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  • Reliques (2025)

    Early last year, when I was in France, I found a stash of wonderfully rusty implements, stuffed into a deep crevice in an old wall. I don’t know why they were hidden away like that,… Read more

  • The Kick-About #129 ‘Treasure Trove’

    For our last Kick-About, we revelled in the razor-sharp satire of James Gillray. This week it’s a celebration of found things, forgotten relics, and hidden gems brought into the light—and for all previous editions of… Read more

  • Le Raccourci (2025)

    Our latest Kick-About prompt made my 3D-fingers itch: something about James Gillray’s physical deformations and soft, pink colour palette had me defaulting to this technique, in which you ‘free-build’ out of pads of stuffed nylon… Read more

  • The Kick-About #128 ‘James Gillray’

    The last edition of The Kick-About found us immersed in the symbolic world of Kiki Smith, where myth, body, and nature intertwined. This time, the mood shifts as we relish the biting wit and exaggerated… Read more

  • Sabbat (2025)

    I liked the strong narrative element—and the scratchy, witchy vibes of Kiki Smith’s figures (our prompt for The Kick-About No. 127) that sense too of the promise of magic, and the environs of the woods.… Read more

  • The Kick-About #127 ‘Kiki Smith’

    Our last edition of The Kick-About immersed us in the shimmering world of iridescence—a celebration of light in perpetual transformation. This week, we turn our attention to the evocative art of Kiki Smith, whose work… Read more

  • Geodes (2025)

    I was interested in creating opals and geodes as my response to The Kick-About’s theme of iridescence, so wrapped big spoonfuls of wet filler in bags of clingfilm and suspended them to dry over night.… Read more

  • The Kick-About #126 ‘Iridescence’

    The last edition of The Kick-About had us all staring at Rorschach’s famous ink-blots, as if, by doing so, we could slip past these blotches to apprehend our inner-selves. This week, it’s not so much… Read more

  • After Rorschach (2025)

    These bug-themed images began life very simply – as random mirrored silhouettes created using…. wait for it… the ‘insert random shape-maker’ tool in Powerpoint. I was looking for a starting point with minimum finesse or… Read more

  • The Kick-About #125 ‘The Rorschach Test’

    The last edition of The Kick-About was a rich investigation of the self-portraiture—with all the insights and reflection you might expect, as we considered—and reconsidered—how we see ourselves. The idea of Rorschach’s famous ink-blot test… Read more

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I’m Amy, a minimalist and simple living enthusiast who has dedicated her life to living with less and finding joy in the simple things. Through this blog, I aim to share my expertise, insights, and experiences. Join me on this journey as we explore the world of slow, purposeful living together!

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