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on February 12, 2011

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What part recycling plays in my creative practice?

What part recycling plays in my creative practice? I started using recycled materials in 1989 in Edinburgh using wire mainly from television sets. When I started there was no kerbside collection and now there is and more opportunities to recycle at specialist sites. In recent years I have started to develop using items that are not as readily recycled locally as metal and have scaled up to making larger works. This has been influenced by tours of local recycling plants. My company is just me so I use social media to promote requests for items for my art and craftwork & for community projects such as WELLY ROAD GETS THE BOOT IN and ECO ART IN THE PARK. These requests are often shared by others including Wirral Environmental Network, DOES Liverpool, VEOLIA and campaigning groups such as the NEW BRIGHTENERS. In 1989 I won Scottish Fashion Designer of the Year for an outfit made from television wire - the head judge - Bruce Oldfield could not believe I could make the crown, corset, sh

Art on Wirral networking event with art supplies

Delighted to have a "coming-together of minds" with Wellington Road Art Studios Marie Louise Williams and Katarzyna Miturska of ArtFix Supplies and that we can trial an ART ON WIRRAL networking event (with art supplies) at Wellington Road Studios on Friday 3rd of March FROM 14:00-17:00 Wellington Road Art Studios, Units 1, 28a, 2 Wellington Rd, Prenton CH43 2JE Anyone involved in creative visual arts in Wirral is invited. Bring a cup and pay a small donation for tea or coffee, have a chat, tell us about your latest projects. I recommend dressing in layers as the studio can be a little chilly . Bring a small number of business cards to share with others Kat of Artfix - Art Supplies, who used to be based in the Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, will be bringing printmaking supplies and open to talking about her other ranges. Payment for purchases can be made with card reader. I will able to answer any questions about Wirral MakeFest as we are looking for makers wh

New selling regime for 2011

Made a bit of a radical decision for 2011 and pulled most of my work from galleries (still to collect from some in Wirral and 1 in Liverpool). I am going to go online and do some more direct selling eventually. The market seems to have dropped out of galleries and shops....might do exhibition work for galleries but the more "stock" like items will now be direct from me. I was about to ramp up my online Etsy site but there is some controversy on there about a "shop" who is selling inappropriate cards like "Congratulations you have Aids or you've been raped" and although it seems to go against Etsy's policy, they have not pulled the shop. So at the moment, I am waiting until this is resolved. There is also Folksy but seems not to have the same audience as Etsy yet. By not having my work in galleries with the necessary mark-up for them to be able to run, I may be able to charge slightly less for my work - making it slightly more financially viable for

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