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I have been very busy in the last few weeks as I have lots going on in the next few weeks. Firstly I have been excepted as a member of the design factory which I am very pleased about as they are very supportive to makers.

Currently I have an exhibition on at the Colne Gallery in Colchester Hospital which is designed to open up art to the staff an visitors to the hospital, they feature a different artist each month and my work is there until the end of September.

I have been working really hard on some smaller pieces of work to add to my collection for Herts open studios, where I will be exhibiting some work up in my friends studio.

I have also had some pictures taken of my new work which I have made for my exhibition at the New Maynard Art Gallery in Welwyn Garden City which is opening on the 16th of September and is running until the 18th of October. Here is a sneak preview of some of my finished work.

Finally I am the featured artist on workshop on the web this month http//www.workshopontheweb.com/

Trace Emin

I have never been to an exhibition of Trace Emin's work so I was really looking forward to seeing the retrospective of her work at the Hayward Gallery. I hadn't realise that she had made so may quilts and that they were so big. It took a considerable amount of time to look round the exhibition as she is well known for her use of text and I was compelled to read as much of it as I could. I found the exhibition thought provoking in a disturbing way and it played on my mind long after I had left.

work in progress!!!

After spending a very relaxing week in Spain and then having to come to terms with the fact that the long hot summer I was hoping for has not happened, there is an up side as I have done lots of new work and haven't been tempted to sit in the sun and read books as there hasn't been any. All this is good as I have a exhibitions coming up in September and October.

This picture is called 'What u do'in u loser!' which I think sums up the way my children view my husband and I most of the time, Oh well I suppose it could be worse!

However enjoyable making new work is, it is always followed by having to then put it on stretchers which is not my favorite job and one I can put off no longer as I'm taking it to the Colne Gallery at Colchester Hospital on Sunday for the first of my exhibitions, a private exhibition which is on from 28th of September until 24th of September.

Letting go!!

My daughter Suzie is on her first holiday with her friends so I have spent the week trying not to worry and working instead. She in back on Tuesday much to my relief and from the little information I've been text she is now on emergency money funds and very tired. However I have spent the time productively and have nearly finished another picture. It needs a bit more work then I will post a picture.

18th Birthday Parties and Proms

18th birthday parties and proms are not good for work. My daughters birthday party arrangements and pre-prom party planning has taken over my life for the last two weeks, I have barely even had time for lunch, but at last they are both over, it didn't rain and hopefully she had a great time.

However I did manage one day off all the madness to go to part one of New Designers which is one of may favorite days out of the year. As always there was some beautiful work by this years graduates. I love the style of work every year by Nottingham Trent University students and this year was as good as ever. I really liked the work of both Lesely Elliott and Hannah Stevens.

I really enjoyed the work in one year on as well and have started saving for a lamp by Katie and the Wolf.

and.... finally I have got back to work today!!!

York Embroiders Guild

I spent a lovelly day yesterday with the York Embroiders guild who had asked me to give a talk to their members. They looked after me really well, as this is the first official talk I have given to a large audience so I hope they all enjoyed it.

Now it's back to work on my latest picture which is on the the theme of copying cloths. I have found this to be a key issues for my girls and their friends as they don't like their cloths copied and they don't like to copy their friends! Consequently finding a prom dress on a budjet that is different from everyone els's when there are over a hundred and fifty girls going is a very stressful task for weeks in our house. So I am going to get on with the picture and leave worrying about dresses to another day!

I can't believe another week has gone!

I can't believe the last week has flown by and I'm off to York tomorrow to give an Artist talk to the Embroiders Guild. I just have to practice my presentation once again and select some work to take with me. I feel I have plenty of time but I know it will fly by and I will be rushing madly around at the last minute, Oh well no change there!