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The Beetle
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Mosaic workshops at Black barns Devon
I’m looking forward to running in-person mosaic workshops again at my studio at Black barns studios , Liverton, Devon. I’m moving into the larger studio next door to the one I have there now which means there will be plenty of room for social distancing . I’ll also have a lovely view of the hills…
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A Union of Family Arms
For the last couple of months I have been working on a commission in the other hours between making new pieces of jewellery, Christmas craft markets, packaging sales online and celebrating. I was asked to make a mosaic for an outdoor wall based on my customer’s family and wife’s families coat of arms. He sent…
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St.Brigid Guardian Bird of Relics
It is said that the Irish Saint Brigid (of Kildare) visited Beckery chapel just outside Glastonbury in the 5th Century AD. Although the chapel is no longer there I went to find the hill (Brides mound) where it once was. I wish I had been in on the recent excavations where they re-found seven skeletons…
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St. Joseph of Arimathea Guardian Bird of Relics
Legend has it that Saint Joseph of Arimathea came to Glastonbury to spread the Christian faith with the two cruets full of Christ’s blood and sweat. When he arrived he walked up Wearyall (now Wirral) hill and on reaching the top he stopped and exclaimed something like “Since we be weary all here we will…
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Saint Dunstan Guardian Bird of Relics
The penultimate guardian bird of relics made for the Traces Revealed exhibition at Glastonbury Abbey. Born in Baltonsborough near Glastonbury, Saint Dunstan was guided by the Irish monks in the 10th Century A.D at Glastonbury Abbey. Later he became abbot of the Abbey. When he was canonised after his death, his patronage included metalsmiths, goldsmiths,…
