Saturday 14 January

LADIES 2s v Sprowston (L) (A) 11.00 4-2 W
LADIES 3s v Lowestoft Railway (L) (H) 12.30 (W) 4-0 W
LADIES 4s v Beccles (L) (A) 12.00 1-2 L
LADIES 5s v Norwich City 3s (L) (H) 10.30 (W) 0-4 L
LADIES 6s v Lowestoft Railway 2s (L) (H) 12.15 (S) 2-0 W
GIRLS Dev. v Watton (L) (A) 10.00 OFF

MENS 2s v Colchester (L) (A) 2.00 2-1 W
MENS 3s v Cambridge City 3s (L) (H) 2.15 (W) 1-1 D
MENS 4s v UEA (L) (H) 1.45 (S) 1-6 L
MENS 5s v Ipswich 3s (L) (A) 1.00 2-2 D
MENS 6s v Norwich City 5s (L) (H) 4.00 (W) 0-2 L
MENS 7s v UEA 3s (L) (A) 2.30 4-0 W
BOYS Dev. – no game

After a great first year, Harleston Camera club rounded up the end of 2011 with a club social evening at The Swan in Harleston. We all enjoyed a night of quizzing, raffles, merriment and finished the evening with a special acoustic set from Matthew Wilkinson, and Jason Wick, also know as ‘Little Red Kings’. Many thanks go to the boys, and to all the other club members that made the night possible.

It’s a new year, and we have kick started 2012 with an excellent first meeting. David Ruddle kindly came back to the club to give a talk on Studio Photography, Portraiture, and how to use various types of lighting to enhance and add interest to our photos, giving us tips on how to achieve what we want to from our photos.

The next meeting of the club will be on Monday 23rd January, where we will be holding an in-house competition night on the theme of winter. Heres hoping that this next competition will show as wide a variety as the last competition ‘Three of a Kind’ where we had over 75 images on display.

This year’s line up combines a mix of photowalks, competitions, and talks from a wide variety of people in the photography industry from press photographers to various local wildlife and landscape photographers. We are also holding a project night, where we will show work which each club member has compiled over the first 6 months of 2012. This will prove to be a very interesting evening of exhibition!!

If you’re interested in photography, we are definitely worth a look, check us out on our facebook group Harleston Camera Club, or contact Shirley our club secretary on 01379 853820, or Shaun Wilkinson our chairman on shaunwilkinson@mac.com.
 

KT Tunstall switched OFF the Christmas Lights at Westfield London to launch the countdown to WWF’s Earth Hour, which will take place on March 31st 2012.


The globally renowned singer also performed an intimate performance for fans gathered at Westfield London in Shepherd’s Bush.

KT’s sparkling performance also marked the launch of WWF’s nationwide competition to find one lucky community which will be given the honour of leading the Earth Hour switch off in the UK. The winning community will win a £1,000 grant to make sure that their ‘switched off’ event goes with a bang.

WWF’s Earth Hour is a simple idea that’s become a global phenomenon, with hundreds of millions of people turning off their lights to show they want to create a brighter future for the planet. Spanning a record 135 countries in 2011, this year’s Earth Hour is set to be even bigger.

WWF’s Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million individuals and more than 2,000 businesses joined in. Last year hundreds of millions of people and landmarks from Big Ben and Buckingham Palace in London to the India Gate in New Delhi, and even as far as The Sydney Opera House, took part.

Westfield has supported WWF’s Earth Hour globally since it began in 2007 as one of the first organisations to sign up. In 2011, Westfield London became home to Rooftop Rainforest with Sky, bringing a taste of the Amazon rainforest to the city.

KT Tunstall, ambassador of WWF’s Earth Hour, said:

"I'm delighted to have switched off the festive lights at Westfield London today to launch WWF's Earth Hour. It's such a simple, powerful campaign and it's a great feeling to be joining many millions of others around the world who care and are taking action. I really hope that people feel inspired to sign up and switch off their lights on 31 March."

"I've always cared deeply about the environment and try my best to limit the impact my life and work has on the planet. It's not easy but there are simple steps and commitments you can make and WWF's Earth Hour is a great chance to tell others what you are doing and get them to join you."

v Bowdon (1.00) 7-18 L, Old Loughtonians (4.00) 0-6 L

Callishibori
Callishibori has made the specialist art of indigo dyeing and shibori accessible and achievable both to the beginner and the more experienced textile practitioner.

Not until Callishibori have indigo, the necessary reducing agent, fabric prepared with a design, and stitch formats been brought together, with thorough instruction. They are presented as informative starter packs and project packs.

For the beginner, the starter packs make that first step into the world of indigo shaped resist dyeing, 'shibori', much less daunting, and provide a solid foundation upon which to build skill and knowledge. The more experienced textile practionioner can benefit from a tailor made service, as ingredients can be supplied for their specified vat size.

With stitch instruction, templates and the ever poplular 'Seriously Strong Thread' you will be able to design your own patterns, and produce unique indigo shibori fabrics which are ideal for patchwork and quilting, embroidery, art textiles, fashion and many other textile disiplines. They can, of course be enjoyed as indigo fabrics in their own right!

Callishibori came about by listening to students. Now almost everything that is needed to start an indigo shibori project is just there, conveniently packaged, with easy to follow instructions and generous information.

Indigo
The story of indigo is amazing! Known to man in ancient times and harvested from plants flourishing in hot climates, it became the world’s most important dyestuff by the end of the 17th century. The invention in 1856 of the first coal tar dyestuff heralded the manufacture of synthetic indigo some years later.

Shibori
With shibori resists, (and shibori relief), one is immediately engaged with the fabric, organising it, then securing it, often into odd shapes and distorted 3D forms, before it is dyed. It is the essence of fabric manipulation - quite different from other textile colouring methods in which cloth is kept flat and open to receive dye.

Callishibori enables you to create shibori and enjoy the magic of indigo through indigo dye packs, stitch packs, shibori stencils and much more. Products are available through mail order, at shows and exhibitions.

"My educational programme includes masterclasses, workshops and summer schools. Power Point presentations.

'Kaleidoscope' is currently on display in a major touring exhibition on indigo. 'Indigo, a blue to dye for' runs until early January at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery."
– Jane Callender