Rings

A wonderful, versatile, textural and virtually FREE material... I made these last year for friends

Tadek Beutlich

Though I can not find this image on the internet, and there is very little there about him or his work. It gives me a small smile that he has slipped the net somehow... but frustrating when researching ... this was from a newspaper cutting years ago ...

some random visuals

More cellular structures

on a roll ....

Valentines Day 2011

Alexander Girard Heart ....

RSA Animate – Changing Education Paradigms

RSA Animate – Changing Education Paradigms

Here it is for those who I promised.

more fractals

clint fulkerson
This mans drawings and sculpture have been very inspirational this last few days. It was at his website I found the Fractals video. I am doing some fractal drawing of my own which I will post when ready.

Fractals

Feb 9th

Crocheted Stones, many many images out there ...

Thank you to all who came to the workshop yesterday. Feel all fired up and thinking of all that needs to be done to spread the word that inspiration teaching and creativity is vitally important to children in our schools today. I will be working on my website for teachers now with as much spare time as I get so please keep following progress here!

Incredible wonders at your fingertips

HERE is something truly amazing, and something I had always thought possible in time. Enjoy ... and thankyou to you who showed me ...

http://www.googleartproject.com/

Lucky woodsprite ...

This little face has been a favoured image for a while. Taken in a wonderful old paper mill in France where they make paper by ancient methods still, from linen. This was a piece of old machinery outside the buildings, and this face appeared like a trapped soul.

Winter hedges

I love the tangled texture of the geometrically cut hedges in the winter. And some ice landscapes from last year ...

Website now Live!

I have not worked out how to do it yet but will put a quick link to the website from here. But thanks to some tireless workers it is up and visable to the world now!

www.nancynicholson.co.uk

Theo Jansen

I get very excited when I look at the creative genius of this man, how he has taken an idea and spun it into pure magic, a world of his own making ... Theo Jansen and also this little film of his creatures.

Todays image ...

Wonderfully crackly and scratchy dresses...read it, wear it!

And some newspaper rings I made last year, for some dear friends.

Nick Georgiou

Nick Georgiou is an urban sculptor I discovered at the weekend while researching for my inset day on Feb 8th. Something I am sure we can adapt for a school project.

Best drawing

This picture is in one of my mothers old teaching books,and has inspired me for years. The freedom drawing like this gives children is very liberating for them, and extends the drawing process into using the whole body. A wholly different experience. One which would be good for children and adults alike.

Here is a photo I have had in my insiration folder for a long time. Kept it to draw from one day but not got around to it yet ... a man from the Marsh maybe? I met such a man yesterday, out walking with stick and rucksack. Though he also have waves of windswept hair he was huge giant of a man, happy to engage in excited and enthusiastic conversation about the landscape and the walks around Smallhythe ...