Art&Ghosts Blog

Results...

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I have recently added a sale section to the shop. This will be a permanent fixture, although the items selected will recycle each month.

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And the results of the silhouette sampler set competition: 

Lily van Niekerk

Thank you ever so much for sharing your favourite reads. I think that the list would make a wonderful addition to my regular reading list in the links section of my blog (top left), sort of like a 'readers picks' section? A few of you actually suggested keeping the list live, so hopefully this will make for an adequate solution.

More soon!

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Anoushka....and a giveaway ♥

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Anoushka (Imagined Portrait)

Also this week, I have a set of six silhouette themed print samplers to give away. 

If you should like to get your mitts on a pack, just share the title of your favourite ever book in the comments section below. I am always on the lookout for new reading material:)

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Take care ♥

New additions

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To the shop:

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Quite a large stock update too, at long last. I am finally almost through redecorating back here, it will be such a joy to be able to focus on new works once again! I have a few rather exciting projects on the horizon:)

And do make sure to check out my recent set of film stills over at the Milk Tooth blog - featuring the Beatrix Potter Ballet from 1971:

 

 

Such a quick post, I know, but thank you for your sweet comments on the previous post, and as always, take care ♥

 

 

 

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March Mornings

 

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From top to bottom: Braids and Toast nightshirt, lace shirt on wooden hangers, floral hair bow, fluffy cardigan, dolls house and and illustration by Fifi Lapin, fabric 'artandghosts' book cover made by my friend besides a print of Amy Blackwell's birds, sugar mice and antique handmirror, cotton floral frock, new book stash: inspiration for new imagined animals!.....and the damp wall. Yip! 

I also had the strangest dream about a ferocious tiger two night ago. A beautiful, terrifying creature, which seemed somehow attached to me, although my fear of it caused me to run for my life. I actually felt that the tiger would not actually harm me, although the horror stemmed mostly from the fear of it engulfing me in some way.... my own wilderness, perhaps? I sometimes find it rather difficult to accept the brutality of human beings, the destruction of nature and our lack of respect for other animals, and I begin to wonder if this dream was somehow forcing me to accept being human, for good or ill, reminding me that I belong with human beings regardless of how foolish we may be. Still, this dream was one of those that will stick with me, unfolding its own meanings as I move forward. One of those dreams which stand apart from the regular, not merely a remnant of the previous days musings and events. 

I was born in the year of the tiger, and 2010 is a tiger year. This led me to finally 'adopting' one on my birthday, I suppose. 

Oh, and a swift about-change: there is a fascinating article about Henry Darger in the new Lula magazine. Definitely worth a look!

Take care, I will return soon!

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