All over Norfolk artists are cleaning up their studios and finishing work in preparation for Norfolk Open Studios which runs 16 – 31st May. More than 250 artists all across the county are taking part, from Downham Market in the West to Great Yarmouth in the East and Wells to Diss on the north south [...]
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Norfolk Open Studios
May 11th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: art · art shopping · artists · ceramics · craft · downham market · norfolk open studios · norwich · painting · photography · sculpture · studio visits
Pleasure Gardens
April 27th, 2009 1 Comment
Anglesey Abbey was actually never an abbey in the religious sense, and hasn’t had any connection with religious orders since the Augustinian Priory on this site was dissolved during the dissolution of the monasteries in 1535.
In its current form, as looked after by the National Trust, it is an elegant party house surrounded by a [...]
Tags: anglesey abbey · cambridgeshire · eighteenth century style · espalier apple tree · formal · gardens · lode mill · national trust · plants · sculpture · statues · traditional materials
life.com
April 12th, 2009 No Comments
Under the that wonderfully evocative URL, Life magazine has put its photo archive online. There are photos of everything both great and ordinary, from the early years of the twentieth century onwards.
It’s a great resource for anyone interested in local history, twentieth century fashion, architecture, design, and just how life was lived. There are also [...]
Tags: 1920s · 1930s · art · culture · design · east anglia · history · life · life magazine · photography · photos · pictures · social history
Weight and Lightness – Gary Breeze
April 3rd, 2009 3 Comments
Gary Breeze is based in Diss in Norfolk, and calls himself a Lettering Sculptor – it encompasses more than the carving of text on stone or wood. He cares a great deal about what the words say, and makes pieces of work that are both technically excellent and very resolved and thought through sculptures that [...]
Tags: diss · gary breeze · intertextuality · lettercaving · lettering · memorials · norfolk · sculpture · stone carving · text · Typography