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Shaw talk at Beeston Library

I have the pleasure visiting Beeston this Wednesday to give a talk on the explosive life of Colonel B D Shaw. Beeston is where Brian lived for over 70 years, just down the road from the University of Nottingham campus, so I’m really looking forward to being there. Come along if you are able, andContinue reading “Shaw talk at Beeston Library”

Festival Follow-up 2024

A few days into April and I am delighted to have heard from two people who attended my Cambridge Festival workshop and have completed their March temperature bookmarks! Elizabeth sent her cross-stitch version and @sewphie_k posted her completed star-stitch. Both look fab and you can really see that stretch of warmer days in the middleContinue reading “Festival Follow-up 2024”

Temperature records 2023 – 202?

As I was completing my 2022 temperature scarf I started to think about how to continue this project. I found it had made me much more aware of my environment and the changes brought about by climate change and I wanted to be able to see changes and trends across years. I had really enjoyedContinue reading “Temperature records 2023 – 202?”

Temperature records 2022

I hadn’t previously thought to record my temperature records here but although I had intended this blog to be about my chemistry-related work, daily temperature records fit rather well with the ‘periodically’ title. So here goes… back before the start of 2022 I spotted on social media that recording daily temperature data had become aContinue reading “Temperature records 2022”

And here we go…

And here we go… a new periodic table, exactly the same canvas and dimensions as the blackwork but this time in all the glorious colour that the elements create. This time we will have colours of the elements themselves, colours of their compounds, colours when they are in a discharge tube, characteristic spectral lines andContinue reading “And here we go…”

Festival follow-up

Loving that people who came to my Cambridge Festival workshop in March are sending me pictures of what they’ve made – one talented young stitcher made several of the designs, and one of the adult group picked out more elements from this blog and turned them into pouches – fabulous!

And another project…

This one is nearly finished, but can you guess what it is? (Other than a periodic table of course!)

The start of a new project…

I’m sure you can see what it’s going to be, but no clues just yet as to how the elements will be represented… that’s for another day…

Stitch your own element!

Would you like to try your hand at blackwork embroidery? Why not join me for a workshop at the Cambridge Festival and work on your own element to take away. Workshops for adults and children (8 upwards) – pre-registration required. https://www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/embroider-your-element

Density rainbows

I’ve been having fun this June with density rainbows – my children’s former primary school last week for their Science Day, and another local primary school this week for their Science Week. My thanks as always to Cambridge Chemistry Department for the loan of labcoats – borrowing them always guarantees some baking hot days!