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| Derwent Water |
Last week the
children had three teacher training days off school (those teachers must need a
lot of training!). So we decided to make
the most of them and headed off down to the Lake District/ Yorkshire Dales for
a few days. We stayed in a lovely
cottage at the delightfully named Unthank.
There was a gallery right besides us – the UpFront Gallery. Unfortunately we were never there whilst it
was open, but the work looked good through the windows.
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| CastleRigg Stone Circle |
We had a lovely time
visiting lots of the tourist sites around Keswick, which of course included a
visit to the Pencil Shop! We had fun
trying out our purchases in the evening and I managed to get the kids enthused
too.
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| Trying out our new purchases |
Over on the
Yorkshire side, we were introduced to a fantastic cheese shop just outside
Settle (thanks Louise!) and also had a great visit to Farfield Mill. We were really enchanted by some of the work
on display. The Bound Together group who
made books and other pieces of mixed media art are incredibly talented,
creating beautiful, fragile looking objets d’art. The kids loved Tania Sneesby’s fairytale interpretations
in fabric. In fact, we loved them
too. They were deceptively simple. Of course, I didn’t do the sensible thing and
take photos!
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| Derwent Water from the hills above Ashness Bridge |
Part of the reason
for the visit to Farfield Mill is really, really thrilling as I’m going to have
a solo exhibition there next year from 21 March to 10 May. It was exciting to see the space and to start
thinking about where the work is going to go (and what other work I want to
make).
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| Sunset from the Pencil Museum car park! |
As well as this
exhibition, I have a number of other things that will be going on over the next
few months (more info when things are firmed up enough to share), so I’m going
to be very busy. I think the kids are
going to be eating a lot of baked beans unless someone can come up with some
super fast meal suggestions!
