Hello April!!



Hi,

Gosh its April already!! I have been so busy, moving into Jill Shaddocks studio. It nice and bright and can’t wait to get started on my new product!

My Solo Show at Yellowstone Art Boutique, Trentham Estate has started and it is on until the 25^th May. The opening of the show was also Yellowstone Art Boutiques 1^st Birthday Party, it was really special! Was so happy that Hannah Stoney chose me and my work to help to celebrate this special event. http://yellowstoneartboutique.co.uk/current-exhibition/

Me at the Opening and Party

My nana and grandad popped in to look at it too.

I loved making the work for my solo show as I had so many ideas that I wanted to do and also I was able to do loads of different sizes and shapes. My favourite is the long cream ladies walking with the dogs.

Dogs

Its really nice to have an exhibition so close to home as my milk customers are able to see my work and what I do. They are all really supportive. And I have even been in the local paper with it.

Me and the best milkman in the Midlands (my dad) in the local paper

Additional News

My work is currently at the Royal Exchange Theatre Craft Shop until 28^th April for the ‘Selected’ exhibition which runs along side ‘Memories’ exhibition. This exhibition comes with my ‘Royal Exchange Craft Shop Graduate Award’ which I won back in June last year at my degree show, which I still cant believe.

Work at the RX Craft Shop

At the end of March I was exhibiting at ‘Sock’ commission and retail arts and craft fair in Loughborough. It was such a lovely fair and the people at the SOCK gallery are very friendly and you will find a selection of mug and cosies there.

A lovely comment at SOCK

I am now stocking work at LeedsCraft Centre and Design Gallery, I had a lovely trip up there on a wintery day a couple of weeks again. So friendly had a little chat and had a look around with a nice brew!

A selection of work at Leeds Craft Centre and Design Gallery

Up and coming events

Eunique Arts and Craft Fair 2012- In a couple of weeks am off to this wonderful trade and retail fair in Karlstrude, Germany to exhibit for Hannah Lobley, a Enviromental Paper Artist. She creates objects using an unique recycling technique layering paper to form a woodlike material. Her work is amazing! And it is a pleasure to have been ask by JC Middlebrook to have this opportunity to go to Germany. I can’t wait, I think I will gain a lot of experience from this.

May all your dreams come true exhibition at HeartGallery- My work is going to be included in this magical exhibition in Hebden Bridge. It will include artists that incorporate vintage stories, nostalgia, fairytales, rhymes, etc. The private is 13^th May where Ursula Holden Gill will be telling magical stories! Should an exciting event and so happy my work will be there during this event.

Quirky Worky exhibition at Ferrers Gallery- I am amazed that I will be exhibiting at Ferrers Gallery from the 1^st June- 12^th August, this exhibition is a mixture of artists creating and making fun and distinctive styles to brighten your day up.

The Art Market 10^th June- I am going be exhibiting at the 10^th Art Market in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. It really very exciting as I am going to be one of 90 artist at the market over two dates in June. Can’t wait for this event and starting to get ready for it too.  http://www.artmarkets.co.uk/list_10th.php

Happy February!!!

Hiya,

Just a quick update, I have some wonderful news!!

You can now find my work in the National Centre for Craft and Design in Sleaford which is very exciting. Its a wonderful centre which put on some wonderful exhibitions. http://www.nationalcraftanddesign.org.uk/

Also I am busy preparing for 'Memories' exhibition at the Royal Exchange Craft Shop in Manchester (5th March- 28th April) and my very own solo exhibition at Yellowstones Art Boutique at Trentham Estate, the private view is the 17th March and this is a part of the 1st Birthday Celebrations of Yellowstones Art Boutique! http://yellowstoneartboutique.co.uk/

Also I have updated my website with some new pictures so take a look http://www.lucyanneharding.co.uk/

Thanks for reading!!!

Lucy

The Last Contemporary Craft Degree Show!

At last the Degree Show is here, I have been working up to this for 3 years now, and I didn’t know what to expect. I am so proud of all the Contemporary Crafters, and it’s been a rough 3 years but we have gotten though it….somehow!

I was overwhelmed with the good feedback from people which I was getting from my work, so good in fact that I won two awards!!! Not one, but two!! I was so very shocked, surprised and you don’t get me speechless very often but I was.

I won the Royal Exchange Craft Shop Award, which is a group exhibition in the Royal Exchange Craft Shop in 2012, and the other award I won is the Smithy Studios Graduate Award, where the prize is a 3 months residency at the studios and 3 months showcase for my Graduate Collection in the Glossop Studios.

It’s all very exciting and I can’t wait to get stuck in. I am going start up an esty shop to sell my aprons and also up cycled work.

I would like to thank the judges, Catherine Carr and Rachael Noone, and everybody who have visited the Degree Show.

This post is in memory of the first milkman in my life, Len Harding.