Exhibition

We open on Sunday, anybody who lives near here, would be lovely to see you, we will be there in person on the 14th, 20th and 21st.

Progressing but not fast enough

It comes to something when you have hardly time to write your own blog let alone read other poeple's. Two or three I always read everybody else is from about four days ago. I'm even two months behind on Jude Hill's 'Small Journeys".
I only have myself to blame so I shouldn't complain, but that isn't really the case, I did leave enough time to get the pieces done, other stuff happens and happens all at once. Two serious family illnesses, helping my daughter move into a house that was, well frankly dirty and needed a lot of cleaning, building flat pack furniture and the other half so busy with work he can't help much and what happens, I don't have time to do my work.
Anyway enough of that, this is Quarry Face 2, it is actually a couple of inches higher than these photos that I took yesterday but still has a way to go. We are hanging the exhibition on Saturday, we only have 3 hours so are planning it all tomorrow, so I only have two days to finish the weaving, finishing and hanging.

Its growing

These photos are mainly for my own benefit so I can see the progress I am making. The tapestry is rolled on to a beam at the bottom so I can only see part of it at a time. Anyway I thought I may as well share them. Have decided to call the piece 'Rust, Brick, Stone'.

Quarry exhibition update

Flier for our exhibition

Slow progress, but the work is growing, its moved on from the image shown on the flier, this is a long loose weave based on the buildings and building materials at the quarry.

Life is getting in the way, two close relatives very ill and now I have managed to re-open a scratch on my cornea making it difficult to weave for any length of time.

Its finished (well almost)

Rock Face 1

Just about to take this off the loom, its 22x26 inches. Will then leave it to settle for a couple of days before tidying the back and working out how to hang it. Only two more this size to do, only, just hope I will finish them in time. Then some smaller pieces.
Arts Week has been very slow will try and remember to post some photos of some of the other artists work if we get some sun tomorrow.

Arts Week

Mine and Jo Herbert's work

Well here we are again the biennial North Somerset Arts week starts next Friday 1st May and continues until the 10th. Here are our pictures from the brochure. I haven't done a lot of new work this year so hope visitors will find exciting work amongst my other co exhibitiors. Jo makes beautiful silver, ceramic, and glasswork jewellery. The ceramic group cover a wide variety from pots to sculpture. We are Venue 81, on the Severn Estuary in Sand Bay if anybody happens to be in the area. More details at  www.northsomersetarts.org

My brother's work, part of the Severn Ceramic group

A bit of alteration

A week friday our biennial arts week starts. Due to working towards the Quarry exhibition and various other stuff I have had very little time to think about Arts Week. I have a few pieces that have been hanging around for a while not selling. They were flat framed pieces of marks on stones.
A friend mentioned that one of her friends when work didn't sell re-worked the pieces, hey presto I now have a few hanging containers, they are quite small and I think quite cute, hopefully they will be more appealing to visitors than in their previous form.