Pendles first Print Biennial

Well that was a full fun packed weekend I can tell you. Will over 700 visitors to the first Print fest held at the Mill and over £3000 worth of sales so all the hard work promoting and cleaning and tidying was worth it. The cakes weren't too bad too....

The soil on the floor was part of a performance piece from one of the international artist Buffy Klama and we all took part as resident mill artists. There is a video but will post links when edited. it was very funny as we all fell to the floor and people just carried on as if we weren't there! 

Though one lovely lady asked if I was ok down there. 

A good do was had by all.

Pendles first International Print Biennial at Higherford Mill this weekend

Anita Burrows Lino print

You are all welcome to the

Preview Evening of the first Pendle International Print Festival this Friday 

31st August 6 - 8 pm featuring resident artists

Buffy Klamma from Berlin, Germany &

Jetta Araneo from Odense, Denmark

Then Saturday and Sunday 10am - 4pm with a number of exhibiting artists featured on the websites

http://www.pendleprintfest.org/

dedicated to the festival 

or our new page on facebook which has an artist featured daily who will be exhibiting at the Biennial.

https://www.facebook.com/HigherfordMillArtists

holidays are over

Back to work this week after short breaks in London and elsewhere. My tan is from a weekend dog sitting in Carnforth and no one believes me, it is I promise. So a bit of paper shuffling and studio cleaning and not much else so I am off to play with clay today as I have missed it.

Carnforth fun with Charlie dog. Before he had his op on his leg! Who knew that such a white dog would have such Dalmatian like skin underneath all that white fur!

London Olympic stadium in Lego! 

Nice London bricks.

Gelato mio oh why aren't you nation wide your sorbet is to die for!

http://www.gelatomio.co.uk/index.shtml 

Potfest in the Park 2012

 

 My stand at Potfest between the lovely Simon Griffiths

 and the lovely Gwen Bainbridge

Potfest Competition on the Lawn

Gwen Bainbridge

 Elaine Peto

 Mark Smith and Simon Griffiths

Mine

Christine Hestor Smith

 

 Wayne Clark

 Paul Young

Fiona Duckett

Potfest and witches 400 it's all go

Well tomorrow is the set up for Potfest and 

today was the last day working on the cloak. 

Am slightly tired which is probably an understatement. 

Work in progress for the Witches 400

So this is a sneak peak at the work I am producing for the Witches 400 exhiition at the Platform Gallery in Clitheroe.

The piece is about Alice Nutter the only well to do woman accused of witchcraft in the Pendle Witch Trails held in 1612 at Lancaster Castle.

I have been using a black stoneware for the feathers which are hand stitched on to the fabric representing a crows wing, inspired by the landscape of the time and the fact she is now said to live at Crowtrees Farm, Roughlee.

There are a few other pieces that I will take pics when they are ready but everything has to be delivered by Wednesday eek!

Witches 400 brick waymarkers

Well the last community workshop is over we had a lovely day in the 'bowels' of the Judges Lodgings in Lancaster working with 7 participants. We looked at the medicinal side of the potions and spells said to be used to cure the ills of the folk and livestock of the time by the accused. These will be stained and send back to the brick factory in Chesterton to be fired and then displayed at the Platform Gallery from the 28th of July 2012.

The blocks will then be installed on a new walking route from Barrowford to Lancaster to commemorate the anniversay of the Pendle Witch trials in 1612

I would like to thank all that were involved with the workshops from Slaidburn, Barrowford and Lancaster the results are so much better than I could of imagined.
I really am pleased and proud of all of you. 

Can't wait to see them fired and installed.

more info for the project can be found here...www.witches400.org

after the show is over.......

Well what a day at the first Art Markets of the year. The show was full of amazing fellow artists I could of spent a fortune! 

The day was busy with lots of lovely comments about the work. With one lady purposely striding up to say she must have one of my new Daisy chain vases and promptly bought it. 

My 'Best of British' bunting went down a storm and was commented on by lots of fellow exhibitors. My flowers reflecting the red, white and blue theme through too. And someone even stole one of my strawberries from my fruit bowl, positive thinking for a lovely British summer if it ever gets started. My Daisy Chains and Daisy Daisy lines were displayed on pieces of green grass coloured carpet to add to the summertime feel. 

I hope everyone who visited had a lovely day I came home with a James Green print of 'Gamboling Lambs' bought  for me as a present by the OH. Bless him I did drop very big hints about a David Cooke hare but to no avail maybe next time ;-) photo to follow of that one. 

I couldn't of done any of it without the wonderful help from Stephen who got a little stern when I picked up the heavy stuff but I soon put it down again.

He did make me speak to everyone who came over to the stand and to be honest it was a positive move as I am sure by saying they could touch the work I had a few more sales than normal. One lady commented that you are often not allowed to touch the exhibits and she then took great pleasure in picking up and feeling the ones she liked before picking her favourite piece and purchasing it.  So thank you Stephen for that too. I may be trying that one again soon. 

Art Markets this weekend at Holmfirth

So just finishing off pricing and final tweeking but I think I might just be ready for Sundays Art Market in Holmfirth. 

10am - 4pm

http://www.artmarkets.co.uk/

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