tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60940170993627198942024-03-13T10:50:35.206-07:00My website has moved! you will be redirected to the new site in 5 seconds.www.robynwilsonowen.comRobynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10050789274823781398noreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094017099362719894.post-782890432844735982013-01-26T05:36:00.000-08:002013-01-26T05:36:24.163-08:00Recent papercuts<br />
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<br />Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10050789274823781398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094017099362719894.post-9507081788483892552013-01-24T09:37:00.002-08:002013-01-24T09:38:57.392-08:00Portraits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
My new 'thing' is drawing portraits, it's a really nice challenge to try and capture people on paper. </div>
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<br />Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10050789274823781398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094017099362719894.post-38365588225981659332013-01-24T07:30:00.001-08:002013-01-24T07:40:27.911-08:00A fairy story<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10050789274823781398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094017099362719894.post-61208482703489646032012-11-06T10:21:00.000-08:002012-11-06T10:33:49.918-08:00Everything's Changing<div>
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I've resigned from my Duty Managing job, my safety net, so now I am totally reliant on freelance work, which is terrifying and thrilling in equal measure.</div>
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We're also moving a week today to a beautiful flat with a garden and a garage. It's just down the road, but might just totally change our lives for the better.</div>
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One day maybe we'll move to somewhere like the house I've drawn here, but I think it may be a while. Unless we're really brave and venture beyond the M25!</div>
Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10050789274823781398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094017099362719894.post-89564806521952870502012-06-26T13:46:00.000-07:002012-06-26T13:46:28.839-07:00Weaving for little onesMy Preschoolers produced some lovely dreamcatcher style weavings this morning. To make some at home just cut out circles of card, cut slits of varying depths in them, then use the slits to thread yarns through.<br />
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<br />Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10050789274823781398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094017099362719894.post-34372152533062696312012-06-19T22:54:00.000-07:002012-06-19T22:54:40.480-07:00A New York Paper Cut<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This paper cut was designed for a couple's first anniversary, they got married in New York. </div>
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It was a really lovely one as I had a totally free reign on the design.</div>
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Pipe cleaners + beads + cut up drinking straws + buttons + googley eyes + imagination = some really cool creatures!</div>
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It's done! A lot of planning and three weekends of exhibiting are over. It's been a good year for me and my studio-mate Sam. We sold a good amount of work, received many commissions and had a lot of fun making finger puppets with our visitors.</div>
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I was a guest at Sam's lovely studio in her garden (magically converted from a garage!) Where you could see my works alongside Sam's wonderfully weird textile creations, like anemones from another planet.</div>
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<br />Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10050789274823781398noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094017099362719894.post-80717857989857241412012-06-17T02:41:00.001-07:002012-06-17T02:42:57.348-07:00On being a terrible blogger<br />
I really am a bit hopeless at this blogging lark, I wanted to write something on here at least twice a week, I wanted to do a weekly feature on ideas for making art with children, I've failed to do either of those things.<br />
In my defence I have been awfully busy with making and doing and showing. It's been Harrow Open Studios last weekend and this, which has been a lovely experience and has led to a number of sales and commissions. In between I've been working on paper cut and puppet commissions, running workshops and researching for a musical I'm designing which is going on tour to Australia in the autumn.<br />
I've also squeezed in a 4 day trip to York which was wonderful, and filled with medieval art and architecture, my favourite kind.<br />
So, I shall start my series of catch up blogs with some pictures of a fabulous installation I saw in York - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">The Temple of a Thousand Bells </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.yorkstmarys.org.uk/Page/Installation.aspx" target="_blank">by Laura Belém in St Mary's Church</a></span>.</span> Children's art and commissions and open studios to come later.<br />
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Anyway, this week we made butterflies with wooden pegs and paper doilies. Just decorate them as you wish then push the doily into the peg. Nice and simple for little hands.</div>
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Tomorrow is the private view of the <a href="http://www.harrowopenstudios.com/" target="_blank">Harrow Open Studios taster exhibition</a> in West House, Pinner Memorial Park so i've been busy trying to get my work ready and framed for that. It's the first time HOS has had a taster exhibition, so fingers crossed it goes well and generates lots of interst in the main event which runs over the following two weekends.</div>Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10050789274823781398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094017099362719894.post-28192923669826198842012-05-25T10:08:00.002-07:002012-05-25T10:19:40.838-07:00'What do I do now?'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Having a baby is amazing and wonderful and terrifying. When I had my first baby I spent months researching everything about pregnancy and birth and baby-care, we attended NHS classes and NCT classes. The pregnancy seemed to go on forever, the birth was terrifying, the stay in hospital afterwards was miserable.<br />
Then we were suddenly home. With a little baby. The first night we were home we ate pizza and stared at her and thought, what do we do now?<br />
When I drew this I was thinking of those moments.<br />
Sorry for the lack of children's art this week, the ideas will be back next week, I promise!Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10050789274823781398noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094017099362719894.post-61497116058031337442012-05-15T13:42:00.002-07:002012-05-15T13:50:40.109-07:00Childrens' Art Tuesday - Spaghetti Painting!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10050789274823781398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094017099362719894.post-61690007492762066382012-05-09T05:34:00.000-07:002012-05-09T05:34:05.124-07:00Children's Art Tuesday....on WednesdayI'm a very naughty blogger, just one week into my weekly children's art feature and I'm a day late with this week's post!<br />
This week's idea is very simple, but was very popular yesterday at my preschooler workshop.<br />
Draw an outline of a genderless figure, add scraps of fabric, wool, and some glue. Together these ingredients create a messier, more creative, and boy-friendly version of paper dolls!<br />
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It's a big day for local politics here today - We're voting for our next mayor. I'm quite a political person, although I try and hide it away on here.<br />
I'm an old school socialist who believes in a big welfare state and paying as much tax as you can afford. <br />
I believe in the value of art and culture for the masses and I believe this should be subsidised by the state.<br />
I believe theatres have a duty to fund youth theatres and engage with their communities, and that if funding for these activities is tight then raising money to support them should be a priority.<br />
I believe that making and mending is a political statement about moving away from thoughtless consumerism which does nothing but oil the machinery of capitalism and move the rich and the poor further and further apart.<br />
I therefore am distressed to find myself working for a theatre which has disbanded it's education department, living in a city with a Conservative mayor (though hopefully for not much longer) and a country with an only slightly watered down Conservative government whose lives are totally detached from the majority of the people they serve.<br />
So there you are, I have little money and even less spare time, but I will be running craft club in Pinner library this evening for free because I believe in the power of making and mending, and the importance of those skills being passed on. I charge much less for my toddler art workshop than I could or perhaps should because I believe that everyone should have access to art in their community.<br />
But more than any of this I believe in democracy, and so even if you vote for a party I would never support, please make the time to vote today. It's really important.Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10050789274823781398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094017099362719894.post-38003728401564467502012-05-01T06:40:00.000-07:002012-05-01T07:16:43.382-07:00Children's Art Ideas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Each Tuesday I run an art, craft and messy play workshop for preschool age children in Ruislip, and so each week I have to come up with new preschooler art ideas.</div>
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So today's idea is sponge sculptures, using sponge scourers and flat sponges (which you can get get packs of for pennies in the supermarket). Just cut up the sponges into different sized blocks and shapes, and glue together using runny white craft glue. Your children could make tall towers, boats, even whole villages!</div>
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Colouring with layers of tissue paper, or fabric or thread I can handle, but paints, pens and pencils? No way!<br />
All my drawings so far have been in black/grey pencil or pen. If I'm to progress with my drawing though, I really need to get to grips with colour, so over the past couple of days I've forced myself to colour things in.<br />
I'm starting with some nice colouring pencils, to ease myself into it. Paint is the next step I suppose, but that is too much for the moment.<br />
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I've spent the past few days in technical and dress rehearsals for <a href="http://robynlouisewilson.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/its-show-time-again.html" target="_blank">'The Conquering Hero'</a> at <a href="http://www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk/" target="_blank">Orange Tree Theatre. </a></div>
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I'm back at <a href="http://www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk/" target="_blank">Orange Tree Theatre</a> for a few days, but it's not a<a href="http://robynlouisewilson.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/on-sunday-i-embarked-on-snowy-journey.html" target="_blank"> fancy Muswell Hill kitchen this time</a>. This time we're going back to the First World War for <a href="http://www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk/The-Conquering-Hero/" target="_blank">'<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">The Conquering Hero'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> by Allan Monkhouse</span></span></a>.<br />
The costumes are gorgeous, and there's an awful lot of them. A cast of eleven, most of whom have three costumes each = some very full dressing rooms!<br />
We start the tech and dress tomorrow, and the show opens on Wednesday. It's a really great play, I watched a run through on Friday and the writing and acting are spot on.<br />
I'm really excited to see them all in costume tomorrow, it makes a huge difference when it's a period play.Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10050789274823781398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094017099362719894.post-71635048044021203252012-04-18T15:54:00.000-07:002012-04-18T15:54:58.939-07:00An itty bitty papercut<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Fmx83JUII3I/T49GHb8owOI/AAAAAAAABLg/UFkf3yMse_8/s1600/DSCF3297.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Fmx83JUII3I/T49GHb8owOI/AAAAAAAABLg/UFkf3yMse_8/s640/DSCF3297.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10050789274823781398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094017099362719894.post-38349441338170407082012-04-04T07:14:00.001-07:002012-04-04T07:16:10.416-07:00Two mornings of workshops with ten year olds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yesterday was the first of my Easter holiday workshops, we started with knitting and having never knitted before they managed to cast on, knit, purl and cast off. All in 3 hours! I was seriously impressed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We even had some time for making some pom poms and using them to create funny creatures with the knitting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today we did some hand sewing, we made corsages and bags and purses, they're such a brilliant group. I was very impressed with their concentration and neat stitches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next week it's puppet making time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After a little talk by Julie we went to the workshops space to get making. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The brooches were in a style inspired by one Julie had seen at the Imperial War Museum, and were made in a wonderfully simple and effective way. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We cut a shape from cardboard, wrapped it with wool, then stitched fabric to it. Then embellishments could be added.</div><br />
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