Art happens and today's daisies

While trying to recover from jet lag Peter and I decided to go and see an exhibition at the Hawkes Bay Museum in Napier, "Idle hands are the Devil's Workshop ". If I had stayed at home I would have fallen asleep. The exhibiton was of two creative people, Frank Butler's quilts ...
..... and Mrs Lilla Esam, who made banners from her stamp collection.

An amazing thought provoking exhibition. Again I have to credit Peter with the words. Art happens, if the creativity is there within you it will find a way out. People will use what ever they have at hand to produce the most amazing work.

I was so inspired by the quilts, I wanted to rush home and do some quilting. It also made me think about labeling my own quilts.

Another Exhibition - Speaking Truth To Power - John Reynolds

Peter described this installation, at Hawkes Bay Museum in Napier, as if you had wandered into a meeting room when everyone had gone for coffee. I think he hit the nail on the head.

And even more exhibitions and daisies

More daisies in this the third exhibition at Hawkes Bay Museum. Their full collection of fine art. Every single picture in the collection is out on show. I think perhaps you need to visit more that once to get the full impact.
Usually I don't like portraits, but for some reason I love this one, no idea why.

French Knitting

Peter and I were getting crafty this morning. We saw this notice in the window of the back entrance to Hawkes Bay Museum.There were a couple of chairs set up so you can sit down and do a bit of french knitting. What a cool idea. Peter and I sat down and started to knit. Peter's first time at French Knitting, it took all of 30 seconds for him to get the idea.
Here is the rug that inspired the French Knitting project. Know all I need to know is how to join together the long strings of French Knitting. Please leave a comment if you know how.