Once a year we have an art-trail throughout north Wales. It's an open-door event that covers 4 consecutive weekends and does great things to publicise the work of a couple of hundred artists. This year marks the tenth year of the venture, and I've been asked to submit 4 pieces of my work to a gallery in Caernarfon, for an exhibition to herald the art-trail and to give it a focal point in a place that has a high tourist foot-fall.
The organisers want four pieces of work, and rather than have them themed, or from a series of works, they needed to be indicative of the type of work that I do, and therefore of the type of work that visitors will see if they visit my shop. One pieces was turned yesterday, one a month ago, one three months ago, and finally one that I made about 18 months ago.
Here's the line-up
First the new bowl....This big lump of spalted beech has yielded a bowl of 23cm diameter and 22cm height. The detail on the waist-line is a double bead with a black leather thong inset between the beads.
Next is the one I made a month ago...Another big bowl, at 31cm diameter and 24cm height. Turned from fresh ash from a local private estate.
Next, the one that's a few months old, a natural edged piece of yew from a local churchyard. Well seasoned and very dry (too dry!) before I turned it. It's 26cm at its widest and 13cm at its deepest.
...and finally, the older bowl, turned from a piece of alder that looked like a burr on the outside, but had very little burr inside it! The stitching is done with 2mm diam leather thong and it has been lightly sand-blasted to give a soft texture to the sound timber, the bark having been left untouched. It's 30cm diam and 12cm deep.
C&C always welcome....Les
