Welsh Country - Issue88 - May - Jun 19

Arts and Crafts
Arts and crafts
Sarah Jane Brown To Feature In Guild Artists Exhibition
The Appetite for Adventure
Contemporary landscape
painter Sarah Jane Brown has
been invited to exhibit three
of her original oil paintings,
'The Appetite for Adventure',
'Forecast' and 'Returning',
at the annual Guild Artists
Exhibition in May.
Hosted by the Guild Society of
Artists together with the Fine
Art Trade Guild, the exhibition
begins at the Crowne Plaza
Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon
on the 18th May from 1pm to
5.30pm, before moving on to
the Guild Gallery in London
from 20th to 27th May, open
daily from 10am to 6pm.
The Guild Society of Artists
select a painting from the
exhibition to win the Best
in Show Award, based on
online votes combined with
votes received at the preview
in Stratford-upon-Avon.
To vote online, please visit:
fineart.co.uk/guild-artistsexhibition-2019.
Sarah Jane's upcoming Welsh
exhibitions include the North
Pembrokeshire Open Studios
Trail from 24th August to
8th September. You can meet
Sarah Jane at Etcetera Gallery
in St Davids, Pembrokeshire,
where she will be painting
daily between 11am to 4pm
during the Trail. You can also
see her work at a special Open
Studios Exhibition at The
Gallery - Yr Oriel in Newport,
Pembrokeshire during this
time.
For further information please
visit: sjbfineart.com.
Trefriw Woollen Mills
Canolfan Ucheldre Centre
The Weaver’s Garden at
Trefriw Woollen Mills is a
display of plants connected
with textiles. They are all
labelled showing their uses.
There are fibre plants: flax,
New Zealand flax, dye
plants: woad, weld madder,
dyer’s broom, plants which
supply dye fixatives, tannin
from tormentil, oxalic acid
from wood sorrel, plants for
washing wool: soapwort, yucca,
moth repellents: tansy,
camphor plant, plants
used for textile tools,
teasles to brush the wool,
spindle tree for making
spindles, bamboo used
to make reeds for looms.
They also have a few
plants with quirky uses:-
lords and ladies supplied
starch for stiffening
Elizabethan ruffs, Lady’s
bedstraw was used for
stuffing mattresses. The
colour pink was named
after the flower which
in turn was named after
the Tudor fashion of
‘pinking’ (cutting slashes
and frills into clothing). Lamb’s
ears are no use for human
textile workers but Carder bees
collect the ‘wool’ and use it to
line their nests.
The garden is at its best
between June and September
and can be viewed during shop
hours.
Visit: t-w-m.co.uk
Ucheldre is a converted chapel
that’s now a dedicated Arts
Centre and situated at the
top of the harbour town of
Holyhead on the beautiful Isle
of Anglesey. With Spring now
well and truly in the air and
Summer on the way, Ucheldre
has much to offer locals and
visitors alike.
Outdoor spaces boast a
laburnum arch, a sculpture
garden where peace and quiet
can be enjoyed, as well as
tasty home-made fare from
Ucheldre’s café. Nestling in its
lovely surrounding garden is an
amphitheatre where summer
plays and festivals are held.
Within the building, spaces are
filled with clubs and classes for
children and adults. During
school holidays workshops and
performance opportunities for
young people abound.
So much to do!
In Ucheldre’s theatre space
many live performances are
staged. There are film nights
and screenings of the live
broadcasts from the Royal
Opera House, National
Theatre, The RSC, Met and
Glyndbourne. This season
Ucheldre’s gallery spaces
are filled with wonderful
patchwork and applique quilts
and hangings. Many made by
those who attend classes at the
Centre.
So much to see!
All in all, Ucheldre is a little
gem you cannot afford to miss
from your list of places to visit.
For further information visit:
ucheldre.org or telephone:
01407 763361.
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