Happy New Year to everyone and the first WOYWW of 2012! Despite being away last week I tried to visit as many of you as possible to send my best wishes.
Back home from a great family visit in Brighton, I have given my mojo a, much needed, kick start by subscribing to the FREE inspirational site designed and planned to boost our creativity after the holidays.
Summit 2012 Creative Jump Start
A daily boost with techniques, hints and tips by a selection of talented artists from around the world and the ones I've looked at have done just that. Below on my desk I'm following Dina Wakley's warm up advice and I'm loving it.
I came across Creative Jump Start via http://jencushman.wordpress.com and it led me to the co-ordinator and instigator www.nathaliesstudio.com
Here's my desk with my first art start of the year just by experimenting freestyle with colour as my warm up.
On my desk is some of my silversmithing equipment which my DD1 has returned to me so I can seriously start to make jewellery again. I can hear Donna shouting Hurray!!
You may notice two chunky cobblers tools which I bought in Holsworthy Market in Devon during my holiday down there, which will be ideal to texture metal. They smell wonderful.
DD was going to throw out the blue and white Polish mug (as it has a tiny chip) so I dived in and saved it as a paint brush/pencil pot.
Ready to be stamped and embellished or just saved!
I wonder what all the other WOYWWers around the globe are doing to start 2012 with a creative burst. If you too are curious pop over to see more at Julia's blog... Stamping-Ground and join in the world wide snoop on the desks of the world.
Whilst I was down on the South Coast of England our friends kindly took us to Bexhill-on-Sea to the Warhol FREE exhibition at the De la Warr pavilion. It was so interesting and really opened my eyes and mind to the full span of work by this wacky artist. I really enjoyed seeing the iconic faces of Mao Tse Tung, Blondie and Marilyn Monroe, in so many colour variations and all his other pictures, from tiny detailed ones right up to the huge wall to wall installation and video room. Quite an extensive exhibition well worth seeing if you can get there.
No photographs allowed (which I expected inside) but tut tut! I was caught and reprimanded just for getting this pic and that was only outside in the foyer!!!!
The De la Warr pavilion is a spectacular Art Deco Arts Centre which is well worth a visit in it's own right. It has been beautifully renovated and stands alongside the seafront in Bexhill.
Here's DH and our friends on one of the fabulous staircases overlooking the sea.
I managed to make another scarf/shawlette as a gift for my friend on the journey down and finished it off before we visited them. The patterns are still on offer, free from me via an email request.
My first flowers of 2012, beautiful HUGE cerise roses (plus a bottle of wine)... a New Year gift from our lovely next door neighbour. Thanks Betty!!
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43 comments:
Your creativeness looks as though its up and running ...I think I need to visit that site. Glad you had a great visit to Btighton and Bexhill ...that centre looks amazing.
re your last post ...My Mum had one of those units while I was growing up and then I bought a second hand one when I was first married ('68)...painted it to match the yellow formica table and chairs for the kitchen, that we bought at the Ideal Home Exibition ...£10 in saved 3d coins paid for them... how times have changed.xx
Happy New Year Jo xx
Rhanks for the inspiration, I have just been over a registered with Creativity Jump Start.
Hope to see you again soon.
Sheilagh
xxx
Blimey! This post is just chock full of crafty goodness. Deffo marking the jump start link, and just live those tags. Pretty colour combos and so useful to have to hand. Warhol. Ah yes. He did much more than soup cans. I wonder if I could talk DH into a road trip. The pavilion looks amazing and the exhibit a bonus.
Have a great Woyww.
Mary Anne
Happy New Year!! I have signed up for Jump Start too. I think I should have put into practice the warm up before I tackled a card yesterday... Those flowers are gorgeous!
Welcome home and congrats on getting the smithing equiptment back! The pieces that you have started look lovely! The Worhol exhibit sounds cool! *Pffffttt* to the bored security staff who tsked you for your photo (fine photo BTW). Happy WOYWW! -Amanda 28
Hurrah,
indeed,
I found angela angel and I broke her wing so I'm going to repair and finish her and bring her to you rather than risk the mail,
after I'm back form paris we'll set a date? early feb?
Liz is checking dates to see when is a good time to head south too and we need to talk to Dolores?
Blimmin heck 2012 got busy already.
dxxx
Glad you had a wonderful time away.Now back to reality!Happy creative wedensday
hugs judex 10
I came across the same kick starter site Jo :) Love your tags from the first video. Very bright and colourful. I fancy trying out the second project!!! Toilet Paper ATCs!!!! A variation on the workshop I taught with the stuff. I wonder if it's going to become a trend haha. Pxx
So glad you're up and running creatively all ready....I have loads of customers sewing to plough through before I can get creative here :-)
Happy 2012 to all your lovely family. Hope you have many many happy creative hours in the year ahead.
Hugs,
A x
Hooray for saving that Polish mug! You'll get great joy using it as a paint brush pot - just don't mix it up with your cuppa!! Loved the pic of you at the Exhibition, trust you for getting told off, I thought that only happened to me.... :D
Happy New Year!
Hugs, LLJ #34 xx
Hi Jo! You need a boost? There´s always so much going on on your desk!
I have always loved Andy Warhol´s works - I have seen his exhibition in Helsinki years ago, before he died. I was a student then, and had no money to buy anything... :(
Happy 2012!
Tuire #44
Well done you for getting a stuck in there. Maybe I should checkout that link. I am holding off / putting off as we have one more set of visitors coming from Scotland (with pressies :) but will have tomorrow as my tutoring starts next week and T is in nursery - and there is always Monday :) I think getting back near a couple of art galleries needs to go on our list this year. We did support the Tate for about 5 years but had to stop last year. 31/2 is a good age to start though right?......
I have also signed up for the creative jumpstart. Looks like a very interesting line up of people who will be putting ideas out for us to try. Love the exhibition you went to and good on you for posting the forbidden pic.
Happy New year to you. I hope 2012 is a full, busy, fun and creative time for you. Glad you enjoyed your time in Bexhill, if I'd known you were there I could of timed my trip better! We went down on Sunday and took in the Warhol exhibition too. I loved seeing the iconic Marilyn work and getting a feel for his work. I love the pavilion and we go fairly regularly as it's not too far to drive (and parking is still free in some places there!)
Neil#49(ish)
Happy New Year JO (and family)
Love the colours you've created in the tags.
Thanks for sharing some of the exhibition photos.
Sam xxx
I also came across kick start, just love what you've done with the tags and page, loved the ATC for the second day, Hugs May x x x x
Looks like you will be having a very creative 2012.You always seem to cram so much into a holiday too - great pics. x Jo
Thanks for the link to the kick start site Jo - just what I need. Love the tags, the colours are so 'you'.
Look forward to seeing you at the weekend.
Ann B
#42
Happy New Year Jo. Some interesting stuff on your desk there Jo! Like that scarf and your roses are gorgeous!
Great creative space and fab crafting going on there. Happy WOYWW
Cathy xx
Blimey those silver smithing tools look positively industrial! Very pretty tags and a great idea to jump start the old mojo. Lovely flowers from you neighbour and I like the look of that pavilion, I love the Art Deco period, so classy and stylish.
Hugs
Brenda 76
Oooh, lovely colours on your warm up exercise! It sounds like you had a great holiday season and lots of fun!
Happy 2012 !!
xoxo Karen
Looks like you made a good crafty start to the new year Jo with your brightly coloured tags and journal pages. I wonder what they will end up as?
It looks like you were having some real fun at the gallery and I love your illegal photo but don’t you think the powers that be take things a little too far stopping to taking photos in the foyer…..whatever next.
Happy Crafting !
And a Happy New Year.
Sue
x
Loving your beautiful flowers by the way!
You have been busy! Your tags are looking colorful and fabulous!
Sounds like quite a few of us had really lovely holidays. Yours sound fantastic! I would love to see the Andy Warholl exhibit.
Happy WOYWW and hope you have a fantastically creative new year.
ooooh fabby jumpstart stuff, might have a look myself
What a lovely way to start your Crafty New Year, Jo. It all looks very colourful and creative.
What are chipped mugs for but for paint pots and the like!!
I'm glad you had a lovely Christmas with your family. It looks as though Santa did a good job!!!
A very Happy New Year to you and your DH. I hope it's a really good one for you.
hugs Lisax
Just dropping in. I am glad you saved that mug. I see you got your metal for the table. I would have loved the exhibition so thanks for sharing. See you soon.
hugs
Carol
Am glad you had a wonderful Christmas on the coast, and really enjoyed reading about your enthusiasm for the creative start to your year, am excited for you! Loce the knitted scarf patternwitht he beads, great idea.
The roses are absolutely gorgeous - such a vibrant colour. Love the colourful backgrounds you have on your desk (Hazel, WOYWW 108) x
A great first crafty peek of the year, I would love to see the AW exhibition. Sounds as if you have had a great time. Happy new year!
hugs
Enfys
Gorgeous flowers, who's a lucky girl then. Those scarves re lovely, don't forget my pattern please.
Love the colours on your table top - reminds me of cream on whinberry pie when I was little. Nobody seems to remember whinberries now.
See you soon.
Hugs, Neet xx
I love the tags! They are so colorful! Your roses are gorgeous also, that color is fabulous!
Katie #81
Looks like you are gearing up for a very creative year! Lovely backgrounds! Happy WOYWW #5 Robin Panzer Art Studio 33
I am glad you had a good Christmas down on the South Coast and I hope 2012 is a good year for you. I love the flowers, such a gorgeous colour and I love the scarf, its lovely :)
I hope you had a great WOYWW, Karen xx (#108)
Sounds like you had a great trip. It would be interesting to visit a Warhol exhibit. I bet you'd be inspired by different things every time!
Happy WOYWW
Kay #92
It sounds like you had some great travels. Those roses are very lovely! I like your tags very much. They look messy, but fun to play with.
Gorgeous colours there on those tags. After tidying my desk on Wed afternoon and then started to get creative again- good job as have a lot of cards to make for Jan. Happy New Year. Anne x
Terrific photographs of your holiday, particularly like the one that got you into trouble and that one on the stairs looks like a publicity shot for a group :) It sounds as though you are having a great time being experimental and your desk does look industrious. Elizabeth x #60
Sound like you had a great time on your travels. I love the scarf/shawl and the fun colour splashes on your desk. Can't wait to see what you make with them!
Wow love your holiday pics. I hope to have some great ones this next week of my holidays away. Left my mobile at home and have no internet but I do have some craft to do. Love those roses so rich in colour and those tags are really turning out nice, cant wait to see the finished product
Bridget #151
Hi there Jo, wow looks like much fun is to be had a s you get ready for 2012 will all your plans there! I do love the scarf very nice and wow the building with the exhibition is is something to behold too! thanks for sharing. Happy WOYWW! Love, Shaz in Oz. x #24
Happy New Year! I would have saved that mug as well! Thanks for sharing your lovely photos of beautiful flowers and fantastic building. great creative start for the year in those tags!
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