Archives for the month of: April, 2012

While tidying up…

April 21, 2012 //

When I was tidying up in the Gallery yesterday, I overheard a conversation between Devil’s Advocate and Sunny Boy. Sunny was very excited how well everything went on Thursday night and said confidently we all could go on holiday now – The Gold Coast would be nice, thank you! He even suggested, I should pay for the entire troupe, as I must have made loads of money by selling the book. But Devil’s advocate has a good head on his shoulders and put Sunny right… He said: “This was only the beginning. The majority of work is still to come”. Ah, Sunny is such a dreamer…

Tags art, arts, blog, book, book launch, Characters, craft, dede puppets, hermit, reflections, thoughts

Categories Art, Book Launch, Books, craft, Hand Puppets, Self-publishing

And what a show it was…

April 20, 2012 //

So, that was it… the big night… the launch of the Hermit’s Web book. To be honest, I was totally overwhelmed. It was such a wonderful crowd. In the picture above (taken by Sonya Roussina) they are engaged in watching the dede puppet show. I still haven’t processed all my thoughts about the event. It was just very very exciting. A big big Thank You to all those who came along. We were close to a hundred people of all ages and the vibes were just fantastic.

And of course a specially big Thank You goes out to all the people who helped me on the night. You were all just brilliant and made my life so easy (:

Sonya took a lot of pictures and I will put a good selection up next week on a seperate page. I just love to see all the smiling faces in the photographs.

While I was doing the puppet show, I didn’t see much, but I clearly felt the excitement of the spectators and I am looking forward to seeing all the other photos.

Tags arts, book, book launch, dede puppets, event, images, photos

Categories Art, Book Launch, Books, Self-publishing

Waiting for the crowd

April 19, 2012 //

So, it is all set up for the big night at the Gallery. Here L’artiste, Detail and Skeleton are having a chat about what to expect. They don’t seem to be particularly happy campers. I will report tomorrow how they liked it.

I still have to do some name plates for the puppets, but most importantly, the wine is in the fridge… I even rehearsed my puppet show this morning at breakfast with two spectators. They had some really good input. My biggest problem will be to make sure, I am not laughing the loudest about my own jokes.

Tags art, arts, blog, book, book launch, Characters, craft, dede puppets, hermit, photos, self-publishing

Categories Art, Book Launch, Books, craft, Hand Puppets

On a break

April 18, 2012 //

Hermit is on a creative break today… I have to organise the last bits and pieces for the launch tomorrow night, like building puppet stands.

I’ve also got the first books from the bookbinder yesterday, hurrah. They are looking great… But there are only 14! so far. I will get another installment today and one tomorrow afternoon.

Tags art, arts, book launch, hermit, self-publishing

Categories Art, Book Launch, craft

If I were a puppet…

April 17, 2012 //

This should have been the villain in the puppet show.

Looking at him now, he looks just plain scared, not scary. If I were a puppet, I guess, that would be me at the moment.

I am soooo looking forward to my breakfast on Friday, when it is all over…

Tags art, arts, book launch, character traits, Characters, mood, reflections, thoughts

Categories Art, Book Launch, craft, Hand Puppets, Self-publishing

Calm before the storm

April 16, 2012 //

I am getting increasingly nervous about Thursday and the book launch. The printed books should have arrived today, I’ve just heard, the bookbinder hasn’t finished them yet. They are now promised for Wednesday. This is a bit of stress I don’t really need. I am trying to work through all the other items on the list in the meantime. And put some calming images up on the blog for now…

Tags art, arts, blog, book launch, images, mood, nature, photography, photos, reflections, self-publishing

Categories Art, Book Launch, Photography

For the soul

April 13, 2012 //

I just noticed, its Friday the 13th today. It is now half past eight and I am still at work, waiting for a response from a client to finish an urgent job. Outside it is dark… moving towards winter here.

A couple of weeks back I witnessed this amazing evening sky. Unfortunately, by the time I had grabbed my camera, ran across the road into the park, it was only a shadow of its former glory.

Behind the trees is the sea and eternity.

Still waiting.

Tags art, arts, blog, images, life, photography, photos

Categories Art, Photography

Lost genie

April 13, 2012 //

This is an image from my Memory Pictures Series: When I bought my macro lens, I started to photograph some rather tatty looking mementos I kept for donkey’s years in a box in the spare room. The idea was to finally part with the real objects. I guess this work has helped to move on a few skeletons, though the items are still in the box.

This particular one was an oil lamp, hand-crafted by a very very dear, but of course, long lost friend. I don’t have the urge to rub the lamp, I know the Genie has gone forever. In all the images one can see the settled dust.

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Categories Art, craft, Digital art, Photography

Nosy neighbour

April 13, 2012 //

This one is the Nosy Neighbour. He pretends to be not interested. But be careful, he might look shy, but he eavesdrop (therefore the big ears). And he is envious too, so envious in fact, he turned green.