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Welly Road gets the boot in! has a new home

on October 19, 2011

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Exciting progress from de-junk, re-junk participants Part 2

Yesterday's instalment prompted more photos from the participating artists so I thought I would share them... Istra Toner's piece is called "Memories of love" and is made from a memory box I was given by a local friend, who knew I used to use similar boxes to display my jewellery. Istra is newcomer to my networking group "With These Hands" and divides her time between Wirral and her homeland of Croatia. "Here I have used a cupboard found in Alison’s garage. In it there are a number of discarded objects that must have had sentimental value to someone including a Champagne bottle stopper, carved dollies, snippets of handwritten messages, bottles of perfume...Some of these I painted silvery grey as faded memories of love." And then Oxton based, John Hinchcliffe's beautiful chain maille bracelet made "junk" from my neighbour's house. She was having her house rewired and had previously saved me wires for my sculpture "Eurydice&q

Exciting new year ahead for Williamson

We start our year with a solo exhibition that has been five years in the making but only metres away from the gallery. P ainter, Steve des Landes has lived close to the Williamson Art Gallery for several years and won the Williamson Open in 2015. Despite showing his work elsewhere in Liverpool and London, he has not had a solo show in Wirral and we are delighted to open our involvement with Wirral’s 2018 Year of Culture and Creativity with his solo exhibition Un- settled . We are also proud to be part of Liverpool 2018, the beginning of ten years of culture, creativity and new visitors to the Liverpool City Region. Adam and Eve by SDL He has created the works for Un- settled , working diligently in his studio over the past five years. His work reflects his emotional journey from a childhood in coastal Southport and the significant influences of an urban adulthood in Liverpool and Birkenhead. Colin Simpson, principal museums officer for the Wirral Museums Service who has cu

Delighted to be part of the Williamson Team

Many of you know that I have been distracted away from making my own craftwork to work on the campaign to save the beloved Williamson Art Gallery and Wirral Museums from budget cuts and have been working one day a week on marketing in a paid capacity but basically it has taken over much of my life, therefore it was extremely heartening to be part of the team with the Williamson staff who were awarded the Wirral Tourism Team of the Year last Wednesday, it means so much to us all but fully recognise that we still have a long way to go. Love working with the team, even through all the frustrations. Karl, Lyndsay, Alison, Colin and the sponsor from The Wedding Collection

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