Portraits and beadwork

THE START OF BEING CRAFTY

After 20 years of portraiture (some examples below) I put away the pastels and didn’t do anything arty for many years.

Brian - 1996

'Bushie by night' - 1997

Cally - 1990

Dog portrait - 1997

Gaden - 1991

Brian - 1996

'Perhaps tomorrow...' - 1996

Nude - 2001

'Smoulder' - 2002

Nude (after mastectomy) 2001

'Anguish' - 2002

My first project after portraiture was a beaded clutch bag. Brian designed the peacock motif which I embroidered onto the fabric and then attached the beads 2 at a time. It was a labour of love for my younger sister - about 40 hours of work over 2 months.

Hand made beaded clutch bag

Introduction

Having retired to a beautiful town on the mid north coast of New South Wales, my husband and I are revelling in our creativity. This blog is intended to document our productivity and store a few pictures in some sort of order. 
We are fortunate in having an outlet where our goods are sold to visiting tourists as well as locals, and we gladly take our turn serving in the shop known as Boatman’s Cottage. It operates like a craft co-operative, with more than 25 members selling their handiwork.

Cottage facade in 2016

View from the back of the cottage