WORKSHOPS - Potato Printing Dragon Scales

All the dragon scales for the body of the dragon were made by visitors to the exhibition in a series of potato printing workshops which I ran in the exhibition space at Nunnington Hall, these were are all drop-in workshops and attracted visitors of all ages. They were great fun to run and the outcome looks amazing!

 

EXHIBITION - Warming the Pot

Just dropped off some of my ceramic teapots at Gallery 6....Warming the pot exhibition opens on September 7th and runs until the 30th 

 

EXHIBITION - Dragon Scales for the Tail of the Dragon

We've been amazed at how talented the Nunnington Hall visitors are! There are some amazing scales going onto the dragons tail... we've tried to capture a few of our favourites 💓

 

 

EXHIBITION - Creatures of Curiosity, Exhibition Images

Here's a few exhibition images of other works that are on display in the Creatures of Curiosity exhibition, the Kirkdale Cave room features some amazing work by Tim Hopgood, a children's author and illustrator, he illustrated creatures, such as hyenas, lions and long tusked elephants, once native to the region. 

 

 

There is also a case with sensory textile creations created by Tim's wife Wanda Szajna-Hopgood based on Tim's illustrations

 

In the room with my dragon is a wall of dragon eyes created by children in workshops run by myself and Rosie (i will be rotating having different eyes on my dragon that the children created during the exhibition run)...

Some fabulous creatures have been created by schoolchildren in felt, these were created in workshops run by the very talented textile artist Serena Partridge...

There is also a wall for visitors to include their own creatures of Curiosity!

 ...and a wall of Hobs, as well as a hob trail within the spectacular garden of Nunnington Hall

 And a reading space at the end of the exhibition with lots more of the children's artwork on display 💓

DRAWINGS - Dialect and Heritage Project

I've just been commissioned by Ryedale Folk Museum to create some illustrations for their 'Great Big Dialect Hunt' museums trail... A really interesting project to work on!

DRAWING - Hob Workshop Video

I love this little Hob that I have created! you can see how I constructed the Hob in a video tutorial which is being played on a loop throughout the Creatures of Curiosity exhibition, currently on at Nunnington Hall and runs until the 4th September.

 

EXHIBITION - Creating the Dragon Outline

This week I've been busy designing and painting onto the walls of Nunnington Hall a huge dragon whose tail extends down the corridor. The dragon will be a participatory artwork and visitors to the Creatures of Curiosity exhibition will be invited to decorate a dragon scale which will be added to the dragon during the course of the exhibition. 

The exhibition opens on the 16th July and runs until the beginning of September

STUDIO - Breakages

Boo Hoo

EXHIBITION - Fringe Arts Bath, Rewind: Let's press play together

I'm showing some work at the Fringe Arts Bath Festival 2022 in the REWIND: Lets Press Play Together exhibition in Milsom Place.

The exhibition runs from 27th May until 12th June. Link to the FaB website for more information... https://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/rewind

STUDIO - Dan with his new mug

This photo really made me smile :) Dan, a friend of mine was really chuffed with his Paulastein mug! #porcelainmug

STUDIO - West Pier Studios, Short Film

My chums on West Pier have put together a little film of their studios, I wasn't around when they filmed unfortunately, it will be such a loss if they forge ahead with current plans to turn the buildings into a restaurant

Link to the video on vimeo

https://vimeo.com/668379118

#badgersofbohemia #captainants #ninaundertheclock #scarborough #westpier #westpierstudios

STUDIO - Westpier Open Studios

We are all opening our studios today for last chance Christmas shopping #openstudios #today #afterdark #westpierstudios #scarborough #westpier YO11 1PD

STUDIO - The Power of Experiences Film for the Crafts Council

I was invited to take part as one of the makers exploring the experience market by the Craft Council. Sarah-Mace Dennis put together a very beautiful film looking at 4 different makers/groups and the Craft Council recently put the film up on their website and youtube page. I’m 9 mins 12 seconds in if you want to jump to find me although I wholly recommend watching the entire film as it’s so beautifuuly made and I am in such good company. Thanks so much to the Crafts Council and to Sarah for putting this film together.

The link to the film is below:

https://youtu.be/c_O6PGQ8FOg

WORKSHOPS - National Tree Week

Some lovely sessions throughout Ryeldale for #nationaltreeweek Thanks to the Small Grant Funding from Ryedale Council I was able to run 'A Badge of Honour for Trees' workshops at Pickering Library, Norton Hive Library and St. Joseph's school. Many thanks to Ryedale Council for awarding me with one of these Grant's.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORKSHOPS - Ryedale Small Grant Funding for Tree Week

Brilliant to hear I've been selected for Small Grant Funding from Ryedale Council to run some workshops for National Tree Week, I'll be in Pickering Library 11.15am - 12.30pm and Norton Hive Library 2.15pm - 3.45pm on 4th December. these are free bookable family sessions, please contact the libraries to book directly 

ARTIST TALK - Designing your Future, Crafts Council

Earlier this year the Crafts Council recorded me speaking about my practice for their new professional development cohorts,  this was funded by Crafting Europe and the recording has just become available for the public to watch this week. The Crafts Council have put it on their website and Youtube page. I'm thinking of doing a seperate video just compiling the er's um's and erm's 😂

 

 

 

OUT & ABOUT - Gong Practitioner Course

Last weekend was the first session of my gong practitioner course with Sheila Whittaker in Devon... Amazing! I've thought about doing this course for 5 years and I'm thrilled that I've taken the plunge... I'm a gong fanatic!! It's very powerful healing work and I'm looking forward to being able to offer this vibration therapy when I graduate next year... I'll also see how it unfolds with my art as I feel they will play a part at some point too 😀

 

 

 

 

WORKSHOPS - Botanical Drawing at Pickering Library

Really lovely day running a botanic drawing workshop at Pickering Library for MakeMore Arts, there was lots of enjoyment and some brilliant reactions... yay!

 

STUDIO - Crafts Council Filming

It was lovely to meet Sarah Mace-Dennis recently who was in my studio filming for the Crafts Council. They are putting together a short film about the experiences and art workshops that I run from my studio. Looking forward to seeing the film 😁