Darrell Wakelam

😆 it’s my job 👍👀👀👀 Thanks 😁

😆 moving is ridiculously stressful

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Yes I've been following all of that. It's on the list. 😁

Thanks 😁 The colour is nice isn't it, who knew toilet roll tubes could look so much like stone.

An ancient Egyptian face that I'm currently making. One of four, based on the god-heads used to decorate the canopic jars, the containers for the organs removed from the pharaoh's body.

I had a bit of time today to add to the last of the Ancient Egyptian faces I'm making. I'm learning a lot from looking at the style and sophistication of their beautiful designs.
* Recycled tubes and a spoon.
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spoilsport 😆

ha . . . cut out the 'rounded' shape off the top one, paint it red, paint some black spots on it. Cut out the 'raised' shaped from the bottom one, paint it black. Glue them together and you'd have an excellent ladybird. 😆

Brilliant I'll pas that on. Funnily enough, I've been a long time admirer of Dave's work, as a student in there late 80's I had a prized copy or Arkham Asylum, which I still have in mint condition. My degree was illustration, and Dave was very inspiring. Thanks 😁

Wow really, it's been very rainy there!

😁 It's a beauty, far exceeded even my expectations this one. 👍

Thanks Isobel, you can tell how much they've enjoyed it can't you. 😁👍

Lovely work isn't it, I thought it had real character this. 😁

Life-size sculpture of Harry Potter, built from cardboard and recycled materials by the pupils from The Taunton School in Somerset.

Life-size sculpture of Harry Potter, built from cardboard and recycled materials by the pupils from The Taunton School in Somerset.

The kids from The Taunton School are very proud of their finished Harry Potter sculpture. 😮
Over 60 pupils from Years 5 - 8 have worked in teams to create this artwork in just two days. You can see how much effort they have put in. 🙂
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a screen-shot of my Instagram profile

I just hit 10K followers on Instagram. 👍
I’ve made a real effort in the last few months as engagement on Twitter dropped. I’ve done this solely using the work I create, no click bait, no plagiarism, and no gimmicks, well, give or take the odd ‘baboon’ 😅
If you're there, come and find me.
#edusky

Hopefully Sue, you just have to keep a business head on and follow what works. You can’t rely just on what you do to get attention, it’s also the way you ‘package’ and promote it, so connecting with an ‘audience’ is vital these days. Being authentic and giving people time etc. Not easy. 👍

So disappointed. I spent thousands of hours carefully promoting what I do, trying to support others and slowly building clients that offered me work, but also recommended me. In about three months he kicked all of that into the long grass, I've now spent time (and money) building my Instagram

Thanks, I'll try to add those if I can keep my ramblings short enough! 😆 cheers.

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It absolutely works with kids. 😁👍 I've been using the idea of what I call 'pure making' for years now, it's the backbone of my book. Whatever you remove you have to then find a way of reusing, no waste, no mess. Kids love the challenge, so do I. 😁

I've been on a mission for a long time. Managed to convince people that 'cutting & sticking' is a valid career, shhhh 😆

Images of you sailing off the cliff. 😮😅

Great! Hope they enjoy it 😁

Me, looking at my own book with my best friend, a baboon, made out of a spoon.

It's 'Black Friday', and me and my mate Spoon Baboon are very excited to see 'Art Shaped' creep back into the Amazon craft book chart. 😆😮
If you need a special gift for a mate, or even a primate, it's here . . . www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Shaped-s...
#edusky #christmas #christmasgift #christmasbook

Fabulous, lovely how she instilled this inventiveness in you as children. Mine was similar, but for different reasons. My mum isn't artistic at all, but she spotted that I was and used this to keep me quiet (I was annoying) I wasn't a reader, so art was what she used to shut me up. Still works. 😆

No problem, I do get stuff shared but not as much as other platforms where the following is more established. It just seems a bit hit and miss here so I try whatever gets suggested. 🙂

That's a shame, I didn't realise that, I've just used it to post daily what kids have done. 👍

It's a nightmare for me because I still get a big chunk of work recommendations through it. Believe me I'd drop it in a heartbeat, but financially I can't currently. I've spent this year building Instagram and have almost 10K there in the hope I can shift emphasis. Tough though.

Same here but I put that down to the lesser numbers I've got here and the 'regulars' that I've picked up who are genuinely interested. Maybe it will grow. Twitter engagement is so bad at the moment, very disappointing after spending years building up interest.

I can't even remember who told me, it could have been @edfinch.bsky.social or possibly @suecowley.bsky.social who both gave me some pointers when I added an account here.