rachel eardley

Roll-Up-Roll-Up

2011-12-07T02:20:00.000-08:00

We are just packing up for a trip down to the cost for the annual New England House Studio Sale in Brighton.
I'll be in my brother studio so lots of fine pots too.
Many bargains to be had, especially in my corner with prints for 50p, yes i did say 50p.
I am also selling off all my old jewellery with silver charms at £2 each.
I know i would probably get more for them if i sold the silver for scrap with the price of it now days but it's time to clear out and i just want them to go to good homes and for people to enjoy them.
So if you are around on Thursday or Friday get your self down there.
We are then whizzing up to London early on Saturday morning for the Christmas Selvedge Fair in Archway.
Another lovely event by those Selvedge ladies.
I hope to see you.
If you're not able to make these then have a right fine old festive time and thanks for all your support in 2011.
Much busyness for 2012 so what this space....

The scenic route

2011-10-18T14:16:00.000-07:00

*This is a little dolls pinny i found at a jumble sale last week for 5p. Abandoned on the toy table until i came along. The stitching is incredibly detailed.

There should be and was an image of the flyer used to promote the show i am doing in Manchester this weekend but technology got the better of me and it all went a bit wrong so you got this beauty instead.

I am off to Manchester tomorrow via Wales on that best kept secret of a short cut.
It was a good idea when i first thought of it.
Really it will be nice, i am going to my in-laws first to visit them on their small holding where we were living earlier this year. I'll drop my son off and then get back on the scenic route up to Manchester to set up for The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair.
Spot my brothers jugs on the poster.

I am doing lots of shows from now until Christmas and am off to Nottingham in a few weeks to take part in Lustre, November the 4th - 6th.
if you would like any invites for the preview evening on the Friday the 4th, email me with your address and i will pop some in the post for you.

New, New.

2011-09-01T16:31:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of pieces i've been busy making for Origin.
Both necklaces have matching earrings and the Leaf design also has a bracelet to go with it.
As you can see there is a stripy thing going on too.

A rather nice day out and buzzing bees

2011-08-30T08:45:00.000-07:00

Fancy a nice day out in Somerset, well get yourself, your friends, family and neighbours and head down to this lovely event for some beautiful bits and CAKe & CReAm TeAs.
These particular words always wins me over.

I have another new temporary work space.
This time it's my Dad's shed i am sawing away in, joined by many wasps and a few bees.
(my dad's a bee keeper, so i am surrounded by bee equipment and at present all of these wasps. Time to make a giant jam sandwich i think. If only i had time.)

It's the count down for Origin now so i am busy, busy.
I will be right professional for the show with new picture post cards and a card machine.
You will find me at stand E37 and it runs from the 22nd - 28th of September.

summer showing

2011-07-25T04:36:00.001-07:00

I have been busy with pen & paper for my new display which i showed down at Bovey Tracey back in June.
I intended to create more such pieces for my forth coming shows so you will be able to step into a complete Eardley world, do try and get yourself to one to have a good look.
At present i have my jewellery exhibited at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park for their summer show until the 4th of September and at The Biscuit Factory in Newcastle which ends on the 31st of August.
If you are about in Manchester then you can see a whole assortment of my jewellery, screen prints and embroidery's at The W Collection, running until the 21st of August.
If you are off on holiday to the south coast then i have work in Brighton at Laste, a rather fine shoe shop and Frank in Whitstable where you can find a whole mass of British talents and a special treat right now as they are housing a show of Julie Arkell's work which also spills out to Whitstable Museum.
I always love a trip to a local museum, you never know what you might find and it generally turns out to be something to remember.
Well i am off for a week in Cornwall for a bit of a holiday and to celebrate the lovely Sarah Young & Jon Tutton's wedding so will be back & ready for much work to fill all the shows i have coming up.
The first one will be a day sale in Somerset on the 10th of September, i will post more detail soon.

Oh peas

2011-05-31T14:38:00.000-07:00

Living in the countryside has seeped into my work already with a new range of screen prints on a 'country knowledge' theme. I have also finally made this print with peas, which has been in my head for a long time. A new edition to the 'knife and fork' range. This is just the start though as i am attending a print course every Wednesday for 10 weeks at the well equipped Trowbridge college.
It's brilliant to have all the facilities at my fingertips. Not my usual system of some claps attached to a board printing on the kitchen table, although this dose the job as well.
You can come and see all of my new work down in Bovey Tracey, Devon at the Contemporary Craft Fair from the 10th - 12th of June.It's a great show with lots of workshops and demonstrations so you can have a go at stone carving and all sorts as well as the really high standard of work you can purchase too. If you'd like a ticket for it please email me.

what do you think

2011-05-09T07:26:00.000-07:00

This is one of the 5 drawings i produced to illustrate the Christmas sales pages for the lovely Selvedge magazine a couple of years ago. The story to it was 'the night before Christmas' so i pulled out the wonderful array of hand made stockings my sister-in-law and mother have made over the years, filled them with goodies from the Selvedge Dry Goods Store and scribbled away with my little boy of 2 months laying next to me doing what small babies do. Thank goodness he was so good.
The Selvedge team are inviting people to vote on which their favourite illustration has been over the years so, have a look and vote if you wish.

into the wood

2011-04-28T14:40:00.000-07:00

I will be showing at this rather lovely pop up shop, Into The Woods which will be open over the month of May during the Brighton Festival.
It opens on Saturday the 7th, with weekend opening hours being 11am - 6pm and Monday to Friday 9am - 1pm. As well as having some wonderful work they will be serving light refreshments so come and have a look and enjoy something nice to eat too.
Mia Underwood, aka Woodfolk , is the lady behind it all and a jack of all trades she is. I am the proud owner of one of her fantastic swan scarf and my boy has a wolf scarf and he has been know to be found howling at the moon whilst wearing it.

Busy, busy...

2011-04-28T12:59:00.000-07:00

Here's a photo of some necklaces that are about to be soldered which i made during March, a marathon month of making jewellery day and night in my rural workshop in Wales. I did managed to get one afternoon off with a trip to A&E to have a saw blade removed from my left index finger.
We have now moved back to the West country of England and it's time to get printing.
All of my shows for the year are about to start with my first in Brighton for the May Festival.
I am starting a 10 week printing course next week so watch this space, and come and visit the shows to see my new screen print and jewellery.
I also received news last week that i will be exhibiting at Origin in London this September which is rather exciting and Luster in Nottingham during November as well as Made by Hand, held in Newport Wales over December so there's 2011 set out.

Paper things

2011-04-17T12:47:00.000-07:00

Here is a taster of some of the other 25 works by different maker that my 'Dearest Nones' screen print (seen at the top of this posting) will be exhibited with at the 'First Anniversary - Paper' exhibition running from the 5th of May - 30th of July.

Jenniefer Collier, the talented paper artist will be holding the event to celebrate the first year of her having opened Unit Twelve, a gallery and workshop space where she also runs courses from in Tixall, Stafford.

The paper spoons you see above, (i am a sucker for utensils) are by Magie Hollingwork and the stitched picture post card is by the brilliant Julie Arkell who doesn't waste her time in the world of computing, too busy with her mad world of little creatures and such. Though you can start to see more of her finery at Loop, a rather lovely wool shop where Julie runs workshops and sells her work too.

Rabbit Calf...

2011-03-17T07:19:00.000-07:00

On leaving my old studio i was presented with this fine gift by the lovely people of Cross Street which i am extremely touched by & pleased about as it is made by the very talented Sophie Woodrow. I already own one of her pieces & have been hankering after another so they chose well. I will keep saving my penny's & hope my collection shall grow a little more over time.
Here are a couple of photos of it, my son has decided it is a rabbit although on Sophie's site it is titled calf. Anyway here it is getting out & about in Pant Yr Heddwch...

The end of an era, 1999 - 2011

2011-03-16T16:29:00.000-07:00

The lovely Cross Street Studios...
i was offered a space at Cross Street in the September of 1999 having graduated from Brighton University, not quite knowing what i was going to do but i was going to continue making. It has been a brilliant place to work full of fine folk and central heating!

Next door to the studio is where jeweller, Lalia Smith & mosaic artist, Anna Tilson run Cross Street Workshops.

Here are a few photos of my old little space...

A new view...

2011-02-05T13:17:00.000-08:00

So a new year and a new view. After 11 years at the lovely Cross St. Studios i have fled to Wales for the winter and the beginnings of spring to work in a breezy barn in Pembrokeshire. My view has changed some what from the back streets of Hove to trees, fields, a car that runs on vegetable oil and visits from the donkeys and sheep every now and then.
I haven't spent loads of time at my bench yet as i am having the joy of reworking my website which should be ready soon. Once done though you will be able to purchase my work with a few clicks and none of this trying to hunt me down from one county to another as seams to be the situation now.
If you do need to get in contact with me just email on info@racheleardley.com

Bargains in the fair town of Brighton

2010-11-25T10:56:00.000-08:00

The festive season is with us again and along with the Selvedge fair i am doing, (see details on my last posting) i will have work for sale in my brothers open studio in Brighton.
You will find me amongst his beautiful pots in unit 3, level 5 north *New England House, New England Rd. Brighton on Thursday the 9th & Friday the 10th, 12 noon to 8 of the evening.
You might also get to meet this rather dapper deer who's been following me about masquerading as a reindeer.
I will have some lovely screen prints for you to pick up for just £10.
There are lots of bargains to be had for all those Christmas gifts as there are many other studios selling their wares so get yourselves down to it...
http://www.aoh.org.uk/for-vistors/xmas-2010/venues?venue_id=33

Another date for the diary...

2010-10-15T16:57:00.000-07:00

The gorgeous Selvedge ladies are at it again.
Having held their first fair during the summer, which was a great success. They are holding another one in early December at the same venue with the same impeccable style and they have asked me back again which i am well pleased about.
Thanks.
I recon it's a must for the diary and not only will there be great things to purchase but they are holding workshops by www.themakeryonline.co.uk
so if you are feeling a bit crafty then check them out.
For all the details of the fair go to...
www.selvedge.org/pages/christmas_fair.aspx

Port and Cheese at the Railway inn

2010-10-15T14:17:00.000-07:00

I am venturing to Nottingham early next month for a weekend at the brilliant Lustre contemporary craft makers' marker, held at the Lakeside Arts Centre. 13th-14th of November.
It is well worth a look as it is so well put together and there is a really high standard of work.
I have exhibited at this great show for some years now and have never managed to get my self in to the fine city of Nottingham due to, well work.
I had planned to have a bit of a holiday with my family post this event and thought we might squeeze in a visit but due to some evil folk who stole our vehicle this will have to be postponed until another time.
My brother, the talented ceramicist Ken Eardley usually does the show too and we stay at a very classy B&B within walking distance from the show so a sunny autumn stroll can be had to the venue. It also has a pub across the road that serves rather good food, hence the Port and cheese.
Do come if you can.
For more details see the link below and if you would like me to send you a invite for the preview evening on the 12th, please drop me and email with your address to send it to.
info@racheleardley.com

www.lakesidearts.org.uk/Crafts/LUSTRE

on the road again

2010-10-14T12:57:00.000-07:00

I am off up to Manchester next weekend, the 22nd-24th of October for the great northern contemporary craft fair so if you are able to make it then do please come a long. I'll be on stand 123 and if you happen to be there on Sunday, that's the 24th then you could always bring a little cake along as it's my birthday.
Cakes will always be excepted happily any other day or time.
Hope to see you there.

sew -a-thon

2010-10-13T03:14:00.000-07:00

I spent the month of August ensconced in my mother's shed hand sewing a large embroidery piece to adorn the window of The Art Shop and Gallery, Abergavenny, a little jem of a shop which holds a brilliantly stock of art supplies and up stair a gallery of finely picked work where they also hold courses.
The occasion was the yearly Abergavenny food festival, the biggest of it's kind in the country.
So with my love for all things culinary my work fits in rather well.
The linen and cotton doilies and table settings i use as a base for this piece didn't travel too far from the charity shops they were purchased from in Pembrokeshire before being stitched with a mix of cups and saucers, biscuits and cutlery .
It was an epic task but went down well. I include some close up photographs but to see it in its entirety you'll have to come and visit me at one of my forthcoming shows...

2010-07-09T13:15:00.000-07:00

Here are a few photos of some of my jewels and the boxes they come in as you can't see them on my website as yet.

Each piece has its own specific box. I hand draw the design from the coin used, the date of its minting, the value of the coin and anything i find of interest.

It has taken me 10 years to provide a proper box to hold my jewllery in and i now finally feel like a proper jewller.

A fine summery fair with Selveldge

2010-07-08T09:51:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago i took part in the first Selvedge summer fair. It was help in a church hall just around the corner from their dry goods shop on Archway.

All very nice, top tasting tea served on the finest floral chain and free to exhibitors! This has never been heard of before. The lovely Selvedge ladies did a great job. I actually have some photos of my stall. A first for me, i've always meant to take some and have never gotten around to it. So here they are...

2010-06-08T07:22:00.000-07:00

if you'd like to get back to my website...

www.racheleardley.com

by the sound of a cuckoo

2010-06-08T06:31:00.000-07:00

Yes I've gone all summery.

My family and i have finally left the Brighton & Hove area and have decamped to Wiltshire after a collective 30 years of fun fulled life by the sea.

I am getting this blog up to date with forth coming shows and amongst the bird song that serenades me, i hear a cuckoo... ahhh how lovely.

I feel all this is rather fitting to this particular posting for a day sale i will be taking part in, held by the unique Selvedge magazine.
It is sure to be a feast of delights.
All details on the address below

http://www.selvedge.org/pages/summer_fair.aspx.

With my current hobo lifestyle you can always contact me at...
info@racheleardley.com

Off to Devon

2010-06-08T05:19:00.000-07:00

join us at Bovey Tracey for a craft-a-thon of a weekend, full of demonstration and short courses as well as a high standard of quality crafts for sale.

oh yes, and some rather fine food stalls.

hope to see you there in the sunshine!?*

www.craftsatboveytracey.co.uk

a little something in brighton

2010-06-08T05:08:00.000-07:00

I will be exhibiting a few prints and original drawings at the show 'Home'. Presented by Rodhus Gallery for there new launch and curated by the talented Abbi Kiki.
see details on this great poster.....
(i like the use of fonts)

show the love in 2010

2010-02-01T11:18:00.000-08:00

so much for next week... February 2010 already but i did manage to have most of January off with the child. just snuck in a quick bit of work and created two new prints for this rather lovely show which starts this friday the 5th, in Lewes. lots of fine prints to purchase for a loved one or yourself and all gallery commission goes to charity.

£10 gifts...

2009-11-05T02:14:00.000-08:00

off to Lustre tomorrow in Nottingham for a weekend show- 7 & 8 November, with Ely in tow and a helping hand from my dear mother. I have managed to whip up some great new gifts (if i do say so myself) printed handkerchiefs of 3 designs to be purchased for a mear £10.
Other barging gifts for the forth coming festivities will be at all my shows coming up and on my etsey site or you can contact me direct.
Images of the other goodies and information on shows, i will post next week.
www.lakesidearts.org.uk for details on Lustre.

so much for maternity leave...

2009-10-14T14:33:00.000-07:00

well it has been some time since my last communications but i have a rather good excuse as i've been busy with this lovely young chap.
My son Ely K French, who was born on the 5th of August.
Fortunately he is really good and lies on my desk at the studio while i get on with my work. obviously this won't last to long but i am taking full advantage of it at the moment.
I am getting ready for Luster at the beginning of next month.
Having a sort out of my website and putting some jewellery together for some new shops/galleries.
i will add full details shortly as well as some new products for Christmas.

2009-03-10T12:40:00.000-07:00

sorry for the tiny text, that's computers for you.
i was just mentioning the other two lovely screen prints in this series...
'Dearest Nones' & 'Tower House Meadow'
you can see them at any of my shows or if you can't make them then please do contact me.

2009-03-10T12:14:00.000-07:00

here as promised is one of my new screen prints which are being shown at my exhibition...
'at home'
the Edge Gallery
Lancaster.
this print is called 'an Appalachian acorn'
the acorn was found by myself on the Appalachian trail
whilest i was in the states with my husband at the end of last year. It is the biggest acorn i've ever seen but that is America
i have two other rather nice screen prints to accompany this one which you can see at any of my forthcoming shows or if you are unable to attend them please do contact me. for you.

WHAT'S ON.....

2009-02-03T07:45:00.000-08:00

hello & welcome to my blog.
i've been busy making new work for my show 'at home', which starts in March.
The drawings are done and screens made, with printing to be started this week.
You shall be able to view the new group of screen prints here soon.
you can always see them in person at...

The Edge Gallery
20-22 kings street.
Lancaster La1 1jY
www.theedgegallery.co.uk
6th March-30th April. .

I AM HAVING A SALE of JEWELLERY at... www.racheleardley.etsy.com
it is an American site so everything is priced in $$ and you can purchase straight away. find yourself or a loved one something rather nice. Don't forget, the day of LOVE is on it's way.

To view all of my work- jewellery, all sorts of prints and original drawings have a look at my website... www.racheleardley.com

*Each weekend of May from 11am - 6pm ,
The Dragonfly House
48 Ditchling Rise
Brighton Bn1 4Qn www.48dr.co.uk
&
The House of Newts
26 South Avenue
Brighton
www.aoh.org.uk

*JUNE 4th - 7th
Bovey Tracy Contemporary Craft Fair
www.craftatboveytracy.co.uk

what's on...

2008-12-15T01:51:00.000-08:00

hello & welcome to my blog.
i don't have much time right now to inform you on much but am hoping to use this space to let you know about forth coming shows & things i've been up to.
so do visit again soon. check out my website while you wait. www.racheleardley.com
best wishes
Rachel