Uncategorized – Polka Dot Arts

Papier Mache Bowl

Worksheet for my up and coming video workshop to make these gorgeous papier mache bowls.

Wow what can I say- We are all two people the one the public sees and our secret self. This is my secret self and I make no apologies- I am content and sparkling inside at the moment and please with this piece. But my work always has the Black message – Please consider howContinue reading “Pretty in Pink”

The Golden Boot

May Journal but not in a journal

31 days in May – one art card for each day. We are all different and deal with life differently. This is a box that has made a difference for me. Be different. Make a difference.

May 2020 – a record for me – Sioux Peto

I am keeping a photo record to prove to myself that I am still a creative being. Feeling different – experimenting and learning again. Really really trying to relax with music, gardening, walking, meditation and art lots of art

May 8th 2020

Today is VE Day 75th Anniversary. There is bunting hanging in our window. I have hand stenciled 10 pieces of bunting covered in flowers and leaves for my Son whom I haven’t been able to hug since lockdown. Today is my Dads Birthday he would have been 86 years old and I haven’t seen himContinue reading “May 8th 2020”

My Self Isolation Journal

I dedicate this journal to my family who support me no matter what Sioux (me) is part of the Kent Creative Social Journal #KentCreativeSocialJournal project on Facebook and Instagram an idea by Nathalie Banaigs. I will be eternally grateful to her for this. Strangely I started April 1st not even knowing the date. I wantedContinue reading “My Self Isolation Journal”

April 2020 – a record for me – Sioux Peto

I am trying to keep a record of my work that I am making this month, to prove to myself that I do still make art on a regular basis. My work has always been about working with the community and not about my personal practice. These are strange times. It’s a photographic record only.

Cinderella’s Shoe

The discarded

These words will be shown alongside my Discarded Christmas Tree which is not pictured here at the Tunstall Christmas Tree Festival, Tunstall Church