9 months since we left England

I have just looked at the date and realised we have been here for 9 months. I can't believe how quickly it has gone and how much we have managed to do in that time. My boyfriend and I are still teaching in a school in the north of Thailand and really enjoying it. All the students are on

holiday at the moment which means we can relax and look forward to our holiday next week :).

So today I thought I would share some of my recent photos.

The view from our flat

Students graduation ceremony

A sketch of the view from our flat

Teaching all the teachers English

Pin the tail on the donkey

Floating Market

Drawing on the side of an old juke box

Beautiful ice cream shop in an old market

Happy New Year

I know it is the 10th already, and I can't believe how quick it is going! I am still here in Thailand and enjoying the teaching. Sometimes its can be hard to control the students, but I love that they are all so happy all the time. This is a picture I took of some children's drawings in Chiang Mai at New Years. I hope you all had a great New Year and Happy 2011!!

My brother's new work

My talented brother has just started selling his work on Folksy. The colourful retro bags would make great Christmas presents.







Please check out his Folksy shop : SeanLawdesigns

Screenprinters in Australia

I found this wonderful blog badskirt and a link to many screenprinters websites through a tweet from Karen Lewis at blueberryathome. I had a nosy through the sites and loved the work by pippijoe. Great designs, simple yet eyecatching.



www.pippijoe.com

Latest from Thailand

So I have been in Thailand for nearly four months and I have not been keeping up with blog writing and sadly not been making any new work. Although I have been trying to keep up with other people blogs and to see what is happening in the art world.

At the moment my boyfriend and I are working in a boarding school in the north of Thailand. The scenery is beautiful, lots of waterfalls and great mountain views. I start teaching properly at the end of the month which I am looking forward to. Hopefully I will get settled enough to start making artwork again. Maybe just drawing will have to do for now.

Here are some photos below of our travels so far:


Sunset at the school we are working at

Omelettes in banana leaf

Beautiful bag stall in Chiang Mai market

Our favourite bar in Chiang Mai

Graffiti in Phuket town

Our bungalow on Koh Phayam Island

Sunset on Koh Phayam Island

Rice bear

Exhibition at Bowery Gallery

So its only just over a week till I leave.... nothing is packed, all important stuff is sorted but there is too much to cram into a week. Anyway I am excited too as I have an exhibition starting next week at the Bowery Gallery in Leeds. It runs for three months and I am hoping to sell some big pieces.
The preview evening is the 8th July. I can also email anyone the invite image if they would like.......

http://www.thebowery.org/home.html

2010 is an exciting year.....

I am really excited about the plans for this year, some of you probably know but in July this year me and my boyfriend will be on our way to Thailand for the start of an exciting adventure. We are going to do our Tefl teaching course in Phuket and then hopefully go on to teach english in the country. We have some high hopes for our plans, starting in Thailand for quite a few months, then hopefully Shanghai and our dream to end up in Japan.

This is where we will be living near whilst doing the Tefl course.... to say im excited is an understatement.........