Saturday, October 3, 2015
The Heart Series!
THE HEART SERIES!
Directly below are pieces I painted for the exhibition in Adelaide, but certain things didn't go quite right with the first plate, so I painted another. Only "perfect" would do for an exhibition!
And so I painted and finished a second piece to find a defect in the porcelain on the last fire. So that wasn't up to exhibition standard either! :-(
I had one more heart shaped piece of porcelain in my stash, so I began VERY carefully to paint it.
Of course painting free hand, each piece results in a slightly different design.
To my horror, after the final fire I found a tiny hair line crack in the glaze and so that was once more put to one side knowing it couldn't be exhibited in an exhibition.
And so was born "The Heart Series". (You will need to click on the plate to enlarge it.)
Which will hang together on a wall in our new apartment!
Thursday, October 1, 2015
And now it is October 2015!
Today is the first day of October . . . and it is Spring down here in New Zealand in the Southern Hemisphere. 'Tis a beautiful spring day; blue sky and a very gentle breeze with birds singing and a most beautiful perfume in the air wafting from the spring flowers.
Tomorrow I shall post some of the work on my blog which wasn't suitable to send by International Carrier to Adelaide to be displayed at the APAT Exhibition to be held in the Mercure Hotel. 7 pieces have gone to Adelaide . . . and the remaining 2 were too fragile to send. I was booked to fly out next week to attend the school under the teaching of Paula White, and then the excitement and busyness of the Exhibition.
BUT . . . . . . . .
My Blog Maker, Very Best Friend Forever, Lover, Husband, Best Companion was diagnosed with Cancer of the Pancreas 2 months ago and I was loathe to leave him and go to the Exhibition. I chose to stay home and continue my duties as Chief Nurse!
We have sold our home of 22 years and in a few weeks will move into our Independent Apartment in Bob Owens Ryman Retirement Village not too far from where we live now. Type in that title plus Tauranga New Zealand and you will see their site.
The diagnosis has turned our lives "upside down" so to speak. We are finding precious gems in our daily life and appreciate the time we have to walk through this whole experience together. We are praying people and have sensed God's Love, Grace and special Strength to be able to make the most of every day.
So, enough about that! Watch for the next posts! :-)
Tomorrow I shall post some of the work on my blog which wasn't suitable to send by International Carrier to Adelaide to be displayed at the APAT Exhibition to be held in the Mercure Hotel. 7 pieces have gone to Adelaide . . . and the remaining 2 were too fragile to send. I was booked to fly out next week to attend the school under the teaching of Paula White, and then the excitement and busyness of the Exhibition.
BUT . . . . . . . .
My Blog Maker, Very Best Friend Forever, Lover, Husband, Best Companion was diagnosed with Cancer of the Pancreas 2 months ago and I was loathe to leave him and go to the Exhibition. I chose to stay home and continue my duties as Chief Nurse!
We have sold our home of 22 years and in a few weeks will move into our Independent Apartment in Bob Owens Ryman Retirement Village not too far from where we live now. Type in that title plus Tauranga New Zealand and you will see their site.
The diagnosis has turned our lives "upside down" so to speak. We are finding precious gems in our daily life and appreciate the time we have to walk through this whole experience together. We are praying people and have sensed God's Love, Grace and special Strength to be able to make the most of every day.
So, enough about that! Watch for the next posts! :-)
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