Monday, April 19, 2010

This one day in Braidwood

Material Arts Studio and Gallery

Featured artist display

Featured Artist table

I had a lovely day in Braidwood. Given the hecticness* of my life lately it was so nice to drive down winding country roads for an hour, and then spend a few distracted hours in the company of gallery owner Kate, the loveliest of lovely women. I sat at my artist's table and pretended to look arty *cough* while I made my yoyo quilt. Kate and I spent a lot of the quieter moments chatting about our craft and our inspirations, about life balance and the people we meet through the things that we make. There were cups of tea, visits from friends new and old, and at the end of the day an impulsive but totally necessary purchase of a Helen Godden quilt (I'm still pinching myself).

Kate runs a farm near Braidwood, and after checking I wasn't a vegetarian (dude! hardly!) she handed me a big bag of frozen meat from her lambs as I left for the day. I am so lucky. The shepherd's pie I made for dinner tonight was delicious.


*Hecticness is so totally a word.

15 comments:

  1. The photos are divine, and how about that 'featured artist' sign out the front of the gallery? Very cool indeed! Congratulations Michelle.

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  2. Oooh, Michelle, what a beautiful display!!

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  3. Congratulations - and very well deserved. The display looks lovely.

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  4. A successful day indeed. Well done.

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  5. cool now you're a reeeel arteeeeest!

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  6. I'm sure it is a word! It all sounds and looks wonderful at that shop. I'm a vegetarian, but I can appreciate the gesture! What a sweet heart. :)

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  7. great display, and now i feel like shepherds pie.

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  8. Congratulations Michelle, the display looks great.

    Hecticness is my new favourite word!

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  9. Fantastic! I love Braidwood and your display looks lovely. Yo yo's!

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  10. Congrats Michelle, everything looks wonderful!

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  11. That's brilliant. I'm glad you day went so well.

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  12. The display looks great. So gorgeous against the simple white shelves. I love the featured artist sign too. That is so cool.

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