Fairies Reunited is Launched...

BRAIN NEEDS YOU!...

As the years have passed by she has lost touch with many a fairy.

Hours are lost to daydreaming of their whereabouts ...she decided to take action or risk a life of decreased productivity.

She wants to get in touch... track and trace...reunite the fairies.

Can you help?   Do you have a Fairy?   Have you spotted one recently?

We must stick together in the PLIGHT TO REUNITE. 

 http://www.fairiesreunited.com/#story

 

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Leeds Leeds Leeds...

Today has been a mixed and tiring day, but excellent!  Here are my highlights, I know Samantha will share hers too... although we were together, so they may be similar! :0)

Ducks on the roof!

The Artists book fair at the lovely Parkinson building

Leeds city museum... an almost symmetrical building!  My favourite kind of building!

La shark

The Maccabees!

Catalogue of Extraordinary Objects...

Helaina and I went to collect some fairies from The Platform Gallery in Clitheroe recently. On route we stumbled upon a ‘Vintage Fair’ in a little place called Whalley. The fair had little to offer in the way of real ‘Vintage’ but we did find a fantastic studio book….

 

 

 

 

Fairy helmets...

Excitingly this week, these beauties arrived... which will become....

Helmets for fairies!

Licence to Fly...

Shadows...

One day last week (definitely not this week, as it's minus a billion in the studio) the sun was shining through our gorgeous windows and casting these amazing shadows...

Helaina's  - Clare College, Cambridge

Samantha's drawing... what's that coming over the hill, is it a monster??  Nope, it's a bottom warming fairy!!

Made by hand...

Samantha and I have been busy bees, and to prove it, here are photos of our stands at Made By Hand, which took place at Tredegar House in Newport, South Wales the first weekend in December.  It always takes us a long time to set up...  And I was almost the last to leave!

The Scarlet Spears...



Getting there...

We had a lovely weekend, and I'd like to thank my neighbour Sally Pawson, with her sunny disposition and jewellery, for keeping me entertained!  Samantha was very lucky to be next to Heather Shaw, a Huddersfield based jeweller (and our third transit van angel!)

Ladybird infestation...

 

Our studio has been invaded by Ladybirds!  Here was one today making friends with a fairy....

Beautiful Bruges....

 

Samantha and I went to Bruges this weekend - here are the edited highlights...

We went up the clock tower in the main square, all 366 steps!  The amazing 'clock a matic' mechanism made the 26 bells chime, very impressive.  We wandered for ages (and got a little lost) but we discovered so many beautiful buildings... I would highly recommend a visit!

'Under the sea' workshop...

 

 

 

Last Monday, Samantha and I  facilitated a half term holiday workshop at the West Yorkshire Print Workshop, for 8 -12 year olds (13-19s in the afternoon.)  Everyone created wire sea creatures...we had fish, sharks, sea horses, jellyfish, mermaids... these are going to be displayed all together in a collaborative piece somewhere in the WYPW building.  We're helping to make the next generation very very capable in using wire, no matter what they tell you, they like it really!

Mwah ha ha Halloween....

 

Well we've had a lovely time tonight, carving squashes (the supermarkets had sold out of pumpkins...) Samantha's 'evil Prince Larry' is on the left and I carved his sidekick 'nutter.'  During the evening, Samantha confessed she had never carved a pumpkin before, and unfortunately, as they were squashes, she still hasn't!  

Australia bound

i spy...

A lovely lady commissioned this piece after seeing the fairies in Selvedge Magazine.

It is now winging it's way down under. I do hope it arrives safe!!

Must see exhibition....

 

Here is a snippet of work to see from the current exhibition at The West Yorkshire Print Workshop 'Screen printed gig posters' which unfortunately ends on 20th October, so not much time for you to come and see it!  Highly recommended though by Samantha and I, and I think we'll both end up purchasing a poster or two...

Palace Art Fair today....

Samantha and I are exhibiting at Palace Art Fair, at Fulham Palace, today until Sunday...please come and see us!  www.palaceartfair.co.uk (Photos to follow)

Ta Daaaaa..... HOST is this weekend!

Sooo, it's taken a day and a half, but finally, we're tidy!  (Well, when I say tidy, please don't expect a miracle, by tidy, I mean we can see alot more of the floor space and the piles of stuff are now neatly-ish stacked.)

Our studio at The West Yorkshire Print Workshop in Mirfield will be open tomorrow (17th September) and Sunday, 11am - 5pm.  There will be 15 artists, in total, exhibiting here, so lots to see! 

 

www.hoststudios.co.uk

In the run upto HOST...

...here's a week of studio 8 sneaky peeks!

Oh dear... look at the mess...

 ...2 days to go!

 

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In the run upto HOST...

...here's a week of studio 8 sneaky peeks!

 4 days to go!

 

www.hoststudios.co.uk

In the run upto HOST...

....here's a week of studio 8 sneaky peeks!

5 Days to go!

Helaina adding the finishing touches...

Progress...fairies wrapping up for winter