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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Jan 241 min read
End of Another Week
and almost the end of January. I took the last of my Bonsai pots to the shop and gave them a first underglaze. These are ready to fire...
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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Jan 141 min read
One Project done
I finished using all the clay this weekend. Now they need to dry. Eleven in total from 20 kilos. One developed a crack in the rim so I'm...
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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Jan 111 min read
2025
I have some time before I need to start two other projects so I thought it was time to add to my collection of Bonsai pots. They are all...
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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Dec 14, 20241 min read
Whisper Project #2
Now that this second version of the Telephone/Whisper game has been launched I can show you what I did. I really liked being first. I was...
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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Nov 23, 20240 min read
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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Nov 15, 20241 min read
Radiance of Cardinals
Thanks to my dear friend, Maggie Vanderweit, for the awesome photography. This will be installed in the Hospice next Thursday. 8'x6'
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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Nov 1, 20241 min read
Last steps
This is very much, a hard part. Once the facings are stitched in place, the excess is cut away, the facing flipped and stitched. Done....
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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Oct 31, 20241 min read
One Last Addition
Halloween evening. After my gruelling physio this morning, and finishing the pumpkins, there was one more item to add to the scene In...
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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Oct 28, 20241 min read
Last Panel
Nothing left but a little housekeeping and binding.
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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Oct 21, 20241 min read
Almost
While I can't get photos of the whole, I can take some of a small section. While the top 3/4 is primarily confetti work the both tells...
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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Oct 12, 20241 min read
Half Way
That says it all. After 'leafing' the upper storeys I spent a few hours hoop stitching Goldenrod and Asters. Cut up and in a pile, it...
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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Oct 4, 20241 min read
5 Cardinals
Finished trimming these 5 today. Though they will not be in this location, I placed them to show context. I'm thinking they look so good...
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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Sep 27, 20241 min read
Adding Detail
In order to give this piece a familiar feel, I am including plants that everyone sees and knows. Today was 'Golden Rod'. A few simple...
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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Sep 22, 20241 min read
On the Long arm
Four months after my accident....... she was mounted onto the longarm. Once again I couldn't have got this far without my greatest...
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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Sep 16, 20241 min read
Weathering the roof
I tired a few tings to bring down the intensity of the red. As this is not a Tuscan countryside I wanted to bring them more in line with...
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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Sep 15, 20241 min read
The Barns
Finally tackled the barns. One down... From this To this... I used a combination of water soluble pencils and seta colour pencils....
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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Sep 5, 20241 min read
Behold a Tree Trunk
Yes that's my garage door..... The tree is roughly 7 ft. I usually take pictures in the early morning to avoid the shadows and more...
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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Sep 1, 20241 min read
Slow progress on details
I had hoped to be further along with this by this time. I still have issues with sustained and repetitive movements. But the Sunflowers...
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Mary Katherine Hopkins
Aug 25, 20241 min read
Sunflowers
I have thought a long time about how to put these into this piece. As the Sunflower is the Logo of the Guelph Wellington Hospice it had...
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