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Thank you to everyone who came along and supported this year's art trail! We hope you all had as good a time as we all had. We were certainly blessed with fantastic weather that allowed our visitors to explore each venue - around 250 visitors in all! It was lovely to see everyone wandering around with maps and deciding where to go next. Here is a collection of snapshots from the weekend! Thank you too to all the artists who took part and especially those who did demonstrations, as well as those who helped put up the banners, posters and maps - and, just as importantly, took them down again!
The voluntary art trail team worked very hard to ensure the trail could go ahead safely so thank you to Sally Jefferies, Catherine Beale, Shuya Cheng, Vikki Yeates, and Ele Nash. We couldn't do the trail without the support of the community so thanks too to Miranda at the Museum of Bath Stone, Gill at the Peggy Dodd Centre, Lizzie at the Hub, and Christina at the Jewish Burial Ground. Many thanks for making it such a successful art trail this year. We're off to produce artwork ready for the next one (after a good lie down!)
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Today as well as ceramics, sculpture, paintings, prints, embroidered art, soft furnishings, photography, cards for sale direct from the artist over 14 venues, there is: Clay demonstrations from 12 noon at venue 2 (18 Porlock Road); The Bath Jewish Burial Ground (just by venue 6, Greendown Place), open to visitors from 11am - 4pm as part of Heritage Open Days; Relief print demonstrations at venue 8 (RT Framing, Combe Road) from 10am - 1pm; Cream Teas at the Peggy Dodd Centre (Summer Lane), venue 10, 11am - 3pm; Cakes from Roasted Lemon at venue 12 (edge of Firs Field) from 11am - 4pm…  We had a great day yesterday, with lots of visitors all enjoying the dry weather and community spirit, as well as being inspired by the demonstrations, sketchbooks, artwork on show. Thank you to everyone who came and we hope to see more of you again today!
Clay demonstrations from 12 noon at venue 2 (18 Porlock Road); Free family events at the Hub (Mulberry Park), venue 3 from 11am - 4pm, as well as music workshops 2pm - 4pm; Relief print demonstrations at venue 8 (RT Framing, Combe Road) from 1pm - 4pm; Cream Teas at the Peggy Dodd Centre (Summer Lane), venue 10, 11am - 3pm; Cakes from Roasted Lemon at venue 12 (edge of Firs Field) from 11am - 4pm… Wow! So much to do and see. We look forward to seeing you! And if you take any photos please link us on Facebook or Instagram @cdarttrail or use the hashtags #cdarttrail #cdarttrail2021
Venue 12 (5 The Firs) is home to one artist, and just opposite on the Firs Field, you'll be able to enjoy a slice of cake too! David Wood's eclectic work is based on the world around, particularly people and the environment. His venue is open Saturday only. New to the art trail this year, local family-run business, Roasted Lemon Cuisine, will be open on both the Saturday and Sunday, 11pm - 4pm, selling from their bicycle (on the edge of Firs Field) delicious cakes! Roasted Lemon are proud to use only local producers and farmers. And, as an added bonus, Mike Service (next door to David) plans to have easels of his wonderful oil paintings up in the front garden area (weather permitting!)
Sarah Turrell makes finely thrown stoneware pottery from bowls to plates, jugs to mugs, all in various sizes. Strong and durable, every piece is suitable for use in ovens and dishwashers. And new to the art trail this year is Steve Lovering, who draws in charcoal. The Village Poster TrailSome of our artists who were unable to take part this year, are still involved with our poster art trail! Dotted around the village, you'll find an array of artist posters that form a kind of outdoor gallery. To see the poster trail in its entirety, head over to Combe Down Primary School from Tuesday 5th September. The school have very kindly allowed an outdoor gallery along the railings of their upper playground, seen from Church Road!
Venue 9 is the wonderful Museum of Bath Stone, a great community hub that celebrates our village's important role in Bath's history. Catherine Beale is a highly accomplished watercolourist. She specialises in family portraits and semi-abstract landscapes. Penny Richards uses acrylic and inks, often on a pre-textured surface. She depicts diverse, evocative subjects from figures to quiet landscapes.
Four artists will be showcasing a variety of work in venue 7 (5 Combe Road), First up is Sally Jefferies, who is the head of the volunteering committee that make the art trail happen each year. Thank you for all your hard work, Sally! Sally enjoys painting any subject in almost any style, depending on her mood and inspiration, using a wide variety of media, including acrylic, collage, ink and oil pastel. Hilary Strickland uses watercolours to create paintings and illustrations of birds, insects, flowers and landscapes. The delicate washes are then printed onto linen fabrics where Hilary turns them into gorgeous cushion covers, lampshades, table runners, and tea towels.
New to the art trail this year is young artist, Bertie Nash. Bertie is currently studying an Art Foundation and enjoys drawing in charcoal, creating sensitive and often surreal pictures. Ele Nash has been on the voluntary committee since the art trail began back in 2017 with Jeni Wood and Vikki Yeates. Ele designs and updates the website and this year she created the map and village poster trail. In between times, she creates collage paintings of Bath architecture as well as ink cat sketches.
Venue 5 (147 Bradford Road) is opening its studio to creative husband and wife duo, Jill and Tim Perry. Jill works in a variety of styles, threads and fabrics to create textural and colourful pieces. While Tim makes small batches of functional ware and unique decorative pots, fired in a gas kiln that he designed and built. On many of his pieces, you can see the path of the flame in the glazewhich gives dynamism to the pot.
Nina Haigh specialises in watercolours of flowers, focussing on different colour combinations. She is inspired by both naturalistic gardens as well as florist arrangements. New to the trail this year, Charlotte Parry creates small craft pieces using recycled materials.
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