Bronwen ....

Bronwen our Technical Demonstrator in Small Metals is Exhibiting in this Show - go if you can, it looks like a great selection of exhibitors.

Hand-crafted automata and toyware feature heavily in this exhibition of eclectic mixed-media objects. This colourful exhibition displays a stunning collection of work inspired by toys and mechanics, bringing together traditional craft and metalworking techniques, pattern design and ingenuity.

Penny at the Courtyard

As part of the H.arts Young Open Exhibition 2012 one of our third year students Penny Allen spent last Friday giving Tasters of quilting to visitors to the Young Open Courtyard ... sadly I was too busy sorting timetables to go and take part but here's a few photos of Penny in action ...

TEMPERED THOUGHTS PRIVATE VIEW

Richard Weaver, Simon Bushell and Katie Wright (all Artist Blacksmith graduates) and Jake Lazarri (Contemporary Applied Arts) are currently showing some of their latest work at the Gordon Russell Museum in Broadway in an exhibition called ‘Tempered Thoughts: Forged in metal’. The museum is open from 11-5 Tuesday to Saturday. Each of them has been awarded the prize for the most promising graduate showing with the Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen over the past four years. The award is now given by craft patron Richard Paice as part of the Gordon Russell Foundation to enable new graduates to help set up in business.

At the private view on Friday 14th September the exhibition was opened by Master Blacksmith David Gregory, who praised both the graduates and the college for its continued support of contemporary craft.