Deck the walls

 A busy day hanging pictures today after many deliveries yesterday. The light was a bit of a challenge apart from our front room so everything got propped up on the settee for photos. 

Bluebell Roebuck - Apocalyptic 

15"x10" image in 20"x16" frame £65

A4 image in A3 mount £40

Bluebell Roebuck - Decay and Renewal 

both 8"x6" in 10"x8" frame £20 each

Bluebell Roebuck - The Shining Sea

A4 image in A3 frame £40

Bluebell Roebuck - Pleiades 

A4 image in A3 frame £40

Eve Chalcraft - August - White Peak Derbyshire 

Mixed media on canvas 50cm x 50cm £150

Eve Chalcraft - The Land and the Sky I

Image 17cm x 17cm in 27cm x 27cm frame £95

Eve Chalcraft - The Land and the Sky III 

Image 17cm x 17cm in 27cm x 27cm frame £95

Amanda Duke - Revealing Layers 2

 Image 24cm x 33cm frame 37cm x 47cm

£125

Amanda Duke - Revealing Layers 1 

 Image 24cm x 33cm frame 37cm x 47cm

£125

Amanda Duke - Paper, Lathe and Plaster 2

 Image 24cm x 33cm frame 37cm x 47cm

£125

 

Amanda Duke - Paper, Lathe and Plaster 1

 Image 24cm x 33cm frame 37cm x 47cm

£125

 

 Chris Sedgwick - Summer 'Steyning Bowl' 

Image 33cm x 33cm framed 48cm x 48cm

£145

Chris Sedgwick - Winter 'Truleigh Hill Under Snow' 

Image 33cm x 33cm framed 48cm x 48cm

£145

Chris Sedgwick - Autumn 'Beech on the Boundary' 

Image 33cm x 33cm framed 48cm x 48cm

£145

Things are starting to happen

An exciting day with the first of my artists dropping off their work. So many beautiful pieces to share with you. 

In other good news, Artists Open Houses have confirmed that they are optimistic about houses opening for the last two weekends and that things will be online in the meantime. Please keep looking at aoh.org.uk for further updates. 

I'm not going to waffle on any further - just feast your eyes on the delights below. You can email me for more information or to buy. 

Adele Scantlebury - Great Tits and Common Blue

Image size approx 3.25"x4" £42

Framed (9"x7") £84

Adele Scantlebury - Soay Ram

Image size approx 3.25"x4" £42 

Framed (9"x7") £84

Adele Scantlebury - Speckled Wood 

Image size approx 6"x7.5" £42

Framed (14"x12") £72

Adele Scantlebury - Fox & Catkins 

Image size approx 5.5"x9" £42

Framed (14"x12") £72

Lulu@no.8 - felted gnome Christmas card £4

Lulu@no.8 - felted gnome Christmas card £4

Lulu@no.8 - felted gnome Christmas card £4

Lulu@no.8 - felted gnome Christmas decoration £8

Lulu@no.8 - felted gnome Christmas decoration £8 

Lulu@no.8 - Rock pool II 33cm x 33cm £60

Lulu@no.8 - Rock pool III 60cm x 20cm £65

Lulu@no.8 - Fresh air II 23cm x 23cm £45

Bluebell Roebuck - Flow acrylic on A4 box canvas £40

The Morning After the Night Before

 

What better way to clear the head after the shambolic ramblings of the buffoon and the announcement of lockdown part 2 than a walk along the stormy shore.

I'm really pleased to say that I've already heard back from most of my guest artists and they are happy to join me in going ahead with what we can. It would be fantastic if everyone could spread the word, not just for my open house, but for all independent artists and makers who are struggling to make sense of the year. Just imagine what we're going to create next year with all this turbulence and uncertainty to get out of our systems.

The first of my artists begin delivering their work tomorrow so I'm going to start off with some of my own works. These are photographs taken early in the first lockdown and are available as a 15" by 10" image mounted and framed in black for £65 or as an unframed a4 image in an a3 mount for £20. Please email me at Bluebellwouldopenhouse@gmail.com to buy or for further information. 

Towards the Light by Bluebell Roebuck 

Flying by Bluebell Roebuck

Still here

 

So... after a long hiatus, here I am again. Open houses have been continuing in my absence from the blog which I abandoned in favour of a new toy (Instagram). But I'm back in anticipation of perhaps the strangest open house season of all.

Lockdown and the Coronavirus pandemic have been a nightmare for artists who have received very little of the help given to other industries. But art in its myriad forms is what gets us through the difficult times - whether it's books, music, television, or beautiful objects.

We are immensely grateful to the goodwill and appreciation that we have received from our customers but we are here on the verge of another rumoured lockdown which could affect the rescheduled Brighton artists open houses. 

I have already opened up the house to many more guest artists than usual to help them get exposure to more people and to give them selling opportunities in a year when so many events have been cancelled.

If we are unable to open for the whole planned event (21st November until 13th December), I am planning on posting images of everyone's work plus prices on here, and also on my Instagram stories/highlights with details of how you can buy them. It would be wonderful to have as many people as possible shopping from independent sellers this year. We know that we can't compete with the High Street in terms of price but we do create unique products.

Many of my artists do have online shops which I will be giving details of but if you are local to Brighton please consider buying via my open house as I charge a teeny weeny commission of 10% which means that the artists will get more of the purchase price than via other platforms. Please do have a look at their online shops too as there will be many more items than I can fit in my house!

Artists will begin dropping off their work over the next few weeks so please do keep checking back and spread the word as well. 

I've been really lucky in the amount of support my open house has had over the last ten years and would be particularly grateful if that could continue this Christmas.

Thanks for reading. 

Bluebell x 

Five Days to Go

Almost at the May Open Houses again. The house is starting to come together. I've managed to hang most of my photos and Ruth Mullan dropped off some of her stained glass today. It's going to be a busy week and the house will be changing by the day, if not by the hour.

Come and see us again, Saturdays and Sundays throughout May 11am-5pm.

Here's a preview of what you can expect.

Blue Rockpool by Margaret McGregor Betts

Murmuration by Bluebell Roebuck

Owl by Ruth Mullan

I think that we are gonna be friends by Vicky Scott

Artists Open Houses May 2017

Doesn't time fly? Seems like just a couple of weeks ago I was putting the house back together after the Christmas Open Houses and here we are again less than three weeks away from May. No new artists this year but lots of new work to look at and hopefully enjoy. Come along and see us - every Saturday and Sunday in May 11am-5pm.

Second Weekend Approaching

Didn't get to post these last week due to frantic tidying and setting up right up until half an hour before the Private View (as always). We had a great first weekend with plenty of visitors and sales so we have some new pictures on the walls to fill gaps. We're open again this weekend and next weekend 11am-5pm Saturday and Sunday so please come along and see us. Here's a taster of what awaits:

Beautifully soft and colourful hand knits from Bluebell Roebuck

Handpainted scarves from Daubs and Dashes - each one unique

A selection of wreaths by Alexis Rayner

Collages by Vicky Scott (prints and originals)

Jewellery by Helen Chong

A selection of Ruth Mullan's Christmas decorations

Cards for Christmas and other occasions by Vicky Ramsey

Del Thorpe's original drawing from books he has illustrated

Copperfoil doves by Ruth Mullan

Watercolours by Margaret McGregor Betts

Leonor Berdichevsky's pictures

Photography by Bluebell Roebuck