Open Studio Oswestry 2010

Went to my first open studio today from BVA art group. As I live quite far out I decide to show my work with an Glass Artist Racheal Montgomery. It was a good day I was surprised how many come to the studios.

I have not done this before, so was not sure want to expert... The other artists had things to sell etc .. I need to start to market myself better. May be by next weekend I could make some cards too sell.

I put up an installation in Rachael's garden, I base it on the Eternal Knot..

once again using one continues thread, I enjoy doing this in the garden

working with nature. Love the way the pink flowers work with the

white thread...

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I have realised I have not poster anything about my Crosby Beach Project in January. I was a great day but very wet and cold.

I did not realise want a good day it would be and how many great friends I have got.

I enjoyed talking to the people that were just walking on the beach etc. Explaining want we were doing and why all the bricks are on that beach.

My Family were ace by collecting over 500 bricks. Each Brick Castle is 1 year since World War Two ended. Lots of poeple lost their homes and work place in the War.

The Installation title is 'Everyone's Home is Their Castle'

I have not been keeping up with my blogs, Finding it difficult to find interesting things to write. spent most of Feb writing a report about my project on Crosby Beach. By then I was fed up writing...

Anyway I been working on a few projects the last few Months. I have just

completed a project in New Ferry Butterfly Park Wirral. It was very Interesting

Project. The Landowner of the Park would like to closes the Butterfly Park and Build on it. But the Council have step into paid the land.

The Butterfly Park site is right by a railway were thee was a brickworks and other Industrial works.

Taking all this into concidension I want to construction homes of the wildlife that are already living there. By using the bricks and logs that are all around the site. I constructed Wildlife Stack from all the materials we collected.

This is going to be up only the Summer in a Art Trail around the Park.

Crosby Beach

It is been awhile since I wrote anything, busy working a lot in M&S, Christmas and New Year. Family life takes over sometimes.

I have got a BIG DAY coming on Crosby Beach. I have been planning this for Months. Only a few weeks to go and I am panicking a bit. All the self doudt rising to the surface again.

I have spent a lot of time on this getting permission etc, just need to make sure I get everything right for the day...

I what someone to take photographys and make a time laps video of me creating the installation.

The Beach in Crosby as lot of building rubble, which was put there after World War Two of Sea Defences Liverpool was badly Bomb in the Blitz..

So I want to creat 65 Brick sandcastle using the bricks from the beach, this will respect 65 years of D Day and the lost of peoples homes and work place.. EVERYONES HOMES HIS THERE CASTLE....

Hopefully it will come off..

Installed my artwork at Pandy Mill Gallery, Roger took the day off work to help. We got very wet.. On the way home the sun come out..

The PV 27th November.

I quite please with it may studies the photos see if I can improve the work.

I never used pink twine before, I found it difficult to choose the right colour from this installation and lack of choose too. I do think it works..