Art Worshops and Demo's for Bucks Open Studios - June 2012

As part of our Bucks Open Studios exhibition, which runs from the 9th to the 24th of June, we are hosting loads of art workshops. Many of the 14 artists who are exhibiting for the show have agreed to come in and get creative with you.

Please come along and get involved

Saturday 9th June-11am-4pm- Ruby Sharp-Come along and throw your own pottery!

Sunday 10th June-11am-4pm- Oenone Randall-make your own stamped copper shapes & Rhian Winslade-Ceramic demonstration.

Saturday 16th June-Teresa Mills-11am-4pm-mosaic make-&-take workshop & Linda Morley-11am-4pm-make your own copper bangle.

Sunday 17th June-11am-4pm- Jacqueline Ford-collage and mixed media demonstration

Saturday 23rd June-11am-4pm-Julia Hayward-Glass make-&-take workshop

Sunday 24th June-11am-4pm- Nigel Sims-etching demonstrations

No need book, just turn up and be creative

@ Emerald framing and Gallery-1 Blay’s House-Churchfield Road-Chalfont St Peter-Bucks-SL9 9EW
Number 167 in the Open Studios brochure

Learn more about each of these artists @ Emerald Gallery

Jayne Ward Textile Artist at Emerald

So after a short wait, to give Jayne time to make some new artwork (she keeps selling out!), Emerald is pleased to announce that we now have a selection of her handmade art in stock.

Jayne has created some beautiful mounted and framed pieces of art, which are fresh, fun and unique. All the work has been made utilising handmade paper embellished with a process of paint application, or etched and then stunning textiles are stitched to form picture.

But don't just take my word for it: check out some of her work and let me know what you think!

For more information on jayne's work, please get in touch or check out her website: www.jayneward.co.uk

www.emeraldframes.com 0750 777 4017

Loved up at Emerald......

HOT OFF THE PRESS!!!! Arrived today, new artwork from Kim Osbourne at Knockout.

Knockout is a lovely little company that specialises in printmaking and illustration that was set up in 2010 by Kim Osborne. Originally from a graphic design background Kim’s work is mainly print-based with bold, bright colours and simple shapes. Many of her designs incorporate humour, and are all created with the desire to make someone smile. Kim has lived in Thame, Buckinghamshire for the past 21 years.

Kim’s designs are produced by sketching ideas and refining and adapting them on-screen. The work is then either cut into lino and hand printed using a small home-made press, or digitally printed depending to the desired look of the finished piece.



Now in stock: Amazing Hand-pressed Valentines cards at £3.00 each
Valentines Voucher sets (great fun!) £5.50 each
Love prints starting from £10

And Kim uses this amazing little homemade press to create these lovely things - How cool!!


Get them whilst you can, these are HOT, HOT, HOT!!

Long haul flights

Amongst the many framing orders that were sent my way this festive season, came a last minute request for a custom box-frame. A customer and her son, popped in a couple of days before Christmas day and requested my help in creating a gift with a difference.

The boys Daddy, had just completed flying a plane long-haul to many destinations around the world, and to mark the event, Mum and son had devised a unique gift idea. They brought in six, identical small clocks and wanted them framed together to show the different time-zones of each flight destination.

Sounds like fun and I always like a framing challenge, so I set to work on the frame.

The customer requested that the clock faces should all be behind glass and also required access to the back of each clock, so that the correct times could be set and changed as needed. I used a mount to place and display each clock and an aperture underneath each clock to indentify the destination of each clock time.

With only a few hours before closing for the Christmas break, the frame was collected by a happy Mum and son, and hopefully was a nice surprise for one Daddy this Christmas.