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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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King Arthur and Queen Guinevere Guardian Birds of relics
And so the magic begins! …The Guardian birds have risen from their hidden hollows beneath the Tor . The precious relics tightly carried in their claws, to a place of safety in the Abbey, where pilgrims and folk from the kingdom of Somerset and beyond can gaze upon them in wonder. I chose to use…
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The Relics of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere
As I mentioned in the last post I will be posting fairly regularly in the next few weeks to show you my work for the Glastonbury Abbey exhibition “Traces Revealed” The inspiration for the pieces I made came from the abbey’s precious relics that were once in abundance in medieval times but then lost or…
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Traces Revealed exhibition at Glastonbury Abbey
I’ve been working flat out for several months and now find myself completely enclosed in a Medieval fantasy. It’s weird how the more you work on a theme the more mad and obsessed you become. However I have nearly finished the exhibits for this exhibition “Traces Revealed“. I’ll be exhibiting with two Somerset artists, Alicia…
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What do the four seasons, four birds, and a key have in common?
This school was a joy to work with. A small primary school of just over 100 pupils, every child was able to take part in making it. I was sent lots of drawings from the children to use for a design and spent a day sketching possibilities and a final cartoon. I spent a couple…
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Do Swallows Eat Olives?
This commission for a private customer was a delight to make. My clients wanted a mosaic for their wall outside their house. After initial discussions by email and a site visit I made three drawings and they chose this one. As my clients didn’t want very strong or bright colours I chose to use stained…
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Red Pretty Maid birdbath
In a couple of weeks (9th – 11th June 2017), I’ll be showing my bird baths (see recent posts) and other bits and pieces at the English Country Garden Festival at the Bishops Palace in Wells. I decided to add to my collection of Mary Mary Quite Contrary themed bird baths that I made last…
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Coral Reef bird pool
I had a day off the other week so I went to Lyme Regis on the Jurassic coast on the Devon/Dorset border. I had a hunt for some fossils on the beach but the best finds were on a stall on the front. I bought this wonderful piece of polished fossilised coral which is 345…
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Garden Treasure Bird Pool
Welcome to new followers and thank you for all your lovely comments about my Pool of Dreams bird bath. I must admit I was a bit overwhelmed but feel privileged to have been featured on Discover . I have made another bird pool. This one is a lot smaller and constructed by using my other…
