Oldham craft fair

I have just completed a new heard of sock cows I will selling these and many other fun crafty bits and paintings at......

Cherry Events Craft Fair

Location: The Green, Near Beech Road, Chorlton. Manchester

Type of event: Craft Fair
Date: Sunday 11th September 2011
Time: 11:00am - 4:00pm
£1 entry on the door

Uppermill Civic Hall, Lee St, Oldham OL3 6AE
More details: Facebook Page

make sock pigs!

September Lo-fi DIY

On Tuesday 6th of September 6 till 9 at Common (Edge St, Northern Quarter)

Sock piggy wigs!

September Lo Fi brings the chance for you to make a new friend J

I will be showing how to make a little sock pig.

You don’t need to bring anything except £1.50 and that will guarantee that you get to take a friend home.

If however you do want to choose and bring some socks or buttons that’s cool too.

Anything you’ve made recently please bring it along for show and tell, we’d love to see.

Common will take orders for our tea or whatever drinks and nibbles make take your fancy?

See http://www.aplacecalledcommon.co.uk/food

Places must be booked by emailing nico@opheliabutton.co.uk

more painting added to etsy

original paintings added to Etsy

these paintings now available to buy on Etsy

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ccillustrator

This weekend

Saturday and Sunday I will be with the rest of The Manchester Craft Mafia at Fred Aldous in The Northern Quarter, Manchester for an extra special craft fair to help celebrate Fred's 125th Birthday!

PITCH

Pitch ! I am 1of 30 Deaf and disabled artists and arts workers taking part in this event on Wednesday

also includes

10 disability arts projects and organisations

Come and find people, partners, punters and possibilities

What have you got to lose - apart from your preconceptions?

Sync South East is a leadership development programme designed to support

and develop Deaf and disabled people and in the South East of England to reach

their true potential. Pitch! is the culmination of two years of development and is

the perfect place to broaden your knowledge and expand your contacts!

Wed 15 June 2011, 10.30am–5pm

The Stables, Milton Keynes www.stables.org.

Sync South East is one of 15 Accentuate Projects looking to create a cultural

shift in the South East the lead up to 2012 realigning the way in which disability,

creativity and ability are perceived.

Please email joverrent@adainc org asap to reserve a place – places are limited.

June Lo-Fi

Upcycle your t’s

Tomorrow night from 6pm

This month we are gonna dig out forgotten t-shirts and turn them into wonderous jewellery!

Myself and Nico Dawson will show you how to make necklaces, rings, bracelets and brooches. It’s really easy peasy and very experimental.

We will aim to provide all the materials for a mini fee but if you have any old forgotten t shirts bring em along.

Anything you’ve made recently please bring it along for show and tell, we’d love to see.

Common will take orders for our tea or whatever drinks and nibbles make take your fancy?

See http://www.aplacecalledcommon.co.uk/food

To let us know you’re coming email nico@opheliabutton.co.uk

(Acceptance of your invitation helps with numbers for food if you plan on eating? And also for the demo and materials so please do try to let me know if possible?)

Lo Fi DIY is brought to you in association with Manchester Craft Mafia, a friendly bunch!

Wordy Women

On Monday I will be taking part in a panel discussion as part of the Chorlton Arts Festival full info below

Wordy Women: A discussion about Women, Art and Text

Monday 23rd May
7.30pm at Chorlton Library

Come along to this presentation and open discussion which I will be hosting with Artist Jackie Wylie and Illustrator Caroline Coates. This will be followed by a drink in the local bar The Nip and Tipple on Upper Chorlton Rd. The event is free and is part of the Chorlton Arts Festival.

“Emily Pitts, Manchester Artist, will host a presentation, outlining a brief history of the use of text in art, with particular reference to women and text, followed by an open discussion with the audience. Emily will be joined by a panel of artists to explore both current and historical practice and the way in which women have taken up the mantel of renowned conceptual artists to develop this medium as a platform for social and political comment. They will present and make reference to their own works and those of artists past and present, including Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger and Lawrence Weiner. The presentation and talk will last approximately 90 minutes and will be followed by a gathering at local bar The Nip and Tipple.”