OPEN Etsy Art exhibition

Today was my third visit to London in a week. It is the Etsy Art exhibition weekend. Tomorrow will be the last day. Do pop in if you can! Mike and I went to PV on Thursday. I wanted to see Spitalfields market , so we got off tube at Liverpool Street. It was gloomy but warm. 

Liverpool Street station

At the Spitalfields market, this little goat welcomes us!

After looking around, we had an early dinner. Mine was salmon, mango beans and rice salad! Yummy! Mike and fish and chips.

Oh here you are!

My cat girls.

Rebecca the Etsy lady is talking to Mike. 

Today several artists went to Meet the artists. Tim came from Scotland. His paintings are two in the middle.

Ness is from Manchester. Her embroidery are amazing! They are the two in the middle. The right one was sold while we were there. How nice!

 Alice is from London, and she makes pretty ceramics. She had a couple of orange dots!

I had stayed for a couple of hours, and enjoed chatting with artists and visitors. Suddenly I felt tired, so I came home. I missed the direct high speed train, so it was a longer journey than I intended. When I got home, I was completely exhausted. I did a bit of work after five, then realised that I skipped lunch! :D I had forgotten because I had this instead!

Organic almond croissant!

Delivery to Etsy office in London

Hello! I hope you had a good day! Yesterday I delivered my work for the Etsy Art exhibition to the Etsy London Office. It was quite close to St Pancras, where my train arrived.  I took a bus; it was just 7 minutes ride. I was not familiar with the area, but thanks to Google maps, I soon found my way.


Here it is! The familiar orange logo!

 
The staff were in the meeting. I told a lovely lady on reception how to handle the sculptures. Just before leaving, I noticed that there were lots of clouds hanging from the ceiling! She said they were to prevent echoing. The building looks like some kind of old industrial building, and the ceiling is very high.

So I asked permission to take photos, and took a couple of photos, Then Rebecca appeared from the meeting. I might have been too loud! She has looked after all of the artists in the exhibition, She was so friendly and lovely! It was so nice to meet her and the friendly lady. I assure you that Etsy staff are as friendly as I imagined!

Here are lots of clouds!

I was not able to enjoy London because there was lots of work waiting for me in the studio. But I walked back to St Pancras to see what the area is like (... and a daily exercise!). I got the train and came home without being caught in the rain! A happy ending!

Please come to see the OPEN exhibition to see our work and meet the Etsy team and artists! : )

Here are the details.

Come to see my work in Etsy Art Exhibition OPEN!

I am delighted to tell you that my work has been selected for Etsy's first ever art exhibition in London! I am thrilled to be part of it!

I had to keep it quiet for a while until the official announcement. How exciting! There will be 15 UK artists in this exhibition. It is the same week as the Frieze is held in London.

Do come along if you can! I will be at the 'Meet the artists' event on Saturday!.

Friday Oct 17 - 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday Oct 18 - 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday Oct 19 - 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
5th Base Gallery, 23 Heneage St, London E1 5LJ

Curator talk: "Start Your Own Art
Collection," Friday, October 17 at 4 p.m.

"Meet the Artists", Saturday, October 18
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Here is the link to the Etsy announcement.