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NEARLY THERE: I’m in that ‘not too sure when i

NEARLY THERE: I’m in that ‘not too sure when it’s finished’ void. Is it? Isn’t it? Maybe we need just a bit here and there? Walking away from this piece is a good thing and will gaze upon it with fresh eyes tomorrow.#hongkong #beapokeart #familystories #britishsculpture #interiorchic #lifestyle #patriciamitchelldesign

THE STORY SO FAR: the end is in sight. The gaps w

THE STORY SO FAR: the end is in sight. The gaps will be filled tomorrow and then the all important ‘third layer’ bringing the piece together drawing it to a close. I am hoping my client will look at this piece for years to come and will always find something new to look at. I have used a great deal of different and very tiny pieces in this collage - Hong Kong is a very big subject to narrate and visualise. I wanted to show the energy and excitement along with some very tranquil elements. Sculpting this has almost become an addiction and it’s going to be some mighty voice to order me to stop. See what you can find.....

SUNDAY MORNING: although there is a little way to

SUNDAY MORNING: although there is a little way to go with Hong Kong, my thoughts are jumping ahead to my next piece: Kentucky (with a large ‘Africa’ to create first). Both pieces are heading out to the @crossgategallery_ in Lexington. The Kentucky is the piece I am most looking forward to creating. With an equine theme mixed with other indigenous zoological and botanical interest - this piece will be a collage of complete thoroughbred, horse racing, jockey, stud farm fascination. The colours have been chosen - next photo, the silhouettes collated and very soon I will be able to make a start.#globalart #racingart #sportingart #lexingtonkentucky #thoroughbred #patriciamitchelldesign

#HONGKONG: Another good day. Loving the blossom b

#HONGKONG: Another good day. Loving the blossom branch detail gaps. For a piece this size 120cm diameter, having random breaks in the layering stop ones gaze getting confused. Call them visual resting points. I have hidden so many details - one will still be finding little pieces of treasure for years to come. This is a circular sculpture (the black background is purely for show), the frame will be a masterpiece within itself. I am so looking forward to seeing this in its forever home. Another week until I reach the finishing post.#hongkong #visionsofhongkong #papersculpture #artlife #artininstagram #interiorchic #lifestyle #patriciamitchelldesign

FOR THE LOVE OF AFRICA: 40 years ago my grandmothe

FOR THE LOVE OF AFRICA: 40 years ago my grandmother gave me a white china elephant (my collection grew to over 100). 10 years later I got to see herds of wild African elephants in the Kruger, South Africa. A year later I was bathing with wild elephants (chain free) in Thailand and a year after that I spent some time at an elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka. Fast forward a few years I carried out some charity work with The Born Free Foundation in Kenya. Sadly I have not been able to get back to Africa for a number of reasons but if you know me personally, there is a great deal of African interior influence in my house - and that influence resonates through my work. I cannot let it go. Africa is in my soul. It is from my days of backpacking around South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia (saying that - I just kayaked to the other side of the Fish River Canyon to the Namibia side, had a pee and kayaked back - just so I could say ‘I had been to Namibia’) that Africa is part of me. I am dying to go back and I will one day with my little family. It broke my heart this morning when I read that the Botswana Gov had lifted the ban on elephant hunting. How anyone could track an elephant and then slaughter it is beyond my comprehension. Elephants need to be translocated if they are becoming a problem. We know they damage crops, villages and livelihoods but that is no reason to cull. @damian_aspinall Foundation frequently post wonderful translocation stories on insta, really worth a follow. I hope they are all over this recent news. I am also hoping that it may not be true and just be idle Instagram gossip.
Thank you for reading and for your moments of thought.#banelephanthunting #elephant #elephantlove #elephantcharity #elephantawareness #aspinallfoundation #patriciamitchelldesign

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