giveaway winners & new paintings

Thanks to everyone who left a comment to enter my giveaway. I wrote each name on a slip of paper - and there were over seventy of you - thanks! I put slips of paper into a big bowl, turned my back and picked a name with my left hand and a name with my right. So the two people who are receiving a copy of 'You May Need To Disappear' are Velma B. and Mrs Bertimus. A nice thing, totally by chance - one of you lives in the UK and one of you does not! It so often works out that way, which is nice.

If you were hoping for a copy but sadly did not win - you know what I am going to say don't you - well, yes, there will be copies in my shop from this afternoon. This is a limited edition of 100.

I'll be updating my shop from about 2pm today. My update includes new embroidery and paintings. Another painting in my botanical series is 'a tangle of wildflowers'"



black gouache and indigo watercolour on heavy cartridge paper

You may have also spotted another new series in my shop - that is a series of tiny portraits.... these are indeed tiny figures - the paper size is just 10cm x 7cm. Below is no. 10 herself.

new embroidery brooches - preview

Gentle in green - an embroidery brooch..... the central figure here wears a dress with elaborate yet subtle green botanical-inspired design. She is attended by little dreaming figures. There is an outer border of pale blue and white.

bluebell dreamer - I'm seeing bluebells suddenly in people's front gardens - it is lovely to see such a woodland flower pop up in suburbia! So, inspired, I stitched this portrait of a dreaming woman with her ornate gown of blue and pale green. She too is attended by several dreaming figures and faces.

a 'classic' scarlet red piece - forever - is a bold portrait of a slightly mysterious perhaps dreamer woman with tiny-tiny faces on her dress.... Yes, I am inspired by the time of year but I am also mindful that it is not spring everywhere in the world. To me red is a colour for all year round. I like it especially in the winter months but a hint of scarlet red worn on a jacket in the summer is rather lovely - or displayed in a frame on a neutral wall. However you like to display these pieces, I hope you enjoy.

They will be in my shop tomorrow. Possibly one other brooch may appear. And of course I will have my new little book 'You May Need To Disappear' in the shop - and a small selection of paintings.

Tomorrow morning I will be choosing at random two names for my giveaway - there's still time right now to enter (see previous post), to win a copy of my new little book plus extras.

Thanks always.

A giveaway - new little book

 I have kept quiet about this one - until I had the first copy in my hand. But am now very pleased to share with you my forthcoming little poetry chapbook. 'You May Need To Disappear' is a small collection of eleven poems, plus fold-out artwork. A few of the poems have been previously published over at my blog nevering and all others are previously unpublished. The poems take you outside into the garden and beyond, with experimental voices telling stories and observing flowers, love and memory.

As with my previous little books and zines, this is a handmade signed limited edition, with a hand-sewn binding. This one is priced at £5 plus shipping and will come with extras: a random photo print and tiny art card. I always try to make my little books and zines something special and worth collecting.

'You May Need To Disappear' will be out on Friday - in my Etsy shop with my new update.

However, I would like to offer not one but two copies as a giveaway. I will include a few extra-extra goodies with each copy! All you need to do is leave a comment here, please. Anyone is welcome to enter. Please make sure I can get in touch with you via your comment. Or email me if you prefer. You have only until Friday 9am (UK time). Two winners will be picked randomly and announced Friday morning.

 Thank you!