The sun is shining again after all the snow, wind and rain of the last few weeks. We took a bit of time out a couple of days ago to take advantage of the weather and the last day of free entry to the Botanic Gardens.
We’ll be working this Sunday on the Sights and Sounds of the Countryside project and I hope we get as good weather for it.
Snow Drops
Reclaimed steel art work by Chris Crane
Wishing Well
The news is I have just had a short article about StillWalks published in our local press. It is also online at
Why not check it out and then take a closer look at the StillWalks website.
This is the final image from this short series and just about my favourite. This may be because of the weaving part of my life (see www. acmd.co.uk) and my enthusiasm for texture and fibre.
The image seems to loose some of its depth and become more a network of fibres on a more two dimensional plain, albeit with heavy texture. I’m not sure that the fact there is snow involved makes any difference either – the “fibres” would still be there without it, perhaps less defined by lower contrast.
I wrote “tangled fibres” originally but changed it to “network of fibres” because I realised that they are not tangled but have structure and direction, all feeding into the centre of the frame. I cannot say, now, if this was coincidental or intentional – I suspect subconsciously intentional with my artist/weaver’s eye searching out the structures and patterns before taking the shot.
A Network of Fibres
Yey! Listen to the Debbie Evans Arts Show on Radio Tircoed tomorrow (Friday) from 11 am – 12 GMT and you will hear me talking about StillWalks and the projects we do.
Looking forward to it!
At last! Finally there is a Welcome to StillWalks video on this website. So if you would like to know a little more about StillWalks and see some production images, please click the link above and explore the site.
Other pages on the website such as the About page and What Are StillWalks will give you the Story of StillWalks as well as information on me with links to some of my other work as an artist.
Great work here from my daughter Hannah.
Here we go then, as promised, some photos from Hereford Cathedral which we visited last Saturday. We must go again to see more, particularly the Mappa Mundi. It was frustrating not to have more time.
The “Corona” above the altar – designed and made by Simon Beer, Siversmith, of Lewes in Sussex and paid for by the Friends of Hereford Cathedral. It was assembled on the crossing floor in late 1992 and dedicated in December.
Tapestries by John Piper
One of the boilers / radiators, an effective way to heat such a building.
One of the amazing organs.
First I must tell everyone that the StillWalks website is currently offline due to a hacking attack. 🙁 I hope to have it back up and running by the end of the week. This blog is still going as is the Facebook page and Flickr.
Another trip to a new place – this time to visit Hereford College of Art with my daughter who will be starting a degree in applied arts next year.
The college was very good and the lecturers very enthusiastic. Hereford was a great place too. We visited the Museum and Art Gallery and the cathedral and were very impressed. The gallery had an exhibition on called Emerge from the Made in the Middle organisation and the cathedral was a fascinating place. We will have to visit again.
Here are some pics from the exhibition – tomorrow I’ll put some up from the cathedral, all taken on my iPhone!
