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Jox

Jox
Original Member
Last Online: January 30, 2012
Birthday: May 5
Country: United Kingdom
My blog - The Knitted Blog
My Week in Photos

About Me

I live in London UK, with my partner and sons and I am studying for a degree in Fine Art.

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Things that make me happy

  • 8mm movie films and photo slides for my projectors.

  • 35mm photo films (Black and white or colour, new or expired)

  • Having a bath (in something nice) while eating chocolate and reading a magazine

  • Having a cup of tea.

  • Recipes and food articles, cooking books, eating and drinking wine.

  • Vintage/retro kitcheny things; potholders, napkins, coasters, gadgets, tableclothes, aprons, dishcloths, old cookbooks etc. My kitchen is turquoise with red accessories.

  • Lip balms.

  • Brooches and bead necklaces.

  • Sketchbooks, stationary and things that clutter up your desk.

  • Long socks

  • Art supplies: pastels, oil paints, pencils, charcoal, sketchbooks, art books and magazines

  • Real coffee and biscuits.

  • Craft books and magazines; Japanese, vintage, knitting, sewing, kids crafts, felting or any with lots of different projects and inspiring photos.

  • Handmade things, things sewn, knitted, crocheted, glued and patchworked my you :-)

  • Birds, bees and leaves, oh! and trees.

  • Red, turquoise, grey and plum.

Favorite Music and Movies

Fav type of Music - Gossip, Gnarls Barkley, Scissor Sisters, Ray Lamontagne, Iggy Pop, Rolling Stones, Travis, indie, rock, funky stuff.

Fav Films - Rear Window, Breakfast Club, Little Miss Sunshine

Favorite Television

ER, CSI, Spongebob, My Parents are Aliens, Saturday Kitchen, 30 Rock, Numb3rs, Out Numbered, Project Runway, Masterchef, Nurse Jackie, Big Love, Six Feet Under. Law & Order US and UK.

Arts & Crafts

I am working with pinhole photography at the moment and have started to use projection to make my photographs large. I have recently brought an old 8mm movie camera and projector and an old bakalite slide projector so I am in the process of getting them cleaned up and working

I love to knit, sew and both wet and needle felting, but I don't get as much time to do them since starting my Uni course.

I am also experimenting with printing, journalling, water colours and drawing and like to get my kids involved.

Ratings

Laurania rated for UK Secret Santa on Nov 18, 2011
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Comment: I must confess I opened this a day early because it didn't fit in my stocking and I was intrigued - what a perfect present choice! I love them :-) thank you so much! I love the handmade card as well, great idea xxx
Jjean rated for Self-Reflection: Postcard on Jul 23, 2011
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Comment: Wow, it arrived fast....and very neat....almost the same as I did for my reflection....thank you.....
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Comment: I love your pinhole camera photos, and enjoyed reading about your exhibition. Thanks for contributing to my journal.
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Comment: Your entries always fascinate me...the string technique and the pin-hole camera images. Funny - although I taught kids for years in Science how the camera worked, I had never used one myself.
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Comment: I love reading about your busy life, is your partner famous? Will I recognise his name? Good luck with your rhubarb!
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Comment: Loved your pages, I think we have the same approach to recipes! the Quiet Afternoon pics made me think & laugh and then want to play around with my kitchen utensils.
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Comment: I love the ribbons and lace on the first two pages- very pink! The poem used as part of the page is very cool - I keep meaning to try and use old book pages but something in me can't cut the pages out and things like that lol. I also love the pinhole camera photos (I think) used on the next set of pages. Andy Warhol is one of my faves :)
BeverlyBling rated for Round Robin Journal Swap on Apr 18, 2011
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Comment: Thank you Jo, so much for my journal and returning it safely to me. I found your entries always interesting and original and I looked forward to looking at them in each journal.
KatarinaNavane rated for One Hour Art Project on Mar 26, 2011
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Comment: the string print is neat!
justj rated for FaveCrafts Valentine's Card Swap on Feb 20, 2011
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Comment: Thanks for the card. HUGS
Celticmoon rated for FaveCrafts Valentine's Card Swap on Feb 15, 2011
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Comment: Thanks for the felted heart.
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Comment: Thank you for your entry in my journal and for making it special. Bring on the next one LOL
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Comment: I like your PLEASE! stamp, I could do with one of those at work & your hand is the same size as mine!
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Comment: Thank you for your pages - they are very pretty. Were the printed guns your own handy work? Andy Warhol is an amazing artist - he's one of my favourites.
Response: no they are Warhols guns. :-)
ribbitribbit26 rated for Your Week In Photos [E-Swap] on Jan 22, 2011
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Comment: Great job!! Week in Photos Swap 8-)
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Comment: Thank you for the entries in my journal. I'm fascinated by lines too.
Pastini rated for Your Week In Photos [E-Swap] on Jan 17, 2011
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Comment: For some reason I always enjoy seeing what buses look like in other cities. Thanks for the pictures!
minibean04 rated for Your Week In Photos [E-Swap] on Jan 16, 2011
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Comment: Hi Jox thanks for the email swap, I have enjoyed looking at your week in photos. I especially enjoyed the dolls in the window..... x
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Comment: Thank you Jo for your entries, I love the idea of art on tampons!!
AnaGoncalves rated for Secret Santa Profile Swap on Dec 8, 2010
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Comment: Thank you so much for the presents. I opened them today at Winter Solstice and they are delightful. I love your handmade item, it is truly beautiful and the soap is delicious. Thank you so much. Truly appreciate it.

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Comments

secretterrabite on Feb 18, 2010:

Good luck with your Uni project, a nice book always helps :-)

Pookledo on Oct 2, 2009:

Thanks for the Morsbag. it's lovely :)

gothicvampy on Aug 18, 2009:

Ahhh but have you tried a 'Googlewhack' yourself yet? I have and am rubbish at it - not managed even one!

Japonicapopjoy2 on Jun 26, 2009:

Thanks for the note and the lovely card for BB YGM, you are very talented.

ccap on May 6, 2009:

happybirthday

Simone on Feb 13, 2009:

you

from Swaps for Children 5-16yrs Group

Japonicapopjoy2 on Nov 16, 2008:

Thanks for the great bag of jewellery treasures for BB YGM. My head is buzzing with ideas of things to do with them. :-)

Sam on Oct 21, 2008:

JO what more can i say than thank you - your such a sweetie i love it

hugs

sam x

TeaNi on Aug 29, 2008:

Thank you so much for angeling the cup of tea and magazine article swap for me! The teas look great, I can't wait to try them, and your choice of magazine article was spot on! You had no way of knowing this, but I have long been intrigued by the plight of the Roma- I look forward to reading it over a cup of tea!:)

spinjenny on Aug 23, 2008:

Thank you for the great bingo prize package!

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