Never say Never… Is the name of a foundation for limb different families based in the US. It isn’t just a slogan it’s actually a way of life for the children and the volunteers I met at their pirate camp earlier this month. From the child with no limbs who went sailing, to the volunteer with no arms who happily used his feet to kayak. … Continue reading Never Say Never …
I’ve been working with Mokume Gane for a few months now and am gradually getting a feel for this technique. I’ve had lots of failures and lots of muddy brown lumps of clay but feel like there is a light at the end of the tunnel. There are two basic types of this technique- one where you make impressions in a stack of clay and … Continue reading Polymer Clay – Mokume Gane
Polymer clay is a great medium to work with. There are literally hundreds of tutorials on the internet which will give you inspiration. I love the Mokume Gane method and explain a bit more about it in this earlier blog post. I’ve found using stamps and scraps gives me the freedom to experiment on small pieces of clay. I tend to make ‘veneers’ with scraps … Continue reading Making Artwork from scraps
Do you want a hand with that Tommy or are you ok on your own? Is an oft heard phrase for us as Tommy was born with a limb Difference. He doesn’t have a right hand and only has a partial right forearm. This was totally unexpected, and we had no idea about the world of limb difference 7 years ago. If you want to … Continue reading The story behind the key rings…
Sometimes it all gets too much doesn’t it? You can be happily going along in your own bubble and then something brings you up short. What do you do when you need to distract yourself and focus on something calming? I ‘play’ and by that I mean I dabble with various crafts and arts – look back through this blog and you will see posts … Continue reading Distractions and keeping your sanity
Note – Our LimbBo website is in the process of having a complete revamp so I’m posting here on behalf of Team LimbBo, I am Possible Foundation and Koalaa. April is Limb Difference awareness month and year after year the message is centred on educating the public about what a limb difference is and the various reasons why they occur. But we want to take … Continue reading Limb Difference Awareness Month April 2022
Two weeks ago we pressed launch on our Open Bionics ‘Go Fund Me‘ campaign for Tommy and Lottie to get a Hero arm which we called ‘Can you give us a hand?’ We had no way of knowing how long it would take us to get £25,000 but if you’ve read previous blogs you will know why it was so important to us. We were … Continue reading Thank you for giving us a hand…
It’s been almost a week since we launched our go fund me campaign ‘can you give us a hand’ in order to raise money for Tommy and Lottie to each have a Bionic arm . Link to our Go fund me site To say it has been an emotional week is a bit of an understatement- we now have £8,855 toward our total of £25,000 … Continue reading Can you give us a hand – week one
If you’ve read my previous blog post Can you give us a hand? You will know that we are trying to raise £26,000 for Tommy and Lottie to have a Bionic arm each from Open Bionics. After chatting with various people we now have a sky dive, the 3 Yorkshire Peaks, Halloween bike rides, coffee mornings, t shirts for sale …the list is growing daily. … Continue reading Give a hand to get a hand …
‘Can you just give me a hand…’ is something we’ve all no doubt said. It might be something simple like can you just give me a hand to carry these to my car, can you just give me a hand to put this picture up … BUT on this occasion ‘can you just give me a hand’ literally means what it says for Tommy and … Continue reading Can you give me a hand…
Jane Hewitt 