Just a reminder I have 4 panels in this exhibition & I’ll be there Sat morning as I’m handing out one of the certificates for the children’s art competition (so exciting) Related posts: Back to class Let there be light Progress report
So the weekend was the excellent & long awaited Oxford Etsy Christmas fair. This year it was held at the Oxford Examinations school which felt like a very post venue (there was a beautiful ceiling with animals on it, I was under the boar). The weeks before the fair were a blur of activity as Read more about Etsy Christmas Fair[…]
Just a bit of advanced warning that I’ll be attending this in December with Glass angels, Stars, Christmas trees and lots of fused and foiled stocking fillers. Get the date in your diary! Related posts: More painting on glass Progress report Black Arches panel
One of the MANY perks of being a member of the British Society of Master Glass Painters is that you get the opportunity to go on their fabulous trips as well as attend lectures at Glaziers hall in London. This trip I had been looking forward to for a very long time as it was Read more about Harry Clarke at Ashdown Park[…]
On our last few days in Dorset my dad mentioned wanting to go and visit (for the second or third time) the grave of T.E Lawrence (more commonly known as Laurence of Arabia). Laurence is buried in a Churchyard in Moreton but what I didn’t realise was the church at Morton is also the site Read more about Laurence Whistler and St Nicholas Church, Moreton[…]
It’s the one I had been waiting for, the Christmas fair at Cogges farm, Witney! If you’ve never visited Cogges it’s a lovely old farmhouse (parts date back to the 13th Century) just outside the historic market town of Witney and the Cotswolds. The house is open from March and as well as looking round Read more about Cogges farm Christmas fair[…]
I interrupt my making marathon to bring you an update on makes for my Christmas fair stall. So far I’ve been concentrating on stars and Christmas trees and the results are looking good These are pretty tiny so getting the cutting and soldering right is crucial. Even with most of my stars and trees finished Read more about Making marathon[…]
It’s been very quiet on here for the last couple of months, partly due to us moving house (very exciting but also quite a lot of disruption to the normal state of things) and then due to me taking a few end of year classes both at Creative Glass Guild in Bristol and then a Read more about Back to class[…]
This weekend I headed off to see Vince and Sue at Glass Jewels to do some more fusing. For this course we got to play with powders, metals, frits and lots of layers! Usually when fusing you lay the frit (ground coloured glass) and any other decorations onto the bottom sheet of glass & when Read more about Advanced fusing[…]
We took a long weekend to go and see Mum and Dad and spent our Friday off in beautiful Totnes… Someday I will live here. We called in to see my friend Ama, sculptress extrodinaire at her ceramics studio on the way back to mum and dad’s (with bonus pots from Lea Phillips). It was Read more about Torqeeeee[…]