Julie Arkell.

Julie Arkell. Do you know her work? If you don't, I feel like I'm sharing something special with you. If you're seeing her work for the first time here, and find yourself connecting with it, you might wonder.............. why did I not know about her before? I know that's how it was for me when I first saw Julie's work............ I fell in love with it. I had an opportunity to buy some of her work last year, and it took me ages to choose, because I just wanted everything on display. I ended up purchasing a brooch, and a sculpture............. today I'm going to show you the brooch I bought...................I loved the way Julie displayed her brooches................... Gorgeous, isn't it? I had to think long and hard which word to choose, because I wanted a word brooch, and each word took on a huge significance. In the end, I went for this...................... "Safe". I also like the word "home", but for me, the word "safe" is linked to the good things in my life, so it's a very positive word for me, and is probably a word I'd say was, in my mind, linked to the word "happiness"..................... I'm going to show you the sculpture I bought from Julie, in my next post.....................

Comments

[Lesley]

lovely brooch i like it !
Lesley x

[Elise]

Those are lovely! Safe. I think that's what I would have chosen for myself, too :)

[Cat]

How pretty! Safe is such a good word. Cat x

[joanna]

I love Julie Arkells work There is something about it. The way she makes quite ordinary things just look right. Look forward to the scuplture.

[susand]

Welcome Back!
Glad you have returned "safely"!!!

[Helen Lambert]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE JULIE A...I met her once and had such a giggle infact we ended up drawing quite a crowd who joined in the banter and smut...i am afraid that I am a little smutty....we were coming up with ways of describing my ample body and decided to use fruits...the lady next to us thought we were desribing a smoothie and asked where she could buy one!!!!! I would love one of her rabbit people and I often drool over her book. I was inspired to cover all shoe boxes with La Monde after seeing her work room...no shoe box is safe in our house...glad you are back...love H

[Lucy@Attic24]

Oh, yes,JA, LOVE love love her work and creatvity.
I saw here beautiful work for real the other wkend when I visited Loop, and I was very surprised how substantial and heavy her creatures are, and how beautiful the details.
Can't wait to see your JA piece, v jealous that you actually own something she made!

Did you have a good time away?? I've missed not chatting to you here or by email (did get your mail the other week, I so meant to reply and kept getting sidetracked)..if you ever fancy a chat, gimme a call?!
Lx
ps who owns that gorgeous crochety chair and cat from previous post? i fell in love!

[kat]

safe is good...i like that little rabbit person and the why pins...oh, i like them all!

[donna]

Gorgeous. I adore Julie's work and hope to do a workshop with her this year. I regularly do Janet Bolton's workshops and they are great friends, Janet is always wearing a Julie Arkell creation.

[louise]

I knew Julies work some years ago in papier mache and am just discovering her new textile work.She still retains the same sense of humour and extraordinary originality!

[rebecca]

her work is truly amazing

[Jamie Harley]

I like julies work because i have only jst seen her work and i think it is amazing and colourful, enthusiasm and sincerity.