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#31daysofmake Day 8- Nina Jean
Today I tried to interview my daughter. She is so funny and articulate I thought I might be able to edit a little comedy film for my day 8 make. Nope! She had other ideas and was totally, characteristically non-compliant. We did these photos instead. I can not believe how wonderfully they communicate her personality […]
#31daysofmake Day 7- games night
January 2017- I invited my neighbours to my house to play games. We ate up the end of the Christmas treats and played 2 rounds of “SHOPS“, a brilliant game I learnt from artist Lizzy Lockhart. The evening spiralled into a giant train track construction and crochet master class. It has been agreed that […]
#31daysofmake Day 6- Wiebke’s Tummy
My lovely friend Wiebke is pregnant. She’s an actor and in the past we have talked a lot about balancing our work with families and homes and partners. I painted her tummy. She wanted something Autumnal because she loves that colour palette. We talked about family history and babies. Hurray for new life!
#31daysofmake-Day 5- vocabulary poem
I can write a good funding bid. I wrote content for 6 bids in 2016. The required vocabulary for a successful bid really sticks out to me, I don’t feel it ever does the work or the artist justice. In those contexts, no one uses emotive words and yet, on the whole, art is born […]
#31DaysofMake- Day 4- knitting.
I love knitting. My Nana and fellow left hander taught me my basic knitting skills when I was about 7. Right-handed knitters have commented upon the fact that I knit backwards. Probably the reason everything I make turns out a bit strange, despite my best efforts. Over the years I’ve made wonky, colour loud, ill […]
“Passionate, committed and deeply inspired by nature, Sonya creates work that stays with you a long time after it’s been and gone.”
- Hannah Merriman: Award-winning Event Producer“Sonya constantly fills my heart with magic and inspiration. She can take the lowliest of concepts and the meagerest of budgets and transform them into something that sings”.
- Sophie Parkes-Nield: author, musician, media relations.“Sonya has a very original and inventive mind which she applies to her work with great determination and organisational skill. In performance, she has a charismatic stage presence which she employs with great subtlety.”
- David Wheeler: Artistic Director, IOU.