I have just started to make my own alcohol inks....and it works! It is pure alcohol and the insides of a few cheap felt-tipped pens. The Pound Shop is selling 43 of them for..guess what?...a pound!

The results for my own yellow and purple alcohol ink!yeh!!!!

"Stuff" drying!

My watercolour eco-dyed paper opened and dried. Really pleased with results.

My sewing machine has been cleaned and over hauled and is working better now than when l bought in 1987, in Papua New Guinea.

Paper l decorated for use in other art work. It is so nice to have started on my own Art again!

Today's bundles waiting to be opened.

REALLY pleased with these results.

Picked some of the first blackberries to ripen  today...looking forward to the great blue/purple dye they produce and of course eating some!

Never noticed these sculptures on the Libary Wall in Roehampton before! Great green bikes..love them! Well done Tony for spotting them tonight.

July 3rd..Paint, paint and more paint!

Today, l had a one off session in my studio. My after-school Tuesday Club wanted a messy play session that they see the younger children having. So messy clothes on, lots and l mean lots of paint, loads of smiles and what did we have...LOADS OF FUN!!!!!

After being cleaned up, which took at least half an hour....we settled down to some good old fashioned Art and Craft activities! ha and me on crutches too!!!

I have another excuse for not blogging so much.....ouch

The pain didn't kick in for a few days..now it really hurts! See the fracture clinic on Wenesday when l hope l will have it sorted. Not a nice break so l was told by the staff, when they saw the x-ray!

I am sorry l have not been blogging for a while but been very busy with artyfizz, my new studio. But l am back now...hello!

l have been so busy setting up and operating my new studio and workshop, that my Art has taken something of a back seat. But l have managed to do some eco-dyeing and am pleased with the results.

Last Sunday was Father's Day in Uk and our daughter came to visit. I was in the dog house because l forgot..sorry Dad. Our son and his wife are up in Rutland and were unable to visit us. Due to Tony's heart problem at the moment, we couldn't walk too far or go up any hills. So we went for a stroll on Wimbledon Common and had a tea at the Windmill. Luckily the weather was nice and we had a very nice gentle stroll.

Love the way part of the root system appears to be lit up...beautiful.

The yellow iris's are just begining to appear around the ponds on Putney Heath.

This is the first fungi l have seen in the woods this year....can you see the silver slime leading up to and over the fungi? Think it is a snail trail, it has eaten quite a few holes in the cap!

On Wimbledon Common there are always a few wigwams (dens) being built but this one seems to be really well built and has a piece of carpet in it. Wonder if it was children, a family or maybe teenagers?

Tony noticed this orange coloured fungi on a few fallen logs.

Some more dyeing! This is a piece of real thick felt l found and wondered how it would dye. Quite pleased with it. I soaked it in soya milk first few days.

These are large, square pieces of thick felt,  that were used originally to lay hand-made paper on to dry. I am trying to see how they take dye. I painted egg yolk on it before rolling and then boiling.

I am not a cat lover...l can hear the intake of breath from so many of you out there..Ha!....but l have to admit this cat is quite beautiful and she knows it too!

The cherries are begining to form on the tree, not many but ose that are......are beautifully formed.

Discovered the tree behind the my flat is an almond tree. Must find out if anyone on my Eco dyeing site had dyed with them or their leaves and what results they got if any.

As l went to have a shower saw this water drop pattern, from the shower head, just thought it was beautiful.

When we went to the Supermarket last night, l caught this sight on the side of the road. Could have been in Dubai all those years ago. So lovely to see the old crafts still in use.

Night. x