Checking on the sculptues
It’s summer on the South Devon coast and the 10th year of TRAIL (Teignmouth recycled art in landscape). I enter every year and this year...
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Amy McCarthy
Jun 22, 20141 min read
Aloha Teignmouth!
The outside world keeps on turning and Gloss Gallery summer show is already up and running, which I am pleased to be part of and as the...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 2, 20121 min read
My tree has turned into a monster, but you can still add your wishes to it!
Anyway, it really doesn’t look like a tree any more; more like a Fraggle Rock monster! But it is now safely erected in my garden, wishes...
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Amy McCarthy
Aug 11, 20121 min read
An awful lot of wishes
Literally hundreds of wishes have been tied to my tree, at least 4 pairs of curtains, an old double duvet cover and goodness knows what...
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Amy McCarthy
Jul 14, 20122 min read
2 months is a long time in blog land!
Some of it has been taken up with joining the writing team at UKHandmade where I am now writing the craft profiles section, which is...
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Amy McCarthy
Nov 7, 20111 min read
Art for Charity’s sake
It took me 5 and a half hours but I eventually hung 80 recycled fused glass raindrops from the afore mentioned mosaic cloud; made from an...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 16, 20111 min read
Cementing and experimenting
I had 5 visitors today, a mixture of fellow artists, local people and a friend from round the corner, very civilised! Still 2 days left...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 9, 20111 min read
Open Studios day 5
I then went on to cut 4 small Winter Village scenes, ready to be painted soon and tried to repair a beautiful teasel panel I have We had...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 8, 20111 min read
Open Studios Day 4
Day 4, second blog post, wonky I know! Anyway yesterday I blogged about how I had cut all the glass for the mermaid window, today I have...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 7, 20111 min read
A Warm Open Studios Welcome!
Open Studios is in full swing! In the 3 days we have been open to the public we have had 20 visitors, which I am pretty pleased with! So,...
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Amy McCarthy
Jul 16, 20111 min read
Under the Weather
Every year I make use of my scrap waste glass (a by product of my stained glass business) and this year was no exception, I pieced...
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Amy McCarthy
May 24, 20111 min read
Packaging up some exclusive designs for a new Scottish Gallery.
For several months now I have been working on some exclusive designs for a new gallery opening in Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland called...
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Amy McCarthy
May 13, 20111 min read
Fanfare please…..my new studio unvailed!
Bless my folks (there they are sitting down) who have spent the last fortnight The extra space means I have a dedicated drawing area...
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Amy McCarthy
May 9, 20112 min read
Empty paint pot appeal!
TRAIL (Teignmouth Recycled ART In Landscape), which runs over the summer holidays from Shaldon to Dawlish. The exhibition is wonderfully...
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Amy McCarthy
Nov 17, 20101 min read
Mosaic workshop
I had a great night last night teaching a stained glass mosaic workshop at Otterton Mill. Everyone seemed to embrace my way of working...
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Amy McCarthy
Oct 18, 20101 min read
A panel for my house and one for Exeter Cathedral!
I have re All of our upstairs windows have these lights above the doors and I am slowly working my way around the house! On the 25th...
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Amy McCarthy
Oct 2, 20101 min read
Autumn and winter pieces
I have been busily working on some seasonal designs, from autumn leaves and dandelion clocks to winter scenes and tiny glass icicles for...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 6, 20101 min read
Scottish window, Work in Progress 2
So I have posted the first 3 cartoons yesterday and my friend Dave helpfully noted that the balance of the pieces could be better, I...
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Amy McCarthy
Sep 2, 20101 min read
I have won an award!
My boat s None of this has quite sunk in yet, but I am very, very chuffed to say the least! TRAIL has been extended till the 19th...
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Amy McCarthy
Jul 16, 20101 min read
Launched my boat!
My sculpture is part of the TRAIL summer exhibition, this is a free sculpture trail running from #art #recycledart #southwest...
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