tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65354112676353078122024-03-05T21:43:22.181-08:00jan brewertonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923078459249886862noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535411267635307812.post-72112106287315894352013-05-20T13:27:00.002-07:002013-05-20T13:27:57.941-07:00 A Trip to ShanghaiI recently returned from a trip to Shanghai to visit my daughter. I spent many days just walking around the city taking photographs and exploring areas I hadn't seen before. Its a huge city, full of incredible images!<br />
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The city viewed from the Oriental pearl tower.</div>
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There are some amazing buildings in the city which range in style from these ...........</div>
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.....to these!</div>
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I like to walk around the old parts of the city and to visit local markets which are full of colour, </div>
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Hidden away down a back street is the Indigo Textile museum. The lengths of dyed fabric are left to dry on lines in the garden. The silk and cotton is dyed using Batik and Tie dye techniques.</div>
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Washing is left to dry all over the city, on lines and bamboo poles. I love this bed spread which has been appliqued with traditional characters.</div>
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Bicycles are used to carry anything and everything!</div>
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The Shanghai museum has a beautiful collection of old coins and seals . I love the shapes and patterns made by the traditional characters</div>
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And the modern shapes and colours of the night life!</div>
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Shanghai is a great city to walk around. Full of extraordinary contrasts. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923078459249886862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535411267635307812.post-28251060634390727162013-04-01T04:13:00.001-07:002013-04-01T04:13:37.523-07:00Lovely things I saw in VeniceHappy April 1st! Not sure what happened to March but to be honest I'm quite glad it's gone. Most of it was grey, wet and very cold and that includes a trip I made to Italy!<br />
Rain in Italy is only fractionally better than UK rain.<br />
I was away for a week but managed to get to various places including Venice, Turin and Genova, with a day trip to Portofino.<br />
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Colour pigments in a shop in Calle delle Boteghe, Venice</div>
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The ceiling of the Accademia, Venice</div>
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This sad little face came from the Greek island of Paxos. I found it on a beach but because it weighed so much (1.5kg) I decided to leave it. For the rest of the day I regretted that decision. Next day I went back to the same place and it was still there so it was meant to be!!</div>
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I have been working on a series of prints over the past few months which focus on domestic subjects that have strong memories for me. The most recent is based around an old singer sewing machine which was my mother's and now belongs to me. My mom taught me to sew on this machine and it is very precious to me. It has its own sturdy, wooden storage box so it has been kept in almost perfect condition. When I take it out of the box the smell of the machine takes me back to being 5 again!<br />
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Use a good sized oven-proof baking dish (about 10"x12") and spoon a couple of tablespoons of the sauce over the bottom. Now place a layer of the cooked aubergine to cover the base of the dish and on top of that sprinkle about a quarter of the chopped mozzarella.</div>
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To this stage it can all be done well in advance (even the day before and kept in the fridge). When you are ready to cook the dish, pre-heat the oven to 190C /375F/ gas 5. Cook for about 45 minutes until it is golden brown and bubbling. Remove from the oven and leave to settle for five minutes before serving.</div>
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Over the Christmas holiday I was at home in Shropshire. It was a great break and lovely to catch up with family and friends. As I was away from the studio for two weeks I had to make do with other creative outlets! I'm useless at doing nothing!<br />
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Mostly the weather was pants but when it did stop raining we managed to get some walking done in the Shropshire hills. My favourite walk is from 'Ashes Hollow' in Little Stretton and takes you for a good 3 hours over the Long Mynd. It's so beautiful up there and we rarely see more than a handful of people.<br />
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When we got back we had lots of hot soup and cheese scones. These scones are a basic scone recipe to which I add about 100g of strong, grated cheese. When I've rolled the dough I cut out circles using a large round cutter then in the middle of each one I cut out a second, small hole (so they look like ring doughnuts!) If you then twist them they look really nice when they are baked. I also brush them with milk and scatter more grated cheese on top, then bake them.</div>
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I also did quite a lot of knitting while I was on holiday. I love knitting baby stuff so a friend's new grandchild gave me a good excuse!</div>
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This Kimono jacket is a free pattern from <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/garter-stitch-baby-kimono">Ravelry</a></div>
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Every year I am on the look out for new recipes that I can make in advance to give out when people visit at Christmas. I have some traditional favorites that I make every year such as Cantuccini but I love to try something new.<br />
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This recipe for Cantuccini Biscotti is really easy and they always come out well. It makes about 50 biscuits.<br />
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500g plain Flour<br />
250g Caster sugar<br />
50g whole, unpeeled, untoasted almonds<br />
1 tsp baking powder<br />
Zest of 1 lemon<br />
1 tsp of quality vanilla paste<br />
Pinch of salt<br />
3 medium eggs<br />
2 egg yolks ( 1 white reserved)<br />
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Pre heat the oven to 180C/gas mark 4<br />
Mix all the dry ingredients together then make a well in the middle and add the 3 eggs + 2 egg yolks. The dough should be soft. Transfer to a lightly-floured surface and divide into 4 equal parts. Roll out each portion into a long log about 4 cm wide.<br />
Transfer the logs to a parchment-lined baking tray. Separate them by about 4 cm. Mix the reserved egg white with a tbsp of caster sugar and brush all over the top and side of the logs.<br />
Bake for 40 mins, turning the oven down to 170C/Gas Mark 3 after 20 mins.<br />
Slice the cooled logs diagonally into individual biscuits about 1.5cm wide then place them onto a baking sheet and bake for a further 5-10 minutes until hard and toasted. Remove and cool.<br />
The biscotti keep in sealed cellophane gift bags for several weeks. Enjoy them best dipped in a good desert wine!<br />
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These make fab gifts and again keep well so you can make them in advance. The recipe came from Dan Lepard in The Guardian<br />
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They are so easy to make but taste delicious and look great in a gift bag.<br />
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Here is a new recipe for me this year and it comes from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Three Good Things. I added some chopped hazelnuts as well as the stem ginger and then when the mixture had been in the fridge for several hours I cut it into small 'bite-size' pieces and tossed them in icing sugar so that they don't stick together. These are really good and i've already eaten too many of them!<br />
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I designed a label for them and packaged them in packs of eight as they are very rich. Again they make lovely treats to give as gifts.<br />
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So the house is a tip and the tree is still to be decorated but we have plenty of yummy gifts at the ready!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923078459249886862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535411267635307812.post-38660193348560882772012-11-30T14:52:00.000-08:002012-12-01T02:58:40.382-08:00Where did November go?????I can't believe my last post was September. I've been so busy this month and thought I'd better write another post today or it will be December and another month will have gone by. Lots has been happening.<br />
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I did my first ever craft market this month in Shropshire with 'Made in Shropshire'. It was hard work but great fun and a good learning experience. I spent weeks printing and then sewing the pieces into finished products.<br />
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It was hard to know how much stock to make and which items to concentrate on. In the end I made lots of everything and hoped for the best.<br />
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The next task was the stall itself. I looked at as many other markets as I could get to and looked online to get ideas about how to display my work. This was fun but all takes so much time when you are desperately trying to make stock!<br />
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In the end I was quite pleased with how the stall looked and had lots of very positive feedback from customers and other stall holders.<br />
I was very lucky that it was a beautiful sunny day. I'm not sure it would have been as much fun had it been pouring down. Made lots of sales and had great feedback.<br />
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Since that Market I've been busy drawing and working on new prints. My prints can be seen now all together on a new Etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/janbrewerton<br />
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My plan for December is to really concentrate on my paintings which have been neglected recently.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923078459249886862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535411267635307812.post-57083075408638380512012-09-15T01:38:00.000-07:002012-09-15T01:38:21.028-07:00A day in London This week I spent a wonderful day in London looking at works of art and being very inspired.<br />
I started at the Mall Galleries to see <i> Bite : Artists making prints. </i>This was a great show of printmaking in Britain today. All the work was selected from open submission and provided a really varied show.<br />
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In the afternoon I had the privilege to visit the studio of Albert Irvin, an artist whose work I very much admire.<br />
His studio is in an old school building with very large windows which fill the space with light and air.<br />
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I love the cover of this 1958 Chinese edition of Balzac</div>
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I've finally finished a group of graphite drawings that have been on the go for ages. They began because I was looking at some old kitchen utensils from the 1950's and 60's. I started to collect a few of them and now I have lots more that friends have donated. In fact I have enough to do another series when I can find the time. The drawings are quite large.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923078459249886862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535411267635307812.post-55384549278821735202012-07-18T06:21:00.002-07:002012-07-18T06:21:59.681-07:00Printing sessions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've spent the last couple of days getting lots of printing done. The new linen I'm using is lovely to work with and gives a good final result. I've printed my <i>Pigeon </i>design and the new <i>Fish</i>, both of which have come out really well. Now I just have loads of sewing to do to get the final pieces ready!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923078459249886862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535411267635307812.post-14472364267047380452012-07-10T01:34:00.001-07:002012-07-10T01:34:43.974-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My other obsession at the moment, when I'm not printing, is knitting. I only allow myself to knit in the evening because otherwise I could easily spend the whole day clicking away! The days go too fast as it is! I thought it was time I combined the two and produce a lino. I'm now printing some new colour ways.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923078459249886862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535411267635307812.post-46902412717074373522012-07-04T01:35:00.001-07:002012-07-04T01:35:10.596-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm playing around with these dog screen prints at the moment and experimenting with textile designs. All good fun.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923078459249886862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535411267635307812.post-24755721869293728732012-07-03T06:45:00.001-07:002012-07-03T06:45:08.164-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Using these lovely new cutters from Intaglio Printmaker. So good to use.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923078459249886862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535411267635307812.post-60068446488808598022012-07-03T06:39:00.000-07:002012-07-03T06:40:43.824-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Been sorting lino prints and cutting new ones.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923078459249886862noreply@blogger.com0