Sunday, 23 March 2014

Artistic license versus accuracy .. and the Mandarin duck stamp of Japan

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One of the many problems to be solved when deciding on a subject for a stamp collage picture is how true to the subject I need to be. The cu...
Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Boar is part of our family!

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Researching the history of the Markwick family some years ago revealed that the family crest included the image of a Boar, and this has give...
Tuesday, 18 March 2014

Mount Fuji - Japan - work in progress .. coming soon!

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Having recently completed some Landmark stamp collage pictures, other themes have come to mind and one which I hope to start soon is ...
Saturday, 15 March 2014

Oyez! Oyez!Oyez! at 112.8 decibels!

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I didn't really think anything would come of it, when I got in touch with Gloucester's Town Crier, Alan Myatt, in a last ditch effor...
Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Lace Making in Malmesbury .. and Michigan lace on US Stamps

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I called in to the Athelstan museum in the centre of Malmesbury yesterday and found Jeanette Williams, sitting with her lacemaker's pill...
Wednesday, 5 March 2014

The Guildhall, Gloucester - Stamping Ground - Rachel Markwick's Stamp Collage Exhibition NOW ON

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The exhibition, Stamping Ground,  is NOW ON at The Guildhall, 23 Eastgate Street, Gloucester until 29th March . The Guildhall is right i...
Wednesday, 26 February 2014

Stamping Ground - exhibition of Stamp Collages from 3rd to 29th March at The Guildhall, Gloucester

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Feeling a bit like I've built the Leaning tower myself this week.  Preparing for an exhibition single handed is quite a large task and...
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