Round Robin Reveal

Alveva night was very exciting for members of the group as it was

the reveal ofthe Crazywork Round Robin.

We were all eager to open our boxes and

went into another room to look at what suprises we had.

Everyone of them were different and lovely in there own way.

We were all so pleased at our quilts to be!

Mine is the green and brown one,

at the front of the picture.

Everyone chose a theme or colour of fabrics and trimmings

to put in their box

along with a sample of their own square to give

the others in the group an idea of what we were

thinking of. Mine was based in nature and Asian Textiles.

We then showed the rest of the group.

See more Crazywork on my website

http://www.art2inspire.co.uk/

Alveva Quilt Day

Wednesday, I spent he whole day putting together a special scrap quilt with

help from the rest of the Clark family (Stewart and Jenn)

and Linda an Alveva member.

It was a real puzzle at times as every patch/block of triangles or

squares had been made by different members of

the Alveva Quilt Group.

They were all different sizes,shapes and some ascue!

Linda walked through the door of the studio and immediately

got machining on my very old but reliable Bernina

and Jenn was on the Janome and Stewart on ironing,

pinning and tea with me!

I machined when one of the two had to move to either

iron or position their piece back in the puzzle.

We finished the front and the centre panel of the back,

cutting out the back border strips ready to sew another time.

Thank you Linda for a fantastic job of squaring up, machining and listening to the constant chatter of the Clark's!

The Quilt will look great and I'll show you it finished at a later date.

Promise!

See other quilts on my website

http://www.art2inspire.co.uk/

No Gallery Day

No Gallery on Tuesday due to my car deciding it is going to leak water everywhere.

We managed to get the car to the garage feeding it water as we went!

We picked up a courtesy car in the afternoon and are still waiting as it is the

Head Gasket!

The garage,Trevor Greef Motor Services Ltd,

is great and I have been on their website advertising

since they launced their website.

See what a great garage it is and a pic of me at

www.tgautos.co.uk

Magnum TV Ad

Today I starred in the lastest 'Magnum' TV Ad.

See it on my profile on facebook.

I am the cousin that helps the couple break into the vault.

It's been really cool learning technology!!!

Jenn also starred in another 'Magnum' ad.

We've had a real giggle!

See more of what goes on at Quilters Cottage at

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Kitchen at Quilters Cottage

We spent the weekend stripping out the kitchen here at the

cottage including taking down the cabinets and then

painting and re-assembling everything.

Every cupboard was sorted through and

the contents 'Spring' cleaned!

Glad thats done!

See more of Quilters Cottage on my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Linda's 'Musing'

Look what arrived in the post on Saturday,

a Thank you from Linda for the wonderful

'studio crawl' we had last Sunday.

What a suprise, it was as I had only just

commented on it that morning on

Linda's post and there it is in my hands, magic!

Thank you Linda and I will put it on my

inspiration board.

See more of Linda's on her blog

www.artinspirations-linturn.blogspot.com

Crazywork Beginnings

It's been a very busy week and I wanted to delve into

some colour and stitch on the machine.

This is the start of a sketchbook cover.

This is the week that our Crazywork Round Robin finishes,

and I think is in the back of my mind.

I am really looking forward to seeing the blocks come back.

I haven't seen them for 8 months!

See more crazywork on my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Linda and her Dragonfly

Here, Linda and her Dragonfly Wallhanging look wonderful!

at The Dragonfly Gallery,Watton.

It was really lovely to be able to go round Linda's Exhibition

with her because she explained the context of her work

celebrated the fact that it was in exhibition and what new work can now

be inspired over for the future.

I like that about putting on exhibitions.

You can see the work for itself, standing alone and in a collection.

It allows you to see what you like

and what direction you want to go in the future.

The Dragonfly Gallery is a wonderful venue and

the staff were really friendly.

See the other exhibitions on the Gallery website

www.thewaylanddragonflygallery.co.uk

Dragonfly Gallery Exhibition

The Dragonfly Gallery at Wayland House, Watton,

has an exhibition of "Quilt Inspirations" on until 12th June,

by my friend and fellow textile artist

Linda Turner.

I went to see it yesterday and when I entered

Linda was busy working in the Gallery on a detailed

'Soluble Piece'.

Linda's exhibition is outstanding.

Her mixed media landscapes are breathtaking

with the level of work and colour.

Thank you, Linda for sharing your work.

See more of Linda's work and inspiration on her blog at

www.artinspirations-linturn.blogspot.com

Gallery Day 8th June 2010

The Gallery was in 'Transition' today as the exhibitons came down and the wall painting and new displays were
going up.
The Tuesday workshops still went ahead as usual.
The sample of needlefelting above was made by Pat
and she is going to make it into a book.
Others were finishing projects and starting new ones.
Soon we will be moving into a room set aside solely for
workshops.
"News", a new printing press arrived at the Gallery and is causing
lots of new excitement and inspiration for the new workshops
which will be un-veiled soon, so watch this and the website.

BA(Hons) Degree Show 2010

Tonight, the Clark family were invited to the

Fine Art Degree Show by Anglia Ruskin Students,

based at The College of West Anglia.

The show is at

The Kings Lynn Arts Centre.

Here Sue Pollard is stood by part of her Exhibition,

using Dolls and the concept of 'Belonging'.

I loved her interactive felt board!

FUZZYFELT FUN!

The whole Exhibition is really dinamic and is on

until June 19th, 10am-5pm.

Closed Sundays and Mondays.

Well worth a visit.

See more of whats going on at

http://www.kingslynnarts.co.uk/

Mari French

Our next studio at 4pm (we started at 10am)

was Mari French a mixed media artist

who has not long moved to Norfolk from

The Isle of Skye.

Her paintings were displayed in her cottage front room.

This is the beauty of Open Studios every one

is differnent and showcases how versitile art is.

Mari French talked about her layering of materials

and shared her plans for her cottage garden.

Thank you Mari for sharing your work.

Linda and I were then ready to return to mine

after a round, 'studio crawl' of 129 miles!

We thank the organisers of the event and the studios

who open the door to the public.

Visit Mari's website at

http://www.marifrench.com/

Colin Bygrave

As soon as you walked in the door you could smell the wonderful

smell of ink andthe atmosphere of a real printer!

Colin welcomed us and we gazed over his sketchbooks.

Linda and I gasped as we turned the pages,

as every lined drawing beautifully done,we could

have translated into mixed media an stitch.

Colin then introduced the group of visitors that now assembled to

a quick 'how to' of aquatinting and some of his methods

of printing.

We wandered round and round his studio,

admiring his framed printing and editions.

There were sketches and inspiration on the walls,

that could have kept us quiet for ages.

We left with a sign of pleasure, glad to have been

giving the opportunity of meeting

Colin in his studio.

Thank you Colin for sharing your work.

See more of Colin's work at

http://www.colinbygrave-art.org.uk/

Arts @ The Tabernacle

Next Studio on our 'mission' was

Arts @ The Tabernacle a converted chapel into a

contemporary home which was exhibiting the work

of several contemporary artists.

Sue Maddocks,

Alasdair Hadden,

Sally Ann Logan,

Louise Walker

and Fiona Johnson.

In the 'Moorish' stlye courtyard was recyled art

made from beer cans, really clever.

Inside the impressive contemporary interior the

space was a welcoming Gallery area.

We admired the work and spoke to Sally

who is a local printmaker and teacher.

See more of the artist work on

http://www.artsnewroadtabernacle.co.uk/

and Sally's printmaking on

http://www.sallyhirst.co.uk/

The Old Workshop Gallery

Next studio well, Gallery at Corpusty.

A quaint Gallery with exhibitions, garden

and Jill Hill Fashion Designer, studio come workshop in the corner.

Jill studies old costumes especially smocks and uses them in

her designs.

Above is one of her cards.

There was lots to investigate and realy good art information.

Thank you Jill for opening your Gallery

to Open Studios visitors.