Thursday 7 August 2008

Welcome to my Studio

Studio@Lock4 comprises of me, Ruth, my fellow studio users,children,husband and my pooch keltie.

This Studio is a dream come true for me. I have waited a long time to get my own space to be creative in, to be surrounded with paints and pencils, kilns and silver clay, as I produce all sorts of art and craft works. I have spent too many years spread out on the kitchen table painting or making things, only to have to pack it all away in time for the children to eat their dinner!

I like to think that the studio will be more than a workshop but a meeting place for my friends and neighbours to stop and gossip and keep me company me as I produce some lovely coloured crafty creations of all different varieties. A place where visitors will leave with a smile on their face, a slighty light headed feeling, as sundowners(*) are the order of the day!! We will have to watch you leave as the studio is situated on the canal, don't want to fish anyone out of the drink!

The studio is situated at the end of my garden in our garage, which is a pretty clapboard building
and far too nice to be used to park cars in! The floor has benn painted a beautiful blue colour and is filled with paintings and quilts, felted hats and bags, wooden brightly painted fish and birds and lots more. My dream is for this space to be a showcase for all of my creations as well as the work of local artist and craftspeople, a community exhibition. Eventually I would like to hold a monthly exhibition.

I hope to bring you news and anecdotes about the characters that visit us here and the exciting projects that are being created in the studio.
Watch this blog!

(*) sundowners late afternoon drinks. Ask my chum Anna she knows all about this tradition!

Heart stones

Heart stones

Heart shaped potato

Heart shaped potato

Studio@lock4

Studio@lock4
The inside of our studio