by Anne Smithies | Jan 28, 2013 | Gallery, Uncategorized
In the July 1983 I went on a schools expedition to Iceland walking across ice flows, volcanic ash and obsidian, passed natural spas, geysers and steam vents. It was an amazing experience. After we got back to Reykjavik we had a morning to go out and about before...
by Anne Smithies | Jan 28, 2013 | Gallery, Uncategorized
I’m pleased with myself. Last summer I had a go at my first ever sock knitting on four (sometimes five) double pointed needles. It was a fiddle at first, especially working out how NOT to end up with three clear tramlines down the sock from where I moved from...
by Anne Smithies | Jan 25, 2013 | Exhibitions, Uncategorized, Upcoming Shows
Great News! I’ve been busy running workshops at the Chapel Gallery and finding new opportunities to develop my own work. I am pleased to say I will be exhibiting and selling artwork and kits as well as promoting my workshops at the inaugural Yarndale event. It...
by Anne Smithies | Jan 14, 2013 | Gallery, Softies
Amazing what you learn when curiosity and creativity collide, don’t you think? That mischievous Mr. Ginger Fox seems to have found some friends. I was out walking the hound of dracula, aka ‘Zoltan’, in a beautiful winterwonderland in Wensleydale...
by Anne Smithies | Jan 3, 2013 | Gallery, Softies
I’ve had a thing growing about foxes recently inspired by felt foxes seen on Pinterest and the ceramic ‘Mr Fox’ created by my good friend Anna-Mercedes Wear. It always amazes me how much can be conveyed through art. How the tilt of a head,...
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