Wash Out…

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Well we were supposed to do the Bradford on Avon Street Market this weekend just gone but rain stopped play for us I am afraid.  We just can’t risk the weather getting to our stock of photos and pictures.  We’ve done shows where we’ve broken or damaged more than we’ve sold… a little counter productive!

Anyway, this weekend (Sunday 15th July) we’ve got the Summer Art Car Boot Sale at the Black Swan Arts Centre car park in Frome.  It’s a great day and we’ve done it for the last 5 years.  40 to 50 stalls of local artists, photographers, sculptors etc. exhibiting and hopefully selling their stuff.  Well worth a look if you are anywhere near Frome on Sunday – starts at 10am to 4pm.  Hope we see you there…. weather permitting!!

We really could do with some sun please, but I have to bear in mind that some friends of ours are a lot worse off than we are, living and working in Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire.  They just clearing up their third flood in the last 2 weeks.  Good luck guys.

Simon cleaning up again.

Simon cleaning up again.

It's a Sign of the Times!

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After the theft of Terry’s signs from the top of our access road, Serena has just painted some replacements for him…

New signs for Terry's Tearoom

New signs for Terry’s Tearoom

Woe betide anyone who pinches these ones!

We’ve also got some new signs up there for SerenArts Gallery, so hopefully will get a whole load of new customers flooding in… (I shouldn’t mention flooding with the river coming up the way is at the moment!)

If you get a spare minute, it’s well worth having a look on Google Earth at the Barton Farm Country Park, Bradford on Avon.  We really do have a lovely place to work.

It’s a Sign of the Times!

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After the theft of Terry’s signs from the top of our access road, Serena has just painted some replacements for him…

New signs for Terry's Tearoom

New signs for Terry’s Tearoom

Woe betide anyone who pinches these ones!

We’ve also got some new signs up there for SerenArts Gallery, so hopefully will get a whole load of new customers flooding in… (I shouldn’t mention flooding with the river coming up the way is at the moment!)

If you get a spare minute, it’s well worth having a look on Google Earth at the Barton Farm Country Park, Bradford on Avon.  We really do have a lovely place to work.

More Introductions

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Just a quick post today to give you a couple more images of the Tithebarn Workshops Team.

Terry and his good lady Mel (yes Tel & Mel’s Tearoom!) run the tearoom next door to us down here. The image below is of Terry and his Pops, Pete, who does regular shifts down here when the weathers good and the punters are rolling in…

Terry & Pete

Terry & Pete

One of the other main men down here is Doug, one half of Revival, a treasure trove of beautiful antiques and the fount of all knowledge when it comes to old things! Here he is outside his unit with the smiling assassin, Jasper!  Don’t be fooled by those cute looks, he’s very much his own man!!…

Doug & Jasper

Doug & Jasper

We’ll have more introductions soon including all the canine members!  If I’ve forgotten to tell you about anyone, please let me know and I can give you the gossip!

 

Massive Swan!

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Q:  How many blokes does it take to move a massive swan?…

A:

Two large blokes pushing a plastic swan!

The Getaway

This is the swan that Jane, next door, has been painting over the last week to be part of the “Swans of Wells” which is to part of the Queen’s Jubilee.  There are going to be 60 of them creating a trail around the City of Wells in Somerset and they’ll be there from June to September.  They will then be auctioned for charity, so if you fancy getting your hands on a 5 foot painted, fibreglass swan, you know where to go!  But be quick because they’re going fast…

Last seen heading out the garden...

Sailing Away

Bored Meeting!

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Well… here are some of the artists / owners of the units at our wonderful Tithebarn Workshops, engrossed in a vital Bored Meeting!

Tithebarn Workshops Members

Tithebarn Workshops Bored Meeting!

From left to right we have Jane, Alan, Sotos and Andre.  There will be plenty more to come on this Blog about all the team down here.  It’s a bit like a tame version of Eastenders really!

Summer's Here!

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At last, what a beautiful day down here at the Tithebarn Workshops.  Had to just take this quick video (I know it’s not very good, but it was on my iPhone and I was just pleased to see the sunshine and hear the birds singing!)…

What we’ll do at some point soon is the make a proper video of the set up down here to give everyone an idea of just how lucky we are to work at this gorgeous spot.  Rather nice isn’t it?!…

Summer’s Here!

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At last, what a beautiful day down here at the Tithebarn Workshops.  Had to just take this quick video (I know it’s not very good, but it was on my iPhone and I was just pleased to see the sunshine and hear the birds singing!)…

What we’ll do at some point soon is the make a proper video of the set up down here to give everyone an idea of just how lucky we are to work at this gorgeous spot.  Rather nice isn’t it?!…

Glass Art Commission

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Serena has just finished her latest commission for one of our Glass Art Tables…

Latest Commission for our Glass Art Tables

Glass Art Table

The client saw one of our lamps with the Freeform Design and wanted a matching table… so that’s what she’s got!  It has become quite a busy area of our business at the Gallery.  We offer a bespoke service where Serena can match up with a swatch of fabric or paint colour palatte, on either the tables or our lamps.  We recently had a small piece of wallpaper brought in by a customer who wanted us to match up two lamps with the design.  The results speak for themselves….

Colour matching of wallpaper swatch to lamp design

Matching lamp design to wallpaper

If anyone would like any more information about this service, or an idea of how much it will cost, please feel free to contact us at any time.

Not for Squirrels

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I knew today was going to be a bad day when I woke up to the news that Harry Redknapp had been sacked as Spurs manager! I’ve downloaded my application and will send it off to White Hart Lane shortly!
Anyway, my ongoing battle with squirrel has reached new frustrating heights today. I came down to the gallery to find he had carted off another whole, stuffed coconut and when I put fresh seed out on the bird table, this is what I get….

I will defeat him!!

On a better note, I am now well into the latest book artwork job, this one for water-colour artist, Winston Oh.  A love looking through all the work trying to take my mind off how tedious the actual designing job can be!  Winston has a great eye and, as you can see from his work, is very well travelled.  I will keep you up to date with how his book is coming on.

Things at the gallery are a little quiet due to this rather unseasonably inclement weather!  Hopefully we’ll see some decent sunshine in the coming week.  It does give me time to hatch a plan to foil squirrel though!