Dreams

Posted on 29 October, 20197 January, 2020 by David Meredith

I started this dreamcatcher at the weekend by wrapping a metal hoop with a flat yarn and creating the web with some string that has a fine metallic filament running through it which makes it sparkle when it catches the...Read More

Gin

Posted on 28 October, 201928 October, 2019 by David Meredith

But I have several excuses/reasons. In any endeavour, you go through periods when you just don't feel like it. When your motivation evades you and indolence takes hold. Those are precisely the times when you've got to keep going. It's...Read More

Framing

Posted on 24 October, 201924 October, 2019 by David Meredith

I mentioned this yesterday. It's a printer's letter press tray and it's been sitting in my attic for about six months. I bought it as a kind of display cabinet for some of the things I've made over the last...Read More

Catching Up … again

Posted on 23 October, 201923 October, 2019 by David Meredith

This ISN'T mine but I love it. It's on a wall on Bishop Street, near what used to be DIT and is now TUD. This is just a catch-up post really. I've been doing bits and pieces. Nothing very ambitious...Read More

Sometimes …

Posted on 20 October, 201918 November, 2019 by David Meredith

... I actually finish something. Remember this from about a week ago? An experiment. I really expected it to collapse overnight, hence the string to try and reinforce it. Well, it survived the night and, to give her her due,...Read More

Clay Roses

Posted on 20 October, 201920 October, 2019 by David Meredith

I've been playing, really. Making roses out of various types of clay. I say clay but some of it has been €1 play clay from Flying Tiger. And some has been airdough from Evans. The technique is simple, picked up...Read More

Swings and Tangles

Posted on 16 October, 201916 October, 2019 by David Meredith

I went looking for my Uncle Rupert today. He died sometime in the 1970s and is buried in Mount Jerome. A pal at lunchtime told me how to negotiate the cemetery office so I gave it a go this afternoon....Read More

Influences

Posted on 15 October, 201915 October, 2019 by David Meredith

In Summer 2018, we passed through Bristol. I'd never really considered Bristol before at all, apart from knowing that it's near Portishead. And I only knew Portishead was a real place when I wanted to find out more about the...Read More

Quick win

Posted on 13 October, 201913 October, 2019 by David Meredith

Sometimes you just need to do something simple to get back on track. A quick win. Something to boost your confidence and remind yourself that you can do this. That even when the emotions are awry, some paper, a pen,...Read More

Keeping Going

Posted on 13 October, 201913 October, 2019 by David Meredith

Every so often things happen that knock me off course. Work sometimes, just general busy-ness, being away, or an emotional upset. My emotions are important to me. They are never very far from the surface. I use to be embarrassed...Read More

New Look! Thank you Vicky.

Posted on 12 October, 201920 October, 2019 by David Meredith

I really want to thank Vicky Sargeant, my assistant in the Irish Board, for redesigning this site. I kind of had an idea about how I'd like it to look and I had a go, but the technology was way...Read More

Grey Day

Posted on 7 October, 20199 October, 2019 by David Meredith

Just trying stuff out today. so it'll be a short post. A while ago, I bought a Dremel. It's a sort of mini powered rotary device and it comes with a load of attachments and bits for drilling, sanding, cutting...Read More

Autumn Colours

Posted on 6 October, 20198 March, 2020 by David Meredith

I've been quiet here but I've been beavering away. I decided to re-do those stamps. This time I used a metallic puffy paint. I was right. It was firmer and retained a good height. I finished the autumn project, creating...Read More

Simultaneity

Posted on 3 October, 20199 October, 2019 by David Meredith

There are several strands of activity going on at the moment. A couple of carving projects. They are on sawn off bits of branches. I think the wood is cherry. It's quite a hard wood which is great because it's...Read More