Go to your organic and bio-dynamic garden and grab the following veggies: Pumpkin, carrots and celeriac/celery root. Peel and chop pumpkin then cook. Put in blender and give it a good shakeup. Put in pot and add some old Miss Piggy or Moo cow stock. Clean carrots and celeriac/celery root, peel and cut into squares and cook in soup. Add salt, pepper and thyme to taste Bon appetite To choose a suitable pumpkin please have a look at the following photos from a Pumpkin festival we went to in New Zealand. … [Read more...] about Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater Soup
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Kaleidoscope
When I was a child I was intrigued by the kaleidoscope. I was given a kaleidoscope when I turned seven. I could sit for hours and just turn this cylinder around and around and forever create new colourful patterns. I thought it was magic. Later at school I was taught how to make one and my universe unfolded and revealed yet another dimension. Inside the cylinder which had three mirrors put together in a triangle we put loose colourful objects such as beads, plastic bits and pieces and broken glass. We found amber at the beach and added it to the collection of objects. Make your own kaleidoscope and look into the cylinder and with the light entering from the other end and as you turn the cylinder beautiful symmetrical patterns are created, due to the reflections in the triangle … [Read more...] about Kaleidoscope
Pumpkin Festival in NZ
Kaleidoscopic Wonky Vessels
To impress myself and friends alike I decided to shoot a few “Kaleidoscope” photos of my Wonky Vessel textile exhibition. Have a look for yourself. Link to Kaleidoscopic Wonky Vessels photos … [Read more...] about Kaleidoscopic Wonky Vessels
Tunnel Light Wonky Vessels
Make your own kaleidoscope and look into the cylinder and with the light entering from the other end and as you turn the cylinder beautiful symmetrical patterns are created, due to the reflections in the triangle mirrors. … [Read more...] about Tunnel Light Wonky Vessels
My collection of hats
Every man and his dog need a hat. Have you ever thought about how a hat can change your image in a split second? Also every hat feels different and so do you when you wear it. I have been roaming around the local op-shops and was quite amazed with what I found in the head dress department. After a while you grow out of your old hats. They need a touch up and a dash of sea salt from the Baltic world or even from Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean. Get the knitting needles going, scissors and fabric scrap from your stash. Go to your local dump or have a look in your own rubbish bin for recyclable stuff. Put it all together and before you can count to 217 you have a master piece in your hands. My hat collection turned into a brand new collection of Wonky Vessels. Wonky Vessels Gallery Wonky … [Read more...] about My collection of hats