Devon Art Works 2007 - 500 artists are taking part in the first county-wide Artists’ Open Studios and Spaces www.devonartworks.info/
Jan's studio will be open from:
Sept 8th to 23rd
11.00 to 17.00 Friday, Sat, Sun, Mondays
closed Tues, Wed, Thursdays
Unit 3 Bridge Farm, Harberton, Devon TQ9 7PP
Directions: "Take Totnes to Kingsbridge road, turn right to HARBERTON, right at T-junction; Bridge Farm yard is first on the left
Parking: "Free parking in yard, Unit 3 is to the right."
Disabled access is limited; uneven farmyard surface, 1 step into workshop, no wheelchair access to toilets
" Colourful ceramic mosaic incorporating reactive glazes, fused glass and reclaimed materials"
|


|
The Global Shoe Project:
In 1996, Canadian artist Stella Meades exhibited 1001 hand-built, child-sized ceramic shoes. The shoes were unglazed, smoke-blackened, and altered to suggest some of the ways in which children affected by war have suffered. Based on 1995 UNICEF statistics, each shoe represented 6000 children affected by war in the previous 10 years. In 2006 she sent interested people a shoe and asked them to make something to hold, cover, or contain it that would symbolize an alleviation of the loss or damage the shoe represented. www.globalshoeproject.page.tl/Home.htm
The returned works will be exhibited across Canada, and offered for sale by donation, with proceeds going to projects for children affected by war.
- October 5th - 20th, 2007, Intersection Art Gallery, Nanaimo, British Columbia.
- Febuary 14th - 27th, 2008, The Community Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Victoria, British Columbia.
- March 7th - April 26th 2008, Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
www.mennonitechurch.ca/programs/gallery/
- October 30th - November 23rd 2008, Blackberry Gallery, Port Moody Art Centre, Port Moody, British Columbia.
|
 more images / info
Jan has made an interactive piece for one of Stella Meade's shoes. A wooden box with a ceramic glazed lid contains Stella's shoe which is resting on cottonwool, and surrounded by loose plastic toy limbs; these can be played with and rearranged by the exhibition Curator or visitors. |