Jane Thewlis – All About Plants

…n the silver, copper or brass of each unique piece. The beads comprise peat-free compost, sand and leaves, along with recycled old beads. This beautiful stuff sells. Cambridge University Botanic Garden Shop was the first to take it in stock. Demand is high. Have a look at Jane’s business – “All About Leaves.” “All About Leaves” follows an extraordinary career in which she has won awards and commissions for her plant-themed installations. She studi… Continue reading

Wow! It’s the World of WearableArt™!

…To glimpse the World of WearableArt™ is to be seduced into a world of heart-stopping beauty and mind-numbing creativity. It is more than fashion. It is more than costume. It is more than theatre. It is at once thrilling and inspiring. Good advice would be to make New Zealand your destination and take in the World of WearableArt™. Better advice would be to make the World of WearableArt™ your destination and take in New Zealand. So why all the hype?… Continue reading

The COVID Chronicles – 2

…ies’ reporting of their own COVID-19 statistics.) Below are the daily COVID-19-related deaths.  Taking a global view of things, these two graphs tell us a great deal about the pandemic and about data collection. First, we are not really living a second wave of this pandemic; we only have that impression because in some countries from around May to September we were able – to a degree – to control the number of cases through social distancing measu… Continue reading