Alice In Wonderland Exhibition

Today sees the opening of our new exhibition at Newcastle Borough Museum & Art Gallery, based in Staffordshire. The exhibition 'Telling Stories' features 5 artists, including ourselves, each taking a children's story to base our work on. Our artwork is based around Lewis Carroll's book 'Alice in Wonderland'
The exhibition is aimed at children, and features various interactive activities from all the artists. We have created a 'curiouser and curiouser' trail which encourages children to find hidden items such as keys and watches within our artworks and count these up. They can then fill in an entry form giving them a chance to win their very own Particle Article framed artwork of Alice!

'Telling Stories' is open from Saturday 24th July until the 5th September. Entry is free and the gallery address is below:

Newcastle Borough Museum & Art Gallery
Brampton Park
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Staffordshire
ST5 0QP

We also have a display of our work at the entrance to the gallery, in the 'Gifted Gallery' which includes a variety of creatures for sale.

Any questions please get in touch!

We hope you get a chance to go and see the exhibition before it closes in September!

Amy x

Poole High School Project

In June 2010 I went down to Poole High School in Dorset where the pupils and I created our very own natural history display. We used recycled and found materials to make our own fantasy creatures which we then captured in glass jars. We created labels showing the names of the creatures, and short description of what the creature does.

Here are some images of just a few of the creatures. We used them to create a display in the school's reception area...more pictures will be posted soon!

Amy

Winged Creatures in the Woods

New Fairy Tales Issue 5 online now!

http://www.newfairytales.co.uk/pages/currentissue.html

Particle Article Newspaper Article

Today particle article creatures appeared in the paper!

Just So Festival

http://www.justsofestival.org.uk/brush-strokes/winged-creatures-art-project

Particle Article will be taking part in this years 'Just So' Festival. For more details about our workshops and the festival itself please click on the link

Willenhall School Project

Claire is currently involved in a project with Willenhall School Sports College. A group of gifted and talented pupils in year 7, have set up an 'i-club' which is focusing on creativity, and creative thinking skills. The theme is leadership and we are making a series of fantastic creatures, this is our first creature, ‘Lightning Learner’ who represents intelligence. When all 5 creatures have been made they will live in a leader-ship! An animated film will be made with an animation artist, Steve Poultney, to bring the creatures and their stories to life!

Woodcraft Folk Workshop May '10

Here are the creations made by children aged 6-9 at the Woodcraft Folk, Cambridge Road Church Hall Kings Heath on Thursday 13th May. Thanks for all your hard work, we shall be using some of your fantastic ideas!

Exhibition Now Open!

Today we hung our exhibition at Winterbourne house and gardens, then went for a walk around the beautiful gardens and house!

Winterbourne House Exhibition

Our Particle Article exhibition opens this Friday, at Winterbourne House in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Be sure to call in to see some new creatures we have created especially for the exhibition. Our new range of printed artworks will also be on sale.

Amy

New Framed Prints available

We are currently working on a range of framed prints which feature selected creatures and what they get up to. If you are interested in finding out more please contact us at enquiries@particlearticle.co.uk. Prices start from £15

Exhibition at St Pancras, London

Hi All,

Our exhibition at St Pancras conference centre starts this Friday, and runs until the 1st July. The exhibition is open Monday-Friday 9-6.
The address is St.Pancras Conference Centre, 4 St Pancras Way, London, NW1 0PE.

Amy

Winterbourne Exhibition

Please see the images for further details on our exhibition at Winterbourne, and workshops you can get involved with!

Bullring Shop 'Created in Birmingham'

http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/bullring-shop/

We now have creatures for sale at a brand new shop in Birminghams Bullring shopping centre, at a gallery dedicated to showcasing art by local artists. See the blog site link above for more info.

Amy

Y Gallery Leicester

New creatures now on display at Leicesters Y Gallery in Leicester city centre, to coincide with the Leicester Comedy Festival which runs until March.

Exhibition at Winterbourne House

We are having an exhibition at Winterbourne House at Winterbourne Botanical Gardens in Birmingham during May and June. (dates to be confirmed) The house has recently been renovated so we look forward to displaying some of our new creatures there!

Kube Gallery Exhibition

Here are a few photos from the exhibition at the Kube gallery, Poole, which ended this weekend. We like the work of Chantal Powell displayed next to our work!

Some of our newest creations....

'Off The Shelf' exhibition

Runs from 5th December until the 24th January!

Amy x

New Fairy Tales Competition- Win a Particle Article!

http://thefairytalecupboard.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-fairy-tales-competition.html

To celebrate the launch of the fourth issue of online magazine New Fairy Tales, and to help raise money for their nominated charity Derian House Children's Hospice, New Fairy Tales are holding a fantastic competition and offering readers who make a small donation the chance to win one of two fantastic prizes...the first prize is one of our very own creatures!

So for your chance to win follow the link above and get donating!

Amy

Janet Bell Gallery

Our work is now available at the beautiful Janet Bell Gallery, which is in Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesey. Visit the website for more details. http://www.janetbellgallery.com/

Amy

Visit to the Darwin Centre

Last weekend we both visited the new Darwin Centre which has opened as part of the Natural History Museum. Here are just a few of the inspirational photos we took whilst on our visit there.

Review of Pickfords House Exhibition

http://www.a-n.co.uk/interface/reviews/single/541118

"Off The Shelf" Exhibition

From the 4th December until the 24th January we will have some of our creatures on display at Saltburn gallery in Saltburn-by-the-Sea. For further details please see the saltburn artists project website:

http://www.saltburnartistsprojects.org.uk/contact.htm

Christmas Exhibition at Artifex Gallery, Birmingham

Some of our recent pieces of work will be on sale at the Christmas Exhibition at Artifex gallery, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. The exhibition opens on Saturday 14th November and entry is free.

Directions and opening times are available from the gallery's website:
http://www.artifex.co.uk/index.php

Amy

Workshop at the Beetroot Tree gallery, Derby, 7th November 2009.

Here are just some of the great creatures that were made at our most recent workshop at the Beetroot Tree gallery in Derby! Look out for new workshop dates in the new year.

Amy

Particle Article Work on display at the Kube gallery, Poole.

From the 7th November until the 19th December we have works on display at the Kube gallery in Poole. The exhibition 'Reopen Poole 2009; REuse, REassemble, REthink' is free to go and see, and is a collection of art works formed from old ideas, materials and objects.

For further details see the Kube's home page
http://www.kubepoole.org.uk/intro.aspx



Amy

Now taking orders for Christmas!

Hi All!

Please be aware that we are now taking orders for Christmas, so get your order in soon to avoid disappointment! Please contact us at enquiries@particlearticle.co.uk for more details.

Amy x

Workshop at Beetroot Tree, Derby

Just a reminder that on Saturday 7th November we are holding a particle article workshop where you will be able to make your very own particle article creature! Contact the beetroot tree gallery for more details.

http://www.thebeetroottree.com/

New Particle Articles at Marcus Galleries

10 new creatures are now on display at Marcus Galleries in Moseley...here are just a couple....

Jigsaw

A piece of artwork created collaboratively by staff at Sandwell’s expanding Eating Disorder Service. The idea for the jigsaw evolved during team-building exercises and is created from pewter. Each jigsaw piece is symbolic of an aspect of eating disorder; put together the piece represents the recovery process. The team hopes to use the artefact for health promotion and educational purposes.

Claire x

Earthwatch

Here are just a few of the creatures created in our workshop last week in a project called 'Earthwatch' at Stratford civic hall. It was an environmental project aimed at school children, where they created a rainforest from recycled materials. The website is http://www.escapeworkshop.co.uk/

New Fairy Tales Issue 3

This online collection of contemporary fairy tales, featuring our work, has been put together to help raise money for Derian House Children’s Hospice, in Chorley, Lancashire, UK. You can download the magazine by clicking on the link above, and donations can be made via the website

http://www.newfairytales.co.uk/

Amy x

Pickfords House exhibition

All the creatures have now vacated their temporary home in Pickfords house! Thankyou to all the people who went to see the exhibition, it was a great success!
Also thanks to all those who left such lovely comments in our book, here are just a few of our favourites:

"My baby is having a right old babble in this exhibition...I think maybe a tickle pixie is loose!"



"We think they are lovely to look at and very true- several of these creatures live in our house!"

"Intricate and pleasuring to look at- my favourite is Needlework Gnat"

Workshops

http://www.thebeetroottree.com/workshops.htm

We are running a Particle Article workshop on Saturday the 5th November at the Beetroot Tree in Draycott near Derby, where you have the chance to create your very own creature! For more info please use the link above. It may seem a long time away but places for this are already starting to fill up and there are a limited number of spaces available!

Amy x