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Art Market bristol, Art on the hill, Arts Trail, Bristol Art Trail, Bristol Arts Trail -

One of the beautiful and exciting things about our adopted city Bristol; is its art scene. In all its glorious forms, Art is alive and deliciously vibrant here and offers itself up to the world not only in the form of exhibitions, performance and studio open houses all year round but also the marvellous and organic wonder that are art trails.

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Art Market bristol, Arts Trail, Bristol Art Trail, Bristol Arts Trail, St Werburghs Arts Trail -

This weekend we took part in the annual St. Werburghs Arts Trail.  The Trail takes place in houses, shops, parks, pubs and community venues across St. Werburghs in Bristol over the last weekend of September.  We were displaying inside room 7 within the St Werburghs Community Centre alongside 8 other artists over the 2 days.

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We were honoured to create an official special edition print to commemorate Bristol International Balloon Fiesta  2019 theme of ‘Celebrating Bristol Icons’. When we moved to Bristol, the Fiesta was one of our highlights.  The wonder of sitting watching Hot Air Balloons sail away into the blue sky.  Its magical!  It is this we have tried to capture with the print.  Drawn in a slightly stylised manner, it's a bright, colourful print, filled with delicate details.  Including many of the iconic Hot Air Balloons from Bristol, as well as the Concorde.    This is the final official print we created.  Which is available from our website here. We...

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Bristol Vintage, Lou Lou Vintage Fair -

Last Saturday 4th June we spread the pattern love and launched our cushion range at the Lou Lou Vintage Fair at the Passenger Shed, Temple Meads.

Winner of the “best vintage fair in the UK 2013, 2014 & 2015”,  Lou Lou’s fair boasts 80 stalls of vintage fashion from the 1940s-1990s and homeware, a wonderful tea party and pop-up vintage beauty salon, along with a vintage inspired jazz band throughout the day.

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I have always been a bit of a magpie. Collecting throw away everyday objects or beach combing for little gems left by the sea. There’s something very powerful about the nostalgia small seemingly trivial objects that, when treasured, can change from a ‘nothing’ into a ‘something’ that can transport you to a place and time. It’s something I guess I inherited from my Dad. Although my Mum would tell you he wasn’t a magpie he was more of a full on hoarder. He was a mechanic by trade and collected all sorts of tools from all kinds of industry. His collection lived,...

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