Donkey featured Worcestershire Living Magazine

Managed to pick up a copy of the Dec/Jan issue of Worcestershire Living yesterday. I'd had a couple of orders for the donkey brooch before Christmas but had not actually seen the feature in the magazine.... I think he looks rather splendid especially next to my favourite handbags (which I was lucky enough to receive for Christmas too!!!) a big thank you to the magazine for the promotion.

Last events this weekend!

Not long to go now.................

On Saturday I'll be showing again in Chelthenham at the Arts & Crafts Market

on the Promenade 9am - 5pm

Sunday will be my last retail show for this year in Hereford High Town

once again from 10am - 4/5pm

The studio at The Fold will then be open the following times:

Saturday 19th 10am - 5pm

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Sunday 20th 11am - 4pm

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Monday 21st - Wed 23rd Dec 10am - 5pm

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Christmas Eve 10am - 2pm

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Closed until Sat 2nd January 2010

HEREFORD THIS SATURDAY!

I shall be braving the cold on Saturday once again!

At the Hereford Craft Market on High Town in Hereford

Opening hours are 9am to 5pm

A great opportunity to purchase affordable crafts for Christmas.

I shall be showing a selection of jewellery, metalwork panels and pictures,

garden sticks, Christmas decorations and greetings cards.

The studio at the Fold, Bransford will be open as usual 10am-5pm.

Special Fairy Decorations

I had a surplus of fairy etching from my garden stick designs....

Thought I'd make use of them for some Christmas decorations (although these could be displayed all year round?) I've added some glass beads for spots of colour. Available in copper or brass with red/mauve or blue beads.

Bookmark bargains!

I've come up with a use for all those odd earrings I've accumulated over the years - often I've split pairs when customers have lost an earring. I had a commission to make a bookmark with various pieces hanging off the crook section. I'd not thought of making them before but they are ideal for stocking fillers or secret Santa gifts. I've priced them with this in mind but only have a limited supply of stray earrings!!!

PRICE £8 each

I'll have a range of them available from the studio but also at the forthcoming events in Hereford High Town (next Saturday) & Cheltenham the following Saturday.

New studio stocking fillers!

Picked up a few goodies at Blackthorpe Barn last weekend.....

For sale at the studio at very reasonable prices!!!

Gorgeous felt poppies by Unique Textile Design

Tweedy Birds by Petal Anderson Accessories

Tweed flower brooches

Beautiful felt flowers by Unique Textile Design

Wooden birds by Rachel Pettitt

Also available hearts/stars/boats.....

Crafts not just for Christmas Exhibition

I'm thrilled at the catalogue for the forthcoming crafts exhibition at Worcester City Art Gallery!

You may remember from an earlier post the gallery commissioned me to design & make a piece of jewellery to reflect the theme of the exhibition....a very sad looking cat & dog!

This brooch has been photographed and used for the invite & catalogue plus the actual piece is going to be the prize in a raffle. Entry into the exhibition & gallery is free.

It's lovely to see an image of my work used to promote what should be a fab exhibition. Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to attend the opening this Friday as I'll be down in Suffolk but I'll be rushing down to the gallery on Foregate Street in Worcester next week to see the display.

www.worcestercitymuseums.org.uk

Blackthorpe Barn this weekend

I shall be exhibiting at the lovely Blackthorpe Barn in Suffolk this weekend, near to Bury St Edmunds at Rougham. This is a week earlier than the usual one I show at here. I shall be sharing a stand with friend Penny Williams who will be showing her cats, dogs & chickens.

28th & 29th November

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10am - 5pm

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further info can be found on the website:

http://www.blackthorpebarn.com/

This will be the last event which is further afield....still have Hereford & Cheltenham shows in December plus of course the studio is open 6 days a week up to Christmas.

Little donkeys

More little donkeys have arrived at the Fold.......

Looking for a home this Christmas!

Designer Makers @ The Fold Special Event

Once again I'm doing 2 things at once this weekend.......

Exhibiting at No8 in Pershore & involved with a special weekend at The Fold.

All the designer maker studios will be open this Saturday & Sunday for a Christmas shopping opportunity!!

Saturday 10am - 5pm

Sunday 11am - 4pm

I shall be having some special offers...haven't decided what yet???? But will probably involve Christmas cards & decorations....plus a new nibbles & maybe a tipple.....Much nicer than trawling the High Street I'm sure?

South Hill Park this weekend

I'll be off to Bracknell tomorrow to show

at South Hill Park once again.

It's a lovely show with very high quality work & always something different every year.

Sat 14th 11am - 6pm

Sun 15th 10am - 5pm

Tickets £4

More details can be found on the website:

www.southhillpark.org.uk

Christmas Cats!

Just been looking through an old folder of designs & found these xmas cats from years ago!!

I don't remember ever putting them into 'production'?

Think they would look groovy as some wrapping paper maybe??

It's funny how you re-discover things....

I'm planning to have a MAJOR sort out after Christmas so who knows what treasures I'll find?

Events for November

This is going to be a busy month with several shows booked.
The studio will be open as usual during these events as Tim is back full time.
We will now be opening the studio every Sunday until Christmas 11am - 4pm.

The following is a list of the November events:

• CRAFT FAIR SOUTH HILL PARK
• Bracknell
• Sat 15th & Sun 16th November

• INNOV8 THE WGDC CHRISTMAS SHOW
• Number 8 Community Arts Centre Pershore
• Fri 20th & Sat 21st November

• DESIGNER MAKERS @ THE FOLD CHRISTMAS WEEKEND
• Bransford, Worcs
• Sat 21st & Sun 22nd November

• BLACKTHROPE BARNS CRAFT FAIR
• Rougham, Suffolk
• Sat 28th & Sun 29th November

Also just to let you know there are 3 shows booked for December:

• HEREFORD ART MARKETS
• 12th & 20th December

• CHELTENHAM ART MARKET
• 19th December

Christmas Angels

These are my latest Christmas creations.

Copper and brass decorative angels available in two sizes.

Small measure 10.5cm by 8cm, and large 13.5cm by 10cm.

Available from my Bransford studio or at one of the retail

events I will be showing at over the next few weeks!

Groovy Reindeer!

Just had some new arrivals at the studio!

Couldn't resist these handmade reindeer...rather rustic made from logs & twigs they could be displayed inside or out. I think a pair would look lovely outside the front door?

Each one is slightly different & could be used again & again... you could even use holly for the antlers? They are quite tall at about 100cm.

Hookshouse pictures...

Just a few pictures of the Hookshouse exhibition I took during set up on Thursday afternoon....

Mine & Penny's display...busy as usual!!

Some of Chris's fab tall striped pots..

More of Chris's work

Lovely basket work by Norah Kennedy. I've reserved one of the angels already!!

Showing Off Event this weekend!

Just a quickie as I should have left the studio by now.............!

I'm showing in Ludlow this Saturday & Sunday with the Shropshire Guild & the Worcestershire Guild of Designer Craftsmen.

The fair is taking place at the Harley Centre,

Ludlow College in Ludlow just off the Castle Square.

Saturday 10am - 5pm

Sunday 10am - 4pm

It should be a good quality event & a chance to start that Christmas shopping for some unique gifts.

The studio will still be open at Bransford as Tim is working there!

Hookshouse Pottery : Exhibitions

I'm just finishing off sorting out the work I'm going to take to display at Hookshouse Pottery tomorrow. I have shown at this great little venue on several occasions over the post few years & it is lovely to have been asked to take part once again. I won't be there myself has Chris White looks after the work throughout the show.

Hookshouse Pottery : Exhibitions:

Next Exhibition – ‘Hand and Eye’ - October 2009

Autumn has come round again, and we have another fine collection of work for you to enjoy. Our new exhibitors include Pamela Griffiths, with paintings of Languedoc, Pembrokeshire and the Stroud valleys, and Ian Shearman with his wonderful seascapes. Jane Smith’s sensitive creations from wood and bark are new to us too.

Old favourites Sharon McSwiney and Penny Williams will be bringing us more of their imaginative and smile-inducing metal jewellery, clocks and hangings, and the ever popular baskets of Norah Kennedy will be on show again. Wendy Batt returns with more of her prints, much enjoyed on her first visit last spring, and Terry Devereux is back after a long break with some superb studies of Venice. We also have more of Anne Rogers’ felt, simply the best there is around!

The following is a full list of exhibitors:

Wendy Batt – prints
Terry Devereux – paintings
Pamela Griffiths – paintings
Norah Kennedy – baskets
Sharon McSwiney & Penny Williams – metalwork
Anne Rogers – felt
Ian Shearman – paintings
Jane Smith –wood and bark
Christopher White – stoneware pots

It's all a bit frantic at the studio at the moment! I'm trying to make as many metalwork panels & pictures as possible for next week as I have 2 events booked for the weekend, plus a delivery for an exhibition.

On the list of things to do also are Christmas cards.....

These are some of the metalwork designs I'm doing this year. I'm mounting them as with my other cards on window mounts on smaller size cards. They will be approx 10cm x 10cm cards in red, green or cream. Priced at £3 each. I am producing some of the designs in etched copper in addition to the usual etched brass.

There should be a selection out in the studio by this weekend!!