I was so pleased to be back exhibiting in person again and really delighted to be in the wonderful Number 28 community building with a group of other artists. Number 28 is such a great venue, I exhibit in there often with the Arts Markets that happen throughout the year, it's a wonderful building and run in such a lovely way. We were busy the whole time in Number 28 throughout both days of the Arts Trail. I only managed a few quick phone snaps, they're below in this blog post. It felt so wonderful having the Arts Trail happening again, the town was buzzing and the atmosphere was really lovely.
One of the things that's so fantastic about events like this is the opportunity to have such great chats and discussions with people about inspirations, ideas, the places where I photograph, about different processes and creativity. I had such lovely chats with people about trees, woodland, the soothing effect of nature, books, stories, creativity and so much more. Huge thanks to everyone who took the time to look at my work and stop to chat. And also huge thanks to everyone who bought work - I know we all are really thankful for each sale.
It was really wonderful and special that there was 7 of us exhibiting together, all of our work looked great together and it was such a fantastic combination of glass, ceramics, paintings, prints, photography and more. Huge thanks to Jenny Neale Images, Lumsdale Glass, Highly Crafted, Rebecca Morledge, Inky Conditions and Sarah Miles; all such inspiring artists and lovely people.
As well as exhibiting and selling my work in Number 28, I also had work set up in the window of the really lovely Colledges shop which is just across the market place. That was a wonderful venue too and huge thanks to the team there.
There were over 120 artists in venues all around the town centre for the Arts Trail, plus live music, pirates, food and more. Huge thanks to Number 28 and Abi and Philippa for running the great cafe, it's such a great venue. And massive thanks to Kelly, Suzanne and the whole team in organising the Arts Trail; it's put together with such care, dedication and hard work.