Shirley Cooper
Profile
I have been writing, drawing and making things since I was a child. I learnt to crochet, knit, plait, weave in the Caribbean, using plants, grasses and waste materials. After qualifying to to teach Secondary and Primary, I left Worcester College of Education in 1975 and started teaching Needlework and Design Social Studies and General Subjects in a Secondary School in Birmingham. Over 40 years, I have taught Arts and Crafts to diverse groups. Nefertiti Arts and Crafts was set up in the late 70’s and early 80’s. I ran a fabric painting business for many years, selling materials and teaching. I also taught numerous people to teach other crafts. I have organised and appeared at numerous fairs, conferences, seminars, workshops. I combine my expertise at times and one of my successes was Calm, Calmer, Caldmore – a consultancy with local residents in Walsall where we worked with a photographer and produced a poem about the needs of the community. Burbury’s Children is a 6 week creative writing project which I did as part of Burbury Creative Writers’ Circle, a project which I founded. The book is now in the Local Studies archives of Central Library Birmingham. Recent works include ‘Survivors Art’ in Birmingham University Social Science Department and ‘Arts in Healing ‘displayed with Working Arts Group (WAG) in St Martins-in-the-Bull-Ring.
I am also a published writer, poet, musician, dress designer and consultant trainer.
Groups
Shirley Cooper hosts Of Noble Birth and is a member of Bubble Jeopardy, !* Dark Cabaret *!, *Paranormal The Norm*, 50 tHiNgS........, All Things Orange Artwork Gallery, Complex Simplicity of Art, Floral Watercolours! and Pastels! (2 a day ), The Fruit and Veg Shop(2 uploads a Day), Yellow Gallery, ! All Street Portraiture And Photography !, ! Creative Writing & Poetry !, ! HAIRSTYLES !, ! Inspired Art ! (by Quotes or Poems or Music or Stories) , !"All About Hearts"!, !Burst! > Anime and Manga!, " ' Too Bright ' ", "Real" Life Artwork, "♥ show me a sign ♥", ***♂♥♥QUORN♥♥♀, *1:1 with Celebrities, *Berries, Fruits & Seeds* - 3/day, *Chocoholics Anonymous*, *Town Giants*, 1 In The Beginning - Ancient Practices, A Class of Its Own, A Novel Idea, A Place To Call Home, A Vision Of Flight Photography (AS IS ONLY), Abstract Art, ABSTRACT DIGITAL ART AND WRITING, Abstract Realism, Abstracts from Nature, Adjacent Flames, African Art and Photography, Agent Provocateur - T-Shirts with Messages, All About Flowers, All About Water, All Animals Great And Small., All Around the Styles, All Kisses, All Out Emotion, All Pets Great and Small, All Text T's, All That is Nature (Photography Only), All the Colors of the Rainbow, All Things Black (Don't Forget to Vote), All things Egyptian, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, All Things Pubs - 3 a day, ALL UNTITLED, Alt, Altered Art, Altered by Design, Alternative Christmas Images, Alternative Process and Experimental Photography, Ancient Ruins and Relics, Anecdotal Phone Pics, Animal Kingdom, Anything and Everything FUN, Anything Edinburgh, Art 4 Charity, ART ACTION UNION - CREATIVE ACTIVISM, Art and Stories Made For Children, Art And Text, Art By Bubble Hosts , Art for Aid, Art from the Workplace, Art in Math, Art Inspired by Dreams, Art of the Doll, Artistic Feminine Photography, Artists with Disabilities, As Is, Astrology, Back In Black ( sorry~NO PHOTOGRAPHY), Beach Art, Bee & Wasp Passions, Behind the Mask, Big & Beautiful People, Biker Art, Bird's Eye View, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Birds Of Prey (3 per day), Birth and Maternity, Birth of the Next Designer Generation, Bits and Pieces , Blast from the Past, Blowing In The Wind, Blue Room, Body of Work, Books, Boredom Competitions on the 24/7, Bridges, Bubblettes, Buddha, Buyers Club, Cacti and other Succulents, Calendars R Us, Candid Photography, Capturing Emotion, Cards for Everyday (With words or Collage style) , Cards: Best of Your Best, Carousel Enchantment, Challenge Café, Character Development, Childhood, Children-The Power of Raw Emotion , Cityscapes and Skylines, Clever Designs, Collaboral Damage, Collective Collage, Colors of Water, Colour Me Vibrant Red!, Colouring-in Book, Colours outside the lines, Come Fly With Me!!, Communities, Compassion, Courage & Friendship, Conservation Photography, Contemporary Architecture, Corporate Art/Themes, Country Bumpkin, Creative Inspirations - [2pw], Crime Time, Cubism, Current Issues, Cutest of the Cute, DaDa Land, Damselflies - (Zygoptera), DANCE PHOTOGRAPHY, Dandelions, Dawn and Dusk Light, Dearly Departed, Decorative and Traditional Art, Deep Within, Designers United, Dilapidated Buildings, Dimensions, Diners, Drive-Ins, and other Roadside Attractions, Domestic and Pedigree Cats, Domestic Art - Home is Where the Art Is, Doodle Do, Dragonflies, Drawing Day, Drawn to Cotton- Art on T-shirts, Earth Keepers (Environmental Awareness), Ebony and Ivory, Enchanting Powerful Photo Manipulation (2 per day), End Times, Endangered Species, Environmental Awareness, European Everyday Life, Everyday Life, Everyday Women, Everything Winter, Evolution (A.k.a. Captain Darwin's Beagle club), Exotic Mammals, Experimental, Extreme Heat, Extreme Weather , Fabulous Flowers, Faces and Florals, Faerie World (WINGED FAERIES ONLY!) 2 per 24 hrs, Family Likeness, Farms and Countryside, Fashion and Editorial Photography, Feet First, Feminine Intent (LIMIT TWO IMAGES PER DAY), Fine Art approaches to Figure and Face, Fine Art of Landscape Photography, Fine Arts Influenced by Literature, Finks of Inks, Flash Fiction, Flower and Foliage DETAIL - 1 per day (24 hours), Food for Thought, For The Love Of Jesus , For the love of type, Freedom In Words and ART, Friends of RedBubble, from masterpiece, Fungilicious, Glamour, Globes, Spheres and Curves - 2 per day, Gods and Goddesses, Gone Golfing, Got Melanocortin-1? , Graphic Arts, Graphic Scratch, Greek and Roman Mythology, Hair Mania, Hand Drawn or Painted Art of Happiness or Joy, Hands, Happy Haven Photography Limit 2 images per day, Happy Hour, Have Your Say on TShirts, Healthy Living Support Group, Heritage in Stone, Historic Churches, History, Hombres Fatal, Horse and Rider , Human and Nature, Hummingbirds of the World, Humour Captured, I ♥ Patterns, Imaginative Realism, In the Pink, Inspiring Blend (Words IN Your Image), Just Brown, Just Butterflies, Just Lines, Just Rainbows, Kairos, Kustom Kulture, Ladybugs, Lakes and Inland Waterways- 1 per day, Landscape and Abstract Photography, Landscape Photography, Light and Reflection 1/24, Light In The Darkness, Light Trails, Live, Love, Dream, Living Christianity, London Architecture, Love & Romance , Love Is , Luxury limousines Wine & Dine, Macro Untouched. 2 per day only, Macro Water Photographic Gallery, Mad Hatters, Mandala, Masterpiece: Clothing, Masterpieces: Literary Workshop, Mature Woman, Men Appreciation, Metallic Junktion, Mills & Mines, Minimalism, MIRTH (Members Images Relating To Humour), Mixed Media, Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Mother Nature's Finest, Mysteries of the Common, Myths, Legends and Fairytales, National Parks of the World, Nature's Macro Canvas (No flowers), Nature's Wonders, Nautical, nice to MEET you, Night Photography, Nirvana, Nostalgic Art and Photography, Not What It Seems, Numbers One to a Trillion, Occupied Interiors, Old farts of redbubble, One Single Flower On Show.. Upload 2 per day, Our K9 Friend 1 image a day, Out of the Past, Painted Birds! , Panoramas, Parallel Dimensions, Pay It Forward, Photographers self portrait, Photography 101, Pinup, Plight of the Bumble Bee, pokemon lovers go here, Pop Art, Portraits in Natural Light, Printmakers and Printmaking, Prize Challenges!!, Promote Each Other, Proteas, Leucadendron, Leucospermum, Orothamnus & Serruria, Psychedelic Art & Design *TAG YOUR IMAGE!*, Public Art, Pylon Photos and Art, Railway Art and Photography, Rain Drops , Re-Brand, Realist Traditional Art, RedBubble The City, RedBubblers, Reflections in Building Windows 2 per day, Reflectivity, Religious Art & Photography, Remodernist Painters' Group, Requiem, Rescued Pets, Rivers and Streams, Rocks and Stones, Rodent Fest, Room With A View, Rustic, Rusty, Crusty and Falling to Bits, Safe Haven, SEA, Seasonal Greeting Cards, Secondary Hell, Self as Other, Self Portrait, Sets of Two, Shadows & Reflections, Shoot The Moon, Short stories - Spherical Scriptings, Simply the Best, Skyscapes, Smiles, Snail Mail, Sold! , Something Fishy, Something To Say, Soul Mates NEED CO-HOST, South Africa - Rainbow Nation, Space 2008 and Beyond, Speed, SPIRIT, Spirit of the Native American, Spiritual Art, Splatter, Smudge, Smear & Drip! , Sports For All from Our Gym, Sports Photography, Spreadin' Peace , Square Photography , Squirrels & Chipmunks, Steel Blades and the Power of Viscosity, Still Life ~ Food Photography and Paintings NEED CO-HOST, Stillness Speaks **Max 2 uploads per day** {{No NUDES, ABSTRACT, CANDIDS or ACTION IMAGES}}, stock and stuff for you, Stop and Smell the Roses, Street Photography and Photojournalism, StreetArt, Strictly Human Faces , Sunflowers, Sunrise, Sunset, Surrealism, Sweet Tooth, Symbolism in Art, Tattoo Designs, Tease Me (NO Explicite NUDITY!) 2 per 24 hrs, The Adult Group, The Art of 3D, The Art of Intrigue, The Artistic Nude, The beauty of poetry, The Birds, The Collector's Corner, The Eyes Have It, The Fine Art of Photography, The Graphic Room-Graphic and Digital Art, The Greatest View in the World, The Healing Journey, The Human Condition, the love of Eerie and enchanting artwork, The Patchwork , The Red Barn, The Sensual Word, The true beauty, The Urban Environment, THE WAIST UP - Portraiture Photography 2 per day!!!!, The Word Tree, The Writer’s Green Room, The X - Human Sentiment, Theme Parks Around the World, Thought Bubble, Toilets and Bathroom Group. , Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art, Toys and Puppets, Trains, Trams and Buses, Travel and Adventure, Treasured UK Structures (TUKS), Trees , Tropical Art, Twisted Tales, Two Word Challenge, United Kingdom, Untouchables, Urban Wildlife, Verses Dark, Vibrant and Vivid Color, Visual Texture(no pornography,nudes or offensive works), Voices of the Dark and the Deep, War , WATER SPORTS, Waterfowl, West Midlands UK, Which way?, Who Needs Color For Beauty? - Black & White Art At Its Best, Windows and Doors, WMG, Woman Appreciation, Works On Paper, Writers Edge, Writing Workshop, You're Accepted, Zoophoria (2 per day, approval required), † The Picture of Scripture † and ☮Peace☮.
Art
Writing
Toys
It was toys, toys, toys
The Crown
I’m getting a crown / To wear all over town
Jim
Yes we all love jim
Patricia
So noble, beautiful too
The Healer
“Cat. If you could talk eh?
The Christmas Opening
After all year playing Santa Claus, Christmas day was my day off.
