tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89373725975000942592024-02-07T02:24:04.576+00:00Helen HallowsHelen Hallowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980188221112218436noreply@blogger.comBlogger450125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937372597500094259.post-81074675458381082942017-01-07T21:48:00.001+00:002017-01-07T21:48:45.857+00:00Moved!I've moved! Ive got a new blog on my new website. Find me <a href="http://www.helenhallows.com/blog">here</a><br />
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.Helen Hallowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980188221112218436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937372597500094259.post-25332820757937891142016-09-07T20:28:00.001+01:002016-09-07T20:28:13.939+01:00Workshop dates 2016-2017Here are my new workshop dates of the coming academic year. You can find all details on my website at <a href="http://www.helenhallows.com/">www.helenhallows.com</a> or click <a href="http://helenhallowsstudio.bigcartel.com/category/workshop">here</a>.<br />
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<br />Helen Hallowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980188221112218436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937372597500094259.post-8949391642823628522016-09-07T18:11:00.000+01:002016-09-07T20:38:02.632+01:00Back to School WeekIt's back to school week here in Derbyshire which means one thing.....it's the <a href="http://www.wirksworthfestival.co.uk/event_type/art-architecture-trail">Wirksworth Festival</a> at the weekend! In Derbyshire we are good at making the summer last and this year I will be exhibiting at both the Wirksworth and the <a href="http://melbournefestival.co.uk/art-architecture-trail/">Melbourne Festivals</a>.<br />
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I've had a good break over the summer (more to tell of that in other posts) and now the boys are back at school I am getting my wares ready for the weekend. There'll be special festival prices on prints and originals so come and see me at the Wild Cherry Bed and Breakfast up the very steep <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Greenhill,+Wirksworth,+Matlock/@53.0837762,-1.5765115,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x48798a5a24592e13:0x8860270e70bd2f49!8m2!3d53.0837762!4d-1.5743228">Greenhill</a>. It's worth the walk as I will be exhibiting alongside <a href="http://www.wirksworthfestival.co.uk/artists/tracy-cupitt-2016">Tracy Cuppitt</a> and our host is a cafe stop for festival visitors. From up there the views are amazing, not too dissimilar to this....<br />
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I have asked myself what relevance this trip has had to me and to my work. And it turns out to be about time. I stand at the midpoint of my life, and in journeying alongside my children, I have looked back to my own roots and formative years. I've realised that life speeds up and that time slips away, memories are not solid and my life is not even a blink of an eye in the history of humanity. Somewhere along my journey, I discovered what I am good at and what I love to do. I became 'me'. In choosing to make art (or art choosing to make me) I decided to try to stop time. I decided to stop, to look, to listen and to create something tangible out of the transience of life. My landscape art is about connecting to the earth on which we all stand. It is about capturing a moment. I want others to stop and notice.<br />
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Although my work is rooted in nature, I love to travel to cities. I find them stimulating in their architecture, culture and colour. I love <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-liverpool">art galleries</a> and <a href="http://www.utilitydesign.co.uk/">quirky shops</a>, world <a href="http://www.bakchich.co.uk/liverpool.php">food </a>and <a href="http://www.fact.co.uk/">independent cinemas</a>. Liverpool has them all.<br />
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In Liverpool, I found a part of my jigsaw that was missing. I felt very at home. I found the people to be warm and friendly with a sense of humour I recognise in my family. It is a vibrant city that is rich in history and culture. I felt that Liverpool is on her own journey and there is much there to notice.<br />
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<br />Helen Hallowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980188221112218436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937372597500094259.post-10788137031548654322016-03-23T12:41:00.000+00:002016-03-23T12:41:58.352+00:00In waitingThere's a stillness just before Spring bursts forth, and that is where I am, in that stillness. I'm waiting with the trees to put on a fandango of colour! As the days have drawn out I've enjoyed a couple of trips out...to Lincoln and to Oakham to visit galleries (find me at <a href="http://itchgallery.co.uk/">Itch Gallery</a> in Oakham) and to seek out the new.<br />
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My bid to <a href="http://helenhallows.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/sunshine-and-showers.html">give up plastic for lent</a> has led me down some new paths too. I've been enjoying home-made bread and home-made yoghurt. Shopping has become a different experience and I've sought out interesting farm shops and markets. I've also had a deeper appreciation for the handmade and hand mended. It's important to me to create art that is made from the heart with processes that tread lightly on the earth. </div>
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As I have crossed the landscape I have been inspired by the bare trees, layered up. Some conceal what is behind them. Some cast shadows. Some play with the light and create a dance of negative and positive shapes. It has been a fruitful time creatively and I have felt at peace with my creativity.<br />
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But now I'm looking forward to the growth, the colour and the energy that comes with the longer days. I'm looking forward to being outside soaking it all up. I'll be sharing time in nature and my creative techniques and response to nature on my <a href="http://helenhallowsstudio.bigcartel.com/product/spring-sketchbooks-inspiration-from-nature">Summer Sketchbook</a> workshop on Saturday May 21st in Long Eaton. And in July there's my <a href="http://helenhallowsstudio.bigcartel.com/product/back-to-nature-art-holiday-9-10-11-july-2016">Back to Nature</a> art holiday when you can join me for three idyllic days in the hills! And I've a <a href="http://helenhallowsstudio.bigcartel.com/product/mark-making-workshop-inspiration-from-nature">Mark Making</a> studio day on Saturday June 25th. I hope you can join me!</div>
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Helen Hallowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980188221112218436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937372597500094259.post-53979903675273319932016-02-23T14:54:00.001+00:002016-02-23T14:54:40.723+00:00Sunshine and ShowersSo Spring is teasing me with sunshine and showers. I can smell the hope in the air and I'm filled with a sense of purpose. The reflective time of winter has fuelled new ideas and I've been scribbling them down in the hope they will come to fruition this coming year.<br />
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My creative flow is amazingly balanced at the moment. I find that to be true in Spring and Autumn. They are my favourite seasons because of that balance between night and day, light and dark. I work best then. In the summer I tend to be a bit skittish and high energy and in the winter I feel like someone has switched off all the lights and find it hard to get things done. So the pace just now is just right. I've been enjoying planning my gardening year too. Last year I didn't grow much but found I felt disconnected from nature. This year I have already had my fingers in the soil and planted lettuces and beans in our polytunnel. I'm determined to preserve as much of our crops as possible. I've been challenged by a friend to <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-21473375">give up buying plastic for Lent</a>. It has meant a journey of self-discovery and a hunter-gatherer style of shopping as I skit between farm shops, markets and super-markets trying to find unpacked or paper packed goods. It has given me a new drive toward being more self sufficient. This week that has meant making marmalade and pickling onions. You can find my favourite recipes <a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/helenhallows/preserve/">here</a>. There's something wonderful about stacking up jars of coloured produce in the Spring sunshine.<br />
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Connecting with nature is fuelling my workshops too. I had such a wonderful day with my students on both the 'Rest with Nature' workshop and 'Spring Sketchbooks'. There was a real sense of enjoyment of process and having time to experiment and try new things. That's what art is all about isn't it?<br />
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I've been enjoying hibernating and reflecting on 2015. It wasn't an easy year for me and I've been looking forward to starting over with a new plan for 2016. I've been working through some online courses and books on creativity ahead of this year's workshops. On my workshop, <a href="http://helenhallowsstudio.bigcartel.com/product/rest-with-nature-art-workshop-jan-23rd-2016">'Rest with Nature' </a>on January 23rd, we will be taking some time for creative reflection so I though I would do some of my own.<br />
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Over Christmas I read Elizabeth Gilbert's 'Big Magic' which is a great reminder of the wonder of creativity and to tap in to the joy of it. It's got good advice for moving forward with your creative work and for riding out creative block. It linked in well with another book I read not long ago called 'Playing Big' by Tara Mohr which deals with how we can often hold ourselves back. In that, there are some exercise for helping yourself to move forward. When I worked through these, the mantra <b>'Believe in Yourself</b>' kept coming to me. I will be using that as my affirmation for 2016.<br />
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Coming in to this year, I worked through <a href="http://www.susannahconway.com/word/">Susanne Conway's 'Find Your Word'</a> online course to find out where I should focus my energy this year. I came up with the word 'Believe'. I usually choose a word for the year and in the past few years they have been passive. 'Acceptance' is one that has popped up, usually about accepting my dual responsibilities of work and family. This year feels like a move forward. My word is more active and hopeful. It's about believing in myself and the roles I juggle and also about believing in my creativity and being present - filling my creative well and feeding my soul. And its about believing in the future and working towards some new goals. I'm going to take the time to write as I find that I connect to myself and my creativity when I write and I'm going to take some time away from home to get lost and find new places.<br />
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And as I reflect on the word 'Believe', I keep coming to the words, 'Leave Be'. I'm reminded of the prayer:<br />
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"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."<br />
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Whatever you have planned for the new year, may 2016 be creative and fulfilling. xHelen Hallowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980188221112218436noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937372597500094259.post-77834014224106662392015-12-18T12:24:00.000+00:002015-12-18T12:24:28.935+00:00End of TermWhen you're self employed you have to make your own end of term fun. This year I took myself off to Yorkshire Sculpture Park for a dose of creative loveliness with my friend and mentor <a href="http://www.happy4pr.com/">Fiona Pattison</a>. She's helped me find my centre this year and reawakened my dreams.<br />
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I really enjoyed the <a href="http://www.stjudesprints.co.uk/collections/jonny-hannah">Jonny Hannah</a> exhibition. Part of the <a href="http://st.judes/">St.Judes</a> collective who always inspire. It's well worth a visit if you need a destination over the Christmas holidays. Combined with a winter walk and a bucket of handcut chips. Just what I needed!<br />
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I've also had the <a href="http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/museumandgalleries/shirehallgalleries/exhibitions/home.aspx">Tom Frost</a> exhibition at Stafford's Shire Hall Gallery recommended and the room of unimagined treasures that Mark Hearld has curated at <a href="http://www.yorkartgallery.org.uk/exhibition/the-lumber-room-unimagined-treasures/">York Art Gallery</a>. Let me know if there's an exhibition that you are heading off to see.<br />
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Have a warm and creative Christmas, Helen.<br />
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<br />Helen Hallowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980188221112218436noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937372597500094259.post-82901058751735322062015-12-15T12:42:00.000+00:002015-12-15T12:42:00.274+00:00Looking forward, looking back.It strikes me that wherever we are on our life's path, sometimes just putting one foot in front of the other can be the hardest thing. You (I) can build an empire (ok, a small one) but if there's a break in the flow, it's hard to move forward.<br />
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Looking back at 2015 it has been a strange year. At the end of 2014 my health took a nose dive and so I started the year feeling very run down. Winter is a reflective time, but the time I spent with myself was full of negativity and I knew I needed to make some changes. I felt lost and blocked; creatively and spiritually. There's that balancing act in life of the relationship with yourself, and the outer relationship with family, friends and the bigger picture of the world.<br />
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I started working with a mentor, someone who could be a sounding board for a head full of conflicting ideas; someone who put me at the centre of the picture who would help me shape my life according to my dreams. And so started a journey towards more self awareness.<br />
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In connecting to myself again, I learnt to prioritise myself and to care for myself. I started to write and to use positive affirmations to fuel my heart. I took my life and looked at each and every part and I came to a renewed understanding of being me. I went back to my centre. And in that space I was able to see clearly. From that place I was able to write about who I am creatively, my inspirations, and about how I connect to life. I found a resilience and a determination to use the gift of my creativity. With the encouragement of my mentor, I wrote from my heart about my connection to nature as my life force. I need my garden, my chickens, the sunshine, the landscape. So many of us suffer from nature deficit disorder and seasonal adjustment disorder because we are so disconnected from the energy of the land. So my journey became a project to express my needs, to express where my art comes from.<br />
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The <a href="http://helenhallowsstudio.bigcartel.com/product/i-am-nature-creative-visualisations-for-working-with-nature-as-inspiration">CD</a> that arrived as a result of these writings surprised me! It wasn't what I was expecting! I feel vulnerable sharing it with the world, saying 'Hello, this is me; this is what life <b>feels</b> like for me.' And yet, I hope there is inspiration in my words for re-connecting with nature, both to our own inner nature, and to the miraculous beauty of the world. In committing my response to the seasons into writing, and then as recorded spoken word, I found a new respect for myself, my creativity and the power of nature to heal. If we could all spend time with nature, spend time creating from our hearts, honouring our humanity I really believe the world would be a better place. Taking the time to honour my own needs has certainly made me better.<br />
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I invite you to share my journey this year in the form of the spoken word CD that was born from my reflections. On the CD I talk about each season. I notice the small details of my world, I talk of colour and the footsteps towards becoming inspired to create my art. I invite you to visualise the seasons, to dream and to imagine. And then there are some simple tasks for engaging with the outdoors - walking, collecting, noticing. In calling the CD 'I am Nature' I wanted to remind myself, and others of our own uniqueness, and the need to honour that creative voice.<br />
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So, looking forward to 2016, I am focusing my <a href="http://www.helenhallows.com/workshops%202015.html">workshops</a> on nature as source and running a series of seasonal workshops called <a href="http://helenhallowsstudio.bigcartel.com/product/a-year-of-inspiration-from-nature-feb-6-june-25-oct-1-nov12">'Inspiration from Nature'</a>. My workshops invite you, at any stage of your creative journey to come and put a foot forward, to have a beginners mind, to empower yourself that you can, to reconnect with your creative spirit and nurture yourself. They can be bought singly or as a series of four that will share the building blocks of my mixed media art. I will also be running an art holiday in the Derbyshire/Staffordshire borders on the 9/10/11 of July. Called <a href="http://www.helenhallows.com/Art%20holidays.html">'Back to Nature'</a>, there are three days of walking, sketching and mixed media collage workshops. There'll be a supportive, creative, beautiful environment, including an outdoor hot tub experience in the shadow of the dynamic hills that surround the farm. It's going to be fun, creative and utterly restorative!<br />
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I'm ending this year on a high. I'm rested and reinvigorated and ready for all that 2016 has to offer. I hope you can join me at one of my <a href="http://www.helenhallows.com/">events or exhibitions</a>.<br />
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Wishing you a warm and creative festive season.<br />
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<br />Helen Hallowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980188221112218436noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937372597500094259.post-82409207374327671972015-12-02T12:09:00.001+00:002015-12-02T12:09:46.191+00:00Harley Gallery Christmas Art Market 2015It was a breezy weekend in a marquee at the Harley Gallery Art Market in Nottinghamshire. Run alongside Open Studios and an artisan food market and the usual gallery and garden centre on the Welbeck estate it's an established event that draws in large numbers of people even when it's blowing a gail! I was in fine company with fellow exhibitors such as printmaker <a href="http://jamesgreenprintworks.blogspot.co.uk/">James Green</a>, designer <a href="http://eloiserenouf.com/">Eloise Renouf</a>, jewellers <a href="http://www.millymoore.co.uk/">Milly Moore</a>, <a href="http://www.sheredesign.co.uk/">Helen Shere</a> and <a href="http://www.alyspower.co.uk/">Alys Power</a>, textile artists <a href="http://dionneswift.co.uk/">Dionne Swift</a> and Viv at <a href="http://hensteethart.blogspot.co.uk/">Hen's Teeth</a> amongst other talents!<br />
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<br />Helen Hallowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980188221112218436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937372597500094259.post-19405987344735190152015-11-15T13:07:00.001+00:002015-11-15T13:10:41.963+00:00A Year of Inspiration from NatureI've been busy getting my workshops planned for 2016 and they are all available to book in my<a href="http://helenhallowsstudio.bigcartel.com/"> shop</a> and <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/o/helen-hallows-8016193290">Eventbrite</a> page.<br />
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I've planned seasonally inspired workshops throughout the year that will share the techniques and ideas behind my mixed media landscapes. Designed to fit together to give you creative confidence and help you develop your visual language, the days can stand alone or be booked as a set of four.<br />
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-year-of-inspiration-from-nature-2016-tickets-19564731639">Book all four workshops together</a> and receive a gift of my 'I am Nature - Working with Nature as Inspiration' CD and a mini print from my range (RRP £25)<br />
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inspiration-from-nature-spring-sketchbooks-tickets-19403197486">Spring Sketchbooks - Saturday February 6th 2016</a><br />
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<br />Helen Hallowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980188221112218436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937372597500094259.post-74226297480624107782015-11-05T15:00:00.001+00:002015-11-05T15:03:09.658+00:00Autumn SoulOn a grey, rainy November day, sat in my studio listening to the rain, it seems a long time since half term holidays last week. It seems to my sun starved brain a long time since walking in the Suffolk countryside absorbing the sweet, autumn sun. Walking out, away from the village of Long Melford, away from the horses in their fields, past the sheep and into the farmers ploughed land - I felt free. I packed my pockets with sloes. I collected acorns in their jaunty hats. I looked up at their Mother oak tree and felt comforted. I felt grounded and timeless at the same time. I walked without intention. I took some photos as reminders of place. I watched the light and drew the colours into my mind. And since then, back in the studio I have started a new series of work on landscape, and trees, and the time I spent meandering in nature is flowing on to the page in a way that seems to have escaped me earlier in the summer. I really do have an autumn soul.<br />
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You can see more images of my autumn journey on <a href="https://instagram.com/helen_hallows_studio/">Instagram</a>.</div>
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<br />Helen Hallowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980188221112218436noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937372597500094259.post-56106565636294342902015-10-12T10:31:00.000+01:002015-10-12T10:31:00.246+01:00This is me!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This is me! Autumn is my favourite season. I love the rich colours. I'm trying to slow the year down, to take the time to be outside, to collect conkers and leaves and bring nature back to the studio.</div>
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<br />Helen Hallowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980188221112218436noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937372597500094259.post-17876478365280019962015-10-09T10:55:00.000+01:002015-10-09T11:07:03.193+01:00New in my shop!Here are some of my new prints now available in my online shop at <a href="http://www.helenhallows.com/">www.helenhallows.com</a> They are limited edition giclee prints and are printed in a run of 100. Backed by the Fine Art Trade Guild the inks are guaranteed and the paper is of the highest quality. My amazing printer has a fantastic eye for colour and detail meaning he is able to capture all the richness and texture of the original artwork. The first time he handed me a print, I thought it was the original!<br />
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<br />Helen Hallowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980188221112218436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937372597500094259.post-65150153563377222282015-10-08T10:41:00.000+01:002015-10-08T10:41:00.052+01:00Happy Autumn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Celebrating the seasons has occupied the human spirit for millennia. In these fast paced days and artificially lit nights, I feel grounded when I go outside, observe what is happening around me and acknowledge the wonderment of nature. The simple gifts I collect, a fallen leaf, the fruits of my allotment and garden all bring me into the here and now. It is on these forays into nature that my mind is at peace and ideas for my creative work evolve.</div>
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The annual event that is the Melbourne Festival is a sight to behold! The village of Melbourne, Derbyshire is kidnapped by artists and makers who fill every available space. Home owners are held to ransom and give up their conservatories, and dining rooms as exhibition space. Shop windows and shops are filled with art and gardens are turned into sculpture venues. By magic the sun is made to shine and for forty eight hours visitors come from far and wide to buy beautiful jewellery, ceramics and art. </div>
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And it is that sense of capturing the sun, the autumn trees, the intense palette of reds, yellows and ochres that will inspire my next workshops, <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shine-like-the-sun-art-workshop-tickets-17027822676">'Shine Like the Sun'</a> on Saturday October 10th in Long Eaton and<a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/grow-your-own-art-workshop-tickets-17028480644"> 'Grow Your Own Art'</a> on Saturday 17th October at Focus Gallery in Nottingham. Using multi media techniques with paint, inks and collage, students will create a collaged block, inspired by the season.<br />
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Summer is still shining her light here and I am soaking it up and storing it! I'm juggling family days with studio days. Colour is every where and it is soaking into my soul. I love this time of year, the days feel full and nature is bountiful. We've started to crop our produce at the allotment and are enjoying courgettes, blackberries, plums and beans. </div>
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In the garden I see the sun in everything, the apples are swelling, the sunflowers reaching for the sky. This rudbeckia is my latest addition to the garden along with some dahlias that are going to sing their song as summer fades.</div>
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The sun is infusing my work too. It's life giving force has been a powerful symbol in art through all time. Ever since childhood I've enjoyed drawing that circle of radiating light. I'm going to use these images in the darker days of Autumn and Winter to remind myself of that warm energy. If you'd like to create a sun collage, an amulet of summer energy, why not join me for my <a href="http://www.helenhallows.com/workshops%202015.html">creative collage workshop</a> on Saturday October 10th in Long Eaton? </div>
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'Shine like the Sun' is available to book <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shine-like-the-sun-art-workshop-tickets-17027822676">here</a>. If you can't come to an in-person workshop you can find out more about my connection to nature and the seasons and how you can use them to develop your creativity by listening to my spoken word creative visualisation CD <a href="http://helenhallows.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/i-am-nature-cd-launch.html">'I am Nature'</a>. Available in my <a href="http://helenhallowsstudio.bigcartel.com/product/i-am-nature-creative-visualisations-for-working-with-nature-as-inspiration">online shop</a> for £10.</div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">I have taken sections of my writings and recorded them as a spoken word CD, <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/i-am-nature-cd-launch-tickets-17965077029">'I am Nature' - Creative visualisations for working with nature as inspiration.'</a> The words are an expression of where my creativity comes from and how I use the seasons to create a rhythm for my life. </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">In publishing this, I hope to share my love of nature and awaken others' creativity. It has been an exciting process to take my heart felt feelings and work with a team in bringing my words to life and into a format I can share.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">My work is an expression of all that I feel when I connect with the earth. It captures a moment when all my senses</span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;"> are engaged in a creative epiphany. My expression of this is through mixed media art. However we express ourselves, art, music, poetry, we need to be open to receiving inspiration. We need to create a space, physically and spiritually to create from. There is a sacred space where our inner and outer worlds merge." HH2015</span></span></div>
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Hello from my studio! It is summer and I feel alive! I love the energy and the colour of the season. If you haven't already read the interview with me for UK Handmade, you can read it <a href="http://ukhandmade.co.uk/content/meet-helen-hallows">here</a>. I mention that I'm planning an Indian inspired summer. With that in mind I had a trip to Leicester's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Mile_(Leicester)">Golden Mile.</a> It wasn't quite the day I had planned - it was definitely monsoon season! We sheltered in <a href="http://www.eatatbobbys.com/">Bobby's</a> and had a great thali. The supermarkets were eclectic and colourful and I came home with incense and spices. It was a burst of Indian colour, scents and tastes that my heart needed.<br />
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The eclectic colour of the day saturated my mind and inspired this photo shoot for my <a href="http://www.helenhallows.com/workshop%20dates%202015.html">decorative chair workshop</a> that I am running in <a href="http://www.helenhallows.com/workshop%20dates%202015.html">November</a>.</div>
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<br />Helen Hallowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980188221112218436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937372597500094259.post-49424349519584301112015-07-10T21:38:00.000+01:002015-07-10T21:38:00.246+01:00AliveI get so much joy from visiting gardens. The colours, textures and shapes are amazing. I love to look at the patchwork of it all. Here, it had just rained and the plants were so vivid. I am always amazed by the variety; each flower lifting its head to the sun; reaching up for the rain. Alive.<br />
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Here is my wonderful class of Summer 15 who attended my 'Grow Your Own Art' workshop. We started the day grounding ourselves ready to grow our creativity and express what summer and growth means to each of us. I shared tutorials on papers, glues, symbolic art and how and where I get my inspiration. Each attendee created a unique, vibrant work of art that spoke of their own creative journey and their own experiences of summertime. It was a pleasure to see all the work at the end of the day!</div>
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I will be running the <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/grow-your-own-art-workshop-tickets-17028480644">'Grow Your Own Art'</a> workshop again on the 17th October in Nottingham and also a new workshop <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shine-like-the-sun-art-workshop-tickets-17027822676">'Shine like the Sun'</a> in Long Eaton on the 10th of October. You can find all the details on <a href="http://www.helenhallows.com/workshops%202015.html">my website</a>.</div>
<br />Helen Hallowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980188221112218436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937372597500094259.post-54341409359255894632015-06-16T21:40:00.000+01:002015-06-16T21:40:51.818+01:00Beauty-fullIt has been a beautiful summer's day here. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to slip off my shoes and sit on the grass and draw the trees. They each have their essence those trees. Some have leaves that are ordered. Some are cluttered. Others have their branches open wide, or dipping rhythmically to the floor. I looked for shape and pattern. I looked. I listened. I drew.<br />
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