RURAL COLLUSIONS OPENS!!!

Saturday was a beautiful day to have the Private View party for Rural Collusions at Thornham Walks. Proceedings kicked off at midday with drinks on the lawn at Thornham Hall and at about quarter past one we had a walk through the woods all together to view the work. We had beautiful weather, fantastic surroundings and it was wonderful to see so many friends ( sorry some of you couldn't make it due to other commitments but there's still the opening at Lackford Lakes next week). 

  Celebrations continued when we got home, with Champagne and homemade sloe gin, as we moved all my stuff into my new studio too ( I may yet have an official opening once everything is sorted out- a good excuse for a party).

Here are some images of the Leaf Litter which was the last piece I put in the exhibition and didn't make it into the previous post.

This is only a short post to keep you up to date as I am rushed off my feet meeting photographers- yesterday I met my good friend and fantastic photographer Douglas Atfield to get some really professional shots of my work and today I'm meeting the photographer from the newspaper, I've got everything to prepare ready for installing at Lackford on tuesday and I am finishing moving into my new studio!!!!! No rest for a few more days then.

The time has come....

Well the days are counting down now until the opening of Rural Collusions at Thornham Walks, Thornham Magna on Easter Saturday. I have been busy weaving between the trees, as you can see above. I am incorporating things that grow in the woods as well as different yarns. This is laborious work but I hope you'll agree the effect is worth the effort. Still more to do though not finished yet.

I have been working on my piece called "Tree veins, life blood," this is made by forcing red yarn into the cracks in the bark of an oak. It is coming along nicely.

The carpet of moss that I have been working on is looking really good around the bottom of a very large oak and here you can see a bramble growing amongst it.

My knitted mushrooms are looking lovely too on a tree with the deep green of the nettles growing near by. I still have my leaf litter to put in the woods and these pieces to complete where necessary but its looking good for the opening! If you manage to get across to Thornham Walks to see the work I'd love to hear what you think so leave me a comment or drop me an email-janevsouthgate@yahoo.co.uk
I look forward to hearing from you.