Owl together now ....

How about this awesome octogenarian gent, a superb felt and wool owl owned by an 86 year old neighbour of mine!

He wins 'most inspiring owl' this week and I'm honoured to have met him and taken his picture. 

Have you got a very old handmade toy you will never part with? 

Owl my Love ....

I created another pair of barn owls, one for a friend and one to hang out with me! There should be some cool Artwey events this year for you to meet her ....

A shot of me in my pyjamas, doing some tinting with my Copic Markers!

And finally, another of my involved pieces is completed. She perches in front of my latest IKEA hack ...

Artwey at Dorchester Library ...

It ends on Saturday but here is my work in the lovely cabinet which I hired as part of Artwey's two-week exhibition ....

I have included work in a variety of media this time!

As I like to make and draw owls a special visitor came to visit the work. Here is Angel owl with our own Oliva Nurrish!

And you can see the picture I did for Angels owner in the cabinet behind Dorset's favourite snowy owl ...

How challenging it is to draw white creatures! Have you ever tried it?

Here is seven-year-old Daisy's portrait of Angel xxx

Owls well that ends well ....

My owl after a second firing, as the new wood fired kiln didn't quite get up to temperature!

Owl My Love ... My children!

Ready for take off?



Daisy made owl wings, very successfully and without any grown-ups helping. She has also worn them several times too! The girls often sit on their wendy house roof, hooting, or climb



I know this is really blurred, but it's so funny and I can hear the giggling when I look at it!

New fabric and Paper people!

I bought this lovely fabric on line ... it looks slightly more subtle in real life ... I think it will make beautiful barn owls!



Gigi brough some cut-outs to the last HE meeting in Abbotsbury, and Daisy and Matty selected one each, which they drew on at the hall. They also made them anatomically correct!



Daisy's had the most detail, now tastefully covered up with magazine pages and some classy bows!



Matty selected some pre-cut clothes for her paper person, and added a design of her own to the front of the jacket ...



on the back veiw of Matty's doll you can still see a useful body part!

a new barn owl .... my children call her 'blondie' ...

here she is, in my dining room ...



another guardian of buttons ...

WIP - molly the barn owl ...needs legs and feet ....

and these feet need some claws !!!

owl babies ... more handmade owls ...

Dasiy worked with some t-shirt and molly owl scraps...



and created this baby owl ...



Mary helped me with a photo shoot of some smaller 'Digby' owls !

Molly the Barn Owl soft sculpture, finished!

Now on display in Pilgrim House, Hope Square, as part of the Dorset Seafood festival ... today only!

I will be in town, dressed as a Lobster again, after lunch!

WIP - molly the barn owl textures ...

WIP - molly the barn owl ...

I love to work on a new project, and a dear friend asked me to have a go at Molly the Barn owl, you do know about molly and her babies don't you?

I started by looking at owl images and owl videos a lot, and then made a few drawings, to help me feel my way around the shapes ...



I love hunting out the fabrics and textures i might use ...



a hint of the gently face of a barn owl appears ...

Owl Our Love ...

i got together with a few wessex-freecycle-cafe friends to make this present for a very poorly friend ...