No 3
Hello and welcome to Glass and Metal’s third newsletter.
Courses
All courses are run by Jackie Richardson who is a professional and experienced glass and metal artist. She ensures her courses are designed around your needs and endeavours to make them inspiring, fun, relaxing and safe. It is vital to her that her courses are kept to a maximum of 4 people; she wants to ensure that you get the right amount of her guidance, space and calmness. Jackie’s studio is located in a beautiful, tranquil location and can be easily accessed within 5 minutes from the M5 and the vibrant city of Bristol is only 12 miles away. She is very happy to tailor her courses around your requirements and will even help arrange over night accommodation to make it a complete break from home.
New – Fused glass mandala course.
Come and find some inner calmness and allow your creativity out. A day of relaxation and artistic flow. Jackie will share some of her relaxation and energising techniques with you whilst giving you the opportunity to make a beautiful fused glass mandala.
What is a mandala? It is something often associated with eastern traditions but is also present in western ones. It is a symbolic picture used in meditation. In the simplest form it is a circle and the word mandala is actually Sanskrit for disc. The aim of meditation with a mandala is to re-orientate your focus to self-awareness, wisdom and compassion.
Dates August 4th Tuesday
August 7th Friday
August 23rd Sun
August 26th Wed
September 23rd Sun
October 11th Sun
Time 10am – 5pm
Cost £90 (includes all materials)
For more information or to discuss other dates contact Jackie. Your finished mandala will need to be collected after the course due to overnight firing. Posting can be arranged.
Stained glass courses
Inspire yourself, let the creative you out, have some fun. Come and learn stained glass, create your own glass panel in a relaxed and beautiful setting whilst getting the help of Jackie a professional, passionate, experienced and motivated glass artist.
During this 2 day course Jackie will show you how to make a stained glass panel (30cm approx) using traditional methods. The course will be structured around your needs with a maximum of 4 people. The main aim is for you to enjoy yourself whilst working in this amazing medium.
Dates August 10/11 August Monday and Tuesday
August 29/30 Saturday and Sunday
September 21/22 Tuesday and Wednesday
September 26/27 Saturday and Sunday
October 5/6 Monday and Tuesday
October 17/18 Saturday and Sunday
Time 10.30am – 5.00pm
Cost £150 (includes all materials)
For more information or to discuss other dates contact Jackie.
Soft metal classes for Parent and Child
A great opportunity to have some fun, develop creativity, try something new, whilst having some family bonding time. Come and enjoy some family time in an inspiring setting. Jackie is an experienced artist and trainer. She enjoys working both with adults and children and offers these classes to encourage creative expression whilst learning and having some fun. All classes are offered around your needs and are kept to a maximum of 4 people.
Dates Contact Jackie about school holiday courses
Cost £10 per person per hour Time 1 ½ hours with two people (minimum)
Jackie is very keen to ensure the courses are suitable for your requirements, she is available throughout the school holidays. Please contact her to discuss your needs.
Email le.jack@hotmail.co.uk Telephone 07916306745.
So whats been going on
• Clifton Arts Club 101st Open exhibition
• North Somerset Arts week 1st – 10 May 2009
• Great Create – at Agatha Christies Greenways
• Glass artist’s reunion and painting with light course
Clifton Arts Club 101st Open exhibition
Jackie put 3 new sculptures forward for this exhibition and all were accepted. The exhibition is being held in the Bristol School of Art on Queens Road in Bristol. It runs until Sunday 2nd August.
North Somerset Arts week 1st – 10 May 2009
What a fantastic response Jackie received. A big thank you to all of you who visited her studio, your support and encouragement was greatly appreciated. Jackie was overwhelmed by the positive responses she received.
“There is nothing more amazing than hearing someone go ‘wow’ as they come round the corner and see my sculptures outside”.
The Great Create at Agatha Christie’s House
Jackie’s work was accepted for this garden exhibition and the standard of work exhibited this year was extremely high. Visitors were in the thousands due to Agatha Christie’s House - Greenway being opened following extensive restorations. This was a beautiful location just set back from the river Dart.
Glass artist’s reunion
What a surprise, joy and privilege to have 3 of Jackie’s best friends with whom she studied at Swansea Institute join her at her workshop. Picture: left to right – Jackie, Natasha, Sigrid, Shane. They had a week of inspiration and sharing of technical skills and experience during North Somerset Arts Week. They are all practicing glass artists with such varying skills and preferred ways of working.
Professional Sharing: Painting with light 
Above contemporary glass fusing overlaid with traditional painting techniques.by S.Grincell
This was lead by Sigrid Blekastad from Norway.
She ran a workshop on how to use the Bullseye fused glass system as a way of producing a colour canvas which is then painted onto in the traditional manner as seen in church windows.
Message from Jackie:
I hope you enjoyed reading my newsletter. I love my work and I have a real passion for designing and pushing my creative boundaries so if I can help you in anyway, from a small birthday gift to a large garden sculpture please do not hesitate to contact me, let me offer you something extraordinary whilst doing something I am really good at. Please remember I love to see familiar faces returning to my studio.
With heart
Jackie Richardson