Buzzing Bees

Forgot to put this pic on here! It's from the Folk Festival in Shrewsbury during the summer.

Thanks David for the Pic!

Diary for the rest of 2016.

Ending Sept 17. An exhibition at the Willow Gallery, Oswestry with the Shropshire Guild of Contemporary Crafts.
Sept 17th.  Cheltenham Arts and Crafts on the Prom.

Oct 1st. Ludlow Castle Square with Made in Shropshire.
Oct nd.  Alcester High Street Arts and Crafts.
Oct 8th.  The Square Shrewsbury with Made in Shropshire.
Oct 15th-16th. Showing Off in Ludlow.
Oct 22nd.  Tewksbury High Street Arts, Crafts and Food.

Nov 5th. Ludlow Castle Square with Made in Shropshhire.
Nov 6th. Alcester High Street Arts and Crafts.
Nov 12th. The Square Shresbury with Made in Shropshire.
Nov 19th. Cheltenham Arts and Crafts on the Prom.
Nov 19th-20th. Gorgeous in Coalbrookdale.

Dec 3rd. Ludlow Castle Square with Made in Shropshire.
Dec 10th. The Square Shrewsbury with Made in Shropshire.
Dec 17th. Cheltenham Arts and Crafts on the Prom.
Dec 20th,21st,22nd &23rd Cheltnham Arts and Crafts on the Prom.

Canadian Holiday.

While in a walk in Stanley Park, Vancouver I found this piece of driftwood on a beach where there was evidence of First Nation fishing activity.  Small boulders had been placed to form channels that became pools at low tide and so trap the fish, also visible were signs of a path to drag canoes onto the high tide area.

So here is a piece of driftwood, from an ancient place, combined with a modern material, glass, to made a container.

Diary for July & August.

Sat July 2nd.  In the Castle Square, Ludlow with MIS.

Sun July 3rd.  In Alcester High Street.

Sat July 9th. In the Square, Shrewsbury with MIS.  

Sat July 16th. Cheltenham Arts & Crafts on the Prom.

Sat July 30th. Tewksbury High Street.

Sat Aug 6th.  In the Castle Square, Ludlow.

Friday 12th & Sat 13th. In the Shropshire Guild Marquee at the Flower Show.

Sat 13th. In the Square Shrewsbury with MIS.

Sat 20th.  Cheltenham Arts & Crafts on the Prom.

Aug 26,27 & 28th...My favourite event of the year...Shrewsbury Folk Festival.

DIARY FOR MARCH

March 5th:   Ludlow Castle Square.
           12th: The Square, Shrewsbury.
           19th: Cheltenham Arts and Crafts market on the Prom.
           26th: Cross St, Oswestry.

Febuary

My first outing will be Feb 13th in the Square, Shrewsbury.

Feb 20th Cheltenham Arts and Craft Market, The Prom, Cheltenham.

2016

Well, January is nearly at an end, the tax returns are done and new designs are on the way!
These Op Art designs have been on my mind since I was a student, back in the day, as my boys would say.

What I find so interesting is the shadows made on the surface that the bowl sits in.  The bowls are nestling on brushed aluminium tubes.