Gee How Quaint

Gocco Demo at Art Works Galleries

I am so jazzed to announce that I will be giving a Gocco Printing demo at The Art Works Galleries in the Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle.  I have been preparing my little drawings, fabric, information sheets and sign up sheets.  Everything is laying about me in nice, neat piles.

There seems to be a lot going on at this particular First Thursday event in which I am going to be present.  I believe there are new exhibitions opening and other guest artists present.  I really dig the First Thursday event as it seems like there is always something new and interesting to see.

For more info hop to www.theartworksgalleries.co.uk

Art about town

A friend of mine sent a link to this rather funny little website where they have been clever and taken a London Underground map and discovered many animals within it's coloured lines. Hop to this link to discover an underground world of snails, stags and penguins.

This weekend I am mercilessly dragging my husband with me to the Saturday night Late Shows.  This is when the museums open their doors to the public during the evening and into the night.  There are several venues to choose from and I just do not know which ones to visit.  Sometimes they have extras like drinks or demos or new exhibits...or so I hear.  I haven't been to one yet, but promise to report back.

I must not keep my adoring public (of about 3 loyal readers!...Thank you!....I love you!...If I knew where you lived and how to bake I would send you cookies!) waiting.

New Bedouin

So, here are my mates, Tim, Ed and Clem.  Actually, I have no idea who these men are...this is just a photo I lifted off of somebody else's blog when I typed 'coffee shop' into Google Images.  I believe this photo was taken by some bloke named Sean Claes.  So, there you go, I have given someone credit for this.

As I read The Times yesterday, I scanned through this article about people who do business not in a business building or at home, but from the coffee tables across the UK, the states and I am sure in other countries as well.  Wherever WiFi is available.  This is the New Bedouin.  Oooh, wouldn't it be nice to set yourself up at a table in a coffee shop in Italy.  I imagine cup after cup of gut rotting brown flavoured water, popping a snack of biscotti into your mouth and nearly breaking your teeth because you forgot to dunk it into liquid to soften it.  Ah yes, but anyway...

I am happy to have this as a title for myself, or rather, a title that I have fallen under.  If I'm going to fall anywhere, then I think this is the place. I have conducted meetings at Starbucks, especially if I am meeting somebody for the first time.  It's friendly.  And I can have my favourite tipple of Caramel Macchiato.  Sometimes I even take my notebooks in and write down all sorts of silly notes.  Notes for press releases or business expansion or whatever.  Now, if only I had a laptop, then I could tap into that WiFi frequency and become uber cool instead of just hanging out here at 'Somewhat Cool.'

That's me done.