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| Lou Gardiner at Work |
We have just had an amazing day wandering round North Wales. We started off at Wrexham where currently Ceramic Wales is on. This is a show of current ceramists based in Wales. The exhibition is staged at the Art and Design Department at North Wales University. It is a free show and will be on until 5.00pm tomorrow, Sunday 4th September. If you can make it it is a great showcase of talent and worth an hour of any ones time.
Our second stop was at Ruthin Craft Centre, which is currently showing The Wit of Stitch. This is not just about humour but about observations of contemporary life and the heritage of stitch. The artists featured include Louise Gardiner whose humorous characters come alive in colour and stitch, Karen Nicol - all I can say is WOW! and Susie Vickory whose humour and craftsmanship impress in equal measure. This is an excellent exhibition and well worth a visit, it runs until the 25th of September.
Showing in gallery two and three is a solo exhibition by Julie Griffiths Jones entitled A Room within a Room. This exhibition shows such delicate work in wire and a collection of enamel onto metal plate all around the theme of folk art objects. Very lovely and sits well with the main exhibition. Unbelievably Ruthin Crafts Centre is still free to visit and the quality of the exhibitions that they stage is so high, it really is worth a visit and the cafe does a very nice flapjack now with a decent cup of coffee.
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| A Panel by Susie Vickery |
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| Lou Gardiner with One of Her Amazing Panels |
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