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		<title>A Curious Nature &#8211; Many Thanks ^_^</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Badger enjoying Afternoon Tea on the window Rieko and I were totally overwhelmed by the amount of people who joined us for the opening night. Rieko sold all her work during the opening and we got very nice feedback from everybody! I would like to thank Thistle Hall for hosting the show, Inverlochy Art School [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experiments with Copper Sulphate on Aluminium</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a chat with Basia Smolnicki at Inverlochy about copper sulphat etching, I googled the topic and found this sentence on nontoxicprint.com: &#8220;The characteristic of aluminum is the crystalline structure within the metal, which is revealed by the copper sulfate&#8217;s action. This means there is no need for aquatinting to get solid color or lighter tints of any hue.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sneak Peak &#8211; New Art Toys</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am working on artwork for a group exhibition in a couple of weeks. I usually hate these fake photo effects, however, in this case it supports the story. It took me weeks of trial and error to find a way to turn the &#8220;Afternoon Tea&#8221; prints into toys. This is the first one that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hey there! Not so short! Ouch&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manicure for a new Viech ^_^&#8230; You should not have pity with them, but with me. I always get an earful from the little monsters&#8230; and I wont get into the details of dental work! I started to prewash the plush fabric. Since the manufacture changed a year ago the cotton pile is denser, softer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back in the studio&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am finally back in the studio where I catch up with my toy making. The online shops are back online and the first new prints from the New Zealand Art Show are available online ^_^. The first new set of bears will be shipped later this week. Thank you for your patience &#8230;.again. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand Art Show 2011, after the show&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many thanks to all of you who made it to the New Zealand Art Show 2011. It was a very nice weekend, even though I was really tired after the crazy weeks before the show. Seeing that I left for Germany the day after the show I never managed to publish more pictures from the New Zealand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heads-up Opening @ Toi Poneke</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 10:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many thanks to all who came to the opening yesterday! More images on Flickr ^_^&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>An Adventurous Bear for an Adventurous Girl</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to share this story since ages but never found the time. It&#8217;s something that can only happen in New Zealand! One Sunday in July 2010 I had unexpected visitors in my little studio, telling me a sad story. During a holiday Morven&#8217;s much loved teddy bear TE &#8211; a family member for two [...]]]></description>
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