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The cold night brought morning magic
All dusted frost white this morning – transformed , a sparkling, magical scene in my garden.
My very own Barn Owl
I think …. During this last week, or thereabouts, each morning when opening up the workshop , I’ve been met with a chaotic scene. Things have been knocked over and moved, but most of all the shed is splattered with bird droppings. Not the little bird type, which I’m used to – but these […]
Holly Sprig
There’s a holly growing in the hedgerow at my workshop, it is where the blackbird nested this year and it is usually busy with birds flitting to and fro and disappearing into its thick mass of prickles. A sprig was plucked from it for this scraperboard drawing – and made into a Christmas card (available now in […]
Life Drawing
To become good at drawing, you have to practice – a lot! My discipline for this comes in waves and my resolve wavers! Sometimes I wonder why I seem not to be improving, or getting the results I want. I’m hoping that joining John Creighton’s Life Drawing class will help things along. Yesterday was the […]
Birdstones
This stone looks just like Polyphant, the Cornish Soapstone that I regularly carve. In fact, when I saw this bird shaped stone, my first thought was that it looked like one of my sculptures. It is one of the Birdstone pieces held by the American Museum in Britain – a museum of American […]
#LOCALmotion14
Yesterday afternoon I joined #LOCALmotion14 organised by Rural Arts to find ways of promoting Ryedale (Ryedale is the district in North Yorkshire where I live) in a training, networking and ideas-exchanging event. It was held at the wonderful North Yorkshire Moors Railway station in Pickering – we were in a room just off Platform […]
It’s all in the name
I confess to not really knowing much of anything about the European Commission, or what it does, but I did notice recently that they had launched a public consultation on the protection of geographical identification for products such as Cornish Soapstone, Tadcaster Limestone, Welsh Slate and Portland Limestone. It would make it illegal in […]
Alabaster Mouse
There is something a bit magical about working alabaster, it has a hint of translucency which is enhanced with polishing, and a sort of soft glow. This is a very small piece of Fauld Alabaster – I can only obtain tiny chunks of this stone, the seams having been worked out, so it is […]
Winterlude – now open!
It is a beautifully simple and easy site to browse and buy artwork created by North Yorkshire artists, but Art Connections also offer the an extra facility, so that you can pay over the phone during office hours if you prefer, and at the same time discuss delivery options. Really hope you enjoy […]
Misty Morning
It is the time of year for these bewitching views. The day began with a blanket of thick fog and damp air. It created quietness and glistening dew drops from every stem. Fungus flourishes.