Some of my one hour of play

This post for some reason was in drafts, it should have been posted weeks ago. 

As I began this project, I worked in a grid to sample and  progressed to circles. The circles are the size they are for one reason, it was the only size hoop I had. I have now purchased a new hoop as I can't find the multitude of hoops I know I have stored some where!

Belinda Jessup, Sampling in progress. 2015

Belinda Jessup, Sampling in progress. 2015

There is something therapeutic about circles but its now time to branch out and play in imagery and bigger sizes. So on to the rose drawing tomorrow.

As I look at your first post Ruth I  think that  painting would make a great embroidery!

Winding bobbins

I was just filling bobbins to start on the quick rose sketch I posted here. ( I know I should be finished by now) There was some thicker cotton wrapped around the old bit of paper in the foreground of the image below. The thicker thread is wound onto the bobbin and the image is stitched upside down. When I wound off the cotton I found the paper was an old envelope ( I can't make out a date)  with a King George V1 stamp on it so I am guessing the thread has been on that envelope from approx 1952 or earlier. Thanks Nancy for the bag of threads. So now I am thinking I need to keep all the bobbins etc that I empty of thread.

Bag of threads given to me for this project

Envelope has to be pre 1952 as the stamp is King Gorge V1 (14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) I have covered the name and address as I don't know the recipient and they or family  could possibly still be at the address.

Pixels

My long term plan is to stitch a pixelated image. I colleague at work helped me play with some images to start the plan. I want to stitch an image approx 2mts x 2.5mts ( well that's what I hope I can do ).

Pixelated rose, rose from my own garden

Rose from my garden

Bad Back At It

Also back at it.  With a bad back.  However, unlike an hour of play I am full time in the studio trying to finish two canvases for a commission I am doing.  The results are getting there, but then I realised that the canvas had not been stretched properly and was too loose…so now I have to discard the canvas and start again…I am "playing" at staying calm…Still the good thing is I hadn't quite got the face in...

Ruth Hassall, Oil on Canvas, 560 x 1800

Back at it

It's been a crazy week and I have not had an hour to spare to play. My play was with my camera while way on my whirl wind trip.
I am off to work today so will take time to play tomorrow. I am missing my play time and want to try stitching a quick water colour drawing I did weeks ago.

2 minute drawing, Belinda Jessup

No hour of play

Well no play for over a week and it will be at least Tuesday or Wednesday before I will be able to get back to it. I have visitors from Canada and for some reason people want to eat at the dinning table ( my sewing table)!

Sunset Trangie, NSW Australia

North Bourke Bridge NSW Australia

sometimes its just doodles and ice-cream

Sometimes being creative is just about a doodle in your head.  The idea is floating around there somewhere and then the courage to execute it can come in different guises and forms.  Other times there is nothing there and I just enjoy watching my hand begin to create and then I get interested in what is coming out.  Other times, it's just 'cause its your Dads birthday...

Ruth Hassall, a card for Dad. Colour pencil and pen, 30 September 2015

I used the ice-cream technique as well while on my travels…hashtag eat shit loads of yummy ice-cream with good girlfriend and laugh about the consequences until the morning…then think long and hard about whether we should go for a walk to compensate…or eat more ice cream…you can draw in ice-cream...

A late night purchase with Lynne Shori