New pottery arrives

We've some wonderful new pottery come into the shop today, gorgeous glazes! Here's a little bit of information about the potter, Alison Randle.

Alison has recently returned to an early passion for pottery and has been training at The Lansdown Pottery in Stroud where she has been able to develop her interest in glazes, especially the Oriental glazes.

Some, such as the green celadon, are used singly and simply whilst others such as Takeshi, titanium and copper reds are applied in layers to give less predictable results. Every piece is unique.

The pieces Alison creates are designed to be used - function is as important as form.

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Old meets new

We've been reframing a beautiful old watercolour today as part of a set of frames for a customer. A couple of the pieces were older and a couple modern prints, we've framed all of them in waxed oak and the others were all done with double mounts. However on this one we wanted to hold onto a little more of the history of the piece, so we've used a gold fillet instead of a second mount. I've rubbed the gold back a little to reveal some of the red clay underneath, this gives it a better match to the painting, the red being seen in the rooftops in the painting, and the slightly distressed look of the gold balancing the age of the picture.

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The Cuckoo's Nest

Put the first of the new signs up this morning, thought I'd get that job done before the rains arrive :-)

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Giant Robot

Framed up this beautiful Tom Gauld picture today, a wonderful piece to have in the shop. The print is on a quality paper with a nice decal edge so we've floated the print above the mount board which really enhances the special, arty feel of the piece.

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Exhibition all ready for tomorrow

Our Autumn exhibition opens tomorrow and runs through to the end of October. We've a new collection of forest themed paintings by Graham along with a selection of prints including some Andy Warhol art prints and beautiful Tintin cover posters. We're open every Thursday 12 to 8, Friday & Saturday 10 to 6.

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Buckingham Palace

We've had a lovely job to work on today, a photo of a solider & his wife along with their invitation to a garden party at Buckingham Palace, a really special memory to frame up for them. Anyway we've gone for a simple waxed oak frame with a double mount of cream over green. I really enjoyed this one :-)

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Ready for the exhibition

One of the forest paintings all framed up & ready for the exhibition next week.

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