Empress Wu Designs with Wilma

Every year, every day during Advent, I post on my blog .... I have had a series about crazy Christmas trees, an expose about Christmas cake, Christmas firsts and a Christmas alphabet which have been the most popular in the last few years. This year I won;t have access to art materials until 9 December so the bad news is the advent blog WON'T begin until 9 December and the good news is that it WILL begin on 9 December.... watch out for some Christmas envelopes!   Watch this space! 

Since 9 May this year, the Wednesday Group - Fearless Flowers has been busily creating beautiful hand made textile flowers to thank donors who support the Pink Meets Teal campaign for ovarian cancer research in Australia, and advocacy for funding fairness and equity for ovarian cancer research and treatment advancement.   We have received excellent media coverage on television, radio and in print and electronic media   From the ABC News 8 June 2019...  The Fearless Flowers project, launched a month ago, is already gathering momentum, with national and international artists making a commitment to get on board. Newcastle's Timeless Textiles gallery, Australia's only commercial textiles gallery, is home to the community art group, which is driving the national campaign. Situated at the historic Newcastle Lock-Up building, in the former women's exercise yard, members of the group are working industriously every Wednesday. PHOTO:  The hand-made Fearless Flower

I Here is flashback to a couple of  years ago - one of the most popular posts and one of my favourites... I hope you enjoy reading it again. I am soon to re photograph these dolls for a publication, so it was timely to republish this post.  Sunday, July 9, 2017 Wednesday's Children and Others. STITCHED UP is now in its third week of exhibition and breaking all records of visitors - such an overwhelming response - so it is inevitable that a few people have had their photos taken with Wednesday's children,  the stick doll installation.... First of all, Ben, a member of the amazing installation team at The Lock-Up. Thanks for taking such care installing 'the girls' - the digital laser level worked wonders and did I hear you talking to a few them?  Ben from the  installation team The Lock-Up  Wednesday's children up on the wall.  Then, of course , my own family - not all positive critiques,