Circles of Light

Thursday, 16 April 2015

Graffiti at Lytham Hall

To follow our conversation yesterday during Art Circle at Lytham Library - please follow link below...

http://circlesoflight-fylde.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/contemporary-calligraphy-with-lee.html

the beginnings...

Sunday, 5 April 2015

Easter drawing session at Fairhaven Lake,FY8 1BD

Thursday, 9th April
11 - 1pm

All welcome:
beginners, improvers & experts
especially anyone who "can't draw"
children over 8 with a responsible adult who takes part too

£2.50 per person

Meet in the shelter near the RSPB centre for 11 am start.

Bring you own materials & equipment to work in any media
or borrow mine...
A3 drawing board with attached paper, 2B pencil, eraser, sharpener & straight edge

£1.50 + £3.50 deposit (free to Art Circle members)

There is seating but you may prefer to bring your own chair. The forecast is OK but we live in the UK so suitable outdoor clothing is sensible.

Fairhaven Lake Cafe is nearby for sustenance.

Should be fun... Possible subjects include lake, wild life, buildings, boats, people, trees & sky. I will be at the Lake on Thursday regardless of the weather.

Any queries, please contact me christine.stringfellow@hotmail.co.uk

RSPB Centre (right), meet in black & white shelter shown in middle of image

We have a Spitfire too...

Saturday, 28 March 2015

Easter Break & drawing at Fairhaven

Art Circle is taking a break over Easter and will return to Lytham & St Annes Libraries on 15th & 16th April respectively.

Weather permitting, there will be an Art Circle, drawing activity

at Fairhaven Lake, FY8 1BD on 8th & 9th April... more info soon.

Steve Messam: Bubbles 2012 at Fairhaven Lake

Thursday, 26 March 2015

Art Circle out & about over Easter, weather permitting...

Wednesday, 8th April and Thursday, 9th April

Weather permitting, Circles of Light - Fylde's mobile studio will pop-up at Fairhaven Lake. All welcome. Bring your own materials or borrow mine. Depending on uptake a chair might be good too.

Cafe nearby for sustenance...

Watch this space for more info!

Books, so many possibilities...

One of the joys of Art Circle being based in St Annes and Lytham Libraries is that we are surrounded by books. In preparation for the two local art festivals both groups have spent this week deconstructing, analysing and subsequently creating from these fabulous packages of information.

Title, author, publisher, ISBN, library code, genre symbol, price can all be starting points for an artwork and that's before we lift a knife. Protective sleeve, dust jacket, back, front, spine (plus colourful strengthening tape), blurb and at last, the pages.

We took a CSI cum archaeological approach to gathering all information and kept every part of the books along the way. Backs were identified as potential drawing boards or cutting boards, spines became straight edges for drawing, plastic sleeves became storage pockets and the pages became material or supports.

Like a pig, all parts of a book can be used...

The terminology of books is interesting too. Many parts relate to our bodies; spine, back, appendix, index... again all potential starting points for an artwork.

I should say at this point, the books we used had been withdrawn from the libraries.

The days of seeing books as something sacred began to change when printing became much more accessible and today when we can print anything in our own homes the printed word, although potentially still powerful in its message can be reproduced so easily. Using books as an art material can be mind stretching and a lot of fun.

Below are some works I found on line (apologies for not noting the makers) followed by our "have a go pieces". We will be extending and developing our ideas after the Easter Break.

Do join us if you fancy having a go.
Lytham Library, Wednesdays & St Annes Library, Thursdays
11 - 12.30pm
from 15th & 16th April respectively