Don't forget ! It's the Art Market this Sunday 5th June.

Come down to Holmfirth this Sunday for unique arts and crafts.  I will be selling my work uptairs at the market.  Also, you will get the opportunity to win one of my artworks in the Art Market Raffle!   100 artists over 2 Sundays With less than a week to go The Art Market starts this Sunday! Sunday 5th and Sunday 12th June 10am -4pm  £2 entry on the door for adults - includes free entry card for our amazing Art Raffle - see prizes here Children under 14 are FREE!    Holmfirth Indoor Market, Holmfirth. HD9 3JH.   Packed with amazing art, design & contemporary craft for sale and commission from over 100 selected artists & designer-makers ... with different artists each Sunday Plus live music, Art Raffle, art installations  - fantastic teas, coffee's sandwiches & cakes, Vanstallation, demonstrations and much, much more.... Whatever the weather it will be summery & welcoming at our 'garden themed' indoor Art Market.   We would love to see you these next two Sundays in Holmfirth, near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire.   For lots more information, gallery, news, directions, parking and more visit www.artmarkets.co.uk   Forward to a Friend

Come and Meet The Makers... This coming Sunday - 5th June you can meet:  Alix Swan - mixed-media Ashi Marwaha – jewellery Beverley Gee – ceramics Catherine Edwards - leathergoods Carine Brosse – mixed-media Carly Petitt-Taylor – jewellery Clare Caulfield – prints Cuthbert Noble – paintings David Ashby – ceramics David Cooke – sculpture David Howey – lighting Deb Price – sculpture Ellie Evans – textiles Eric Moss – ceramics Fiona Cameron – enamelwork Fiona Wilson – textiles Gemma Scully – jewellery Gillian Lee Smith – mixed-media Helaina Sharpley – wirework Helen Shere – jewellery Hilary Simms – sculpture Ian Swithenbank - ceramics James Green – printmaking Jane Cummins – wood Janet Browne – textiles Jennie Gill – jewellery Jo Everitt – ceramics  John Birdsall – wood John Murdo Morrison - paintings Judith Brown – jewellery Julie Miles – ceramics Laura Queening – accessories Lesley Nason – ceramics Liz Salter – paintings Louise Taylor Originals – accessories Lydia Haines – glass Matthew Thompson – paintings Megan Crook – textiles Mercury Arts – jewellery Michelle Freemantle – ceramics Michelle Leigh – paintings Mossley Modelmaker – models Priscilla Jones – textiles Rachel Simpson – jewellery Rosie’s Armoire – textiles Sheila Meeks – paintings Shelton Pottery – pottery Sue Candy – ceramics Tracey Meek – illustration Veridian Stone Ceramics – ceramics   visit our gallery to see more images of the artists work.

50 Different artists - Sunday 12th June Come along on Sunday 12th June to see 50 more artists and designer makers showing, demonstrating and talking about their own work.  For a full list of artists taking part on Sunday 12th June clic here Different installations too!

Coffee, tea, sandwiches & cakes! Coffee Time will be at The Art Market both Sunday 5th & 12th June serving seriously good coffees, homemade sandwiches and luscious cakes, brownies and pastries out of the back of their specially converted van...

Installations & music on 5th June Dan Gathercole will be playing his own songs live at The Art Market on both Sunday 5th and Sunday 12th June - for a preview visit: Dan playing live   Jacqueline Rose will recreate her wonderful knitting inspired Vanstallation especially for The Art Market on Sunday 5th June.   Tristram Thirkell & Liz Walker will create amazing scenes of wire & cork people made from Cava bottle corks, wires and foils.  Bring along your own cork, foil and wire from your celebratory Fizz and they will create a recycled installation world for The Art Market.  Live on Sunday 5th June!   Tracey Meek - will be creating a spontaneous 'secret monster pop up garden' world spread over 3 or 4 rolls of plain wall paper suspended in The Art Market window. Breaking down creatures taken from her illustrations she will recreate them in collage, wire and paints and sticky out layers, sticking and pasting and reacting as ever to her surroundings. Expect colour, quirk and twists and turns in an unfolding tale that will take place in the course of one day. Sunday 5th June.

Win Raffle Prizes As part of your £2 entry fee you get a free entry card for our Art Raffle. A unique opportunity to win one of 17 amazing prizes!! 1.       TOP PRIZE! Brendan Hesmondhalgh limited edition sculpture. RRP £160 2.       Deb Price handfelted button & bead tiara.  £130 3.       Beverley Gee one of a kind hand thrown porcelain box containing an aqua glazed lidded pot. RRP £120 4.       Victoria Robinson unique Tea Lady Lamp. RRP £105 5.       Mercury Arts Pebble Cascade Necklace. RRP is £80 6.       John & Dawn Field earrings made from silver and brass with a pink corundum gemstone. RRP £56 7.       Mossley Model Maker 3D picture or £50 off a full model of your own commission. RRP £50 8.       Judith Brown Isabella pendant  from her Vintage Noir range. RRP £50. 9.       Catherine Edwards mans leather wallet lined with glove weight calfskin.  RRP £45 10.   Jane Withers Floral stitched teapot cover.  RRP £35 11.   Reckless Necklace "Relic" sterling silver ear drops in a gift box 12.   Alix Swan ‘Rapunzel Pullout Tower’ original drawings and quotations on textured paper. RRP £18 13.   Louise Taylor box set of 6 cards specially created for The Art Market and the garden theme. RRP £17 14.   Sue Candy anemone tealight part of her new range connecting with our garden theme. RRP £16 15.   Ominicci Sterling Silver Corkscrew Earrings RRP £15 16.   Gillian Lee Smith mounted giclee print ‘Physalis’ RRP £15 17.   Dionne Swift new Greetings card set - 4 different images from the Felt Ground Series. RRP £12 See more images of the fantastic Raffle Prizes

See you there! We really hope to see you on Sunday 5th and Sunday 12th June at Holmfirth indoor market for our summer Art Market. directions parking Paul Browne - paintings Michelle Freemantle Carly Pettit-Taylor David Cooke - sculpture Priscilla Jones - textile artist David Howey - fantastic lamps made from upcycled vintage items Illustrator Tracey Meek creates a live installation on Sunday 5th June Raffle Prize from Beverley Gee Raffle Prize from Mercury Arts Raffle Prize from Louise Taylor Judith Brown raffle prize Raffle prize from Gillian Lee Smith

Swamp and other things

On Friday evening, I went to see 'Mercury Rev' at the Bridgewater Hall.  To my great suprise Mark Burgess' new band 'Chameleon Vox' were supporting.  Mark is a great songwriter and vocalist.  His new band basically are keeping the music of 'The Chameleons' alive.  It really made my night seeing them in concert.  During 'Mercury Rev's' set, vocalist Johnathan Donahue, spoke about how 'The Chamelons' had been a big influence on his songwriting and the reaction of 'Mercury Rev's' fans to their music was exactly like his to 'The Chameleons'.  What a lovely thing to say.

'Mercury Rev' put on a very good show.  They all looked like they were really enjoying playing.  They had a big layered sound that showcased their songs wonderfully.  I was very impressed with them.  Please click on the links below to listen to the two bands.

 

I recommend visiting 'The John Rylands Library' on Deansgate if you are visiting Manchester.  I hadn't been in since in was refurbished and a new contemporary entrance way added.   The gothic architecture is a joy to walk around - be sure to check out the reading room, the original Victorian toilets in the basement and the stained class windows entitled 'Theology directing the labours of science and art'.  There is an interesting exhibition entitled 'The Death and Life of Al-Mutanabbi Street'.

The Death and Life of Al-Mutanabbi Street

Historic Reading Room
Thursday 7 April to Sunday 26 June 2011

Full of bookshops and bookstalls, Al-Mutanabbi Street is at the centre of Baghdad’s literary and intellectual world. On March 5, 2007, a car bomb was detonated on this street, killing 38 people. This could have been any street, anywhere in the world.

Full of bookshops and bookstalls, al-Mutanabbi Street is at the centre of Baghdad’s literary and intellectual world. On March 5, 2007, a car bomb was detonated on this street, killing 38 people. This could have been any street, anywhere in the world. The Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition was formed in response to the loss of life, and the targeted attack on a place where people gathered to exchange ideas.
The Coalition asked printers to produce a broadside in response to the event. An exhibition of these posters has toured the world, raising awareness of the attack, and is now coming to the Library as part of a joint project with the Imperial War Museum North. Jeremy Deller’s Baghdad, 5 March 2007 – the twisted wreckage of a car destroyed in the bombing, will be on display at IWMN from April 2011.