Paths, Chickens and The Sculpture Network Brunch 201

We've been busy moving wood chippings

and turning them into lovely new paths.

Wheelbarrows at the ready team!

Bessie's babes are fully grown and 4 seem 

to be handsome but noisy roosters so they 

will have new homes and The Green Patch 

will have replacement laying hens.

Meanwhile Carole and other local, national and international artists have been rising to the brief set by Susan Williams MRBS and The Sculpture Network. An exhibiton co-curated by Susan and Graham Keddie MRBS took place at Susan's Artspace Studios. We had the great good fortune to meet and share the work of Carlos de Gredos from Spain. 

The brief from Susan was as follows :-

'Nature as a material for art' - All exhibitors are asked to present their artworks in a wheelbarrow or send photos of their works for presentation in the studio (see exhibition attachment). 

Images from outside the UK or a long way from Northants were put together for projection or screen presentation in two outdoor spaces

Susan Williams MRBS

Susan Williams MRBS

Video collaboration by Susan Williams MRBS and Gareth Williams

Exhibition, Networking and Celebration, Sunday, 24th January 2016, 10.45am Artspace Studios, 181 Stamford Road, Kettering, Northants, NN16 9SU, UK

Carlos de Gredos, At the End Everyone Will Pass Through the Hoop

It was a delicious day, we felt so lucky to be have the opportunity to access such a high quality art exhibition, right in our neighbourhood, almost on our doorstep, in the midst of the Avondale / Grange ward and it really opened our eyes, excited our hearts and gave the community a totally different View From Here! 

To see more of our favourites 

After Eden - Unquiet Dreams, Carole Miles

Threads and Chatter - Watch the Birdie!

We've been threading and
chattering with the ever inventive

 Phiona Richards who
showed us how to make 

birds from wool, wire, paper and felt.

We wound lengths of wool 

around pieces of card

snipped the ended and kept 

them together with a band.

Carole's bird was a wee bit plump!

Here here some some more rare birds !

If you live in the Avondale / Grange ward do join us again 

Tuesday 26th January

The Resource Centre, 

9 Grange Place, Kettering. 

NN16 0NT

Phiona will be running her inventive, creative 

session between 3.30 and 5.00pm

Sessions and refreshments are family friendly, fun and free!

Threads and Chatter - Pompom Bag Charms

Inspite of the dark stormy afternoon we had a lovely turn out for out first Threads and Chatter session of the New year in our new venue, The Resource Centre in Grange Place. Artist Phiona Richards lead us through an intriguing method of creating small pompoms using wool and a fork!

We added beads and a keyring attachment 

to create stylish bag charms

See more from the session here

 Phiona was highly amused at the amount 

of tying off thread Abby had left her!

It was also great to catch up with Rick who shared photographs of his wonderful, award winning wildlife garden. He was full of hints and tips on what to plant and showed us the wide variety of moths that had been seen in his garden. We have invited ourselves round for a tour this year when the garden is in full bloom!

If you live in the Avondale / Grange ward do join us again 

Tuesday 19th January

The Resource Centre, 

9 Grange Place, Kettering. 

NN16 0NT

Carole will have the kettle on between 2.30 and 3.30 pm

Phiona will be running her inventive, creative 

session between 3.30 and 5.00pm

Sessions and refreshments are family friendly, fun and free!

Threads And Chatter Returns!

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