Open House Event

This weekend we held our second 'Open House' event - we filled the house with local makers & designers work, invited all our friends round, fed them delicious cake, tea, & wine ;-) and let them browse and buy what they liked. It was such a great day and evening...the house was full and buzzing and everyone sold lots of bits. 

Thanks to everyone involved for making it so special.

 

www.carlydodsley.com

http://www.kayvanbellen.com/

www.rachelainley.com

http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/beadinnora

http://www.etsy.com/shop/BaskaDesigns

http://locallyproducedforyou.co.uk/rosehip

http://locallyproducedforyou.co.uk/daisycat

Lady Bay Arts Festival

A few weeks ago, as part of the Open Studio Notts event - all the artists (and there are lots!!) living in the local area of Lady Bay - opened up their studio's for a chance to browse or buy there work. It was a beautiful sunny day and most artists were around to have a chat about their work, explain their thought processes etc.

 The very talented Oliver Lovely was demonstrating how he cooks up and makes his inks from vegetable skins, grass etc. Beautiful, delicate work in subtle colours... Love his city landscapes (see below)  all painted from an unusual perspective.

You can view more of Oliver's work on his website: www.oliverlovely.com

Another favourite was the sketches of Juliet Goodden. Juliet is currently studying an MA in Fine Art (very envious) - her sketches are all done on old vintage folders - something that brings a lovely quality to her work, quick, spontaneous drawing with flashes of colour - love them! 

 

 one of the really great things about this event is getting a sneek peek into the working environments, studio's and homes - this is the beautiful hidden away garden of a local potter....

The First Cut

PAPER AT THE CUTTING EDGE

Wednesday 24 April – Sunday 9 June

The First Cut - A fantastic Exhibiton on at Djanogly Gallery The Lakeside, Nottingham, 

Featuring the work of over 30 international contemporary artists, who transform paper through cutting, folding and sculpting - experimenting and using paper in revolutionary new ways. The creations are intricate, delicate and diverse, from tiny fragile creations to huge room-filling installations. The diversity of the exhibition makes it really interesting, and definitely worth catching before it ends on 9th June.

www.lakesidearts.org.uk

Particularly liked the work of Sarah Bridgland who uses tiny cut out vintage typography to make incredibly detailed 3 dimensional collages - just beautiful.

Also loved the birds and images cut from vintage maps by Claire Brewster who uses vinatge maps to create delicate cut out birds in flight.

There is a great variety of techniques and scales within the exhibition - from a lifesize motorcycle made toatally out of paper to a small tiny cut in a single sheet of A4!
Very inspiring and well worth a visist! http://www.lakesidearts.org.uk/Exhibitions.html