Forthcoming Craft Fairs: November + December 2015

Added New Artwork

Part of the artwork, created for the latest solo exhibition is now added to the 'Screen Prints: New!'.

The last craft fair, at which I have a stall, will be held this coming Sunday at St Donat's Art Centre, Llantwit Major.

Crafts for Christmas

by St. Donat's Art Centre

Sunday 6th December

10:30am-4:30pm

(Entry £6 for a car, or £2 on foot)

at St Donat's Art Centre

Atlantic College, St.Donat's Castle, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, CF61 1WF

Snapped Up Market

by Printhaus

(snapped up market on Facebook)

Sunday 29th November

11am-(5pm)

at Printhaus

70A Llandaff Road, Canton, Cardiff, CF11 9NL

(The premises are in the courtyard, just go through the narrow tunnel-like entrance. Parking space is limited, so please park near by Llandaff Road.)

Christmas Crafts and Creations

by Penarth And District Lesotho Trust

Saturday 28th November

10am-1pm

(Free Entry)

at Stanwell Road Baptist Church Hall

Victoria Road, Penarth

(On the left, next to the Paget Rooms)

Gift: Penarth Contemporary Craft Market

by Penarth Pier Pavilion

 Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd November

11am-6pm

(Free Entry)

at Penarth Pier Pavilion

The Esplanade, Penarth, CF64 3EU

The Exhibition in Japan was over now

My first solo exhibition in Japan was over now.  I've been back home in the UK and am thinking how wonderful it was.  I would like to say thank you all who involved to the exhibition, no matter how involved, in the UK and in Japan and wherever!

The exhibition was held at moi (the website is written in Japanese) in Kakogawa (Hyogo prefecture, near by Himeji, western part of the main island) 4th - 8th November 2015.

I brought original paper-cut artwork, screen prints and relief prints for the exhibition.

It was a great nice surprise that a lot more people came to see my exhibition everyday than expected.

 I ordered tailor-made solid oak frames to rinkoukan (written in Japanese) for my 16 screen print pieces I created especially for this exhibition. Rinkoukan is a furniture workshop run by a skilled furniture artisan, Mr Kanki, in Wakayama prefecture.  We had communicated via email with a lot of images and drafts, and in the end when I saw the frame after having arrived in Japan, I was really glad what amazing work he had done!

Displaying the original paper-cut artwork wasn't originally my idea but the owner of gallery moi.  I'd like to thank her for giving me her invaluable suggestion!  I added coloured opaque paraffin paper to the black paper artwork, which gave a very different impression to the screen print one.

For example,