tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59633122210226599192024-03-12T22:40:04.109+00:00 DREAMS OF VINTOPIA DREAMS OF VINTOPIAJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18342320398932916126noreply@blogger.comBlogger319125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963312221022659919.post-53707113598667750442020-04-01T20:16:00.000+01:002020-04-01T20:16:23.222+01:00Back To The Mannequinarium<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Its been awhile I know.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">I lost my mojo there for a period.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">I am now back to doing stuff that I want to do and it seems to be paying off.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">My work has being selling steadily this year, all my mannequins have gone.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">I have also sold a number of Pirate bottles, potion bottles and mini shrines.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">I have decided to re-open the Mannequinarium and have started making blanks with </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">So here are a few pictures of the blanks I have made before I start decorating them.</span></div>
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We have been working on this project behind the scenes for a while.</div>
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We have viewed a number of premises, all seemed right at the time of viewing but none of them actually panned out.</div>
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And then we found this place, 2700 square foot, Ideal for what we want. </div>
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Its been awhile, where have we been? what have we been doing?</div>
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Well it has been a year ( almost to the day ) since we last posted.</div>
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We decided to take a year off from what we were doing to reflect and plan what we wanted to do going forward.</div>
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The teaching format that we were using was no longer working for us. There were too many limitations and restrictions which weren't proportional to the recompense and time invested.</div>
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None the less things have been ticking over and developing nicely in the background.</div>
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This should all come to fruition on Monday when the next leg of our journey begins.</div>
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I suppose this post is a combination of a thanks post and a hello and welcome post.</div>
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The new year presents lots of new problems and opportunities not just for us but the people we will become involved with. </div>
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Its good to be back.</div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">The "Dabble Day" what a fantastic concept.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">50 ladies, 5 tutors a fantastic day packed with crafting.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">That's without all the lovely food provided throughout the day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">I taught a Powertex Stone Art Reindeer and Heather taught the fantastic fabric gnomes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">There was a great buzz all day and all the ladies did really well with their 5 one hour projects</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Well done ladies</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">I was recently asked to do a Powertex taster session at my local Sewing shop.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Hello again , as you may or may not know I have been AWOL for a bit?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">And so, another great day teaching Powertex Victorian baubles</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">The venue, Sewilicious in Sutton in Ashfield</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">As ever we had a great day and all the baubles turned out lovely</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Quite a busy weekend this weekend, unfortunately the weather had changed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">On Saturday I had to go to Otley to pick up some bits I had bought so we decided to make a day of it</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">A trip in to Wakefield to start the day. This was my first visit and its quite a nice little place.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">We decided to make the most of our National Trust cards this year so Nostell Priory was the next stop.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Heather wanted to see the Chippendale pieces and the John Harrison Clock Display.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Its been awhile since I blogged anything crafty on here. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">So here goes I recently got a commission this was on the back of one of my sample pieces </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">The piece they saw was the one on the right which I call the pirates potion bottle</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Recently a lady saw it and asked me to make her one, she also wanted a female counterpart</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">On talking it came out that she is a big Pirates of the Caribbean fan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">I can't believe its almost a year since we got married </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">We were lucky enough to cruise The Mosel and The Rhine rivers and see some stunning places</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Lots of castles and finally on our trip to Holland some fantastic working vintage windmills.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">We decided to have a break from the National Trust this week and check out a Classic car show.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Two reasons for this, one we both love classic cars and two there was an auto jumble as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">We are still on the look out for pieces for our own pet project that is "Priscilla"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Hopefully we will be able to share her story with you soon.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">This cool Bedford J2 coach was the pick of the bunch for me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">A recent trip Sheffield saw a visit to Kelham Island Industrial Museum.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">What better place to get some inspiration for future Steampunk projects?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Built in 1504 and still standing, I love this place.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">So many hand made glass "quarries" in this place it literally sparkles in the sunlight.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">This is one of the coolest National Trust properties that we have visited.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">This place is so quirky and must have the most uneven wooden floor I have ever seen.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Firstly we went to Biddulph Grange Gardens in Staffordshire</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">It is in fact quite a cool place with a Chinese section and an Egyptian section.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">For any body who is a supporter of the National Trust, the membership is such good value for money especially if you have kids.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">There is so much heritage on our doorsteps but you need to make the effort to go and check it out</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">whether you are into to gardens, or the history of the country.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">It is just cool to be out and about and a privilege to have all this heritage available to us.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Sunday saw us visit Coughton Court a great National trust property.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">This place has an amazing garden and has ties to the Gunpowder plot.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Check out their Ice cream and also the head in a bag ( reputedly that of Sir Walter Raleigh ).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"> They teach lots of different workshops here all fabric based.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">We may even book on a couple ourselves just to have a play at something new.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">It is always nice to give someone a bottle of wine or champagne as a gift.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">So why not</span> <span style="color: #e06666;">make your gift stand out by giving it a personal touch. Its easy with one of these lovely bespoke bottle cuffs and matching glass</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">This Powertex workshop taught at Craftstation, Kirkby in Ashfield was a complete success with every project turning out fab.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Like most workshops we teach, its the little tips and techniques that are invaluable for when you go away and have ago yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">All these projects were made with bronze Powertex liquid hardener, Powertex easy varnish and Powercolor pigment powders.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Another fantastic Powertex Pixie house workshop at Sewilicious, Sutton in Ashfield.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Only one week on from the last Pixie house workshop here and we are back again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">I have so many if these I am thinking of building a small village in the garden.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">This past bank holiday we had the pleasure of teaching </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">a fantastic Powertex statue sculpting workshop</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">A lovely laid back workshop that produced 6 fantastic statues</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">5 of these were made using the Majhani head and one using the Carmen head.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Another fantastic Friday evening at Sewilicious with Jenny and her group.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">I taught a group of 8 while Heather taught a one to one</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Heather recently picked up a couple of Victorian cast iron, Irons.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">They were as you can imagine very old, very dirty and in need of a little TLC.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">I think she has done a fab job by adding a bit of ( but not too much ) bling.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">A base covering of Poppies decoupage paper and a few embellishments and hey presto what a transformation.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">As a kid we used to call these penny pinchers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">They came originally in lots and lots of designs.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Have you ever had one? or a variation.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">particularly texture created by time and the elements.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">This is an heavy engineers set of drawers that would have been home to his tools.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">It has had a lot of interest in the few days its been at the studio so it may go to a new home before </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">I found myself a nice little wrought iron Magazine rack/table a few weeks ago.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">After sanding and touching up the enamel I decided to paint myself a nice poignant phrase.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">All done just needs sealing and re-assembling.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">It's quite hectic here at the moment but this</span><span style="color: #e06666;"> week I have been designing workshops.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">To follow on from Saturdays introduction to metal embossing taster.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">This is for the people who enjoyed the taster and are wanting to take the step to the next level.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">All this is geared towards the piece below which is quite advanced with lots of techniques included.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">This should give most people the skills to attempt almost any project with the right tools.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Hi all how you all doing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">I know I have been quiet of late. We have had a lot going on a the moment.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Anyhoo I am back after a great day last Saturday at the Craftstation Dabble Day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, we had 50 ladies in 5 groups of 10.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Add 5 demonstrators each with their own individual project and off you go.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Each person gets to do 5 projects throughout the course of the day and to cap it off lunch and Cake is thrown in.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">What more could you ask for?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">A</span><span style="color: #e06666;">s you can see my project was an introduction to repousse more commonly known as metal embossing.</span></div>
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