Manifold meanderings into making
Hello again. This is the final piece I am showing at UHCW Hospital Winter Arts this year (in Coventry). For winter, I wanted an expanse of colours, to stretch the quilling, as if in ‘travel’ or ‘flow’. After several preliminary sketches, I somehow arrived at this – an abstract ‘creature world’, inspired by bioluminescence, the…
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This is the second piece in my Winter Arts exhibition at UHCW hospital. It measures 41 x 58 cm. Again it’s framed in white. This was an experiment in colours that are quite tropical and vibrant. It seems to have a ‘visual dance’ element, which I like. Also, I am starting to achieve some recession…
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Exhibitions of my works seem to have come like buses at the moment. I am also exhibiting three of my works to this show (see poster below). This is my local hospital’s Healing Arts Winter Arts Exhibition. The theme for this year is on the concept of ‘Emerging’. So I got to work, inspired by…
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This is the little star of the Wild Wonder show in December. This little guy is in fact the poster boy, as you may have surmised. I used to quill birds of paradise when I was younger. Like most of my first attempts at art, they have been lost through time and lack of care.…
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I am very pleased to announce that I am showing my new works this December, with another artist. I am busy making still, but everything should fall into place on the day. I will be posting all the stories here, around each of my pieces. So watch this space (and my social media, too!) Above…
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These last two works are small pieces, measuring 20 x 20 cm. This grid arrangement is becoming a tradition. I did a bigger version last winter, so I thought I’d make 2 small ones that are variations on a theme. My mum loves these! I decided to ensconce the flowers in a nest-like shape, a…
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After a successful Warwickshire Open Studios 2019, I am continuing my exhibits for my local hospital’s Healing Arts Summer Exhibition. The show runs until 30th September, so do check it out (as it is free to see in the hospital grounds in Coventry). My first submission this year is the paper collage above. This work…
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This was an off-shoot of July Wedding. Sometimes the elements of one work flows into another. July Wedding was a much larger piece at 41 cm x 58 cm. This one is approximately half that size. The couple is moving into their new – a houseboat. A more intimate size was thus an important consideration.…
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This was a special commission for a summer wedding. With this in mind, I thought I would create a summer ‘spread’ of flowers, as if in a banquet table. I thought of enlarging my fringed flowers to approximately 8 cm in diameter! I used a Cricut machine for this. The flowers then gave me the…
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Celebrating 70 years of the NHS.
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When making these for my WOS exhibit, I thought of reprising vintage colours. I chose two primary colours, a white accent, and finished it off with a deep green. The see-through yellow flower is a new flower this year. I like how it pops against the blue! This idea has made me think of making…
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Orchids are something I have an affinity with because I got to discover their beauty in my early childhood. My mum used to grow a few and is reviving this practice this year. Our neighbour also had a little house extension crammed with (now I come to think of it) rarefied varieties. Then, we lived…
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A five-petal flower is always a challenge. So, I finally made a successful one! The plum shapes fill a pentagon that looks like a bird house. The tri-coloured grey, pink and green flower is a dimensional one that I’ve bent and shaped on my index finger pads. I like how it undulates. The lavender flower…
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This year’s Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower show inspired me to make some new folly flowers. These are now a summer tradition. Those big chocolatey ones look so exotic. The pink one on the left corner is a new ‘quill and pinch’ manouvre that looks good in six petals. The background paper actually has some…
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Whilst working with my Warwickshire Open Studios series, I became nostalgic about fiestas. Perhaps, becoming slightly homesick, again (a perennial problem for me). For the uninitiated – they are simply parties, a good excuse for getting together, sharing food and feeding people in a spirit of generosity. Where I come from, there is a religious…
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Another abstract moment headed to Warwickshire Open Studios this year. I decided to inject some ‘cuties’ in this one. These inked bug-like things are emerging in my subconscious, as I listen to nature-related topics on the radio while I’m working. I have been listening to this dystopian drama on the BBC, called ‘Forest 404’. Somehow…
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The Art of Jeff Ting 