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Fun, fun, fun

Busy, busy busy prepping adult and children’s workshops. I have to confess to being more excited about the children’s workshops. I’ve already delivered one ‘Animal Magic’ workshop at Warrington Museum and Art Gallery last month. That was a success with […]

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Fancy a Doghnut?

Who would have thought that doughnuts, hair doughnuts would  make the perfect mink! I found one that belonged to my sister and that’s how it started. I actually had no idea what these were called until I visited Superdrug, not […]

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Warrington Weekend of Fun

I am in good company as this weekend there are a whole host of family activities from, performances, storytelling, games, workshops and exhibitions all with an environmental theme. Yesterday saw the launch of an exciting new exhibition ‘Wake Me Up […]

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Colour Theory

Listening to colour theory podcast by Ed Charbonneau (artist whose main focus is on painting and faculty member in the fine arts department at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design). This podcast is amazing and recently listened to one […]

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Professional Critique

During lock-down I had an epiphany; the wonders of zoom mean you can connect with anyone anywhere; I intend to make the most of this resource! I have recently used it to reach out to Steph Hachey a Museum Professional […]

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Onward and Upwards

Delighted  to have been awarded an Arts Council project grant through the National Lottery. It means I can get on with the next phase of EcologyNOW. I have been on another visit to the Lapworth to ensure I am stocked […]

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Fruitful Conversations

I have an idea for a digital game and it is just at the seed stage but after a few initial stumbling blocks and discussions with more than one technology wizard I am beginning to think it shows promise! It […]

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Decisions, decisions

So many decisions, for starters: do I go for an accordion, no staples, micro-mini or stack and strap format zine? Should I collage, use lettroset, carbon paper, black pen or a combination? Vegan printing ink or photocopy and what exactly […]

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Glass Convert

Had the most amazing four days in Stourbridge, feel so lucky that the International Glass Festival was in the Midlands and that I was able to attend. What a buzz! So many creatives in one place and everyone was so […]

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Inspiration All Around

I could not believe my eyes yesterday when I spotted a tiny orange hairy caterpillar on the pavement! I felt really lucky to have seen it considering it was so small. There must be something in what people say, if […]

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Behind the Scenes

So much has happened in just one week! The highlight had to be  Friday, when Jon Clatworthy the Director of the Lapworth took me on a tour of the store rooms. What a treasure trove of thousands of specimens hidden […]

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Bornite

Buzzing after my trip to the Lapworth yesterday, I can see so many connections and feeling refueled and totally inspired! Very taken by the case of trilobites think they look like shoe prints although that does depend on the shoe. […]

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Birds of A Feather

My great aunt from Holland used to own a small haberdashery. I’ve inherited several reels of: cotton and embroidery thread, elastics, needles, ribbons…..; just what you would expect from a contemporary haberdashery minus the antique labels. Among the plethora of […]

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Bones, bones, bones

I wonder how much of an identifier bones are hmm still trying to establish that and whether it matters. Obviously, I know they are significant in terms of Forensic Anthropology, revealing information such as race, gender, age even profession and […]

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Reaching Out

It has been a real struggle finding local glass working facilities. Having done an AA2A residency at De Montfort University Leicester in 2018 I  had hoped to work with their brilliant Glass Technician, Jill Ellinsworth again but unfortunately this would […]

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QR Codes

Came across an old article on the ‘National Museum of Scotland’ using QR codes as a way of getting visitors to better access and engage with their collections. It got me thinking how I could somehow incorporate QR codes, especially […]

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Monkey Business

As there are so many great animals to choose from and research for potential connections, my choices are a bit random. I feel like I am spinning a wheel and waiting for the dial to stop on a particular species. […]

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Animal discoveries

Seven bizarre animal facts that I don’t yet know what I’ll do with Each tiger has individual stripe patterns Tarsiers have eyes the same size as their brains A seals’ flipper resembles human fingers Corals are animals Cow urine is […]

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Happy Reading

Fruitful conversations and online research have lead to quite the reading list! I’ve begun “Museums in the Climate Emergency” by Steve Lyons and Kai Bosworth and by the time I finish that I believe I’ll have myself an argument or […]

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