New work!

Lately, I've moved away a little bit from still life. This new small selection of work hTiny bird on a hedgeas often been inspired by my walks with our young dog. We walk along the beach as well as in the fields near our house, and I've tended to become preoccupied by 'moments' - of observation, of the light, of the movements of birds, for instance. I've also become thoroughly obsessed with hedgerow!

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Painting Sale!sale painting

I'm having a sale of old work on my Etsy shop. There's a range of old work available for little more than the cost of the frame. I will make more room in my studio, I will!

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New ventures

There have been a number of changes in recent years, including a developing number of creative distractions! Chief among these has been a small company called jellyDeal, which I run with three friends, offering Christmas and Easter sales of a range of handmade goodies. An element of this has Seedheadsdeveloped in my studio practice into printmaking. One of those friends, Ruby Green, and I have set up another little business called Pod Press (website to follow), specialising in original cards, badges, and printed fabrics. We're still establishing stock, but more details to follow! Continuing in this theme, I am about to indulge a long-term yen - I'm off to learn to screen print! I've been making a number of collages recently (for sale in my Etsy shop), which are becoming the basis for my first major foray into mechanical reproduction...

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New habits

Besides opening an Etsy shop (www.etsy.com/shop/joaylward) I've also started blogging. You can view my blog at joaylward.wordpress.com/. Bear with me, though, this is all very new to me!

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