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Songs of Rebellion and Glass Work

Yesterday my choirs performed in Redruth at Kresen Kernow, a beautiful building that used to be the old brewery and is now a library of all Cornish archives. We were there to celebrate .an exhibition of stories about women in the South West and to sing our songs of rebellion and those about Cornish women. It was brilliant! The audience loved us and gave us a standing ovation!

This afternoon I have been helping our lovely artist neighbour with a project she and her brother are making for a festival in Glasgow, huge mirror ball faces and I’ve been helping to cut the glass and fill in some repairs on the old heads.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on June 15, 2023 in art, Celebration, community, Cornwall, craft, Dreadnought, friendship, glass, photography, Postaday 2023, Redruth, sculpture, Uncategorized

Damselfly, Tremenheere and New Sculpture Angel

17 May

Large Red Damselfly

A beautifully sunny day beckoned us out so off we went to Tremenheere Sculpture Park where the first beautiful thing we saw on parking was the lovely red damselfly above.

We always enjoy stomping around the gardens, the planting is glorious and the sculpture always intriguing.

English bluebell

St Michael’s Mount

New exhibit – don’t know its name

We love visiting the James Turrell piece where we like to sit quietly and watch the sky and the clouds.

Tewlwolow Kernow

Tewlwolow Kernow is “An underground elliptical domed chamber which James Turrell has designed as a space from which to view the sky, especially at twilight.” Tewlwolow means half-light, i.e. twilight.

‘Michael’ by Reinhard Pontius

An Angel’s Journey – Since 2020, this wooden sculpture by #ReinhardPontius (@atelier_fuer_bildhauerei) has been making its way across Europe as a messenger of peace and reconciliation. Following visits to Leipzig, Bruges, Coventry, last month Michael arrived at #Tremenheere, where it is sited in view of St Michael’s Mount until mid October, before heading to its next destination. It is hoped that Michael will eventually travel to Kiev, Ukraine

Speaking about the work Reinhard Pontius says:

“We know about the Archangel Michael as a fighter and as the patron Saint in wars and freedom fights. With my Sculpture I would like to invite a different understanding: Michael – the angel of peace. I have deliberately dispersed with the familiar attributes of spear, flaming sword and scales in order to allow a new, free approach to this angel. The Archangel Michael stands for a spiritual power that is universal and at the same time very personal and that wants to support us to live courageously and peacefully.”

That brilliant day just got even better with a visit to The Hall for Cornwall to see “Message in a Bottle.” which I’ll tell you more about tomorrow.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 17, 2023 in art, Cornwall, environment, Postaday 2023, sculpture

White Spider, Talk and Spring Flowers

18 Apr

It seems that this white spider got lucky!

We’ve been to a fascinating talk this evening about “The Married Widows of Cornwall” in the 19th century, those women whose husbands went abroad taking their hard rock mining skills all over the world, how the women managed and how their lives evolved.

Taken with a flash this evening

In the village where the talk was happening is the horse sculpture that was made for Armistice Day and was covered then in crafted red and purple poppies. It was lovely to see it covered in spring flowers, also knitted and crocheted. Click on the red link to see the November horse.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 18, 2023 in crochet, garden, nature, sculpture, Uncategorized

Tags: Lesley Trotter, The Married Widows of Cornwall

Beads, Singing and A Sculptor

03 Dec

A dear friend has given me some ‘jewels’ for my glass work. It’s always an inspiration when new beads come in and I begin to plan how I might use them. Look out for them in future pieces.

Thank you N

We sang our first Christmas carols today at the Open Studios event at Krowji. It was brilliant – we and our audiences loved it. One of them videoed some of the Ukrainian carol, Carol of the Bells. Here is a link to see and hear the extract. https://www.facebook.com/reel/667726934976259.

Thanks to Sandra for the photo

In the breaks between sets, we can wander around the many studios and I was privileged to meet a sculptor , David Westby, whose work intrigued me – lots of cockerels, and some paintings. We got chatting and he explained the stories behind some of his work. When I asked if I could take a picture for mybeautfulthings blog, he picked up a hat and posed for me all the while telling me the story behind the hat and that it is dedicated to St Lucia,Saint of Light and Sight, hence the candles and spectacles on his hat. You can read more about her here.

David Westby

“THERE IS ALSO SWEETNESS IN THE NEW” (Remembering the Surrealist Society of Iran ). January 2022. Aluminium over wood construction, galvanised steel plinth. 1.75 meters high.

Read more about David Westby and his work here.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 3, 2022 in art, Christmas, community, Cornwall, friendship, photography, Postaday2022, Redruth, sculpture, Uncategorized

Tags: David Westby, Krowji arts studios, Saint Lucia

Wind, Feather and An Exhibition

27 Nov

Saw this today and thought you, Dear Readers, might like it too.

Walking into town this afternoon, my eye was caught by a pretty little feather on the path.

Redruth has been privileged to be hosting a remarkable exhibition by Ukrainian artist Evhen Bal ‘Artifacts of Zero’. These antiwar artworks are made of Russian shrapnel and spent munitions that Evhen collected near Severodonets, Mykolaiv and at the Kramatorsk Railway Station. ‘Zero’ refers to military slang – the forward position, closest to the enemy, of fighting units. The exhibition is not beautiful in any conventional sense but talking to the artist and learning more about the war, the people, the community spirit, the grabbing hold of life was such a powerful and moving experience. The following poster was up on the wall.

Slava Ukraine

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 27, 2022 in art, community, music, photography, Postaday2022, Redruth, sculpture, Uncategorized

Tags: Artifacts of Zero, Buffy Sainte Marie, Evhen Bal, Slava Ukraine, Ukraine

Singing, Beach and Sculpture

27 Oct

LiveWire 3 joined us singing this morning and it was a brilliant session. It was raining and the tide was going out…….

Later we met the rest of the family at Porthtowan for lunch at the Blue Bar and a walk on the beach.

LiveWire 3 (11) spent time in the garden creating some natural sculptures in the style of Andy Goldsworthy.

The one on the left represents Fire, the middle one Peace and the third Freedom. What a thoughtful and creative young woman she is.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 27, 2022 in art, community, Cornwall, environment, family, garden, nature, Peace, Penryn, photography, Postaday2022, sculpture, Uncategorized

Baby Aubergines, Crochet and Stone Sculpture

21 Oct

I’ve bought two baby aubergines for a special recipe Round Aubergine Satay which is delicious though it was the shadow pattern that suggested I take the photo. .

I’ve been crocheting for some weeks and am nearly ready to start assembling the beginnings of the blanket.

The tv has been on as I’m compiling this tonight and Susan Calman is in Cornwall. She interviewed a sculptor who balances stones and this one is brilliant. .

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 21, 2022 in art, sculpture

Tags: granny squares

Owl, Puzzle Box and Flowers

31 Aug

We bought our anniversary present in Penzance last week, a lovely carved wooden owl, also a puzzle box.

Only 5″ / 12cms tall

All the puzzle pieces

We’ve cut a garden bouquet for old friends with whom we are having dinner tonight.

From the garden

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 31, 2022 in friendship, garden, nature, photography, Postaday2022, sculpture, Uncategorized

Gladiolus, New Patch and Produce

28 Jul

We love our Gladioli.

The lovely Mr S has been working on this patch of garden for some time, first taking down the Pitisporum hedge that had outgrown us and our trimming abilities, replaced it with a curved picket fence, sowed new grass and planted some climbers to go along the fence and today, uncovered our sculpture and re-oiled it. You might just make out the sweetcorn plants behind the fence in the one of the raised beds, just to the left of the carved sculpture. So pleased with it all!