New Stained Glass Project

Oriel Hicks has a new project in the pipeline. She has been selected to design and make two new stained glass windows for the Children's Hospice South West project near St. Austell, called Little Harbour.
This will be opened in December 2011 by Lady Mary Holborow, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall. Sadly, this does not give enough time for the windows to be completed, but hopefully at least one panel in each of the windows will be in place, giving an idea of what is to come in the spring.
The windows are nearly 14ft high, from floor to ceiling and will be positioned about 12ft apart, giving a feeling of encompassment between the two. Work will start in the studio in September and will continue throughout the winter months, so if you are in Scilly at that time, please visit the studio to check on progress.

Art Scilly Week retrospective

Art Scilly was a great success this year with classes in painting, sketching, fused glass, lino cut printing, jewellery, raku firing and more. The local artist on all the islands held craft fairs, exhibitions or open studio events. There will be photos online at www.scillyartweek.co.uk throughout the year, but in the meantime, here is a taster.
Next year's event will be between 12th-19th May, so keep an eye out nearer the end of the year for availability of courses!

Art Scilly Week

Art Scilly week starts on May 7th this year and is an opportunity for anyone and everyone, whatever their level of skill, to have a go.
Several of the local artists are going to be giving tuition in everything from bookbinding to jewellery, or from sketching and oil painting to glass fusing. Other artist, not actually teaching, will be happy to chat informally to visitors on what motivates and inspires them, or the finer points of their techniques.
This is the ideal time to visit Scilly if you are, or aspire to be, creative.
Each of the off-islands will have a dedicated day, on which to exhibit the crafts and talents of their particular residents in a local hall or gallery, so we hope you will come and support the venture. We intend to make this an annual event, so if you can't book up for this year, try again between 12th-19th May 2012.
Details of this year's events and how to book are available on www.simplyscilly.co.uk where you will find an "Art Scilly" option in the blue tags at the top of the page. It will also give you details of accommodation if you should need it.