Wintery week of wonders

Last Monday I got to meet the team at LDA design Landscape  Architects.  They invited me to go in and talk about what creating the 'A Space to connect and grow' garden at RHS Hampton was like . They are a really nice bunch of people and have an massively  impressive portfolio of work such as the Olympic park and cathedral Square Peterborough to name just a couple . They were really interested in my plasma cutting work so watch this space . 

Then the long awaited preview night arrived. I haven't put together a big exhibition for ages and I loved being a part of it, I managed to create 18 pieces for the Stamford "winterworks" exhibition which continues until December 9th at the Stamford Arts Centre open until 9.30 everyday except Sunday's . It's been a brilliant success so far,  I've sold 5 pieces in the first 3 days one of which was "Birds in bare trees" one of the main pieces . So I'm going to take another big piece in to replace it . This has really given me an appetite for exhibiting again , I better get planning for the next one . On  Saturday morning  I was back in Stamford for a craft fair and had a great day with Sue Shields, Kathryn Parsons and Sam Rodden , where we shared a stall . Drank tea wondered around and sold some work .

Plasma cutting madness

I've been completely absorbed lately, in plasma cutting , trying new techniques and experimenting with powder coated finishes , and generally getting as much work done as possible for a number of exhibitions and craft fairs . Firstly there was the work for Art in the heart gallery / shop in Peterborough where I put together a window display of winter inspired flora and forna metal relief sculptures, metal ivy and Wreaths etc  . Then yesterday we put up a joint exhibition at Stamford arts centre where I'm exhibiting alongside ceramicists Denise Brown , Christine Withall and painter Rene Viner , I was still finishing work up to the wire as usual but got done everything I needed too . I even had an apprentice for the day Chloe who is studying Art foundation at Stamford, she was a great help, I could definitely get used to this.

 The preview is tonight Friday 21st so I'm looking forward to that it will be nice to unwind and enjoy a preview.The exhibition continues until Dec 9th . I'm also doing a craft fair tomorrow at Stamford art centre so if your about come and say hi .