H.art is an open studios event featuring artists all over the county of Herefordshire, this year there are around 85 artists participating, giving a great excuse to explore our beautiful county. This is my fourth year of being involved in this and my first year in my new studio.

I have a wide selection of work available for sale, ranging from small pocket sized pieces through to large scale works for the larger garden or outdoor space. Below is a picture of my studio with a few of the sculptures that are for sale. More examples are available on the for sale pages of my website.

I will be open from Saturday 12th of September through to the 20th from 9.30am until 5.00pm though the first weekend I will be there until 7.00pm. If you would like to make a later visit, or to see me outside of these dates feel free to contact me and I can make myself available. I am happy to take larger group visits, but again please contact me first. Here is an image of me at work at H.art 2007.

During the weekend of 12th/13th there will be a licensed cider bar for both tastings and sales of local cider made by friends of mine at Broome Farm, winners of lots of awards for quality cider, highly reccomended. There will also be food available in a small marquee with both meaty and 'veggie options vailable.

Another attraction over the first weekend will be forge work demonstrations by local blacksmiths.

During the week I will be collecting old hand tools on behalf of 'Tools For Self Reliance', a charitable group who collect and refurbish tools to be redistributed to the developing world; providing the chance to provide real help to real people rather then just redistributing money. For more information have a look at their website  http://www.tfsr.org/ . I was first involved with these people when working as a volunteer with the VSO at a school in West Africa, and was impressed by their no 'strings attached' approach to small scale developments.

I will be around for the whole week, working after the initial weekend, and wil be happy to recieve visitors with no notice needed. I am happy to demonstrate the techniques I use and can even provide hands on experience if you are interested.

Directions;

From Hereford take the B4224 for Fownhope, go through Fownhope, and about a mile later you come over the brow of a hill, just after this you will see the pink H.art sign and a sign for Caplor Farm/ fruit and veg. Turn right up the drive and park by the large shed, there will be signs to my studio.

From the M50, turn right at J4 for Ledbury A449, then after a mile turn left onto the b4224 sign posted Hereford, then after about 4 miles there is a sharp up hill left hand bend, I am about half a mile after this on the left, again watch out for the signs described above.

Note the adress is artinsteel, Caplor Farm, Fownhope, HR1 4PT. be aware that google maps has us listed in the wrong place.

                           To find more about H.art please follow this link

                     http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/h-art/409.aspx

                                                  Contact details

                                             artinsteel@tiscali.co.uk

                                                 075905 80853