Monthly Archives: November 2015

Encaustic Work in Progress (aided and abetted by Badger, Mole, Ratty, Toad and Mrs Ffleshe)

Posted on November 25, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

This is tiny. Each of the two pages measures 4″x4″, the images within about 3″x3″. It is an altered book, artist’s book, encaustic on Plaster of Paris, eco print, collage. When it’s finished I will have added stitch and more … Continue reading →

Posted in Altered Books, Art, Artist Books, Character Development, Collage & Assemblage, Creativity, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Encaustic Art, Inspiration, Mixed Media, novel editing, Photography, Writing | Tagged Altered book, Artist's Book, Badger, Eco Print, encaustic, Mole, Momigami, Mrs Ffleshe, Otter, Patrick Benson, Plaster of Paris, Ratty, The Willows at Christmas, Toad, William Horwood | 2 Comments

The Talking Knot, the Khipu of Rapaz and Cheese and Tomato Lasagne

Posted on November 19, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

Everything is connected to everything else. We are all connected. Anything any one of us does, impacts in some way on anything and anyone else. Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Encaustic Art, Inspiration, Mixed Media | Tagged Harvard, Incan Empire, Kaha Wayi, Khipu, Khipu Database Project, Knot Theory, Larco Museum Peru, Musee de l'Homme Paris, Peru, Quipus, Solomon's Seal, Talking Knots, The Khipu Patrimony of Rapaz, Toplogy | Leave a comment

Je Suis Paris

Posted on November 18, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

Posted in Photography, spirituality | Tagged Bleeding Heart, Dicentra Spectabilis, Je Suis Paris | 4 Comments

Trammels, the Cailleach, the Caim and the Gratitude Hot-Wire

Posted on November 10, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

By sheer synchronicity 🙂 just after posting my last blog – Beauty and Story in Unlikely Places – images of some of the exquisite works of artist Mary Snyder Behrens dropped into my email box. Trammels, she calls them. She … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, spirituality | Tagged Apologetic, Art as Gratitude, Art as Prayer, Cailleach, Caim, Carmina Gadelica, Celtic Christianity, Celtic Prayer, Corn Dolly, David Adams, Eidolon, encaustic art, Found Object, Gratitude Hot Wire, Hebridean Celts, Mary Snyder Behrens, Peak Experience, recycled sari silk, Supreme Being, Thomas Hardy, Trammel, Trash Art | 6 Comments

Beauty and Story in Unlikely Places

Posted on November 4, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

Beauty can turn up in the most unlikely places. A golden dawn, reflected. Just what on earth is the source of that green light, emanating, it seems, from that satellite dish? One could write such a story … Let me … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration, Photography | Tagged Beauty and Story, Dawn Photo, reflection, Visual Prompt | Leave a comment

Singing: In St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square

Posted on November 1, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

Yesterday I joined a bunch of other singers in the famous St Martin-in-the Fields church at Trafalgar Square for a morning singing workshop on three of Handel’s Coronation Anthems, followed at 12.30 by a public performance. (That’s me – soprano … Continue reading →