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From little acorns….
Just spent a lovely couple of hours at the open evening for the new Seed Gallery and Studio in Crich.
It’s a gorgeous gallery, small but perfectly formed. And they just happen to be stocking some of my work, along side some fabulous work by other artists and makers.
The gallery is beautifully laid out, in a beautiful building, a former reading rooms, and sits opposite “The Loaf”, a lovely delicatessen where you can enjoy a nice cuppa and a slice of scrummy cake… what more reason do you need to go?
Sarah and Rachel, I wish you both the very best in your new venture, well done!!!
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Diary of an Exhibitionist #6
First sample is out…. YAY! No bubbles, no sticking, a very slight bit of warp which we can live with.
I am quite pleased, but it has put me in a little bit of a dilemma… originally it was coloured glass, then it was plain with coloured edges… however, I really rather like the simplicity of the clear, uncoloured glass….
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Diary of an Exhibitionist #5
Made it down to the studio this afternoon, and it was actually quite warm in there (anybody who has called into Shed 2 will know that this is uncommon!)Moulds all dried out, a couple stacked up here, and yes that is SOME of my glass stash behind….
And one has gone back in to (Kiln) Bill with a layer of glass on top… fingers crossed for no bubbles, glass sticking or warping of moulds….
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Diary of an Exhibitionist #4
Oooh, time is creeping by SO fast!I’ve been busy in the studio this week, preparing moulds – hopefully I’ve made plenty, just in case! Got my glass, and a couple of spare sheets on the way (just in case).Moulds have been prepped, carved, kiln washed and I left them drying yesterday.Another change of plan on the design! Talked to Mark last week, and said how I’d still wanted a spiral… and it turns out, it might be a bit easier to do than a straight ladder… so new design idea is a bit like a spiral staircase, with the panels coming out from a central pole…This is where I have to take a leap of faith, both in Mark’s skill and my own visualisation and idea, as we really, really don’t have time to prepare a mock up – unless you count the little cardboard model I made the other day!I am off to the studio in a couple of hours, will try and remember to take some photographs of the moulds this time! And hopefully the first piece of glass is going in the kiln, please, please, please pray to the kiln gods for me!!
