{"title":"CLOSED Sunday 4th July","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"kim-pethybridge","title":"Kim Pethybridge","description":"\u003cp\u003eKim discovered stone carving purely by chance 20+ years ago on a weekend course run by some Zimbabwean sculptors. She fell in love immediately with the medium and can totally loose herself in the process of creating a sculpture.. Her pieces are made using traditional hand tools, which give her a direct physical contact with the stone.\u003cbr\u003eShe particularly loves making Abstract \"Shadow Dance\" pieces with Ripples carved into them inspired by the ripples in the sand. These capture the play of light as the sun moves across the piece, bringing you back to look at the sculpture as the light changes. She also enjoys carving animals, particularly Owls and Hares.\u003cbr\u003eHer larger outdoor Limestone sculptures will be dotted around the garden and smaller Soapstone pieces will be on show indoors. Kim will be working on some larger pieces due to go to Avebury during MOS. She will be more than happy to give you a demonstration when you visit.\u003cbr\u003eJoined once again by Arty Pumpkin whose Mixed Media work will be on show indoors and delighted to welcome Charlotte Snipe who is also showing her work indoors this year. The Three of us look forward to welcoming you to Studio No.5 this year.\u003cbr\u003eKim is a member of the Cotswold Sculptors Association exhibiting with them at Miserden Gardens Glous 3rd June to 2nd August 2026. 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Nettie encourages you to 'touch' these tactile casts. Her Braille Alphabet has embedded braille in each flower cast making them inclusive and accessible.\u003cbr\u003e'Close your eyes and feel every intricate details of a plant - almost like a fossil'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo make her botanical casts, Nettie presses a selected collection of fresh flowers into clay in a way to re-create their natural movement and drama.. She carefully removes each leaf, seed and petal by hand to create a negative impression, into which she pours a plaster mix to make a sculptured botanical design. These casts are then cleaned, dried and sanded, and can be left natural or tinted with watercolours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis year Nettie is also exhibiting her new mixed media botanical art. Using her large pressed flower collection, Nettie incorporates both these and mono-printed real flowers in unique designs and collages, using acrylics, inks and pastel medium. These original pieces range from vintage pressed flower bookmarks and cards to larger framed floral paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNettie offers private botanical workshops, personalised garden casts and special occasion flower preservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis year Nettie is sharing her home with Anya Hope Medlin - a new MOS member - who is an incredible photographer displaying powerful yet sensitive images of local forests and landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe studios: On entering through double coach house gates, customers will be able to browse the latest concrete casts on the outside walls. Through the main front door there is a vaulted gallery leading to an office gallery on the left and upstairs to a 'wet' workshop where there will be several works in progress to study. Anya will be taking over the 'front room' (at the far end of the stables) overlooking the garden she has helped to pimp up for the Open Studios in her 'garden designer' hat! This will be accessible through the main door or further along the building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available:- Workshops, Garden commissions and wedding bouquet preservation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlborough Open Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53628541763850,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/4529\/3066\/files\/Artist-Nettie-Baskcomb-Brown-2424.jpg?v=1788542251"}],"url":"https:\/\/marlboroughopenstudios.co.uk\/collections\/closed-sunday-4th-july.oembed","provider":"Marlborough Open Studios","version":"1.0","type":"link"}