Author Archives: Teri

Bacchus Exhibition

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I am very pleased to say my Tropical Reef wall hanging that I made in response to the Felting and Fibre Studio Forum Challenge 18 months ago is currently on display in the Bacchus exhibition at Denbies near Dorking, Surrey. The exhibition is only on for another week so you’d better be quick if you want to see it. Entry is free.

This is my exhibit, some of you might recognise it 🙂

These links will take you to the story of its creation…

http://www.teriberry.com/2015/07/07/q3-challenge-part-1/

http://www.teriberry.com/2015/07/08/q3-challenge-part-2/

http://www.teriberry.com/2015/07/09/q3-challenge-part-3/

http://www.teriberry.com/2015/07/11/finito/

 

And these are a selection of the exhibition pieces that caught my eye… Clicking on the image will make it larger and the labels easier to read.

Natasha Mwaegbe was the only other textile artist in the exhibition. Her work reminded me of Maggie Grey’s books.

 

Anna Scott also has a print exhibition at Watt’s gallery, I am planning to visit that in the next couple of weeks.

 

This piece by Caroline Bond was made from glass, sand and rocks, it invited the viewer to touch it.

 

I liked how Grace Ellen had used the gloss medium sparingly, it really made the bank on the other side of the river recede.

 

This painting of a cow was my favourite and I was surprised it did not place in the judging.

 

If you are thinking about embarking on Ruth’s current mixed media challenge, I say go for it! You never know where it might lead! 🙂

 

Costa Rican Delights

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This week I am feeling very privileged, we have just returned from 2 weeks of wildlife-spotting in Costa Rica, a tiny country sadwiched between Panama and Nicaragua in Central America. It is famous for its National Parks, rainforest and wildlife and it did not disappoint! These are just a tiny selection of photos that my talented other half took during the trip.

Let’s start with what CR is most famous for…. the sloths:

And who can resist the monkeys (Spider, Squirrel, Howler and White Faced Capuchin):

The Coati (we mistook these for raccoons the first time we saw them), we mostly saw them running along the ground, long tails held high but this is a rare shot of them in the trees:

The Racoons – this mumma really held her own against a troop of greedy Capuchin monkeys, it was hilarious to see them scatter when she barked at them 🙂

Agouti and White-tailed Deer:

The oh-so-colourful birds….

Toucans:

The Scarlet Macaws:

The comical Kurasow, his “song” sounded more like a 40-a-day smoker getting out of bed and he had a bad case of bed-hair too 🙂 :

The gorgeously cute hummingbirds:

We spent 2 days watching what we thought were “micro-humingbirds”, just 2-3 cm long until I finally managed to capture a very fuzzy photo and we discovered it is a type of moth – a hummingbird hawk-moth no less… Thank you Google for clearing that one up! 🙂

More water fowl and flycatchers than I can name….

The Crocs and Caymans:

Only a shoe remains of this unfortunate tourist 😮

The Iguanas, Lizards and Snakes:

The Frogs:

The Butterflies and Caterpillars:

 

This colourful caterpillar was in our open-air bathroom for 2 days

The Spiders and Insects:

The Bats:

This little one visited us on Christmas eve

And of course, I cannot end this post without including some of the beautiful scenery…

The view from the toilet in one hotel – no room to be shy in front of the monkeys and birds! 🙂

And the view from the bed in the same bungalow

I am itching to use these images to make art but really must finish writing the tutorials for the bag-making class, if I let myself get side-tracked now they will not be ready for the inaugural class in June. My New Year’s resolution is not to look at these photos again until the first drafts of the tutorials are complete. I’m not very good at keeping NY resolutions 😉

Thank you for indulging me in a meander through these photos, I hope you enjoyed looking at them as much as I do and that you have a very happy and creative 2018!