My recent exhibition at St Margarets Church has been a relative success. Everyone I had a chance to speak to about my work seemed really positive about it and even better a lot of them said they hadn't seen anything like it before (which is excellent as it means I am on the right tracks to getting noticed!).
I also had a bunch of greetings cards printed out so I have a more affordable option available to sell if anyone likes my images. The cards are decorated with prints that can be seen in Gallery Two.
If you would like more info/ would like to buy some cards please Contact Me.
Now I am moving on to concentrate on my bonsai project with renewed vigour as the exhibition is creeping ever closer!

I am very pleased to announce I will be putting on an exhibition of paintings along with quite a number of other Norwich artists at St Margarets Church, St Benedicts Street , Norwich.
Entitled 'The good, the mad and the beautiful' as part of the Art of Norwich series.
Show is open to the public from the 2nd of August and the private view is on Friday the 13th of August.

For more info go to www.art-of-norwich.co.uk

I have now officially ordered the resin for my first set of castings. As it costs so much for not a lot (£15 for 1kg of resin) I think I am going to have to adapt my ideas a little and fill the bottom of the vases with some form of stones or other decorative beads/objects.

I have had a lot of really positive feedback about the ideas and am getting really into the designing part of the project, Just getting a little frustrated waiting for the resin to arrive as I want to play with that as well!

Oh and if anyone in the Norwich/Norfolk area has any dead bonsai trees or other small trees that haven't survived for one reason or another I would be very happy to take them off your hands.

By the time I next post I am hoping to be a seasoned pro in the field of resin casting!

So, I have my first exhibition outside of University life is booked and waiting to happen.

It might end up being a bit of a leap forward (or possibly sideways, i'm not actually sure yet!) as I am branching into sculpture for the first time in I don't know how many years.

It was a stroke of luck to be included in this exhibition (Music and Environment @ St Gregory's Church in Norwich, created by a collection of students and ex-students from Norwich University College of the Arts) as I was a bit late making my interest known. As a result I wasn't part of the process when it came to selecting a theme, which is why I think it is some form of fate that I have the perfect project for it which was just waiting for a reason to be created.

The project is going to be based around some dead bonsai trees I have been lucky enough to acquire and will involve me potting them in clear or semi-clear resin so the roots are still visible. Anything further along the process from this is yet to be decided but I have had some interesting input about creating reflections and exciting ways to display my little trees. Hopefully I am going to be able to give them a new lease of life!

That is all for now but I will keep you updated on my progress!

Charlotte