by Kate Lloyd | Nov 23, 2021 | Scarves
I recently exhibited my gorgeous collections of luxury silk scarves at the RHS Wisley garden with Craft in Focus at their Christmas Craft Fair. People came to the Craft Fair to find something different that they wouldn’t find elsewhere. That’s certainly true of my...
by Kate Lloyd | Apr 11, 2021 | In lockdown
As you probably know, since last March, we walk twice a week in the Surrey Hills. During our walks, we come upon various manmade or topographical features. There are many sudden deep hollows in the land, which I can imagine might be ‘sink holes’ from a...
by Kate Lloyd | Apr 6, 2021 | In lockdown, Multiple exposure, Recent assignments, technical
I’m so thrilled I have learned how to make a book – to show off my images. The Japanese stab book derives from simple receipt books used by market traders (not money market!). It was a cheap disposable item, which has become emblematic of Japanese life and...
by Kate Lloyd | Mar 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
It occurred to me that still life is a funny expression, ‘still alive’ might be a better wording for our present situation. I have never previously thought of taking pictures of ‘still life’ subjects, but recently went to a fruit and vegetable...
by Kate Lloyd | Mar 28, 2021 | In lockdown
Fungi are a fascinating group of subjects. Different from all other plants and so varied in their forms, colours and sizes. I know very little about them, although being vegetarian I am very fond of mushrooms! On our walks on the Surrey Hills we have seen such a...
by Kate Lloyd | Mar 5, 2021 | Gift Ideas, In lockdown, Multiple exposure, practicalities, technical, Travel
I’ve been working on developing abstract images, and I’m ready to share some with you now. Pattern recognition is an inbuilt preference for our brains and this is key to looking at abstract images. Some are really unrecognisable abstract images and in some...
by Kate Lloyd | Mar 4, 2021 | In lockdown, Multiple exposure, technical, Travel
I think I have mentioned that I was in Venice in January 2020. Oh my goodness, I am absolutely longing to go back – it seems such a very long time ago! One of the brilliant things I’ve been doing in lockdown is to learn a new skill in photography, so I...
by Kate Lloyd | Feb 25, 2021 | In lockdown, personal history
Prompted by a cousin’s feedback on the grape hyacinths newsletter, asking for more on my mother, I thought it must be time for another family chapter. If you’re a Wodehouse fan like me, you’ll know that Bertie Wooster has two Aunts. One, Aunt Agatha,...
by Kate Lloyd | Feb 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
Have you seen any signs of Spring? I am on the lookout as we walk around our increasingly familiar routes on the Surrey Hills. In the garden we have our first snowdrops, always the herald of spring and it’s just as well because we planted about 300 corms last...
by Kate Lloyd | Feb 7, 2021 | In lockdown, personal history
I mentioned school in an earlier blog, and thought I might tell you about how I learned to read. My brother is a little bit older than me and one day, when I was 3 years old, he sat me down and allegedly said “I’d better teach you to read, because once you...
