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Little Snores
Found sleeping.
Insects on glass and spotty dogs
During my time exploring the Hirsel after delivering pieces to the White Fox Gallery, I popped into the units within the Hirsel Craft Centre. I was made most welcome and had a lovely chat with Julia – of Julia Linstead Glass. Her work is beautiful and I particularly liked her way of incorporating insects […]
I didn’t know spiders ate snails
Whilst taking refuge in the greenhouse during this morning’s hail-storm, I noticed this spider. It had snails caught in its web – I’ve never seen this before – do spiders eat snails? I can’t think why the snail would wander into a web – or perhaps it was ambushed and then secured by silk. I wonder […]
Planting in swirls
Stone bowls waiting – at rest in the sunshine after being hollowed and fettled. Waiting for gardening hands to fill them with plants. Planting in swirls.
Swirling
Hollowing out in swirls. Hollowing out by hand. Making swirls in bowl-shaped stone pots.
Sunburst on Stone
The lichen growing on this wall stopped me in my tracks the other day, as far as I can tell it is Elegant Sunburst Lichen. I can see how Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, a German naturalist and botanist who named it in 1791, would come up with that description. Those little suns were […]
A lovely opening evening
This is the scene that greeted me as I arrived at the Hirsel – delivering my sculpture to the White Fox Gallery – the gallery overlooks breathtaking views of the lake and woodlands. The gallery nestles in a small cluster of buildings which make up the Hirsel Homestead Centre for Arts and Crafts in […]
Pressing Matters and Sewings On
This weekend I spent a thought provoking hour (might have been more actually) visiting this Art Installation in four buildings in Appleton village. I don’t know why, but the words art installation put me off, they don’t describe anything, I don’t understand them and I get the feeling I’m going to be confused and […]
Cornerstone and Conservation
Not surprisingly, I very much like the Cornerstone garden at RHS Malvern Spring Festival – the delicate alpine planting in the stone troughs, and the clever stone walled seating area with a stone table. The balance, planting and sculpted panel in Constraining Nature designed by Kate Durr Garden Design is both exuberant and elegant. […]
Stone Carving Course
It is a lovely time, when I’ve set up all the work benches (a sculptors work bench is called a ‘banker’), and put out all the tools ready for my group of stone carvers to arrive. I’m excited to know what everyone will carve, what ideas they have and I love to hear them […]