Dear Yogis,

I have been working so hard to get commissions done on time that I didn’t realise til about lunch time on Friday that it WAS Friday and I hadn’t done the usual newsletter, and it was too late.  Apart from telling you I am busy, there is not much to report.  

To the left are photos of the last oil I completed the restoration of on Friday last.  The time when i should have been doing the newsletter.  The photos were in natural light, so hard to get a good view, but you can see all the paint that was missing in the far left photo, and a near perfect painting in the other darker photo.

The latest work I completed yesterday was a well known Renaissance Print of the “Visitation of St.Anne” by Leonardo DaVinci.

There are many prints of this drawing around, some of them better, some worse.  This was old, stained, scarred and not in good shape.  I cleaned and fixed it, reframed, and now it is ready to go to a new home.  Yours?  It is hanging in the studio where you can see it.

I wasn’t sure I could get it back to good shape, but I think it looks better than new, and has a certain character that only age can give such a work.  I reframed it in extravagant mats and mounts…  the frame although new,  looks older and fits the print well.

When you come to yoga you can have a look.

 

ON THE SEWING FRONT.

The “Waterfall Dress” has sold to a dressmaking client…  She came to give me a new commission,  saw the dress and fell in love immediately (of course).  It was love at first sight.   She is a wonderful, tall person and the dress fell and flowed on her as she walked – It was perfectly as I had imagined.  She just had to have it (I am not tall enough – if I was, I would have kept it).

So I won twice – I got a new commission and sold my favourite dress to a client who looks fabulous in it.  She is taking it to Germany so she can drift around the galleries looking fabulous.

I am on the hunt now for material for a black edition, and I would love to make a white “Wedding” dress using this technique.

 

YOGA CLASSES AND STUDIO TIMES…..

Windarring Yoga –  Tues. x 2 +Thurs. x 1. (some Fridays)

STUDIO YOGA WOODEND: Monday Hatha 1pm (full) 2.15 (full) Wed. Restorative 1pm.  

ZOOM WORKSHOP.  Mondays at 6.30 on zoom. “A Year of Living Biblically” and “The Source”.  The class is going off to do their own thing on Mondays until next term – Croatia, Bali, Van excitement and more.  If you want to join the group next term – plan for it.

THE YOGA LUNCHEON:  This coming Saturday at 12noon (yes a time shift). I have booked for us to go to  The Full Moon in Woodend.  Warm, “homey” and great food. I love the Nachos – with chicken – with prawns – vegan, or Mexican.  Any of them are great.

TAROT READINGS AT THE STUDIO – Look forward to hearing from you.  You can even come on the weekends, and I can do “doubles” – you and mum, you and a friend.  .

 

SEE YOU IN THE STUDIO

NAMASTE – JAHNE

 

Dear Yogis,

What a hectic two weeks and none of it yoga asana, but all of it requiring a yogic attitude!  Fashion Parade Rehearsal, then the parade, then a Zoom Tarot Tea Bag Painting Demonstration hosted by The Tarot Guild.  I am so sorry you missed this, it was great fun, we got a lot done, and I am looking forward to the next one.  I have so much to do – Tarot decks to pack, Web sites to up-date, people to contact and say thanks!  Plus I have a project – painting the Kabbalistic Tree of Life on a Tea Bag…. what a challenge.  Over the weekend I tidied (can’t work in confusion) and this morning sometime i want to swap my paintings around on the walls.

I am going to have a TAROT Teaching Class in the next month or so, both at the studio and on zoom.  Please, if you are interested, please let me know – I think the Tarot Guild will be interested, as well as being interested in any paintings.. they were such a fabulous class.

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Yes, I have been there a long while.  My lovely Denim Slouch handbag  which I finished making was loaded – you will love it, I do.  Later in the day i will put it on Facebook too.  I put in all the little pockets and zippers i love.  It is light, comfortable, roomy and like a portable office.  If you want one – ask.  The people who have one love them as much as I do.  Don’t chuck out your favourite jeans, send them to me, and I will make a handbag for you.  I charge according to size, pockets,  zips and other personalisations.  They last for years.  When they are done as a bag you fill them with soil and pot a plant in them!  Nothing is wasted around here!

 

YOGA CLASSES AND STUDIO TIMES…..

Windarring Yoga –  Tues. x 2 +Thurs. x 1. (some Fridays)

STUDIO YOGA WOODEND: Monday Hatha 1pm (full) 2.15 (full) Wed. Restorative 1pm.  Thursday 10am? Please book – no interest, no yoga.

ZOOM WORKSHOP.  Mondays at 6.30 on zoom. “A Year of Living Biblically” and “The Source”.    I wish more of you would turn up – it is free.. Come tonite!

THE YOGA LUNCHEON:  The last Saturday in the month at 12noon (yes a time shift). I have booked for us to go to  The Full Moon in Woodend.  Warm, “homey” and great food. I love the Nachos – with chicken – with prawns – vegan, or Mexican.  Any of them are great.

TAROT READINGS AT THE STUDIO – Look forward to hearing from you.  You can even come on the weekends, and I can do “doubles” – you and mum, you and a friend.  .

SEE YOU ON THE MAT (SOMEWHERE)

NAMASTE – JAHNE

Dear Yogis,

Our focus today – THE FASHION PARADE TOMORROW.  Jubilee Hall, Macedon, 1pm to 3.30. $30 entry fee which you can pay at the door or www.trybooking.comI will be there early and I hope to see you there.   Then there is THE TAROT TEA-BAG PAINTING, ZOOM PRESENTATION, Hosted by The Australian Tarot Guild.  Sunday 16th July, 1pm to 2.30pm.  If you haven’t done one of these, you may like to try.  Certainly your “canvas’s” are easy to come by – Tea Bags!  www.tarotguild.org.au

STUDIO AND ON-LINE CLASSES

I have a few folk coming for one-on-ones to determine their class levels, their physical requirements,  and “goals” so soon we will have new yoga classes starting.  Watch this space.  I like having a one on one to start out.  The fact that a student has done yoga before is no guarantee that they will know what they are doing or be able to join the class they have focussed on.

 

Windarring Yoga –  Tues. x 2 +Thurs. x 1. (some Fridays)

STUDIO YOGA WOODEND: Monday Hatha 1pm (full) 2.15 (full) Wed. Restorative 1pm.  Thursday 10am? Please book – no interest, no yoga.

ZOOM WORKSHOP.  Mondays at 6.30 on zoom. “A Year of Living Biblically” and “The Source”.  This was a great evening.  I wish more of you would turn up – it is free.. Come next week.

THE YOGA LUNCHEON:  The last Saturday in the month at 12noon (yes a time shift). I have booked for us to go to  The Full Moon in Woodend.  Warm, “homey” and great food. I love the Nachos – with chicken – with prawns – vegan, or Mexican.  Any of them are great.

THE WEARABLE ART EXHIBITION:  SATURDAY July 15th, Jubilee Hall Macedon. 1pm to 3.30.  tickets at trybooking.com 

TEA/BAG TAROT PAINTING INTRODUCTION:  Hosted by The Australian Tarot Guild.  Sunday 16th July, 1pm to 2.30pm.  If you haven’t done one of these, you may like to try.  Certainly your “canvas’s” are easy to come by – Tea Bags!  www.tarotguild.org.au

SEE YOU ON THE MAT (SOMEWHERE)

NAMASTE – JAHNE