I love thease hand thrown mugs, from my Space One cohabitor

All glaze are layered to create beautiful abstract landscapes

Martha Orr ceramic artist www.marthaorr.co.uk

Bubo has flown the nest and is now winging his way back to Owl HQ, ready for pulic display at The Roman Baths

Minerva's Owls of Bath 2018 is a major public art sculpture trail featuring a giant flock of individually decorated, super-sized owl sculptures they will be displayed across the World Heritage city of Bath and the surrounding region from 25 June–10 September 2018

I am very excited to have decorated an owl for The Roman Baths

Bubo is inspired by the legendary clockwork bird, (a replica of Athenas beloved magical owl),

from the Clash of the Titans, 1981 film

Here are some pics. of work in progress and some from the of the Owls of Bath photocall outside The Royal Crescent.

More info can be found at:

www.minervasowls.org

www.romanbaths.co.uk

The WHY Gallery is hosting a 6x 6 Exhibition

and I am very happy to be taking part in this years event

Artists and crafts people have been asked to donate small works 6"x 6".

Pieces will be on sale at The Silk Mill over the weekend of 1st - 3rd June, and then throughout June at The WHY Gallery , Stony Street, Frome

All work is sold in order to help raise funds for Frome-based charity, We Hear You, who offer free, professional counselling to children and adults affected by cancer, and other life-threatening illnesses

www.wehearyou.org.uk/the-good-gallery

The Folkhouse in Bristol is offering a collograph course with mixed media artist Kerry.

Week one was the first class of term and we have been relief printing, (image below), it will be intaglio week next time, we are having lots of fun playing with textures.

A collograph is a technique where a collage of materials are glued on to a printing plate, (which is a square of mount board in our case), when the glue is dry, it is shellaced or varnished, printing inks are applied and put through a press to produce a print.

More info. on courses can be found at:

The Bristol Folk House

40A Park Street

Bristol

BS1 5JG

t: 0117 926 2987

e: admin@bristolfolkhouse.co.uk

I am very excited to be taking part in this years, Showborough House Sculpture Garden

✭ Thursday 3rd May until Saturday 16th June

(Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays)

✭ From 10:30 a.m - 16:00 p.m

✭ Sowborough House, Twyning, GL20 6DN

Showborough House opens its garden every spring to host of sculptors, a wide variety of pieces, can be seen in the natural setting of the one and a half acre garden.

There are art works in different sizes, styles and media, including wood, metal, stone, glass, ceramic and resin. all pieces are for sale.

Showborough is an informal venue, where visitors are encouraged to enjoy the exhibits and the garden at their own pace, and maybe relax with a cup of tea or coffee.

There is no entry charge but we do welcome donations.

✭ More information can be found at:

www.showborough.com

Its been a busy week at the studio, which has somehow resorted in one or two alpacas!!

In February 2018 the Angel of the North marked a twenty year anniversary, so a perfect time to visit , even though we should have brought a sledge!!

Designed by internationally renowned sculptor Antony Gormley OBE, the Angel of the North, stands its arms outstretched, on top of Birtley Hill at Low Eighton in Lamesley near Gateshead, built on the site of a former colliery pithead baths, looking out over the North East and the A1 and A167 into Tyneside, it truely is an iconic piece of public art, that every one can enjoy.