About 30+ years ago, when our children were small and I was mostly engaged in 'domestic duties', my 'me-time' was at Adult Education evening classes. I learnt to swim, to play badminton, to arrange flowers (one of the least successful courses with a tutor who used to get her assortment of dried flower arrangements out of her bag at the start of each lesson and blow the dust off each one of them), to speak a bit of Spanish......... One of my favourites was the copper and pewter work course and I made lots of pictures and even covered a good size box (which Ray made me) with copper panels depicting the willow tree pattern, which I remember was originally on a tea-towel owned by the tutor. (Those were the days!) The only pieces I have now are my copper box (we keep our gloves and hats, my sunhat included, in it) and this pewter dragon (hangs in our bedroom.) Several were given as gifts and Clare also still has one or two, one of them a tiny dalmatian in pewter on a background of black needlecord.
You surprise and impressed me . You have may talents. A wonderful work.
Making flower arrangements we have similarly , I`ve done it for a profession. ( Long ago )
I also want to thank you for the lovely comments you write to me, I guest writing is also one of you (great) talents. Love to read it.
@darrenboyj Well It didn't seem too funny the first time the tutor blew the (imaginary?) dust from the dried flowers but it got funnier each time after that!
Thank you all for your appreciation. I would just say that I can make pewter dragons but I CAN'T knit! Making a pewter dragon is mainly a question of patience and following procedures but I did find it very therapeutic. @w3n6y@cmt2812@mittens@corgimom@gnilrets@tishpics@purplehaze12
@pyrrhula You are very welcome to any comments I make because (as my auntie said!) if I didn't mean it, I wouldn't say it! I really enjoyed making pictures in copper and pewter on that course but I would probably feel that my greatest enjoyment is in language and writing - it's very quick, and natural to me, whereas craft work takes longer and involves more patience.
I went to an art course for one term but found it so slow and prefer photography because it gives quick, sometimes instant, results.
dragons are the order of the day, perhaps? this is the third dragon today for me. you made this yourself?! WOW! you are good! and the photo's not bad either!
@judithg Yes, definitely very 1970s - that flower-arranging class was almost surreal. btw have you read 'Waiting for Sunrise' (William Boyd)? Ray got it cheap with The Times this week and I just picked it up and now I can't stop reading it - very entertaining!
@judithg It's supposed to be a spy thriller but I've read over 100 pages and no sign yet - I find the style of writing quite zany - well, and the subject matter too....
Making flower arrangements we have similarly , I`ve done it for a profession. ( Long ago )
I also want to thank you for the lovely comments you write to me, I guest writing is also one of you (great) talents. Love to read it.
@w3n6y @cmt2812 @mittens @corgimom @gnilrets @tishpics @purplehaze12
I went to an art course for one term but found it so slow and prefer photography because it gives quick, sometimes instant, results.