Beautiful images of North Wales...

From a dog walk a couple of days ago.....

First the Carneddau mountain range in the evening sun.....

the sunset framed by an iron gate...

then the Glyderau mountains through a gap in  the stone wall ....

and finally some old burnt Gorse silhouetted against the evening sky. I was particularly pleased with that one :)

Thank you for your visit :)

Studio love...

Finally going to get back out to the studio today.  The sculpture I am doing is going to be positively pornographic so most of the posts will go up at Kinky Clay.  As always I have been taking lots of photographs so here are a couple to keep your stream looking lovely :)

Don't forget the postcard give away running this week.  We've decided to run it for a couple more days to allow facebook fans to have a go as well so get in there while you can :)  Thanks for your visit.

A couple of beautiful photographs to help you love the rain...

This tree is so covered in moss it is a livid green.  Something to thank the rain for.  I have done no post processing here at all - it is really very green :)

This complex fungus grows abundantly on another tree nearby, another thing to thank the rain for :)

and, finally when the skies clear and the sun goes down  .. wow!  What a gorgeous sky.

Now I have to enter my pieces into the Bangor open so more later.  Thanks for your visit.

New jewelry range - Fluid Shapes

Just started putting a range of jewelry up for sale on my shop now page this slide show is embedded there since I can only put a few pieces up at a time it is easier for you to browse the range in Picasa.  Please let me know if you like any of them or if you have any great ideas :)

Really been going for it with textures in #GIMP

Nature's love expressed in a tree.  At the time I found it I thought of mercilessly exploiting it over the Valentines period, but, I hate the whole over commercialised event!  Basically, I would have felt like a complete hypocrite.

So.... I have decided to bring out a range of cards for lovers that can be sent any time of the year to let the one you love know just how special they are to you.  They could be used for birthdays, special occasions, to say 'thank you' or 'sorry' or simply to say 'I love you'.

I will be putting a small selection up on Red Bubble very soon and will let you know then :)  thanks for your visit.

Nice figure....

A friend sent me this, knowing what a nerd I am and I just had to re-post ....
http://nicefigure.org/

Science of Art ... and postcard give away....

Exciting news;  Tonight on Pythagoras Trousers, Radio Cardiff 8pm (repeated Tues at 11pm) http://www.rhysphillips.co.uk/pythagoras-trousers/ an interview with Christina Phillips of Blackutwitch Designs about how science has influenced her artistic practice and how her art influences her work as a tutor.

Also, this Saturday we hit the magic 10,000 visitors 

as if that wasn't good enough, by Sunday evening we hit 10,100.

  So a huge thank you to all of our visitors, especially to those who visit regularly or have BCW Designs on a feed.


As a celebration of this event here is some old footage ......

Ha ha :)  Just kidding.  

I have decided to blow some of my budget on giving back to you lovely people, so for the next week any one of you who sends me an email (blackcutwitch@gmail.com) saying SEND ME YOUR POSTCARDS will get their names put into a hat and the first few drawn out will receive a FREE set of postcards worth £3.50.  I say the first few as I don't want to miss any country out, and I will pay for the postage.  So, I have a budget and when that is met I shall email the winners to get their addresses and will send out the lucky recipients their FREE POSTCARDS.  Good luck...

This is a montage of the set you will receive if you are one of the lucky winners......

Thank you for your visit :)

Texture and blend ...

been learning how to add textures and blend them together in GIMP to create atmospheric images....

Good night :)

More Lichen love .....

Lichen landscape ......

Thanks for visiting :)