by Deborah Hide-Bayne | Oct 13, 2020 | Art, Things to do on the Coromandel, NZ
Debs looks at a piece of Damar Gum in her art studio Another Arts Tour has just successfully finished in Coromandel. I had a great tour this year selling paintings, books and cards. For those of you who couldn’t visit, I’ve made a video showing you...
by Deborah Hide-Bayne | Sep 3, 2020 | Art, Things to do on the Coromandel, NZ
Te Kouma — recent painting The Arts Tour is coming up again… I’ve been involved in the Coromandel Arts Tour since 2006. I was part of the group of artists who came together with the vision for an artists’ studio tour — this is what I wrote at the...
by Deborah Hide-Bayne | Jul 31, 2020 | Lifestyle Projects
Give those trainers a refresh… by making your own shoe deodoriser! Use baking soda to take away the smell; cornstarch to take away extra moisture and add a few drops of essential oil to add a nice smell. Ingredients 1⁄2 cup baking soda 1⁄2 cup cornflour few...
by Deborah Hide-Bayne | Jul 1, 2020 | Books, Lifestyle Projects, Recipes from Coastal NZ
One of the things that I’ve been doing in lockdown is converting my new book, Coastal, into an e-book. Whereas for printing every image needs to be as large as possible, for an e-book every image needs to be as small as possible. I didn’t want to...
by Deborah Hide-Bayne | Jun 8, 2020 | From the Garden, Recipes from Coastal NZ, Sweet
As New Zealand thankfully comes out of lockdown, I’m reflecting back on my COVID-19 experience so far. For me, Level 4 was a badly-needed moment of pause. Whilst the real threat of disease still seemed far off (in fact my little town has never had any cases),...
