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marion barnett (artmixter): 48, Female
GB

Etsy Shop:: artmixter.etsy.com

Website:: purelypainting.etsy.com

Blog:: artmixter.blogspot.com

Flickr:: www.flickr.com/photos/artmixter

About Me:: I'm a Scottish artist living and working in Norfolk, UK with four and a half cats and a very understanding husband! I make art of all descriptions, magic, mayhem, mess and music, sometimes all at once! I have two etsy shops, one for painting, the other for my mixed media and textile work. And, after three months, I'm here to say I really do love etsy...

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Lutradur Lovelies!

If you haven't realised it by now, I am going up to Birmingham on Friday to the Festival of Quilts, where I will be demonstrating how to colour lutradur on the Spunart stand (just behind Ricky Tims, apparently...wonder if he sings while he works, too...?). And, of course, I'll have copies of Lovely Lutradur with me... but I thought I'd bring some small bits and pieces made with lutradur so that you can see what I use it for. Small pieces of work, ACEOs and postcards, for instance, as well as these pretty journals.

I think these journals would be an ideal accompaniment to a finished quilt, whether traditional or art. Information about the quilt, its making and its care, would all sit beautifully in a wee book like this. They could even be customised for each quilt. I've made a dozen to bring with me, each one different, and of course, they too will be for sale.

I'm really looking forward to this; I enjoy demonstrating...and chatting... please do come and say hello if you are visiting the festival! And if you can't, but would really love a journal, don't worry, I'll be listing them on Etsy when I return. And if you really can't wait for a copy of Lovely Lutradur, click on the image of the book on the top right hand corner of this blog.

Moving On...More Work

Well, yes. I finished this piece, Flying Circus, just in time for it to go to the Spunart stand at FOQ, along with other pieces of my work, for part of the display there. I've also sent some small pieces, so that visitors to the stand can see and feel for themselves the effects you can get using lutradur of different weights. Flying Circus is made from Evolon, a polyester microfibre made by those clever Lutradur people. I'm hard pressed to tell you which of the two is my favourite, lutradur or evolon, so I've recently taken to using them both at once, which solves the problem nicely!

Flying Circus is one of the few pieces I've added hand stitch to. I'm so pleased with the results that I have the nasty feeling I'll be doing more of it, especially to Evolon, as it adds a pleasing textural contrast. It's a small piece, but I think it has a strong effect.

I was told last week that one of my lutradur pieces, 'Cracking Up/Pulling Myself Together' has been accepted to a show in Cambridge next month; I'm delighted. There will be a wide selection of work there; I'll let you know all the details when I have them.

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Restructuring The Shop...

I've just had a rush of blood to the head, and decided to close the mixed media section of my artmixter shop...so everything in it is half price...and one is less than... You heard it here first (oh yes you did <g>...). Click HERE to go straight to the mixed media section in the shop. Prices are already adjusted, original price is marked in the description. The collage here, for example, is marked down…

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Posted by marion barnett on February 10th, 2008 at 10:52am — No Comments (Add)

In A Burst Of Enthusiasm...

I've added some photos to my page here. I started it before the Christmas holidays, but we've been away in beautiful, albeit chilly, Scotland, so I haven't had the chance to do anything to it, really. The photos I've added are a cross section of my work, from paintings through textiles to mixed media. I just started a new etsy shop, PurelyPainting , because I wanted to have a separate space for my paintings. Now all I have to do is to take photos of s…

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Posted by marion barnett on December 29th, 2007 at 9:27am — No Comments (Add)

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At 12:07am on January 11th, 2008, Jill said…: Hi Marion

Thanks for your comment. Sorry not to get back to you until now. Is it too late to say Happy New year?!
Glad you can carry on working and your work is lovely.
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At 2:03pm on January 8th, 2008, Black Rose said…: Hi Marion, thanks for the invite to be your friend! Thanks too for your concern -hysterectomy op tomorrow so closed my Etsy shop for a few weeks.
Val (Black Rose)

At 12:13am on January 3rd, 2008, Lauren said…: I'm at Edinburgh :) Hadn't thought of beading during lectures, but it's a very good thought.... :D

At 10:57am on December 30th, 2007, Sherry said…: Thanks for the heads up marion. I'm just getting to this message. I will look into the problem. I love your work!

At 12:02pm on December 29th, 2007, Margaret Hamilton of Slackstitches said…: Hi again Marion, glad to add you as a friend. Did you enjoy your break in Scotland? It was b.......... freezing in the lead up to Christmas.
Margaret