~Melanie~

I LOVE: My man, my family, my friends, my kitty - Maisie-Mog, Fire, Sculpting clay and wax, bronze casting, SOCK MONKEYS especially Philip, Raku firing, FIRE, My Pillow, My Homeland of Scotland, FROGS, my camera, making art, my bike, 'Fort Apache' and ALL its joys, squishing, pink things, a nice cup of tea, big fuck-off shoes, 'Deadwood' at Sean and Shannon's, my sister's paintings, reading, Eddie Izzard, mudskippers, Tom Jones, marmite, kilts, men in kilts, things with flashing LED lights, Johnny Depp, filing metal, the humble potato, big fuck-off boots, poking around in tide pools, setting fire to and burning shit, cherries, John Lydon, maltesers, shoes, making stained glass, metal, fire, the smell of gasoline, pizza, clay, Thursday nights, red wine in a box, chickpeas, my fucked-up piano, Maui Onion potato chips, beaches, the smell of burning, The Adventures of Uncle Lubin, cheese, vodka, hammering, toads, glockenspeils, taking photos in the dark, singing and playing music with my friends, making a mess, smiling and being smiled at, oatcakes, Jimmy Pursey, marzipan, Arthur Rackham, Beckers, a.k.a Mini-me, coloured glass, my doggie pals namely Joon, Kaya, Tiny and Ajax, my tattoos, John Hurt, the smell of gasoline, The Guardian (UK) crossword, wine in a bottle, my axe, my bed, penguins, Avon BugGuard, watching things burn, creative people, W. Heath Robinson, being goofy, margaritas, pussy-willows, collecting crap, my guitars, poached eggs, driving really fucking fast, the ocean, movies, laughing, "Sweet-Home-Ala-me-da!" *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* I HATE: Ignorant people, especially George Bush, Margaret Thatcher and people who don't vote; when people talk on their cell phones whilst driving, bad grammar, when your finger-nail accidentally gets bent backwards, bills, mosquitoes, apathy, Mondays, squidgy food, getting wet, confrontation, fascists, bigots and racists, women with fancy nails, poofy hair and Chanel accessories, walking through cobwebs, whingy-whiney guys and wet-willies. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* MENTORS: My man, Ron Nichols; for achieving the goals that he set for himself; for being one of the most talented musicians I know and having had the pleasure of playing and performing with; for his art and for his wonderful writing. My parents and my sister; for setting me on a great path; for their art and creativity and too many other things to list. My nephew Ronan, for always doing what he says he's going to do; My niece Becky, for just being so god-dammned wonderful; Raymond Suarez and Wayne Shaffer, two of the most talented sculptors on the planet; for welcoming me into their lives; for showing me the way of fire, metal and clay; for always teaching me and for putting up with me! My father-in-law Luther, for his incredible knowledge of so many things especially books; and his total soave-ness; my mother-in-law Rhoda, for being a woman well ahead, (by leaps and bounds) of her time; my sister-in-law Kathy, for doing the crazy, dangerous job she does and for making a difference to people's lives; my brother-in-law Albert for being in the thick of violence and documenting it for all of our futures; My girls, my sisters - Karen Edward, Rachel Bedding, Kate Knox, Shannon Janssen and Cyndi Saner for their incredible strength and convictions. Lastly, Philip the Sock Monkey for making me always laugh. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* Here's some of my artwork that I showed in June 2006. Get Your Own! | View Slideshow