I set off for the Bath Art Fair with very low expectations.
I knew that it would be a well run event in a good location, but in today’s political and economic uncertainties I have noticed people being cautious about how they spend any spare cash on things that could be considered a luxury.
I planned as well as I could to put on a good show, but decided I would focus my efforts on the marketing side of things. Read More
Back in May I had the privilege of taking part in another of the guided walk organised by the Devon Guild of Craftsmen with the Devon Wildlife Trust. Last year this sparked off my Magnificent Mires work. This year the focus is on the Greater Horseshoe Bat Project.
Greater horseshoe are the UK’s biggest bat with a wingspan of almost 40cm. They were once common across southern England but changes in land-use such as urban development and a move away from cattle grazed pastures and hay meadows has led to their disappearance from much of the countryside.
In June 2017 I was lucky to be one of a small group of people taken on a guided walk in a restricted zone on Dartmoor to get up close to the blanket bogs and have the ecology of the mires explained by a Dartmoor National Park Ranger and a bog expert from the Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT). The walk was organised by The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, who subsequently arranged a “Magnificent Mires/Beautiful Blanket Bogs” themed display at the Waterside Mill at Bovey Tracey.
Newsletter 13 is out and about – possibly lurking in an in box near you.
The main focus for this newsletter is info about this weekend’s art fair in the Arnolfini. I am one of 80 artists taking part in The other Art Fair – Bristol. I shall share some photos of my stand on FaceBook when it is all up and running. Plus there are additional notes of a few other activities I’m involved in – plus more links than you can shake a stick at.
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Cheers
L
Newsletter 12 is out and about – possibly lurking in an in box near you.
The main focus for this newsletter is info & invitation to an exhibition I have just delivered work to. I shall share some photos of exhibition when it is all up on the walls. There is also an update regarding changes to Exeter Open Studios, and a note of which courses at Double Elephant I shall be teach in the next couple of months.
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Cheers
L
Newsletter 11 is out and about – possibly lurking in an in box near you.
It contains info about four places I’m exhibiting in over the next couple of months. Plus an update for Double Elephant’s Redefining Print project, and a very ambien online brief Etsy update.
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Cheers
L
As soon as I saw Yume Martin’s jewellery featuring dragonflies and sweet little flowers, I knew she would be a good fit for Urban Bees: Working together. And indeed when I approached her with the proposition, her response was say that it was already in her mind to include bees in her current range of individually hand crafted designs. Read More
Working towards an exhibition.
As you probably know, bees are under threat like never before. In response to this and the inspirational example of the rooftop bee hives on Princesshay shopping centre in Exeter, I have enlisted the help of five other members of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen Read More
Shoots & Leaves exhibition at Craft Centre & Design Gallery, City Art Gallery, Leeds.
1 March – 28 June Read More
