PADLT Craft Fair was held today

The weather was nice, warm and dry today.  A lot of people came in to the Baptist Church Hall to browse the PADLT craft fair although there were some other craft fair near by today.

I prepared much more greeting cards than ever as I noticed at the previous fairs in the summer that more and more cards were sold.  As expected a lot of greeting cards were sold.

Also calendars for 2015 were sold well.  Some people returned to buy the next year's calendars.  This encourages me to carry on creating calendars.

Quite a few people were interested in the original paper cut pieces, which I framed and displayed but not for sale.  It was a shame I didn't want to sell them since they were very precious.  However, I wanted to show how the original pieces looked like.  (As an example, see the pictures of the diary on 23. November 2014)

I would like to thank you all so much for having come to the fair,  and also thank the PADLT for having invited me as a stall holder again!

The PADLT showed the visitors the documentary video of their youth group's visit to Lesotho in the summer 2014 during the fair.  I hope they raised a lot of money for children in Lesotho through today's craft fair.  I am very pleased that I could contribute (only a little bit but )to the fund raising.

I will have a stall on another craft fair, nus nus Winter Fair, next Saturday 6th December in Cardiff.  Please come along if you missed today's fair!

In the morning at 10 am, the fair has just started.  

Christmas Fairs are coming soon!; Greeting Cards: Christmas + 4 Seasons + 4 Trees

I've been busy with preparing for the upcoming craft fairs.  I'll bring my art work pieces including the next years calendars and greeting cards.  Either of the fairs are free admission.  Please come along!


Upcoming CHRISTMAS FAIRS 

PADLT Christmas Crafts and Creations

Saturday 29th November

10am - 1pm

Stanwell Road Baptist Church Hall (next to the Paget Rooms)

Free Admission

nus nus Winter Fair

Saturday 6th December

10am - 5pm

St.Catherine's Church Hall

Pontcanna, CF11 9DE

Free Admission

New greeting cards (A6, 105x148mm) are now ready for the craft fairs.   

CHRISTMAS CARDS

There are two versions of two different images from paper cutting.  1st version is in the black background, and 2nd version is in the green background (each green is different).

Squirrel and Holly (left)

We have a big holly shrub in the garden, but the berries almost disappear by the beginning of winter every year.  I presume birds eat the most of the berries, and yet our neighbouring squirrels might contribute to consuming the red berries, though I have never witnessed it.  By the way, the holly berries are toxic to human.  So you never eat them!

Robin and Rose Hips with Holly Leaves (right)

Robin, of course, is a typical symbol for the winter here.  When I walk outside in the meadows near by our house in the late autumn and in the winter, I can find half-pecked ripe rose hips.  Sometimes, if I'm lucky, I can see the feast.

These are the original paper cut pieces; 11x11cm.

FOUR SEASONS
These four cards are extracts from the 'British Countryside Series'.  The size of the original paper cut is A3, and the images are trimmed for the A6 cards.

 TREE SERIES
These 4 pieces of relief prints are from 'Tree Series'.  They are 'Sycamore and Ash', 'Silver Birch', 'London Plane' and 'Bustard Service' .(clockwise from upper right)

TREE SERIES
These 4 pieces of illustrations are 'Tree Portrait Series'.  Clockwise from far right: 'London Plane', 'Silver Birch', 'Turkey Oak' and 'Horse Chestnut'.

At last! Calendar 2015

Now it's in the middle of November.  I should have planned better to organise calendar making.  It was running late.  However, the leaves calendar 2015 is at last ready!

I have made three types of calendar for the next year.  The moon phases and seasons (equinoxes and solstices) are put but no particular national holiday on the calendar.

Wall Monthly Calendar I: (larger one, right)

Calendar Original Relief Prints with individual signs and serial number (limited edition of 20)

12 pictures (one picture for each month, 10 x 15 cm)

Paper Size: 14.9 x 42 cm, Weight: 150 g/m²

Acid free cartridge paper from responsible sources

A tweed thread (wool 60% and cotton 40%) for hanging

Wall Monthly Calendar II: (smaller one, left)

Printed with inkjet printer

12 pictures (one picture for each month, 5 x 10 cm)

Paper Size: 10.5 x 29.7 cm, Weight: 150 g/m²

Acid free cartridge paper from responsible sources

A tweed thread (wool 60% and cotton 40%) for hanging

Calendar in acrylic case stand: (bottom)

Printed with inkjet printer

12 pictures (one picture for each month, 5 x 10 cm)

Paper Size: 10.7 x 18.4 cm, Weight: 148 g/m²

External Size of the case: 0.8 x 11 x 19 cm

Original relief prints of 12 different plants for 12 months

Serial numbers and signs for original relief prints

Calendar stand

If you are interested in the calendar, please leave a message (below).

Apology for Calendar 2014: October 20th was missing!

I have to apology for my mistake in the 2014 Calendar.  Just before I have received an email from one of my friends about missing the 20th October.

Having checked in my file of 2014 Calendar, indeed, the 20th was missing; the 21st came straight after 19th.  Although I had checked through the calendar when writing the numbers, I couldn't find the mistake before finishing the work.  It mustn't have happened, and mustn't be repeated!

I will endeavour to avoid any mistake.  (There is no missing number in my 2015 calendar.  I am relieved.)