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- Hometown:
- Nottingham
- About Me:
- Textile and mixed media artist with a penchant for Friendly Plastic and sculpture
- Website:
- http://www.rarebird.ltd.uk
- 2nd website:
- http://www.rarelizzie.etsy.com
I have a split personality - either that or I am a bit like Worzel Gummidge with different heads.
I love the "art" side of what I do, it fulfills something within me. Taking a seed of an idea and developing it to best express the full grown thought. However, I also enjoy the more commercial side of what I do, not the buying and selling side of keeping shop, but the evangelical spreading the word about Friendly Plastic. I have worked with it for about 18 years now and I still love it, I still find more to do with it, and I still develop new techniques. Demonstrating this enthusiasm through formal demonstrations at shows, teaching and giving talks, as well as writing books and filming DVDs keeps me on my toes.
Then there is the experimental, try-out-new-materials side to me which explores chicken wire and fibreglass and large sculpture. My difficulty is that the commercial side often takes up more time than the rest, and I end up frustrated with my lack of creative expression. Networking and blogging help me to stay in touch with other creative folk and keep the inspiration flowing.
I love the "art" side of what I do, it fulfills something within me. Taking a seed of an idea and developing it to best express the full grown thought. However, I also enjoy the more commercial side of what I do, not the buying and selling side of keeping shop, but the evangelical spreading the word about Friendly Plastic. I have worked with it for about 18 years now and I still love it, I still find more to do with it, and I still develop new techniques. Demonstrating this enthusiasm through formal demonstrations at shows, teaching and giving talks, as well as writing books and filming DVDs keeps me on my toes.
Then there is the experimental, try-out-new-materials side to me which explores chicken wire and fibreglass and large sculpture. My difficulty is that the commercial side often takes up more time than the rest, and I end up frustrated with my lack of creative expression. Networking and blogging help me to stay in touch with other creative folk and keep the inspiration flowing.
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Camera Obscura Photography Competition
DEADLINE FEBRUARY 01, 2010 - $1500 in Awards Photography Contests, Juried Art Shows - [...]The Best of the USA - Call to Artists
DEADLINE DECEMBER 28, 2009 Contests, Juried Art Shows - Acrylic, Ceramics, Crafts, Digital Media, Glass, Mosiac, Illustration, Jewelry, Mixed media, Metalsmithing, Sculpture, Oil, Pastel, Photography, Poetry, Watercolor, Video/Film, Art Gallery A call for submission of original works of art for “The Best of the USA,” including, but not limited to painting, sculpture, glasswork, ceramics, drawing, and [...]MyArtworkSpace.com 2nd Annual Winter Art Competition
DEADLINE JANUARY 31, 2010 - $1750 in Awards Art Contests, Juried Art Shows - Acrylic, Ceramics, Crafts, Digital Media, Glass, Mosiac, Illustration, Jewelry, Mixed media, Metalsmithing, Sculpture, Oil, Pastel, Photography, Poetry, Watercolor, Video/Film, Art Gallery Myartworkspace.com invites artists anywhere in the world to enter its [...]Emerald Spring Exhibition 2010
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International Art Competitions
Elements of Water, Fine Art Photography Show - Fort Collins, Colorado
$720 in awards. Deadline: November 17, 2009Au Naturel: the Nude in the 21st Century - Astoria, Oregon
$1000 in cash prizes. Up to $2000 in purchase awards. One artist will be chosen to be featured in a solo show. Deadline: November 23, 200930th Annual College Photography Contest - Online Competition
1st place: $2000 + Nikon D90 camera; 2nd place $1000 + camera; cash for 3rd-4th place. Deadline: November 23, 2009Emerging Artists 2010 - Hudson, New York
$1000 cash, $2400 in publication awards. Deadline: November 30, 2009Florida's Art in State Buildings Program - Gainesville, Florida
Art budget: $95,000. Deadline: December 1, 2009Art competitions
Art Spectacular at the Carillon-Juried Fine Art Fair - Springfield, Illinois
$1,000 in awards. Deadline: March 31, 2010Alpan International 2010 - Huntington, New York
$1,000 cash award for Best of Show. Deadline: March 15, 2010Academy of Fine Arts National Juried Art Exhibition - Lynchburg, Virginia
Cash Prizes over $3000, Best in Show: $1000. Deadline: February 1, 201013th Annual Open International Show - Santa Cruz, California
$1500 Best of Show plus $8000-$10,000 cash and materials. Deadline: May 16, 2010Water: More or Less - Dallas, Texas
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Pat
Many thanks for you kind comments - much appreciated.
This fibre cyber space is brilliant. It is wonderful to meet so many like minded people and I have made some fabulous friends and we keep in regular contact sharing our creative work through our blogs.
CTDG members are thin on the ground up here in the north east so starting a group wasn't viable. FAMM and the friends I've made has ended that isolation.
I did steward for the group at the NEC last year and met up with lots of members. Will be attending the August workshops too.
Nice to hear from you.
Cheers
Shirley