Hello!

Well, Blogger has just shown me the countries in which my blog is regularly viewed. And it's very interesting! Views from as far apart as the UK and Australia, the USA to Russia and the Isle of Man to Bulgaria. 

So here's a great big hey, hello, howdy, здравствулте, g'day, hallo, Dy bannee diu, здравей, hola to everyone, and thanks for visiting!

Art to Art

Hello again!

My last post told you all about my first time on the Art to Art programme and I've been back to Two Valleys Radio, this time interviewing Fiona Wilson. Fiona is a textile and mulitmedia artist, and yet another Radiant Worker (Radiant Works are taking over the soundwaves!) She also has much better musical taste than I do.

So go on, have a little listen to a very interesting chat! http://www.twovalleysradio.co.uk/listenagain/art-to-art-13/

Here's a link to Fiona's blog...I'd check out the section about workshops. You might even see Mama Ball there! http://fiona-wilson.blogspot.co.uk/


p.s. Two posts in one day? It's definitely not because I forgot to publish the last one, honest!

A little chat!

Hello friends! Well, as you may know, I have been having a little foray into the world of radio! I've been appearing (if that's the right word!) on the Art to Art programme on Two Valleys Radio. It's a brilliant format where an artist is interviewed, then they choose another artist to interview and so on...creating a chain of artist all based in and around the Valleys around Huddersfield.

I was interviewed by the lovely Kate Masterson, a painter and fellow Radiant Worker. Hear the interview here http://www.twovalleysradio.co.uk/listenagain/art-to-art-11/

You can see Kate's work here, it's well worth a lookhttp://katemasterson-painter.co.uk/

Re-awakening

Well, it may seem as though I've been hibernating for the winter, but I have been working away (I promise!). My lovely studio was completed in November and I have been enjoying having my own space to work in. Christmas was ridiculously busy with lots of commissions and a plenty of mulled wine with the other studio holders at Radiant Works!

Projects from Newfoundland are ongoing and I'm enjoying working with some different materials and getting back to playing with new things. Some of it's even 2D...shock horror!

So yes, I'm back to posting and out of hibernation. Although there may still be a few bears about...

From humble beginnings...

First photo's of Studio Olivia Ball. This was before the building really began, more photos to follow when it's all up and ready.

 Really need to get going, my lovely tools need somewhere to live! I couldn't help myself though, I've just had to start making...

A tiny piece of Gros Morne

Well, it's been quite a while since my last post, but I've been a busy jeweller. I'm back in the UK and working away. All of my research time in stunning Newfoundland is helping me along the way to crafting a tiny slice of Gros Morne right here in my workshop!

Home sweet home

Well, I'm back in the UK! Busy working on the designs that I drew up whilst in Newfoundland. Some very different and exciting ideas turning up. Watch this space...