OUT & ABOUT - Historical Beverley

St. Mary's Church, Beverley - Minstrel's pillar 1524.

St. Mary's Church.

Coronation Garden.

 
Was in the historical town of Beverley today. The stone carved faces around the doors of St.Mary's lured me in... inside I found the minstrels pillar, a surprise treat! The church had many carvings of musicians due to the medieval Northern Guild of Minstrels being centred in Beverley. I also loved the coronation Garden and all the random paintings dotted externally around the town. 

DRAWINGS - Book Launch

Book Launch - Bar Street, Scarborough. 22nd June 2012

A captive audience... both them and me! I was more captivated with this couple than the chap whose book launch it was... oh dear. It's been a while since I've had the chance to draw a few folks on an evening out. I'm feeling the urge to do a lot more drawing & painting at the moment.

PRESS - Scarborough News Coverage

Ah... my favourite obsession, Scarborough Evening news - or as it's known now after the changes Scarborough News. My second appearance now... woo - I've made page 70 this time! I'm still a bit disappointed that it's become a weekly paper so the headlines no longer come out daily... I've collected the headlines on & off since I got to Scarborough and now have a great collection of non-headline news. I'll do a project with them at some point...

EXHIBITION - Farm World, a few snaps...

I've uploaded a few snaps of the Farm World exhibition. I'm hoping to get some professional photographs taken soon... in the meantime these will do...

Karen Thompson: Farm World Exhibition 2012.

Karen Thompson: Farm World Exhibition 2012

Karen Thompson: A Poultry Life - Ceramic & Metal(Farm World).

Karen Thompson: A Poultry Life (detail) - Ceramic & Metal (Farm World).

Karen Thompson: The GM Reaper - Ceramic (Farm World).

Karen Thompson: The Human Milk Cow - Ink & Watercolour (Farm World).

Karen Thompson: Earth to Earth - Photographic print (Farm World).

EXHIBITION - Farm World P.V. Photos

A couple of pics from the Private View for Farm World... Was so busy chatting to people throughout the night I only managed to grab a couple of quick opportunities when there was a lull to take some snaps... was a busy night... and the bar proved popular! Thanks to everyone who came down.

8th June 2012 - Farm World P.V.

Farm World P.V.

Farm World P.V.

FARM WORLD - Just Giving Page

 
I've set up a JustGiving page for my Farm World exhibition so people can make donations... I also have a collection tin in the Gallery which has received £10 worth of donations so far! Great, please contribute to a very worthy cause!

Text donation: text code KTFW55 followed by amount £? to 70070

http://www.justgiving.com/FarmWorld

WORK IN PROGRESS - Glazing The GM Reaper

The GM Reaper covered in transparent glaze - ready for the kiln.

I have been trying not to give too much away about the work for Farm World... I liked this photo though and I thought it doesn't really resemble the way the finished piece looks... I glazed this piece out in the courtyard with a commercial transparent glaze sprayed on with a compressor (first time I've used the compressor in a year and a half... should use it more often!).

UPCOMING - Farm World Exhibition Preview

The Private View is this Friday the 8th June... 7.00pm - 9.30pm.
If you're in the area pop in and check out the exhibition, have a glass of wine and say hello. (Crescent Arts, The Crescent, Scarborough, YO11 2PW - below the Art Gallery).