Dates for your diary: I will be exhibiting in May for Oxfordshire Artweeks in two venues.
* First at the Heritage Crafts and Rural Skills Centre at Coleshill Estate, near Faringdon.
The ‘Heritage Crafts Coleshill’ group has grow this year to include six makers/artists. There will be on display woodwork, metal sculptures, textile art, jewellery, bellows and stained glass.
Venue 5, Coleshill National Trust, SN6 7PT
Dates: 2-4 and 8-10 May, 10.30am- 4pm
*Then alongside Oxfordshire Crafts Guild members in Oxford, at St Barnabas church.
The largest single hub for exhibitors in Oxford. There will be more than 20 of us: 15 crafts-people from the Guild, and 8 artists from The Viridian Art Group.
Venue 378, 50 Cardigan Street, OX2 6BS
Dates: 16-25 May, 10am- 5.30pm
Six gifted artisans, including three Artweeks newcomers, will showcase exciting and often unexpected talents in utilising basic raw materials to craft handmade creations during Oxfordshire Artweeks.
The diverse Heritage Crafts Coleshill group of skilled makers will be ready to share their work, knowledge and stories at the National Trust’s Heritage and Rural Skills Centre at Coleshill in early May. They form an unusual collection of interests and perspectives, all found in a single venue!
Steel, textiles, gold and silver, glass, wood and timber, leather, gemstones, copper, paper, earthy materials, paint and more go through fascinating handcrafting processes to produce the outstanding range of works.
You will discover work by jeweller Chloe Romanos, by textile artist Amanda Benstead, metal sculptures by Andy Bunyan & Andy Breeze, bellows by Anne Mills, stained glass by Marie Ward and woodwork by PDK wood products.
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