Thoughts from the Bus Stop

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30825652009-11-27T12:40:56.364ZThoughts from the Bus StopTaking pictures of her obsessions since 2001Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.comBlogger462125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1138876086852925342006-02-02T10:23:00.000Z2006-06-23T08:52:19.090ZMoving On

Seduced by the prospect of being able to categorise five years' worth of blog posts, I have defected to Typepad and can now be found at the new, fancier Thoughts From The Bus Stop - do drop by!

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1137603767795786952006-01-18T17:02:00.000Z2006-01-18T17:15:06.993ZThe Tattoo Baby Doll Project

Sailor Feebee by Sherri Wood. Tattoo art by Kate Hellenbrand, 1999. Embroidery, found doll. 26" x 16" x 13".Found while Googling for something else entirely... "The Tattoo Baby Doll Project is a collaboration between Sherri Wood and female tattoo artists from across the country that combines embroidery and tattoo as a vehicle to explore the images and roles that define and empower women today."

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1137418963870306772006-01-16T13:39:00.000Z2007-01-03T15:22:43.730ZA new home for my Fisher Price people

Click on the pic for a larger version.Finally - a use for the box frame I bought from a charity shop two years ago thinking, 'that'll come in handy for something...' and a home for the bags of Fisher Price figures and other refugees from the charity shop 10p basket which have languished in an old vanity case in my cupboard for years.

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1136998081345329242006-01-11T16:48:00.000Z2006-01-11T16:58:45.720ZBooks Artist's Polar Wall of Ice Shortlisted for Award

Paper artist Rachel Hazell with a short section of 'Ice Cliff' (34cm)Rachel Hazell, a book artist whose Antarctica-inspired work I've posted about before, has been nominated for a Scottish Arts Council Creative Scotland Award. Well done, lady!

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1136888388289663982006-01-10T10:19:00.000Z2006-01-11T17:29:07.636ZConrad Shawcross: The Steady States

Loop System Quintet. Photograph by Jonathan Shaw © Copyright Conrad ShawcrossMagnificent machines! Conrad Shawcross: The Steady States, currently at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool (till 26 Feb 2006).The Entwistle Gallery: Works by Conrad ShawcrossThe Walker Art Gallery: Interview with Conrad ShawcrossThe Observer: How I Work: Conrad Shawcross (which mentions these BBC2 Christmas 2005 idents)

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1136480278254801932006-01-09T16:57:00.000Z2006-01-11T17:43:26.456ZKnitted White Stripes

The White Stripes (c) CakeyvoiceHow fab. Cakeyvoice has knitted The White Stripes (and a LOT of zombies, too...).

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1136550054209830402006-01-06T12:20:00.000Z2006-01-06T12:31:43.650ZHello, I'm Kristen, and I'd Like to Get Married

Reason #453 why I love reading stuff by Christian Singles Today's Camerin Courtney:Hello, I'm Camerin, and I'd Like to Get MarriedIt's nice to know someone else is in the same boat...Amazon.co.uk: Table For One: The Savvy Girl's Guide to Singleness by Camerin CourtneyAmazon.co.uk: Revelations of a Single Woman: Loving the Life I Didn't Expect by Connally Gilliam

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1136384942409653462006-01-04T14:29:00.000Z2006-01-04T17:45:41.790ZNutcracker!

Really enjoyed seeing Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! on BBC4 over Christmas. I'd seen a traditional version of The Nutcracker in the autumn (my first live ballet), which I really enjoyed, but this was much more my thing. After the initial scenes, in a dingy orphanage, Clara is transported first to a frozen lake and then to Sweetieland, where she tries to follow Liquorice Allsorts, Marshmallow

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1118405612397758062005-12-26T12:13:00.000Z2005-12-26T17:51:58.450Z"I am a very stylish girl."

This is a great picture of Roald Dahl's first wife, actress Patricia Neal, spotted in a selection of Dahl's photographs on the BBC website.It wasn't till I watched a documentary about him which she took part in that I recognised her, purely by her distinctive voice, as George Peppard's mistress in Breakfast at Tiffany's (one of my favourite films, d'oh!).

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1124191160032775042005-12-24T11:19:00.000Z2006-01-03T11:38:19.426ZLike one of Lewis's...

I can't remember how I came across these photos of Piccadilly in Manchester in 2001 (care of Eyewitness Manchester), but I was dead sad to hear that Lewis's department store is no more... and now a Primark - oh, the indignity! OK, it was never as chic as Kendals on Deansgate, but I used to be in and out of there all the time when I lived in Manchester and have affectionate memories of it.And the

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1134150152670580612005-12-21T17:42:00.000Z2006-01-05T15:31:48.473ZFashioning Kimono: Dress in early 20th century Japan

Japan, Taisho period, 1912-26. Montgomery Collection (C) www.vam.ac.uk"> (L-R) Kimono for a woman. Machine-spun pongee silk woven with stencil-printed warp thread (meisen) Japan, Taisho period, 1912-26; Kimono for a woman. Figured silk crêpe (omeshi chirimen) brocade-woven with lacquered threads (rama-ire)Japan, Taisho period, 1920-30.On at the V&A Museum in London until 1 May 2006, V&A -

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1131973735756666242005-12-21T13:08:00.000Z2005-12-21T17:50:43.500ZA spoonful of Love Soup

This Christmas I'll be digging out my tape of the first series of Love Soup, which I really enjoyed. Tamsin Greig never misses, does she? Black Books, Green Wing, and now this gorgeous, gentle, clever, witty stuff. Lovely.It's difficult to describe why it works so well, but it's wonderful. It's not 'laugh out loud' stuff, but consistently funny, well-observed and engaging. It helps of course that

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1134124217989401702005-12-20T10:30:00.000Z2005-12-20T18:12:06.070ZJennifer Angus: Insect Textiles

There's a great article on the Fiberarts site about Jennifer Angus's wallpapers and rugs, with fascinating photos of the details of her work - big fat shiny beetles in glorious shades of green, turquoise and brown. It's beautiful and gross. And I love that when you go to her website it says, 'Click on weevil to enter'.

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1133525166319903822005-12-19T12:06:00.000Z2005-12-20T11:19:56.293ZTate and V&A Christmas Trees

Gary Hume has done the Tate Britain Christmas Tree this year - he's covered it in blackbirds.The Victoria & Albert Museum's Christmas Tree has been designed by knitting and needlepoint maestro Kaffe Fassett. It's covered in pleated paper fans in shades of pink, red and orange, and crowned with a star made by Louise Lusby. Instructions for making the fans are available as pdfs here and

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1133201546890907512005-12-18T18:12:00.000Z2005-12-20T15:13:54.233ZFlowers and Fashion webcast from the Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum's Flowers and Fashion webcast features botanist Sandy Knapp and fashion photographer Nick Knight."Flowers are perhaps nature's most flamboyant display; but it's not only bees they attract. Humans have long been drawn to their colours, forms, and scents, and used them for our own decorations and advertisements... find out about cross-pollination between the worlds of

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1134144633767341642005-12-09T16:10:00.000Z2006-02-01T18:01:56.353ZOne million ideas for making your own Christmas cards

Via The Cartoon Church's Cartoon Blog: One million ideas for making your own Christmas cards, by Dave Walker.

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1134124287869802272005-12-09T10:31:00.000Z2005-12-09T18:16:57.643ZAndrea Vander Kooij's Blackwork Mehndi Body Art

Photo: Kate FellerathVia Fiberarts Magazine: "A floral mehndi pattern, derived from traditional blackwork embroidery, covers artist Andrea Vander Kooij from head to toe. In April, the artist sat for ten days embroidering the same pattern in cotton onto linen in shop windows throughout Montreal.Gorgeous - I was only saying to my (tattooed) sister the other day that if I ever got a tattoo I'd like

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1134038806425131832005-12-08T10:46:00.000Z2005-12-08T11:18:43.370ZDara O'Briain Clocks On

Excellent! Dara O' Briain's getting his own chat show (well, if the pilot goes well). Ever since I saw him do a fantastic guest slot on Jack Dee Live At The Apollo, I've wanted to see him live. Missed him at the Comedy Festival the other month cos it was a mate's birthday, but hopefully he'll be back in Brighton soon - maybe in May for the Fringe.

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1133780816070546112005-12-05T11:06:00.000Z2005-12-05T18:10:47.493ZA Bonkers Barnet and BBC Four's Bus Night

Now, anyone who knows me knows I love buses... have spent years riding around on buses, fell for a band who wrote songs about buses, wrote a fanzine about them called Bus Stop (named after two favourite songs), have a Cardiff Buses bus stop sign propped up at home (rescued from a Cardiff pavement by a wellwisher)... so it made me smile to hear that a south Wales bus driver has spruced himself up

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1133448989243115752005-12-01T14:56:00.000Z2006-07-04T19:36:43.110ZStart Wearing Purple

The first time I heard Gogol Bordello's Start Wearing Purple, on the Mark Radcliffe show the other week, I thought it was awful (and a little scary... a bit 'You're MY wife now!'). The second time he played it, it started to grow on me. By yesterday night, when they were in session on the show, I'd completely fallen for it."Start wearing purple wearing purple Start wearing purple for me now All

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1133188719421387472005-11-28T14:38:00.000Z2005-11-30T14:51:03.456ZPsychology & Fashion webcast from the Royal Institution

Inside Out: Psychology and Fashion took place on 12 October 2005 at the Royal Institution, and is now available as a webcast. It was organised by the Ri and Miss Selfridge, the speakers are Hilary Alexander, Dr Ali Guy and Dr Nigel Marlow, and the Chair is Baroness Susan Greenfield:"Most of us, when we’re feeling truly honest, will admit that what we buy on Saturday trips to Oxford Street isn’t

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1133197277552536202005-11-28T11:53:00.000Z2005-11-30T14:51:23.630ZPopaganda: The Fashion and Style of JC De Castelbajac

Popaganda: The Fashion and Style of JC De Castelbajac is on at the Victoria and Albert Museum from 1 February – 1 May 2006:"A Campbell’s soup can dress, a ‘fur coat’ made of teddy bears, giant Snoopy T shirts and inflatable ponchos – the witty and flamboyant designs of French fashion maverick Jean Charles de Castelbajac will be on show… the most prolific fashion designer who emerged in the 1970s,

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1133179117204838242005-11-28T11:49:00.000Z2005-11-30T14:50:24.653ZSixties Fashion at the V&A Museum

Designed by Mary Quant for the Ginger Group, London, 1967. T.351-1974. Given by Miss Mary Quant (c) www.vam.ac.uk">Sixties Fashion is on at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London from 6 June – December 2006:"40 years after Time Magazine’s famous 1966 ‘Swinging London’ cover, the V&A explores the Swinging Sixties. The display looks at the influence of Mary Quant on other designers who

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1132939104558059952005-11-25T17:01:00.000Z2005-11-30T14:53:43.913ZAnna Piaggi: Fashion-ology

Anna Piaggi, Vogue ItaliaAnna Piaggi: Fashion-ology will be on at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London from 2 February – 23 April 2006:"An exhibition on the life and work of Anna Piaggi, the influential Italian journalist, stylist and editor. Piaggi is best known for her work for Italian Vogue and has been muse to designers and photographers including Karl Lagerfeld. This V&A display is drawn

Girl at the Bus Stophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490578804897307042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082565.post-1132927080859181552005-11-25T13:58:00.000Z2006-01-18T14:00:51.580ZWell Fashioned: Eco Style in the UK

Well Fashioned: Eco Style in the UK is on at the Crafts Council Gallery in London from 23 March – 4 June 2006:"Two rooms of fabulous fashion from the UK’s hottest young designers who make clothes that don’t cost the earth... Twenty-one fashion labels present their ecologically and ethically sound clothes and accessories. If this sounds more worthy than groovy think again: this gear is chic and

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