Category Archives: Altered Art

Making something from something else

The Memory Thief and the Joy Angel

Posted on January 10, 2012 by hatchery

Anyone over the age of fifty is familiar with the acceleration of time with each passing year.  Already, more than a week of the New Year has disappeared into the past.  Sucked into memory, it will remain there for some … Continue reading →

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Just a Little Flutter

Posted on December 14, 2011 by hatchery

A recent visit to my previous home town was a period of mixed emotions, to be expected, I suppose during a time when I’m still trying to find my feet, let alone some of my belongings, in a new home … Continue reading →

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Mapping the Course to a New Life

Posted on December 4, 2011 by hatchery

Two months on and I’m still getting organised in my new home.  Mixed with the exhaustion of lugging cartons from one place to another, unpacking, and making my new home an appealing place to ‘be’, is a degree of impatience … Continue reading →

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The Preciousness of Prints in Altered Books

Posted on April 5, 2011 by hatchery

Well, I’m into my fifth day of the Castlemaine State Festival and have had quite a few folk come into the studio to chat and watch me work.  I have to admit it was daunting, at first.  As another printmaker … Continue reading →

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The Chains of Love

Posted on February 25, 2011 by hatchery

It’s saddening to realise the only social occasions I’ll have attended this week are funerals.  On Tuesday, it was my close friend’s mother I said farewell and safe journey to, and today it will be a dear old gent I … Continue reading →

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