The Linen Cat

These very sweet Foxy twins were made by The Linen Cat for the Folksy/Sue Ryder Upcycle Christmas competition. You have 1 more day to bid for them in the auction on ebay.

Folksy/Upcycle Auction

The Folksy Upcycle Christmas Auction has begun on ebay, you can bid for my skull or one of the other 140 items that are listed here. The proceeds will go to Sue Ryder Care. The auction ends on Saturday 12th December.

The winners of the competition have been announced on the Folksy blog. I enjoyed taking part in the competition and am looking forward to seeing the winners work showcased next year in the Sue Ryder shop in Camden Town.

Skull necklace for Folksy Upcycle Competition

Here is the finished piece for the Folksy/Sue Ryder Upcycle Christmas competition. A skull necklace inspired by The Day of the Dead festival. I was going to make a more abstracted piece but as I worked on the different parts I kept seeing a face so I went with that idea. The work is going to be judged today by Wayne Hemingway, India Knight, Louise Roe and Antoni & Alison and five lucky winners will have their work showcased next year in the Sue Ryder shop in Camden Town, London. All the pieces submitted will be auctioned next week to raise money for Sue Ryder care. You can see the other entries here. If you are a Folksy member you can favourite the items you like, until Thursday 10th December the piece with the most favs will also win something. There will be updates about the judging and the auction on the Folksy blog.

Folksy competition - Upcycle Christmas

I have entered a competition organised by the lovely folks at Folksy. Upcycle Christmas. Selected Sue Ryder Care stores have offered to donate materials to be collected by Folksy members which will then be transformed into wonderful items to be placed in an auction to raise money for Sue Ryder Care and first prize will be a showcase for the winner(s) in the Sue Ryder shop in Camden Town, Parkway, London next year. Only selected stores were taking part in this so competitors are allowed to use any recycled materials from any source.

I do like to work with a brief, so I decided to follow the guidelines and visited Sue Ryder in Camden Town yesterday to collect some inspiration after my visit to the magical Museum Of Everything. It transpired that I had missed the deadline but the manager kindly brought out some bags of clothes for me to rummage through.

I chose a bright red patterned kimono and some pale linen trousers from the bag of odds and ends, and then I decided to look around the shop for more inspiration. I had already decided I wanted to make a piece of jewellery from old beads and textiles before I arrived at the store. I then found this beautiful dress handmade from the softest needlecord, the colour of dried blood with beautiful orange, green and white flowers with leg of mutton sleeves. I also purchased these pieces of jewellery.

I started sketching some ideas on the train journey home and today I carried on drawing at the Orthodontist while braces were fitted to my nearest and dearest.

The deadline for the competition is Saturday 5 December - eek!

Folksy Angels

Things have been quiet on the blog while I got on with some work :) I have entered these recycled lightbulb baubles for a competition on Folksy. There are 24 entries from lots of lovely talent - do have a browse and cast your vote for your favourite decoration. The voting is taking place on the Folksy blog until midnight on the 3rd December (UK time).