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Bradford on Avon Living Wall

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There have been many opinions expressed about the new living wall in the town centre, but we think it looks good, will attract visitors and, most importantly for our traffic congestion problems, reduces the co2 levels in the air.

Now… if you pick up a copy of Serena’s book ‘A Serene View of Bradford on Avon’ (copies available at SerenArts Gallery or on this website!), you will see that she was well ahead of her time when it comes to town planning.  However, her idea of a living wall went considerably further than the new feature in Bradford on Avon…

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Serena Nostradamus Pugh!

Go Faster Stripes…

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It was another first yesterday at SerenArts Gallery… carbon fibre decal for a mobility scooter!

serenarts gallery mobility scooter carbon fibre decals
serenarts gallery mobility scooter carbon fibre decals

As part of their service, TopSteer Mobility offer to add self adhesive, carbon fibre decals to the front and rear of their scooters, to protect against damage to the paintwork. They tasked us with tracing, scanning and cutting out sets of the decals to fit the areas that take most of the bumps…

It took a joint effort from Serena and her artistic eye and me at the computer, digitally creating the templates. Just another thing to add to our list of services at SerenArts!

If you are interested in discovering more about the range of scooters, powerchairs and stairlifts available at TopSteer Mobility you can contact them via their website or phone 07758 720059.

River Level Watching

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Having a gallery right next to the river, which is prone to a bit of flooding from time to time, we get rather obsessive over river levels here at the Tithebarn Workshops. So I thought I would show you what difference a days rainfall can make after the long dry spell we’ve been having…

serenarts gallery river level watching

The top left hand side of the image shows over a foot of the Avoncliff Weir wall sticking out above the waterline yesterday… to free flowing water over the top again today.

The right hand image is at Barton Bridge where the loop had been dried up for weeks… to now being full enough for at least a dog to have a paddle!

Told you I was a bit obsessed!!

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Work has started on the repainting at the Tithebarn Workshops. This time we have decided to all go for a different colour on each unit! We have gone for a beautiful blue and Mary has gone for a lovely dusky pink. Keep an eye out for who goes for what colour!

Welcome to Sterlingwood Designs

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A very big welcome to Jerry of Sterlingwood Designs, who has recently moved into share units 6/7 with Jackie. He brings with him a wealth of experience in creating beautiful wood and silver designs and a very cute dog called Freddie!

Why not pop down and meet the latest member of the Tithebarn Workshops family.

Bradford on Avon Food & Drink Festival

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bradford on avon food festival near serenarts gallery
Good to see the Bradford on Avon Food and Drink Festival setting up just up the road from us again this morning. Let’s hope its a great success and brings the punters down to our beautiful little corner of Bradford.

There’s always plenty to do and see around the Tithebarn Workshops… the units are open… the cafes are ready to go… the paddle board hire firms are setting up… the sun is shining… so why not come on down and soak up the atmosphere?

You can check out ticket information and more details about the Food Festival on their website:

• ARTISAN MARKET • STREET FOOD MARKET • DEMONSTRATIONS FROM LOCAL & CELEBRITY CHEFS • LIVE MUSIC • KIDS FUN • FUN DOG SHOW AND MUCH, MUCH MORE
Saturday 11th June 10.00am to 6.00pm
Sunday 12th June 10.00am to 5.00pm
Victory Field, BA15 1LE 

What a Week!

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Apologies for not posting earlier, but we feel like our feet haven’t touched the ground for the last couple of weeks! Serena and I have been working really hard to put together the stand at the Royal Bath & West Show this year… and it was brilliant!

serenarts gallery and steve hall at the royal bath and west show 2022 1
serenarts gallery and steve hall at the royal bath and west show 2022 1
serenarts gallery and steve hall at the royal bath and west show 2022 1
serenarts gallery and steve hall at the royal bath and west show 2022 1

As I mentioned in previous posts, we had a joint stand with fellow artist and friend Steve Hall. A massive thank you to Steve for all he has done towards this exciting venture… we couldn’t have done it without him. We would also like to thank and recommend the suppliers of the clip together board and lighting system that we used to hang the paintings. Clip (clipuk.com) in Warmley, near Bristol were excellent and the product worked a treat… thank you.

It was three very long and busy days and we had a fantastic time. There were huge crowds on all three day so lots of new leads, brochures given out and, rather nicely, sales too! (Oh, and a fair bit of fudge consumed too!).

What we didn’t sell at the Show is now hanging back at our gallery and Serena is full of enthusiasm and already painting again.

Why not pop down to the Tithebarn Workshops and have a look around?

14 days to go…

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We are very excited and working feverishly towards the Bath & West in just 2 weeks! Serena and Steve have been painting up a storm and most of their work is now at the framers… nothing like cutting it fine!

The promotional stationary and posters have been printed and are ready and we can’t wait to get going…

We will be setting up in the Exmoor Hall at the show ground in Shepton Mallet on the Wednesday and then open from 9am to 6pm on the Thursday 2nd, Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th June.

We’re all looking forward to a busy jubilee long weekend.

Green Man Festival

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Well it was all happening down at Barton Farm this morning…

serenarts gallery tithe barn green man festival

An early start to wake up Jack and then everyone headed off down into town for more fun and festivities at the Green Man Festival. Why not pop in and visit Jackie and Karen’s stall in Westbury Gardens? There will be more going on around the Tithebarn Workshops this afternoon with dancing and music.