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Category Archives: Visits
The Queen in my suitcase
‘Aha!’ said a member of Glasgow airport’s security staff as a small Royal person was revealed lurking at the bottom of my suitcase. Ten years ago this summer, whilst returning from the Outer Hebrides, my luggage set off a shrill … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Travels, Visits, Workshops
Tagged an Lanntair, Bernara, carvings, chess, chess sets, Iceland, islands, Isle of Lewis, Lewis chess set, Outer Hebrides, Queen, Stornaway Gazette, travel, Uig, Vikings, Visit Scotland
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Sally Kindberg and Smithfield Market
Recently I took a short cut through Smithfield Market. The gates’ colour scheme reflect the Victorian’s invention of super bright colours, especially green and purple. The meat market has been here for over 800 years, and is currently under threat … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg and National Poetry Day at the seaside.
The sun shone on National Poetry Day, and I was lured to the seaside to add a contribution to a Poetathon held at Kollectiv Arts Centre in Folkestone. En route to the coast via High Speed train, I wrote a … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg and paper hats at the Art Workers’ Guild Summer Fete
A variety of very chic newspaper hats made by hatmaker extraordinare Jane Smith were seen at this delightful gathering in Bloomsbury’s Queen Square, organised by the Art Workers Guild. Other events amongst many included fortune-telling, passport making and Ray’s Radio … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Workers Guild, Bloomsbury, hats, paper hats, Queen Square, Summer Fete
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Sally Kindberg and sloths
It’s funny how the same images and interests pop up again and again in my work over the years! This rather battered copy of ‘Fascinating Facts’ was one of four published by Grafton Books (part of Collins) when my daughter … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Drawings, Visits
Tagged children's non-fiction books, London Zoo, sloth
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SK in fairyland
Recently I was lucky enough to briefly visit fairyland, aka the Royal Opera House, on a quest for Cinderella dust to add to my travelling Museum of Dust, until recently on display at Swedenborg House. Dust, that is, connected to … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg collects Essex cockle dust for her Museum
Another visit to Leigh on Sea, this time on a sunny day, and another sample to add to my Museum of Dust. Years ago a cockle fisherman told me you can hear the cockles sighing as the tide turns. In … Continue reading
Posted in Museum of Dust, Visits
Tagged cockles, Constable, Essex marshes, Hadleigh Castle, handwritten labels, labels, Leigh on Sea, shellfish, Thames estuary, Turner
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Sally Kindberg out and about in Bermondsey
To the Fashion and Textile Museum in Bermondsey to enjoy a riot of colour on a grey day. It was the last day of the Kaffe Fassett exhibition. Loved the quilt (see below) by Kim McLean inspired by mid nineteenth … Continue reading
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Tagged Bermondsey, colour charts, Fashion and Textile Museum, Kaffe Fassett, Kim McLean, Maryland quilts, pattern, quilts
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Sally Kindberg and more Nottingham connections
Recently I visited Nottingham, had a very positive meeting with a representative of Nottingham Castle to discuss plans for running writing/comic strip workshops at the Castle, explored the Castle tunnels and stayed with an old primary school friend and his … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg, knots and sailors
I like knots, in fact I once wrote and illustrated a book about them, as well as learning how to tie them, on a basic sailing course on the North Sea years ago. It was fascinating to talk to former … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Visits
Tagged Cabinet of Folklore and Magic, children's book, Cornwall, fishing boat skipper, Folkestone Fishing Museum, Folkestone pleasure boats, Gwithti an Pystri, Kent, knots, Macmillan children's book, magic spells, Picturemac, seaside, The handy Book of Knotty Knots and Silly Shadows, the Museum of Dust, Yankee
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