News Archive - 2013
I had a wonderful Christmas season in 2013 and have been busy restocking. Cambridge Christmas 2013 was a huge success. A wonderful warm event created by 16 exhibitors and enjoyed by around 700 visitors on the day. New work this Christmas included fused glass beetles, bird brooches and Fused glass hanging vases. We are all ready underway organizing Cambridge Christmas 2014. The date is booked for Monday 24th November, we are currently selecting exhibitors for this event. |
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Monday 25th November
1pm - 8.30pm (free admission) Unitarian Church Hall Victoria Street ( off Emanuel Road) Cambridge CB1 1JW I am delighted to be taking part in the Cambridge Christmas event once again. Please come along and enjoy some spiced cider and mince pies whilst meeting our 16 very talented artist. For more information about the artists exhibiting please visit www.cambridgechristmas.co.uk |
The second East Feast project was also in a Primary school in Suffolk. I was asked to create a Mosaic Stepping stone path with the children for the schools Wildlife garden. On the first day every child in the school made a ceramic tile for the mosaic. The theme was nature and wild life. They made bugs, butterflies, frogs, birds, beetles, squirrels, flowers, snails, lizards and spiders. I then took the tiles back to my studio to glaze and fire them. |
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A week later I returned to the school with the finished tiles. I then worked with the children to make the mosaic stepping stones using their own ties and recycled crockery.
Once the stepping stones were completed we made a path with them in the schools' wildlife garden. |
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The first East Feast project was felt making with a horticultural theme in a Suffolk primary school. Children made felt panels inspired by favorite vegetables or flowers. They made flowers, carrots, onions cut in half, strawberries and pumpkins. I worked with all the year 5 children to produce 30 felt panels which the school assembled to make a wonderful display. |
I have been working on some new abstract stained glass landscapes inspired by the wild west coast of Scotland. I enjoy searching for glass which has a suggestion of water or sky and a horizon. I then create landscapes and seascapes trying to capture the changing light on the landscape. By using the opacity of the glass the landscapes can look quite different from day to night. In fact,when the glass has light reflecting off the surface at night instead of coming through the glass you can see entirely different landscapes on each side of the glass. |
I've just signed up for Cambridge Open Studios 2013. I will be opening my Studio for the middle 2 weekends in July. July 13th/14th and July 20th/21st. Do please come and visit my studio. I will be demonstrating some glass and felting techniques and will provide light refreshments in my garden. Visit the Cambridge Open Studios website for more information. |
Cambridge Christmas 12 was a huge success and there was a wonderful warm atmosphere. Thank you to everyone who came. I also exhibited at the Cambridge Contemporary Craft gallery where my work sold very well. So I have spent the last few weeks stock taking and restocking as well as designing some new work for 2013. |
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