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Frida Kahlo, Earrings and First Words

I’ve been trying to find time to get to Studio 10 in Redruth to see the Frida Kahlo exhibition since last Sunday. I made it at last, met some lovely people, saw some amazing art and bought some earrings! I just loved the humour in these mosaic characters by Susie Chaikin, an artist I am delighted to have discovered today. Do have a look at her website by clicking on the red link. I featured some of her husband, Mike Chaikin’s, kinetic sculptures in April without knowing they were his – sorry! You can see them here.

Frida and Diego by Susie Chaikin

Here are the earrings I bought today. I need to find out the name of the artist maker. (I have now been told they have been made by Anne Boo Whetter.

Beautiful earrings

Sorting through stuff again – it’s ongoing! – I re-discovered Baby’s Progress, a little booklet given to my Mum to record my progress many years ago. Here is one page from it.

Mum’s record of me!

A Magazine Article for You

09 Jul

We have been working in the garden all day and my camera has been left untouched but the garden looks a lot better – hedges trimmed, slabs swept, last pots planted up and rubbish all taken to the dump. Instead of my photos, here today is the article that appeared in the May edition of Cornwall Today about our production ‘Until the Day Break’. Click on any photo to make the writing clearer.

Frontispiece for the article

Carn Brea Castle on 1st page

Bigger words

Next two pages

page 3

Page 4

Last pages

Easier to read

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 9, 2017 in Beauty, Cornwall, Perthi Kov, Photography, postaday2017, Redruth, Uncategorized

Tags: Cornwall Today, Kirstie Newton, Sally Adams photographer

Teddy Bear, Carn Brea and Brodiaea

04 Jul

Before supper tonight at The Blue Bar we walked on the beach and passed by a Teddy Bear being hauled up the beach on a miniature surfboard.

Teddy on a surf board

Driving home from Porthtowan it is always a joy to see Carn Brea with its castle and monument.

Carn Brea with castle and Bassett Monument

A lovely friend brought me an enormous bunch of Brodiaea which are now on the hall table in a beautiful Jane Hamlyn pot.

Brodiaea

Tregellas Tapestries, Hydrangea and Pink Leaves

03 Jul

Today I took our exhibition posters and supplementary material to The Cornish Studies Library in Redruth as they are going to put it all on display in the near future. While I was there, I spent time, as always, with the remarkable Tregellas tapestries. Here are two more to add to those I have shown you before. You can read some of their history here.

The National Trust in Cornwall

Holidays in Cornwall

We stomped around Burncoose Nurseries’ Gardens this afternoon. The various Hydrangeas are looking lovely.

Hydrangea flowers

I loved the pale pink new growth I show you below with the dark green older leaves but, sadly, I don’t know what the plant is. Perhaps someone could enlighten me?

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 3, 2017 in art, Beauty, craft, embroidery, garden, nature, Photography, postaday2017, Redruth, sewing

Tags: The Cornish Studies Library

Purple Poppies, Frida Kahlo and Orange Car

27 Jun

I love the delicacy of these purple poppies’ petals.

A pair of purple poppies

We chose the route home that takes us along Bond Street where there is a newish gallery called Studio 10 whose windows we like to look into. What treasures there today! A whole exhibition to Frida Kahlo – and when I looked it up, I discovered that the exhibition, The Frida Experiment, starts on Sunday until July 15th with this byline – ‘Sixteen artists working in various disciplines expressing how Frida Kahlo has influenced their work.’ I shall be back next week to have a proper look.

Studio 10

Nearer home, there is a house where interesting cars can often be seen. Today it is this orange delight. I don’t know what it is but I like it and hope one of my readers may be able to enlighten me.

Orange vehicle

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on June 27, 2017 in art, Beauty, nature, Photography, postaday2017, Redruth

Tags: bond street, Bond Street Redruth, Studio 10

Hector, Leaf and Honeysuckle

30 May

I held my breath as Hector, Redruth’s Railway cat, crossed the lines as a train was due. He must have know that it was twenty minutes late!

On the way down from the station, where I had been buying my tickets for Bristol Airport ( and thence to Barcelona to meet our Grand-baby twins on Thursday), I spotted this pretty leaf.

Coming up the lane, the Honeysuckle is in bloom.

Until the Day Break in Performance

20 May

We went to one of the matinee performances this afternoon as audience and loved it! I was moved to tears by the beautiful performances more than once. To hear my research come to life in a character telling the story was quite overwhelming. The Cuban Nanny played by Misri Dey could not have been better imagined or played and my story of Mary Angove Gill was beautifully portrayed by Mandy Rolleston who brought Mary to life just as I had imagined. The whole performance was wonderful, truly a celebration of lives lived, and I give you here the whole event in pictures.Click on any photo for detail and the caption.