Two more long standing locals have been included in the White Lion’s Compost Corner gallery by local portrait artist Sasha Slater.
Mr. Hugo Burnham (left) & Mr. Robert Golding (right) appear in the photograph with Sasha in the middle 🙂
It was just before Christmas 2022 when the first three portraits were unveiled. Click below to read more about them & Sasha…
Before the White Lion was refurbished… the far left corner used to be known as ‘Compost Corner’ and this was where the regular, local customers would congregate on bar stools and stand.
Three of those regular customers, (from left to right) John Eggleton, Tony Hawkins and Chris Sewell have been drawn by local student, Sasha Slater and their portraits now adorn the wall in what was known as ‘Compost Corner‘.
On April 29th, the opening night of the White Lion as a Community pub, Sasha couldn’t help notice the large blank wall in the corner… she enthusiastically approached Chairman Rick Dyke on that same evening with her idea. With their portraits now on the wall, John, Tony & Chris were exceptionally pleased to be each given the original drawing by Sasha.
20 year old Sasha is currently in her 2nd year at Exeter University studying Biochemistry. Art however, and in particular portrait art has been Sasha‘s hobby since she was four years old. Self taught, she has lifelong practice and experience! Sasha does most of her drawings from a photograph – be it a human or a pet – and is happy to take commissions from people 🙂
Please contact Sasha directly & view more of marvellous art on Instagram HERE.
Meanwhile… with Compost Corner no more, the afore mentioned gentlemen now sit at the round table!
A new exhibition has opened at the Yarn Barton Centre in Fleet Street, Beaminster, featuring the work of Broadwindsor Art Friends – Donna Heys, John Iveson, Liz Ridley, Norma Roberts, Dorothy Rowe and Dave Shaw.
They are a small group of friends who are also amateur artists. They meet in a studio on a very informal basis twice weekly, to paint, draw or work on any individual project they choose.
There is no fee involved, nor tuition – just a group of friends drinking copious amounts of coffee and having a chat.
The friends all recognise that without a set session time, creativity would take a back seat to other parts of their lives in general.
Having these meeting times ensures they set aside time to enjoy their art. And of course they share ideas and ask advice of each other.
Please call in and take a look at what they do 🙂
The exhibition runs until the end of April.
Contact Yarn Barton Centre: yarnbartoncentre@yahoo.com or
Telephone: 01308 862715
Donna Heys was one of the artists who took part in the ‘Place I Love‘ launch in October ’21.
The Place I Love and the unveiling of our village map is on Saturday, 12th February at the Comrades Hall, 2-4pm. More info HERE.
If you have suffered a stroke, or a stroke survivor you know, who has a passion for painting, sketching, drawing or any other form of art, the UK’s Stroke Association would love to hear from you.
Please send your original artwork and some information about you by 6th March 2022 – to the following address:
Christmas card competition,
Stroke Association,
1 Sterling Business Park,
Salthouse Road,
Brackmills,
Northampton NN4 7EX.
If you would like any more information, please email: cardcompetition@stroke.org.uk.
Haydn Canter used to paint with his left hand and didn’t think he would ever paint again following his stroke. He was inspired by a local beauty spot in a park where he used to go to enjoy a snack with his dog. The rest comes from his love of winter.
You can purchase a pack of 10 of Haydn’s cards from the Stroke Association’s Christmas shop for £4.49 HERE.
The Gallery of Makers at Broadwindsor’s Redlands Yard has been nominated for an award in the Best Art Gallery group for Dorset & Somerset in the *Muddy Stilletos Awards 2021. Voting begins on Tuesday, 6th July. Click HERE to show them your support from that date.
Clare Colby at the Gallery of Makers has no rental space remaining but does run a Pop Up corner which is currently changed fortnightly. Clare is considering doing a Pop Up Gallery on Sundays. Anyone interested in taking part is asked to please contact Clare to discuss further and explore options. Email: hello@galleryofmakers.co.uk. Broadwindsor.org will promote the event when dates are confirmed 🙂
*Affectionately known as the Muddies, the awards are now in their 8th year and are becoming the most coveted #InLoveWithLocal awards for indie businesses across 25 counties. Last year their Founder and Editor-In-Chief, Hero Brown was named as one of the UK’s Top 50 inspirational women and a digital pioneer. Read more HERE.
Please Note: Nominations are now closed and the voting begins on Tuesday, 6th July. Click HERE to give them your support.
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At the beginning of the month, Broadwindsor published a Happy Easter post with this beautiful image crediting Ernesto Murguia with how in June 2020, an artist published on Twitter saying her parents are beekeepers and they sent her this image from a fellow French bee keeper. Such a beautiful image understandably went ‘viral’ on the internet – but not for the first time. It has now come to light that the image is not a hive created entirely by bees. The story of this image, of bees, an artist, the National Trust, a folklorist, in South Africa and more… Many thanks to Steve Byrne for his research and the thread on Twitter.
A post from the UK’s National Trust back in 2015 claimed to be the original source of the photograph.
After the image had been shared thousands and thousands of times, someone on Twitter challenged the National Trust, but they confirmed it was real:
Then, as it begins to circulate again, a bee keeper named Brian Fanner replies to the National Trust:
Brian then proves this by sending his post from 2013:
The inquisitive Steve Byrne then addresses both the National Trust and Brian Fanner on Twitter – the National Trust did not respond but Brian Fanner did! He sent Steve this image –
with the following words:
“The things that come up are really funny from how bees have “artistic sensibilities” to bees creating that shape “to increase airflow”. I’ve seen companies using it in their websites and so many claiming it came out of their hive somewhere in the world.
I used this board, routed in the slots… a rush job I’ll admit… waxed in some foundation strips into the slots and screwed inside a deep langstroth hive lid and stuck it on the hive. The bees made do best they could…”
Brian continued, “The lines are slots into which a foundation wax with the comb pattern on it can be placed…secured with melted beeswax. Normally…a sheet…to guide the bees as to where to build. So they just come across this weird pattern of foundation strip and start building onto it. After that they just fill it out best they can. It’s a simple manipulation.
The bees are Capensis. The honey was most likely early season succulent type plant called a ‘vygie‘. [mesembryanthemums]. Even @Pinterest use this as the cover image for ‘bee art’“.
“I called the image ‘a sweet heart‘ dedicated to my wife…per the very first post of it on my Facebook page in 2013. We scraped all the comb off the board, strained out the wax and consumed…not a very practical artwork to keep.”
So it is possible that the National Trust‘s social media person got it wrong in 2015 – the image would appear to have been around since 2013.
Steve commented: “It seems to have travelled to many countries & the story has been told and retold. As a folklorist, the giveaway was in the “beekeeper forgot the frame” wording. It kept coming up again & again. That is classic folklore, where a memorable snippet repeats and is passed on. And that, folks, is what we call Internet Folklore, where stories spread and change quicker than ever, and involve communities of people experiencing a simple yet heartwarming tale.”
He concluded: “The thing to take away? On the internet, search behind what you see. Don’t take things at face value. Don’t let your “aww” gene get in the way of thinking, hmm, is this for real? Because there are people out there who seek to use such kindly human instincts in unkind ways.“
It’s still a delightful story. The artwork was made for his wife and they ate it together 🙂
You can download Steve’s full thread in a readable format HERE.
In 2011, Brian Fanner was profiled on social media as keeping bees and was “a smallholder in the Hopefield district of the Renosterveld” in the Western Cape province of South Africa. He was also mentioned in publications as a bee keeper.
In 2014, Brian, with his brother Mark started making their own electric Ukulele’s, based on the southern tip of Africa, and out in the countryside to boot, they became expert in-sources. They pretty much make everything themselves. They also have an office in Cape Town. To learn more about them and their rocking Ukuleles – Click HERE.
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Monday 26th – Friday 30th October 2020 is Half Term week. Keep yourself and children occupied and get involved to help produce a colourful display of Pumpkin drawings in your windows for the week leading up to Saturday 31st October around the parish.
As Trick or Treating is to be discouraged, go out on Hallowe’en and see how many Pumpkin drawings in windows you can spot!
If you do have a real pumpkin outside your door for Hallowe’en – please remember pumpkins are food, especially to lots of the wildlife! Deer, squirrels, raccoons, possums, badgers, mice, rats, chipmunks, birds, bugs and more. Sticking them outside somewhere where wildlife can access them but do not bleach your pumpkins to make them last longer – you can try using vinegar. 1 part vinegar to 10 parts water will work just as well. We really DO NOT want our wildlife eating bleached pumpkins!
Other cheerful ideas like these Hallowe’en Suncatchers by #playathomemama_g, black cardboard cut out spooky shapes or white draped cloth can all add atmosphere to your windows!
Have Fun! Be Spooky! Be Safe!
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