Artwey at The Engine Room

Two members of Artwey are currently showing their work at The Engine Room, Poundbury...

One of them is me! And you can see our Topsy cat smiling down as you eat your lunch!

My mixed media pieces look really cool on the natural brick walls...

Roar! Behold the Lion of Judah!

Let me know if you pop in to visit!

I love mirrors and have included quite a few ...

And one frame, Guard your heart!

And I'm hoping to spread a little joy too!

Here's a fresh and figurative piece, a red squirrel, executed with paint and oil pastels and a little pencil.

And here's a scene from The Sea Life Centre also created using paint and pastel. 

Crafting-life!

Sometimes, your crafting inspires others, and they join you in your creative space ... here is Mike getting rather sticky with some PVA and some really nice papers ...

While working on my dolls-house, I pulled out a selection that might improve Mike's magnolia Lampshade and it certainly got his creative juices flowing ...

I've crafted with Vicki before, and i enjoyed watching her work with these beautiful fabrics as I added eyes to cats and stuffed them ...

This is going to be a really beautiful cushion soon!

Have you picked up some crafts for those dark winter nights?

Twisters, over Weymouth!

Filmed from my home in radipole, weymouth!

I love Sundays!

We love to see our friends, and play!

We like bath night ...

We love to play with out pet rats - Matty and Smudge!

Daisy and Pepsi!

We completely know how to look after guinea pigs!

yes, I probably have watched too much Charlie and Lola!

Cute !

Happy-Happy!

In this awesome drawing, Matty has included out friend Olwen, but the thing I like best is that Mary really IS wearing pink trousers with heart-patches on the knees!

Hand it to me!

I enjoy photography, and so do many of my friends. Here is one of them, who knows the value of recording our personal stories ... I think we met in 1989 or 90 ... but thats going back a bit, for me!



The other day He surprised me with this picture of my hand, taken when I was a slip of a girl, almost 20 years ago (cough).



I almost didn't recognise this smooth and slightly chubby limb as mine, so long have I been looking down at my hands of late, as a craft worker and Mummy.


These hands have seen a lot of Arts and crafts, lived in different places and nursed four daughters. They currently paint, sew, clean, carry, chop and mix and turn pages, and type - I actually like computers now! Which is handy ...

Down on the farm ...

with farm-hand Jack and the mystery hand ...



counting the 17 sheep ... not finding the hidden wallabies!



meeting some handsome horses ...



driving the tractors round and running over Uncle Ed ...




All the girls (and Mummy) having a ride on Mandy the pony ...



Who is not a riding school pony ...



Having a rest at the end of a busy day ... Lilly and Uncle Casper ...

picnic with friends ...

We went to Abbotsbury gardens with friends, for a picnic, play and explore ...



a pretend camp fire was made using fallen bamboo leaves and poppy petals for the red flames!



Matty basks in the orange glow!



then the fire was taken apart after lunch, to make pictures and objects ...



The girls look very smart today. If it's true that The Raggy Rat cannot knit, who made those lovely cardis?


I'll tell you tomorrow ...

filming fun!

What a bunch of talented peeps in need of more sensible hobbies like (insert hobby) will do in a bid to get their hands on more awesome truffles (made with love) ...

Raggy Rats appear by kind permission of the Raggy Rat Lady, Catherine Owen xxx

a collaboration ....

These lovely plastic buttons were given to daisy by one of our home ed friends, Mya. Daisy asked me for some fabric and i showed her how to sew on buttons with a few stitches in one place. I think she did really well!

Catherine L Owen, professional photographer ... !

yesterdays photoshoot with my friend's daughters turned out very successful!



and it was enjoyable, too! grown ups relaxing, drinking coffee ... girls being themselves ...



hilarious at times ...



sometimes, true character shines through ...



oh yes ....

taking over the streets ....

daisy concentrating on pedalling ... I love this picture!



look that way Matty, look where you are going!



Matty and Dean have a race!



Daisy goes up and down, really enjoying it ...



taking over the streets - Steve on CAR DUTY at the top of the cul-de-sac ...