Renew.

Jenn had used the prompt ‘Renew ‘,to create  a book made from a maritime chart she had been given .

Holding it open and below ,is a collage fodder almanac she purchased .Each page contains art work from fourteen contributors.www.collagefodder.com The tags we made at Christmas were inspired by a mini Collage fodder workshop.

While looking for something to watch on ‘catch -up’ she happened upon ‘Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Fishing’. It is a series of unexpected warmth between two friends with health issues.The bonus is the beautiful places they visit to fish ,their humour and insightful conversations and the often beautiful fish.

‘Hidden Gems’is our working title for our exhibition in Centrespace in October ,could this be an idea to work on ?

Jenn has long been interested in Crows , and has dabbled in making ,drawing and trying to photograph them .She follows Ann Wood .annwoodhandmade.com   and noticed her pattern for a crow was on offer .She purchased it and using what she had made him .He isn’t perfect but it’s a start into exploring and developing ideas around crows.

 

Selected at Newark Park

A friend and I spent a wonderful day this week visiting Selected, an exhibition which is part of Stroud International Textiles Select  at Newark Park, a beautiful National Trust property near Wootton under Edge. There is work by 30 artists some of whom have made work in response to Newark Park; including Caroline Bartlett, Caren Garfen, Susan Early, Matthew Harris, Mary Butcher, Zoe Hillyard and Jennifer Collier to name just  a few - exhibited throughout the house and gardens.

The pieces are sited well in the rooms & garden, and you do need to look carefully to spot some of them, as they look as if they are part of the house's collection.

It's well worth a visit, we spent most of the day there, exploring the house and grounds. Here are some highlights, sorry if some of the images are not very good quality, but the light levels were low.

Zoe Hillyard's  ceramic patchwork.

Jennifer Collier's paper sculpture.

Caroline Bartlett

Susan Early's woven willow.