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Weka is off!

Posted on April 24, 2013 by debbiesshed

  Well, I have got there….. am passing it across to Ray tonight. “Fingers-crossed” he likes it. Here’s how it went…. Clawed feet, soft soldered using brass bar and brass wire and aged with a little grout – A first … Continue reading →

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A Spring opening..

Posted on April 2, 2013 by debbiesshed

It is ‘Open Shed’ again for me on Friday, but I am also most excited to be exhibiting one or two things at a friends open house too. Jan Huntley Peace with her beautiful ‘Art to Wear’ is inviting all … Continue reading →

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A ‘weka’ in progress……

Posted on April 2, 2013 by debbiesshed

Whilst all around me are eating eggs………. I am hatching a weka.. My customer is a rusty engineer, sorry, I meant to say ‘Rust Engineer’ and he was concerned about the legs. So far I’m using a nice bit of … Continue reading →

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A day of drawing…….(and re-drawing)

Posted on March 22, 2013 by debbiesshed

A blustery day and I’m feeling a chill so definitely not the day to be in the shed with that easterly wind whistling through. Far better a day at the kitchen table working on some designs. My ‘weka’s and ‘walshes’ … Continue reading →

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Progress back at the Shed

Posted on March 22, 2013 by debbiesshed

  An itty –bitty week…..progressing commissions and finishing off bits and bobs. My ‘nearly there hare’ is now a really there hare’ – Happy 40th Lu’.  Tilly the floppy dog in progress, I just love her comical expression. Just need … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Wales

Posted on March 8, 2013 by debbiesshed

A recent commission from a friend…..it went something like this. “My brother-in-law is having a birthday… it’s a special birthday…..i need a special present for him… and I need to take it with me to America – a week on … Continue reading →

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“Rescue me….”

Posted on February 26, 2013 by debbiesshed

….. Shouted the abandoned Princess. “Wanted – a handsome Prince to come riding by”  Oh, poor old Rapunzel.   With ‘Mad March Hair Day’ at my Open studio on Friday she will be doing her best to attract attention.     … Continue reading →

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Alpine conditions

Posted on February 19, 2013 by debbiesshed

“Alpine conditions”, yes, that’s what the weatherman says.And it is truly gorgeous. Just look at that dusting of frost on my recently gathered haul of driftwood….(just to prove I get up early to go to my shed….. by 9:30 it … Continue reading →

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Love is in the air

Posted on January 18, 2013 by debbiesshed

Well, sorry it’s been a while since I posted and it is not that I have been idle it’s just that I haven’t felt the inspiration to write and share. But, the Christmas holidays were ages ago and I am … Continue reading →

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Hare today…………………gone tomorrow

Posted on December 7, 2012 by debbiesshed

Oooh, I do like this latest commission. But tomorrow it goes to its new home. Check out the base. As soon as I spotted that little tripod of a twig on the beach at St. Abbs I got excited. Coupled … Continue reading →

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