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PEACE

PEACE LOVE HARMONY TO ALL

Special love to The McCrindles in Scotland and Sam in Texas

50,000 VISITS

Photo by Ken Heyman, The World's Family. ISBN 0-908610-19-X

Life is good............

Thank you all for visiting Gooseflesh and your kind and generous comments. Your words mean so much to me and are incredibly encouraging.
I have attempted to reply to you all but have failed miserably........... therefore I've decided to make a little something special to the 51,001st visitor who leaves a comment.

20.08.07......... Congratulations Magnusmog! You're the 51,001st visitor who left a comment.

Cornucopia

This woolly scrumptiousness came all the way from New York. A gift from the quilting storyteller, Jude of Spiritcloth.

Gorgeous colours. Thank you Jude.

The Eagle

This lovely drawing was given to me by Julie, Handmaid. It flew all the way from Israel and brought some pretty pink plastic bags as well.

Thank you.

Chilly Toes

A pair of knitted socks for my husband, Tigger, because his feet stick out from under the doona at night. It's the first pair I have ever made........unravelled the first one 4 times to get it right!

The pattern came from Cleckheaton Celebration Days. Vol 2.

The prop is a dessicated Leafy Seadragon I found on the beach.

Visit Cosette, the "Master" sock knitter. She wrote a thesis on the knitted sock. Very impressive.

Happy 1st Birthday Maximus

Kisses, hugs and squeezes......... :)

Pattern from Ottobre. Made from reused blanket and jumper. Crocheted pink nose. No sphincter!

Thanks!

Apologies.....I'm having technical problems responding to comments at the moment........... something to do with a new Typepad spam filter.

This might be a good time to say thank you to my friends who come to visit. What a wonderful source of inspiration, stimulation and support you are. The response to my work has been slightly overwhelming and surprising and ohhh.... so encouraging! I have been beavering away in my studio for a long time, with very little feedback.

I wasn't sure if I should, or could start a blog, as I'm definitely a visual person. Trying to express myself verbally is not easy. The purpose of Gooseflesh is to document and archive my work but I've realized it's also a place to explore thought processes and techniques. It will come with time.

Now........an image from the archives. I have a little home down there.

The Mt.Warning Caldera, Tweed Valley, NSW. Taken from the Pinnacle, looking east. There are 2,000 year old trees here!

Kesi Tiger

I love my magazine collection. It's full of the most inspiring images. I can read the same old magazine over and over again and find somethng new every time. This image comes from an old issue of Conde Nast - House & Garden and reminded me of Jude's impressive quilt at Spiritcloth

It's an 18th century ceremonial apron worn by Buddhist monks in a ceremony to invoke Buddhist deities and banish evil. The faux tiger skin is a tapestry wowen of pure silk or silk with gold and silver threads .....it's called a Kesi.The border is a strip of silk damask. In Tibetan ceremonial dances, the tiger symbolizes the protection of Buddhism against evil.

Happy New Year

The Launch of my Blog

2007 is approaching very fast and I promised myself I would have a blog by the end of 2006.... So here it is! For years I have been been working in my studio and felt I needed to document and archive my work and show what I'm doing. I started posting photos on Flickr a month ago and have received very generous and kind feedback, which has been very encouraging.Thank you all. After a while I realized I needed somewhere to describe my work in more detail and so I have taken the next step and started the Gooseflesh Blog.
My work is diverse, ranging from drawing to sculpture. I have experimented with many different media but have lately found that I have returned to techniques I learnt as a child whilst watching my paternal grandmother, Agnes Jørgensen. She was a very accomplished woman whose embroidery was exquisite. I would like to dedicate this blog to her and her legacy. 2007, I hope will be a year of consolidation and continuation of my enthusiasm for making things. I will attempt to post my work as it's created but I also want to post work from the past (I have a lot of catching up to do).