Guest exhibitors this weekend .............................at Ipswich High School forGirls

Wall Plaque, Chunky Bowl, Porcelain Bowl

Pat Todd

This photo show her superb variety of work

 

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Ceramics - porcelain cups, beakers and bowls

Pat Todd

Ceramics - blue glazed cups

Pat Todd

Porcelain cups in cream glaze

Verena Daniels

Fused Glass work

 

Both Verena and Pat have been regular exhibitors in the past and will have a range of items on exhibition and for sale this weekend

Pat Todd makes a wide range of ceramics from wall plaques and cups, bowls in delicate porcelain to lovely chunky stoneware bowls

She has a studio in Felixstowe in Penfold Road

Verena Daniels has her own workshop and studio in Felixstowe and she makes superb fused glass from gorgeous wall panels to funky fun window hangings  - for example  penguins and snowdrop panels

 

Both are well known local artists and accept commissions

Autumn Exhibition this weekend at Ipswich High School : WOOLVERSTONE

A small selection of the items for sale and on exhibition this weekend

Hand painted miniatures

Jenny Lankester

An opportunity to commission your own - portrait of a loved one or pet.....

Mouse Tablet or iPad rest/stand

Lynn Dyson-Bruce

Perfect for resting you tablet or kindle on

Other animals available or colours - just ask!

Funky Chicken smaller iPhone / Blackberry stand

Lynn Dyson-Bruce

Floppy Rabbit iPad rest

Lynn Dyson-Bruce

Pen and Ink Art

Carl Duckenfield a new member whose work is proving very popular.

A wide variety pen and ink artwork and cards available - including lovely snowmen cards!

 

Hand turned wooden peppermills

Brian Fitzsimmons

A variety hand turned pepper and salt mills plus beautiful turned pens and pencils - his work is highly prized

 

 

Carved wooden bowl and fruit - good enough to eat!

Brian Fitzsimmons

 

Hand made oak stools

Chris Jarvis

Unique 3 and 4 legged stools and chairs

Perfect stool for a child which can then be handed down through the family - antiques of the future

Beaded Jewellery and lace work

Linda Haylock

Perfect gifts

Quilts and wall-hangings

Maggie Lamb

Maggie will have a big selection of hand made quilts and wall-hangings on exhibition and for sale

Beautiful quilts for your bed - Double to King size quilts  

Quilted cushions

Margaret Cossey

Hand quilted and beaded cushion covers and Christmas stockings

A selection of wooden bowls

Mark Cordle

A selection of clocks

Mark Cordle

 

Hand carved apples

Mark Cordle

Mark will have an extensive selection of hand turned wooden bowls, vases, candlesticks, light pulls and bottle stops etc on exhibition and for sale - his items are highly sought after!

His little mushrooms are very popular!

Beautiful woodwork from high end bowls to smaller items which includes unique gifts for that difficult to please man or woman

 

 

Silver wrapped hand polished stones

Sharon Haddock

Silver and semi-precious Jewellery

Sharon Haddock

A new member

Hand polished and forged sterling silver work - which is proving very popular!

her new range of hand forged copper and silver items will be available

 

"Forget me Not"

Hand pieced and quilted King sized bedspread

Ann-Marie Jarvis

Exhibition piece - NFS

Queen Quilt

Maggie Lamb

Ceramic Plaque

Rebecca Turbitt - a new member exhibiting lovely plaques and lots of lovely new items!

Doggie Slippers

Hand pieced and quilted slippers

Margaret Cossey

Other designs available - just ask!

A selection of items we had on exhibition earlier this spring

Giraffe Wall hanging - Ann-Marie Jarvis

Hand crocheted shawls ands carves - Lynn Dyson-Bruce

Wall plaques - Barbara Hooper-Greenhill

A selection of Carol Duckenfields cards

These are just becoming so popular!

Turned wood bottle stoppers

Mark Cordle

Perfect stocking stuffer for that man in your life

Light Pulls

Hand carved by Mark Cordle

Pefect little house warming gift

and ......

is it not time to replace that tatty light pull in your bathroom with one of these lovelies?

Encaustic Art Cards

Unique cards by Ann-Marie Jarvis

Stunning art cards - every one an unique piece of art - you can frame them afterwards so a card and gift in one

 

Forthcoming EXHIBITION OCTOBER 24-25th at Ipswich High School for Girls, WOLVERSTONE

30th Exhibition and Sales

at

Ipswich High School for Girls

Wolverstone

Shotley Peninsula

24-25th October 2015

 

All weekend

10am-5pm

£1  Entry - includes Exhibition Catalogue

Accompanied children free

 

This year due to renovations we will be in the SPORTS HALL - there will still be plenty of parking and our usual array of fine crafts for sale and exhibition

 

There will be our Group Members with their crafts with invited Guest Exhibitors

 

Members Exhibiting

Sue Brudenell - Textiles - art quilts

Mark Cordle - turned fine woods: bowls, goblets, platters, clocks, boxes, cord pulls, etc

Margaret Cossey - Embellished Quilting

John Cresswell - Silver Smith

Carol Duckenfield - Pen and Ink cards Fabric Manipulation

Lynn Dyson-Bruce - Textiles - Crochet, Embellished Quilts

Brian Fitzsimmons - Turned wood - Bowls, Peppermills and Pens

Gus Govett  hand carved wooden spoons

Sharon Haddock - Silver and semi-precious jewellery, dichroic glass

Linda Haylock  Bead jewellery, lacemaking

Barbara Hooper-Greenhill - Ceramics

Anne-Marie Jarvis - Encaustic Art, Quilting

Chris Jarvis - hand carved oak furniture

Maggie Lamb - Quilting - quilts, cushions, advent calendars, wall hangings

Jenny Lankester - Quilts, Hand Painted Minatures

Karen MacGregor - Prints, Textiles,  Fabric Manipulaton

Rebecca Turbitt - Ceramics, Jewellery

Helen Rounds - Quilting

 

 

Guest Exhibitors will include

 

Mary Wyatt - clay sculpture and ceramics

Pat Todd - ceramics - chunky bowls and fine porcelain

Verena Daniels - Fused Glasswork - panels and decorations

Lorraine Pegg - Textiles - fabric covered boxes

Becca Marshall - Collage

Sam Lilley - Navistitch

Tracey Bariett-Brown - Glass Fabric bowls and vases

Marian Pugh -- Scorched Wood

Sandy Pison - Glass Beadwork

Barbara Chapman - Mosaics - including 3 dimensional work

 

and the list is growing!

 

We hope to see you at our 30th Exhibition and hat you enjoy the show!!

Further details and examples of work will be posted as soon as possible!!

 

 

 



Spring Show & Lifeboats

Hi Everyone
Not only will there be our Show of crafts upstairs at The Shipwreck at Shotley Marina
but also
Lifeboats will be coming over from Harwich during the weekend - all part of an RNLI Event
So you can look at the lifeboats and the RNLI will have various things for sale for their funds

How neat is that crafts and lifeboats to look at  - so something for everyone this weekend

Will post some pics tomorrow of the event and what we have for sale and of the demonstration area Maggie will be there tomorrow demonstrating quilting as will Anne Marie

Look forward to seeing you tomorrow!!

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THE SHIPWRECK 

@ 

The Marina - Shotley Peninsula  

 

Sat-Monday 

10-5pm

Spring Show at SHotely this weekend Saturday to Monday

Here are a few samples of the kind of work on offer and crafts you can see this weekend at

The SHIPWRECK at the end of the Shotley Peninsula at the Marina

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You can drive down - lots free parking or take the ferry across from Harwich or Felixstowe

Makes a great day out what ever the weather - sunny day walk along the waterfront and admire the yachts, tugs, container ships, ferries and shipping across to Harwich & Felixstowe the biggest container port in the UK . 

Have a meal 'al fresco' outside The Shipwreck or if wet have lunch inside.

Later come up and look at our craft show, and hopefully go home well fed and with a crafty goody in your bag!

Encaustic Art by Anne Marie Jarvis

Anne Marie will be demonstrating her quilting

Crochet and Textiles by Lynn Dyson-Bruce

Lynn will be demonstrating her crochet

Wooden Stool - had made and hand carved by Chris Jarvis

Chris will have a range of items in various stages of manufacture so he can explain the process

Beadwork by Linda Haylock

Linda will be demonstrating her beading and maybe her lacework

Quilted cushions and padded boxes by Margaret Cossey

Margaret will be demonstrating her quilting and box making

Hand turned wooden items by Mark Cordle

Mark will have a variety of wood items in various stages of manufacture and examples of things where it has gone wrong!

Hand made silver and semi-precious jewellery by Sharon Haddock

Sharon will be explaining how she goes about her process of turning a pebble into a work of art!

Quilts and bowls by Maggie Lamb

Maggie will be demonstrating her quilting and bowl making skills

A world renown quilter!

SPRING SHOW this BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND

SPRING SHOW

Bank Holiday Weekend

May 23 - 25th 2015

@

The Shipwreck 

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Shotley

End of the Peninsula
AT THE MARINA!

10am till 5pm each day

Free Entry and Parking

All kinds of things to see - demonstrations of various crafts throughout the day

e.g.

Quilting

Graphic Art

Pottery

Crochet

Woodwork

Find out about all these crafts and what kind of work goes into the finished product

Members will be there throughout the Show - to demonstrate or explain their craft

If interested come and join and be a member

Also a dedicated SALE ROOM

of all the various crafts we have to offer as a group

SO perfect venue to not only learn about various crafts but make purchases for yourself or home or for friends and family as gifts

NEW !!

We will also have capability to take Credit Card payments - just in case you forgot your cheque book or not enough cash in your pocket!



OCTOBER EXHIBITION - 25-26th OCTOBER 2014

Hi All

Our 28th exhibition and craft sale will be

 

At

Ipswich High School Woolverstone

(on B1456 - IP9 1AZ)

 on

26^th & 27^th October 2013

10am – 4pm

Free parking 

Refreshments - lots of lovely cakes teas and coffees plus sandwiches and rolls  

We will have a wider range of  items for sale as we have expanded our membership greatly and of course we will have various guest exhibitors 

The format takes the form of an Exhibition Room where a selection of the very best items are displayed  - complete with catalogue 

We shall also have a separate Sales Room in which the majority of items are displayed for sale 

Like last year this will be set up in various 'departments' to make your selection of purchases easier. 

There will be a dedicated 

Children's section a wide variety of soft toys and baby toddler quilts

Christmas Area with tree decorations, wall hangings, stockings, and all things Christmas

Men's and Women's gifts

Items for house and home - fabric, wood, wool, ceramic

Furniture for home and garden  in Oak other local woods

Bowls  and platters - wooden, fabric, ceramic

Clocks, goblets - ceramic and wood

Pepper Mills in wood and with silver embellishment

Quilts - single, double, queen and king sized

Fashion - jackets, sweaters, tunics in wools and cottons

Accessories - scarves, wrist-warmers, slippers, bags in fabric and wools

Jewelery  - Silver, beading, needle-weaving, chain-mail, wood and ceramic

In addition we shall have a dedicated demonstration area where you can meet various artists and artisans and see how it is all done 

There is plenty of help at hand and if you do not see what you want please do ASK as we will have many things held in reserve as we can not have everything on display !

This year we have new members bring new crafts and skills, to add depth and breadth to what we will have on display - new ceramics, jewellery, felted goods, hand made chairs and stools, oak outdoor furniture, new pen and ink cards, graphic art, and textile art and quilts ... plus lots more

Plus of course the Guest Exhibitors which will include we hope very popular regulars plus a selection of new crafters. 

We look forward to seeing you next October

So watch this space for further updates on what we shall have on show and to offer, plus in depth articles on our various artisans with photographs of their crafts  

Plus thank you to all our customers who came to our Spring Show at The Shipwreck this spring - we thank you for making it a great success and very enjoyable not only for all the crafts people there but from the feedback all of you enjoyed not only the selection of things for sale but meeting the artisans and seeing how its all done. 

We plan to do it again in the future