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		<title>Gloucestershire Guild spring show</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 06:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gloucestershire Guild of Crafstmen spring show starts today with price reductions on 3 of my major pieces. It is at the historic market house in Tetbury, Gloucesterhire &#8211; a delight to see in its own right. &#160; The work ranges from millinery, through ceramics, weaving, and calligraphy to fine furniture. For the duration of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Land, Sea and Light &#8211; video</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a video describing the Land, Sea and Light project &#8211; a collection of fine furniture inspired by the St Davids peninsula in Pembrokeshire. &#160; follow Grant’s blog]]></description>
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		<title>Land, sea and light 1</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m just back from the first field trip collecting photos and drawings for a new collection of furniture inspired by the cliffs and beaches of the Pembrokeshire coast.  It was spectacular, and included some enchanting seals! As you may know much of the inspiration for my furniture comes from Nature.  The idea of Land, sea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video tours</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like it when I get the chance to show people round a piece of furniture and they go from just seeing it to really engaging with it.   So I&#8217;ve started recording some video tours of my furniture and including them on the gallery pages. Many of these pieces have been months in the gestation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Table for a Georgian manor house</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s one of a series of &#8220;making of&#8221; videos now on the site.  A coffee table designed to sit between two comfy cream sofas in front of the fire in the drawing room of a Georgian manor house.  The legs are inspired by the graceful stems in the floral design on an antique Persian carpet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birdsong Tables</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while ago, sitting on a bridge in my local nature reserve and listening to a particularly soulful blackbird,  I realized that birdsong could be a great source of inspiration for the visual design of my furniture.  Now I’m about to start work on the first of a series of “birdsong tables”. In my past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I heard today that I have been accepted for associate membership of the Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen.  It means that my work will be appearing in their rather splendid summer show in Painswick (30/7 &#8211; 21/8.. well worth a visit) and that I should get the chance to meet other high quality designer/makers from a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open workshop this weekend</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year was the first that Wotton-under-Edge held an open workshop weekend for it&#8217;s artists and craftspeople.  It was a huge success with lots of enthusiasm and warmth from makers and visitors alike.  So, happily, it&#8217;s happening again.  June 11 and 12 from 10am. till 4 pm. each day. So do come and visit.  I&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boxes finished and available</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to let you know that the quintet of boxes I&#8217;ve been working on are now all done and photographed.  They are themed on times of day from dawn to dusk and I&#8217;ve made them from English yew, ripple sycamore, and walnut.  The walnut was, as always, a gem of a wood to work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boxes as Sorbet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boxes are a sorbet for the furniture maker &#8211; they refresh the palate between heavier and more complex pieces.  But they are also a reminder of the fundamental qualities of wood which make it a unique and living medium. &#160; I’m in the middle of making a series of five  jewellery boxes using English yew, ripple sycamore [...]]]></description>
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