Koh-i-Noor – scribblah

Wipe Out

Still testing positive for Covid19 and still completely wiped out. The other symptoms are gone now, but I’m just so tired that I can’t even work up the energy and motivation to do a quick scribble of the cat! So here’s one I did a while back, for #Caturday. A Chance To Own One OfContinue reading “Wipe Out”

Drawing More Darkness In The Darkness

Here’s another drawing in the dark I did last weekend at a small arts festival, “Kilvey Ole”, I went to on one of Swansea’s hillsides. It was very dark there so I could hardly see the paper or the marks I was making. But also, the people and things I was drawing were in darknessContinue reading “Drawing More Darkness In The Darkness”

Drawing Darkness In The Darkness

Husb and I went to a mini-festival on one of the city’s hills last weekend. It was very dark and we wandered in and out of small barns listening to music and poetry. I had a go drawing the darkness in the darkness. I couldn’t see the paper I was drawing on so had noContinue reading “Drawing Darkness In The Darkness”

Trying Things Out: 2

I’m developing some collage kits for the arts project I’m working on in the Waun Wen area of the city. I’ve been doing a lot of kit making over the past couple of years, since the pandemic lockdown began, because it’s been difficult to bring people together to do arty stuff, and I really likeContinue reading “Trying Things Out: 2”

Trying Things Out 1

Had a lovely few hours in the Waun Wen Community Centre this afternoon, making collages with some students from Swansea University. We’ve recently been out in the area making textural rubbings (Koh-i-noor graphite and Ho-sho paper) and blue sunprints (cyanotypes) and these are going to be used to make collage kits for local residents whoContinue reading “Trying Things Out 1”

The world at your feet

Chilling in the cold around Waun Wen yesterday, making graphite rubbings of the textures in the area. It’s a different way of experiencing a place. It makes you notice things you may not have seen before. The rubbings were done with Koh-i-noor Graphite Jumbo Blocks, 6B, onto Ho-Sho paper. Part of the Home and HinterlandContinue reading “The world at your feet”

Rubbings In The Cold

I was out and about in Waun Wen in Swansea today, with two students from Swansea University who are working with me on the arts project. It’s been a grey and bitterly cold day, but we spent 2 hours walking the streets, making graphite rubbings of the different textures of the area – street metalContinue reading “Rubbings In The Cold”