Barry, Margherita and myself had the privilege of an in person meeting at Michaels’ new HQ this week. It was great to meet face to face after two years – and meet some new contacts for the first time.

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To celebrate International Women\’s Day, I am really happy to share this reel which is featured on the Hobbycraft Instagram channel today.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca157_DgIUJ/

Artist duo Tipperleyhill created the fabulous piece of art with a quote from Michelle Obama:- \’Walk your own walk\’.

The artists have used Liquitex Heavy Body Paint for their creation. I wanted to share a little bit more about the artists, who have a wonderful backstory in terms of their friendship, and how they now work together.

Abi and Roz first met in New York at work, early on in their careers. They became best friends and when they returned to the UK, they decided to form an artist partnership (Tipperleyhill), so that they could continue to work together. They often work together on canvasses, each bringing their own personalisation to the piece.

It really is an excellent example of women working in collaboration and each bringing their own unique style to a project. Please share the social post.

Happy International Women\’s Day!

What\’s coming next? We will be collaborating with x3 wonderful artists and illustrators with Hobbycraft in April for some Online Classes and Tipperleyhill will be part of this programme. We will share more on the exciting partnership in the coming weeks…..!
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Colart and its customers are under constant assault from scammers, hackers and other forms of naughty people who are determined to steal money, company data and infect our IT systems.

To help in our defence I’ve made a short (20-ish minutes) set of videos giving an overview of the main topics together with some real life exmaples of what can happen and advice on how you can help protect yourselves from being caught out.

I know its hard to find 20 minutes in our busy lives, but getting our security right could saves the business $$$ in losses and reputational damage so please try to find the time.

You can find it here: https://intranet.colart.com/en/courses/it-security-essentials/

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To all of womanhood … this is your unofficial anthem

I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back an’ pretend
‘Cause I’ve heard it all before
And I’ve been down there on the floor
No one’s ever gonna keep me down again
Oh yes I am wise
But it’s wisdom born of pain
Yes, I’ve paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman
You can bend but never break me
‘Cause it only serves to make me
More determined to achieve my final goal
And I come back even stronger
Not a novice any longer
‘Cause you’ve deepened the conviction in my soul
Oh yes I am wise
But it’s wisdom born of pain
Yes, I’ve paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman
I am woman watch me grow
See me standing toe to toe
As I spread my lovin’ arms across the land
But I’m still an embryo
With a long long way to go
Until I make my brother understand
Oh yes I am wise
But it’s wisdom born of pain
Yes, I’ve paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to I can face anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman
Oh, I am woman
I am invincible
I am strong
I am woman
I am invincible
I am strong
I am woman
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Happy Woman’s Day

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