed that I will be leading 2 residential workshops in 2010 titled

RE-Inventing Vintage French Textiles.

All guests stay in the Chateau which is in Auty, a small hamlet north of Toulouse .

The studio workshop is in this old gatehouse.

For more information please contact lizzie enquiries@chateaudumas.net

I am also involved in Sophie Conran's Temple Guiting
project. I will be making christmas decorations at the first house party event in November along with Sophie, Maxine Clarke and Nikki Tibbles from Wild at Heart.

MAJORCA

I love Majorca

At the end of May while on holiday there I discovered an amazing FREE gallery in Soller with an exhibition of ceramics by Pablo Picasso and beautiful paintings and etchings by Joan Miro.





My other favourite place in Majorca is Deia where Robert Graves lived and is buried.

This rock at Cala Deia is nicknamed Henry Moore's rock.



On the last day I found this 1950's (rather non-PC) tray in the apartment where I was staying,



it seemed to match perfectly with the retro shop sign and post box I had seen earlier in the day.






Happy days.

BOOK LAUNCH

Finally......
Some pictures from the Homemade book launch.

English champagne from Chapel Down in Kent, served by Martha and two of her teenage friends.

Homemade Elderflower cordial made in early Summer 2008 in old lemonade bottles in front of a jug of foliage from Elspeth's seaside garden.




It was also my birthday

and a friend gave me these amazing chocolate buttons.

VV Rouleaux, with it's ribbons, bows, feathers and trimmings couldn't have been a better choice.