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Until 14 November | | | BORDERLAND VISUAL ARTS
2020 | | RE-VIEW TEXTILES
Identity & Place | | We welcome back this well-established local art group and their diverse and eye-catching work. The group was formed in 1999, and over the years has gone from strength to strength. There are at present 59 members.
 GILL CROZIER
Casting Nets in Shallow Water
Mixed media | Merseyside-based, the artists make 2D and 3D art forms in many sizes using felt, dye, paint, stitch, print, weave and crochet - often using found and recycled materials. Re-View Textiles are new to the gallery, and we give them a hearty welcome.
 JULIE JAMES-TURNER
Baby Bunting
Yarn, embroidery, thread & vintage doll's face | | 
JANET WILKINSON
Internal Landscape 2
Textile collage & stitch SUE BOARDMAN
Finished Nest 1
Mixed media
 HELEN COOPER
Seasonal Colours
Fabrics, bamboo, wire, machine & hand embroidery | | | There will be further works on show from BVA, running from 21 November into the New Year | | | Visit ReViewTextile for more information on the artists and examples of their work | | |  The Willow Gallery welcomes new artists into the fold, and if you would like further details or application advice, please contact us at willowgallleryoswestry.com.[RIGHT] DAVID COTTON'S Bull Elephant
(oil on board) [BELOW] NEIL HIGSON'S One Kind of City
(graphite, inks & pastel)
 | | Alison Holt demonstrates the beautiful world of machine embroidery. Nicola Haigh combines machine embroidery with acrylic paint.
 ALISON HOLT
In the Shade
Machine Embroidery |  NICOLA HAIGH
Parrots
Acrylic & machine embroidery | |  ROSEY PAUL
Breaking Waves
Textile collage | GEOFF BECKETT
Cheers
Acrylic with matt finish
Prints, cards and coasters of Geoff's quirky world are also available
See his website | | | Some of our workshops have tentatively restarted with reduced class sizes in accordance with current rules. To help us provide as safe an environment as possible, both for students and tutors, here's an easy-read guide regarding our coronavirus safety measures. Please read this prior to your arrival. Book online or by phone (01691 657575) | | Landscapes in Batik on Fabric
with Jenny O'Leary
Sat 24 Oct 10am-4pm £50 inclusive of materials
Working with cotton fabric and silk, use the technique of hot wax resist to create pieces of work inspired by landscape. | | | Portraits: A Combined Drawing & Painting Workshop with David Bannister
Sat 17 & Sun 18 Oct 10am-4pm each day £75 for 2 days
See website for materials required
Students can decide to complee a drawn portrait or an acrylic portrait. | | | Tereska Shepherd's Distance Learning Courses (Aberystwyth University) E-learning through videos, PowerPoint presentations, PDF handouts and online tutorials  | | Drawing & Painting the Landscape
Start date 10 Oct End date 20 Feb £90
Use a variety of materials, techniques and styles to sketch and paint the forms, colours, light and atmosphere of the landscape, including weather effects and changing seasons.
Book online: Drawing & Painting the Landscape (2020/2021) | Prifysgol Aberystwyth University | Natural History Illustration: Fungi
Start date 12 Oct End date 7 Dec £45
Explore a variety of approaches, techniques and media for depicting this intriguing subject, at the same time developing your observational, drawing and watercolour painting skills.
Book online: Natural History Illustration: Fungi (2020/2021) | Prifysgol Aberystwyth University | |  Pictured RIGHT, Marysia and Steve Shepherd, who support the gallery so generously with their many talents, on a recent visit to daughter Tereska and family in Wales, where Steve has built a truly state-of-the-art hen house (with two-year-old grandson Monty helping out with his little wooden saw). Says Marysia, 'Quite the Taj Mahal - the hens couldn't wait to get inside to roost, and started to come in while Steve was still finishing!' Now the hens are already laying in the nest boxes and enjoying their new space. | | | Cancellation of Autumn Craft Fair
In the light of Covid-19, our Autumn Craft Fair, scheduled for 17 October, has had to be cancelled. Given the current situation, we could not see this going ahead safely - just too many obstacles and too much risk.
Online gallery & sales
For those not able to visit in person or who are minimising contact with others, the gallery continues to present an extensive collection of art and craft online, and can take orders online or by telephone (01691 657575). | | | | Own Art is an Arts Council-funded scheme that helps people start collecting contemporary art or craft by offering interest-free credit | | 
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Gift vouchers are available for art, crafts, workshops & concerts
Buy your voucher here | | | TIME LAPSE BY MARK WARNER
Click LEFT to see Mark in his studio filming a time lapse capturing (in 44 seconds) the progress of his painting Mountain Stream. Based in Shropshire and with a growing following, Mark carries on the rich tradition of landscape painting en plein air. He is also a tutor and runs popular group classes at the Willow (currently disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic).
To see more of Mark's work, visit his website | | | CUSHION PANELS BY ALISON HOLT BVA member Alison Holt is collaborating on a new project with local business Textile Express, producing printed cotton velvet panels of Alison's embroideries Says Alison: I am delighted to be working with Textile Express on this collection of beautiful cushions, showcasing some of my favourite original artworks transformed into elegant additions to people's homes.They also make great tote bags and would look great in a frame.
Textile Express is a family company with one big love - textiles! Based in my home town of Oswestry, it is an emporium of colourful fabrics from all over the world - staffed by colourful people from Shropshire! | | ART QUIZ Local GP David Loveday didn't have a lot of time during Lockdown for artistic endeavours but, along with his family, became involved with an art challenge to recreate famous works of art using a few everyday objects. Click ABOVE to see 25 of their best efforts and see how many you can recognise. The answers are at the end. | | | ON SCREEN AT KINOKULTURE 
This month's screenings include, from the birthplace of waltz and operetta, Jonas Kaufmann My Vienna, and Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo, taking an in-depth look at key works throughout Frida's career. For full details, see kinokulture.org.uk. You will need to wear a face mask/covering, sit in your assigned seat and keep a safe distance from others at all times. | |  Find details and dates of online talks, outdoor activities and other events here | | 
Currently on hold
Click on graphic for more information | | | | NOT the Summer Exhibition
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition finally opens to the public on 6 October |  | | Researchers make toy boat float under a levitating layer of liquid
 In an inverted container, not only was a high-viscosity liquid (glycerol or silicone oil) able to float on a suspended cushion of air, but tiny plastic boats floated at the bottom surface, thanks to intense air pressure. The counterintuitive behaviour is the result of constant vertical vibrations that change the forces acting on the floating object. The effect finds the vessels apparently defying gravity.
The observations made by researchers in Paris defy Archimedes' principle, in which the upward buoyant force that is exerted on a body immersed in a fluid, whether fully  or partially submerged, is equal to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces.The discovery could open up new avenues for study and have future practical applications such as removing plastic particles from liquids.
The effect is reminiscent of an eerie scene from the film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, when Captain Jack Sparrow's Black Pearl is tipped upside down; also an optical-illusion installation, Swimming Pool, by conceptual artist Leandro Erlich at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan. | | Tel: 01691 657575
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Address: 56 Willow Street, Oswestry, Shropshire SY11 1AD
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Gallery & café open: Tues-Sat 10am-3pm
Closed: Sundays/Mondays/Bank Holidays Editor: Hilary Moorcroft
October 2020 | | |
WILLOW GALLERY Oswestry
