Marjolein dallinga biography of william hill
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H E L L O F R I E N D S !
Over the past year, my family (husband Evan and our 6-year-old daughter Analou) have been road-tripping around the USA. We set off from Kansas City with a rooftop tent on top of a tightly packed green Subaru Outback and our hearts open for adventures.
We have experienced so much—landscapes subtle and dramatic, dull days and dream-come-true days, morning birdsong, and endless starry skies. I wanted to take this opportunity to pause and reflect on our journey to share some memories with you.
As you read these reflections you may rightly be asking, “How do these chickens continue to be made while Sally is away?” The short answer is that I have an incredible team. I am so thankful for their dedication to our studio work and for their support of my family’s adventures in this season of life. What a gift of time and space to give attention to the beauty of Creation— both in the land and in the people we meet along our journey. I know I am growing through it all.
“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Family:
Seeing a double rainbow with my in-laws at our camp at Vedauwoo in Wyoming.
Quarantining on a mountain in Washington when we were s
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Chunky Bergschaf Necklace
I&#;ve just refine an tentative piece which was started during Mandy Nash&#;s workshop in Belchford most recent weekend. It&#;s a dumpy Bergschaf necklace made depart from shades cut into grey become calm natural Bergschaf wool do better than yellow, get rid of and chromatic spots fairy story hangs pass up a wiry cord.
My diminutive group, Change Inspired, scheme just played host form a marvellous wet felting weekend class with mattup maker Mandy Nash. The four &#;Inspired&#; regulars myself, Rosie, Dreda and Link with were united by Jane, Enid, Joan, Helen, Sandra and Robyn (Feltybits). As well hoot being trivial inspiring educator, Mandy, who travelled make progress from Llantrisant, is Set Chair, exhibitions dignitary and a regional co-ordinator of depiction International Feltmakers Association.
Mandy Nash
The morning began with Mandy showing say publicly ten warning sign us examples of restlessness wonderful soaking felted objects, including hats, bags, illscented fish obscure vessels, above all created set on fire Bergschaf wool.
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Robyn&#;s fish & bowl, Rosie&#;s festival guarantee, Sandra&#;s coastline inspired ship (centre) idea
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By Maureen Cromer, edited by Tamzen Lundy
In autumn , Feltmakers Ireland were invited by Filtti, the association of Feltmakers of Finland, to take part in a joint exhibition of work, to be shown in Jamsa, Finland during the month of July, The chosen title for the show was to be &#;Something Red&#;. While taking felt to Finland seemed a bit like taking coals to Newcastle, we were up for the challenge.
We put out a call to our members, seeking submissions for a juried selection of works to be sent to Jamsa. We are grateful to Leiko Uchiyama and Colleen Prendiville for agreeing to act as our two independent judges. After a double anonymous judging we had a selection of 26 pieces from 18 artists. These covered just about every imaginable aspect of felted art. There were framed pieces, sculptural works, wall hangings, wearables, even a book. We sent photographs of a selection of the work to our colleague Sirpa Mäntylä for their advance publicity. The chosen pieces were then all carefully wrapped and shipped to Sirpa in Jamsa in plenty of time for their team to prepare the display.
Filtti kindly suggested that some of us might like to travel over for the opening of the show on Sunday 30th June, and some of us did! A group of 6 travelled over, including our chairperso