Members of CAN had a great time making pottery under the guidance of member Neil Glendinning. Next step is Raku firing the pieces at The Salt Works Museum on the 10th of April. Many thanks to Crosshatch, Winsford, for letting us use their facilities.

Our exhibition at Foxlowe Arts Centre is up an running. We had a lovely meet the artists day on Saturday. There is so much work to see some of the exhibits have spilled out to the landing!

Our next exhibition is up and running at Castle Park Arts, Frodsham.

Many thanks to all who visited our exhibition at the Silk Museum in Macclesfield. As you can see from the pictures of the comments it was well received. Our next exhibition in the Willow Gallery in Oswestry is up and running and there will be two meet the artists days, one on the 15th November and one on the 6th December, please join us if you can.

Today we set up The Fabric of Life exhibition at the Silk Museum in Macclesfield and it looks fantastic. It is open from the 4th of...

Silk Voyage “Silk Voyage” is the 4th sculpture with flax and branches or canes that I have made this summer about voyages and the sea....

These canvas and print collages began with the Macclesfield Stripe but evolved to represent the rolling landscape of the Macclesfield...

"A Trace of Paradise." Silk panel with print, stitch and acrylic (detail) Mostly my practice focuses on significant objects, loss and...

Macclesfield The Fabric of Life I went on a journey of discovery in Macclesfield through three photo shoots a visit to the Library,...

Design When visiting the Silk Museum, I was intrigued by the jacquard pattern cards which held the secrets of the designs of the fabrics....

Steve Lloyd Davies   “Work”   Acrylic on Canvas   The painting is based on a museum display about child labour. The painting is...

The Silk Museum project led me to thinking about the ancient silk route, the range of products traded, the practical issue of containers...

Ghosts in the Machine 1 & 2. Visiting the Silk Museum and the Mill next door gave me so many abstract images, looking through the old...

'Forward / Looking Back'   is a diptych responding to The Fabric of Life , exploring the fragility and persistence of identity over time....

'The Fabric of Life - DNA' I have always stitched as my Mother, Grandmother and my Great Grandmother did before me. It occurred to me...

Visiting Paradise Mill at the Silk Museum I was impressed by the fragility of the silk threads used to make the Jacquard fabrics. It was...

I was inspired by the intricacy of the looms in Paradise Mill and the view of the hills from the windows in the Mill. Each silk fabric...

‘ From Mystery to Magic’ This machine, to me, was a bewildering set of metallic shapes which together, produced amazing, vibrant delicate...

My first impression of the display at the Silk Museum was how sculptural the machines were. After drawing, I became fascinated by the...

‘I was hugely attracted to the Silk Loom. The weaving, the colours and the complexity of the machine. Having parents who worked in...