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Monday 4 March 2024

Harnessing the Hues of Autumn: A Vision Board for Surface Pattern Inspiration

 


Vision board created for week two of the Surface Pattern Design course: Immersion. 

My initial aim was to create a Spring themed vision board, but, I feel it has ended with a more autumnal vibe, with: dried Cosmos and Lisianthus blooms; poppy & honesty seeds and the papery moult from a silver birch tree; citrus slices and the browned leaves from a Red Baron grass plant. 

The mosaic Blue Tit is one of my mini mosaics. These tiny, but fierce birds make me smile and visit the garden every day. They have decided that the fat-cake hanging from the ornamental cherry tree is THEIRS alone and not for other birds! 😄 

I love the sea and am interested in marine life, shown by the addition of shells and a decorative fish tin lid. 🐚

I want to design my first collection around the theme of Spring, so I’ll need to create another vision board - as they say practice makes perfect!


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Thursday 7 December 2023

The Next Stop Is . . .





Waking up in the dark to go to work isn't my, or I should imagine anyone else's, preferred start to the day. But, once on a bus, I'm resigned to the current 9-5 work segment of my day.

Chauffeur driven, I'm left with my thoughts, the Internet and podcasts. It's December and I'm bundled up in a duvet coat. I share the commute with a variety of travellers at close quarters. Unavoidably, it’s the season of coughs and sniffles, which I hope will serve to strengthen my immune system, rather than make me ill.

 




As the blue-black of night relents, revealing a damp, pale, blue-grey dawn, filled with seemingly motionless trees and shrubbery, another day begins.

Arriving in the city, shop doorways bear the evidence of late night feasts. The revellers have long since gone, leaving behind makeshift cardboard carpets, takeaway packaging and lone bottles.




The Christmas Market stalls connected by twinkly string lights and conical Christmas  trees promise a variety of delights come opening time: cheeses from home and abroad; wooden animals and figures made from teak roots; cashmere and woolly hats alongside original handmade silver jewellery; mulled wine and churros to nibble while pondering a potter’s plates.




Not wanting to be late, I stride by. Later, on my return journey, I'll pass by the stalls in the dark once more, but this time they’ll be busy and the street will be filled with people, the air with music and the Christmas lights will be twinkling.

Homeward bound, rain puddles have become lakes and I queue for the bus
wash, rinse, repeat.





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Sunday 22 December 2019

Prickly briar gallop




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Tiny daily poem for November - Day 15/30 - Prompt: Falter

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Nature’s Empire Falls



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Tiny daily poem for November - Day 14/30 - Prompt: Late

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Formless and Fuzzy



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Tiny daily poem for November - Day 13/30 - Prompt: Blur

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Realm of Hope



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Tiny daily poem for November - Day 12/30 - Prompt: Hope

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Origins unknown




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Tiny daily poem for November - Day 11/30 - Prompt: Found

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Sunday 1 December 2019

How to lighten seasonal blues



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Tiny daily poem for November - Day 10/30 - Prompt: Chocolate

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Double trouble



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Tiny daily poem - Day 9/30 - Prompt: Trouble

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Do we really listen?



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Tiny daily poem for November - Day 8/30 - Prompt: Listening

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Familiar like a maternal embrace



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Tiny daily poem for November - Day 7/30 - Prompt: Home

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A place to doodle



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Tiny daily poem for November - Day 6/30 - Prompt: Margin

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Tell me the truth



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Daily tiny poem, day 5/30 - Prompt: Truth 

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Thursday 14 November 2019

Pucker up and introduce yourself



This tiny autumnal November poem highlights the art of kissing and the types of kisses we share, as part of our communication and interactions with each other.

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Day 4/30 - Prompt: KISS 💋

Light as a feather introductory greeting 
Fleshy facial parts briefly touching 
A kiss and a hug setting the world to rights
Superficial air kisses missing their mark
Passionate lips, hot and heavy entwine
A blushing memory
Of what was

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Returning to the familiar a stranger




This tiny autumnal November poem highlights repatriation after a long residency abroad. U ensuing culture shock, emptiness and feeling lost is very real. You may speak the same language, but something essential has changed.

One can never fully return to what was and should never want to, but it’s possible to start a new chapter in a familiar place. This poem emphasises the benefits of how lost I felt and often still feel.

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Day 3/30 - Prompt: LOST 💫


Surrounded by my life in boxes and cases
Feeling empty like the house
Take a moment to reflect
Nearly three score years and 10
A full circle
Older, certainly
Wiser, maybe
Experience richer, definitely
Was this move necessary?
Yes
Is it the final one?
Depends...


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Weather that makes you feel like hibernating



If you’ve just discovered my blog, for the month of November, I’ve been writing a daily, tiny autumnal poem, inspired by prompts, set by Beth Kempton. 

To add to the fun, for each poem I’ve created a photographic visual to accompany it.

For day 2/30 the prompt is: RAIN ☔️


Morning warm duvet
Deep breath and wriggle toes
Listen
1000 hooves pound the street
Rhythmic gallop
Beat never ending
Autumn is arriving

Photo: #Rain by @alisondaydesigns



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Time to pause and reflect



For the month of November, I’ve been writing a daily, tiny autumnal poem , inspired by prompts, set by Beth Kempton. To add to the fun, for each poem I’ve created a photographic visual to accompany it.


This poem emphasises the benefits of pausing and reflecting in our daily learning lives.

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Day 1/30 - Prompt: PAUSE 💫

Finish the sentence
Rinse the brush
Close the window
Away with the rush
Pop on the kettle
Mint from the garden
Clock ticking



Photo & words: #MoroccanMint by @alisondaydesigns

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Saturday 9 August 2014