Art and crafts inspired by nature in the North
This week we have had beautiful weather, even though the days are getting noticeably shorter and evenings are cooler. Beautiful autumn colours I have taken in some of my Japanese lanterns to dry A miniature library for summer visitors nearby, time for relaxing and reading My grandchildren love reading and looking at books. This photo... Continue Reading →
After days of rain the weather changed, and I was able to do some tidying up in the garden. John, one of my sons, had given me a grindstone. I removed a square of grass to make a place for it to stand, and he placed the stone upright beside a variegated willow tree :... Continue Reading →
September has arrived, and the colours of autumn are beginning to appear, in spite of torrents of rain. These colours inspired my first necklace of the season. The beads are mainly agate, and some of beeswax with Tibetan silver repousse caps. The clasp is of 925 silver. I have copied the process of making beeswax... Continue Reading →
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