Exhibitions
Scorched and scoured
Our own shop is going to be closed for quite a few weeks, so a lot of our stock is being sent to local and regional galleries, and what has been very noticeable has been Read more…
Our own shop is going to be closed for quite a few weeks, so a lot of our stock is being sent to local and regional galleries, and what has been very noticeable has been Read more…
Things have been a little quiet at the shop this week. Well, the bell on the cash register has been quiet, but otherwise, things have been a little hectic. I should explain for those who Read more…
I’ve been a little preoccupied just lately and I must admit that I’ve let the blog take a back seat for a few weeks, so it’s time to play catch-up and I’ll start with a Read more…
My student this week was a customer who has been calling in to the shop for a few years, let’s call him Dave; it’s a made-up name as “Dave” is happy to have this blog Read more…
90 Years ago, a gang of roadmen in the village of Llanharry in South Wales, made an amazing discovery, a grave, complete with skeleton and drinking vessel, and the whole thing was more than 4,000 Read more…
Every once in a while a piece of wood comes my way that deserves something special. Last year I met Rob, an arborist from Oswestry, and Rob let me buy a few sycamore burrs that Read more…
Going professional 4 years ago brought many challenges, not least of all, having to learn to take a photograph! OK, I already knew how to point a camera at a bowl and to take a Read more…
A Night at the Opera, well, not really, but more like three months at the theatre! Our friends at Theatr Clwyd contacted us a few days ago to ask whether or not we could help Read more…
It seems much longer than five weeks since we closed up for Christmas, so what have we been up to? Tuition has taken up much of my time from the first few days of January, Read more…
Our local customers may well have noticed that the shop is closed this month, due to reopen on 1st February, but that doesn’t mean to say that we’ve got our feet up. We suspended training Read more…