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rockgem In reply to haskap [2013-10-27 21:37:52 +0000 UTC]

you're most welcome hopefully they will be useful to you sometime 

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rockgem In reply to maximightify [2013-08-06 21:00:25 +0000 UTC]

lol not a problem hopefully they will be useful to you in the future

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rockgem In reply to Finward-Erendash [2011-10-26 21:22:09 +0000 UTC]

thankyou for the compliment i had hoped they might be useful so i'm glad they were what you were looking for. thankyou so much for using my stock

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rockgem In reply to Rozrr [2011-04-05 17:54:44 +0000 UTC]

now those sound lovely - i always liked quirky little crafts like that to say the least and i love to find new uses for things and recycle them - next time i nab some coconuts i might try out something like that
have fun with the textures i know you will make somethign great with them should you decided to use them

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Rozrr In reply to rockgem [2011-04-05 18:03:06 +0000 UTC]

I had to buy a lot of machinery to actually polish the stuff, Gemma. Fitted out a whole work bench in fact...It is a lot harder to polish than you imagine.

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rockgem In reply to Rozrr [2011-04-05 18:09:38 +0000 UTC]

i i can imagine it is!
sadly i don't have space for a workbench so i shall probably avoid polished coconut for a while or see if i can find some pieces in a craft store to work with - or at least when i have the kind of space again at the moment the contests of our loft are strewn everywhere

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Rozrr In reply to rockgem [2011-04-05 18:23:24 +0000 UTC]

I like using stuff that no-one wants or can be bothered with. I couldn't even do the painting, acrylic works best on the polished surface by the way. I had an art hop at the time, did a full restoration service, not just paintings. Discovered an unknown Constable, belonged to my Gynaecologist...Restored a Landseer lots of fun and games. I had a few shops, I suppose this was the best. 2 converted shops joined together with 3 rooms upstairs. We made a tiny gallery upstairs and had pictures on the walls downstairs too. I used to move all the stands back and do painting demos, sometimes having guest artists to come along. All long before you time so you probably won't even know there names.

I loved the restoration as I can't bear to see beautiful things damaged. I suppose the most famous thing I did was for Selby Abbey, they had the first Stars and Stripes on the wall, it had become petrified into the stone of the building and it had to be treated and put into a special frame that would breath... Allow air to circulate and keep it well away from the stone wall. I think it is in the archives now. I have looked digitally and cannot find it. Worked very hard in those days as I was running the business, organising external exhibitions for the public, of everyone else's work. Doing charity exhibitions for the Duke of Norfolk and much more. Now I sit here on my todd posting stuff about the world problems on Facebook etc and making fractals for a few sites...

One day you will look back as I do and realise just how involved with the arts you have always been. I see some similarities with you and I Gemma.

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rockgem In reply to Rozrr [2011-04-05 18:53:10 +0000 UTC]

same. its why when we cleaned out my late grandfathers shed i kept so many pieces and in turn then made a font from some that gave me a boost with my creating to say the least,its probably why i like to work with random batch fractals again - i love to create from odds that other people might overlook or think worthless.

its been a while since i used acrylics but i did always prefer them to oils as the scents of the paint and the thinners used to give me such a migraine but i do have some somewhere still - i think i have so much and little bits of this and that everywhere i really forget what i do have come summer if i haven't gotten a new job i shall have a really good clear out and see what i can do with all these things i hoard - maybe even try making things and selling them on ebay or something i have no idea where i will end up in the future as everything over the past few years fell apart round my ears.
things happen for a reason and eventually i might get somewhere.
i can't say i have ever came into contact with anything as famous as you have,i seem to have skipped straight to the sitting on my tod and making fractals - or fractal manipulations more so.

perhaps i will look back or perhaps i will drift away i'm 30 in october so i think for me that will be a big defining point and hopefully by then i can see where my life and a creative future if i have one might be headed.

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Rozrr In reply to rockgem [2011-04-05 19:05:13 +0000 UTC]

Well I am twice your age plus 7 in August and am still exploring life and art. Lots more still to do before I am ready to call it quits...Glad we have all this digital stuff though...I love it...No mess palette to clean. I preferred oils myself as I liked to work wet on wet. Well I love what you do with fractals, it shows great imagination and flare. just keep on going. Maybe you could find a gallery to manage? Still they don't seem to stay open for very long, even some of the digital UK ones have disappeared now.

I was getting terrible migraines. The Optician out a UV coating on my glasses and I got rid of all my energy saving light bulbs. That helped a great deal. hate the things. I am not vain about glasses, I would rather see than been seen if you know what I mean. I don't want to miss anything...

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rockgem In reply to Rozrr [2011-04-05 20:05:40 +0000 UTC]

art is a learning curve and always will be there will always be something new to learn about it as its continually developing altering and changing boundaries - its why i love it so much
true that is the beauty of digital work less cleaning up and washing of brushes and pallets and pallet knives etc but at the same time i do miss working with my hands - having moved more and more to digital works my traditional skills have suffered somewhat.
i don't have he kind of experience needed to manage a gallery and the only ones i know of closed down ( there were a couple above local art shops)

i think with migraines stopping using oils helped that and getting transition lenses in my glasses - something which i have to get done soon an eye test - my sight seems to have deteriorated a bit more i'm noticing wording is a lil hazy at edges and such now so i probably just need a prescription tweak to sharpen things up for me

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