Hi everyone,

I joined the forum a couple of weeks or so ago, but ive not been back until now because ive recently moved house and as such have been occupied with trying to get the new place in some sense of order - which doesnt seem to be happening at any great speed

Anyway, my name is Sarah and i live in the UK and work as a full time artist.
I may be a little quiet on the forums to begin with, although i will try not to be, mainly because i dont feel i know a huge amount about the subject (especially compared to the amazing people on the forums), but saying that, im sure once i settle in you wont be able to shut me up.

It was about a year ago i think, well behind the rest of the world, that i came across Memoirs of a Geisha (i know, i know) in a book shop, and after reading it i kind of wanted to sort the fact from the fiction which is how my interest (no, if im honest my borderline obsession, lol) began.

And so now i wanted to sign up so i can stop boring my boyfriend with various things he has no real interest in, and chat with people that adore these amazing women just as much as i do

Hiya aurora, welcome to the forums!
I became interested in geisha in exactly the same way that you did. I hope you'll keep posting, we're a very nice bunch
Great to see somebody else from Cheshire as well!

hey sarah from another sarah i think you are the third sara(h) here XD so welcome, you won't feel lonely here :P

ah, is your avatar a picture that you made?

Welcome! Glad to see you posting and I hope very much that you'll be active about here! We always need more active members! Again, welcome!

Thank you JamJars, mariko and Tsuruko for the lovely welcome
I have a feeling that im going to spend waaay too much time here lol

~mariko~, yep thats one of mine...although since doing that i found out about maiko's collars turning whiter as they progress, so now of course i want to re-do it because her collar doesnt match her make up, aargh

hi there! Welcome to the forum, i hope you enjoy posting here!

do you have a website where we can see your art?

Thank you Ichisumi

Yup yup, im kind of all over the place (DeviantArt, Flickr etc) but you can find my blog Here

Hopefully the link will work, im useless at posting links on forums, despite the fact it tells you exactly how to do it (doesnt matter how many times i check, i usually manage to type something wrong) lol

yup the link works

you have some really nice pieces on your blog!

Thank you

HI, I hope we'll all see you posting around the forum more. You sound like you know alot, and anything you don't know we can all help you with. * Maybe you avatar could be a high ranking first year?*