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2HERE is something rather special about Silverdale; arriving there is a little like stepping through the back of the wardrobe into a gentle landscape


of understated beauty.' No wonder that it is such a focus for those


of an artistic bent. And next month those artists will have an opportunity to demon­ strate their many skills during a weekend showcase of their work. Silverdale and Arnside Art and Craft Trail,


which is 10 years old this year, began as. a modest event in 2005 when three artist friends-Annette Kane, Kate Bentley, and - Penny McLeod, decided to open their . studios to the public..


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others for the inaugural exhibition, and promoted the event with home-made signs and banners made from sheets'in a bid to encourage villagers and visitors to wander across muddy fields in search of local art. Since then, the trail has grown organically


and spread to an area that now includes ■ Arnside and the village of Storth. . ■ : In fact, this year there will be 37 venues,


with more than 100 exhibitors - an incred­ ible 58 of whom live within the Silverdale and Arnside area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB), and drawtheir inspiration from an area renowned for its quality of - light, range of land and seascapes and wide range of flora and fauna. According to


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Debbie Copley (inset), joint co­ ordinator, some people commit to a full day or weekend on the trail, visiting every venue. Debbie,.a


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row, has been in


Silverdale for almost nine years and be­ gan her artistic journey by taking night


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, classes in basket-making and ceramics, eventually moving on to stained glass, which is now her specialty. "I feel like I've arrived where I am be­


cause of my background," says Debbie, 48; "Engineering is about fitting things together and deciding what materials will work. I make my art work by-looking at things from a different angle." Debbie's Silverdale studio, at the


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back of her home at 13 Shore Road, is one of many that will be open from 5pm on Friday, June 27 to 5.30pm on Sunday, June 29.


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%! You can see Alex's photographs at 11a, Spring Bank, Silverdale , JtF WILL BARTON r-


■ Retired lecturer Will Barton has managed to combine his passion for art with a career in education.


He developed the graphic


design department at the college in his home town of


Burnley, staying there for 10 years before opening an art gallery in Clitheroe. He has also worked as an illustrator.. Now 61, he enjoys experi-.


menting with his paintings. " I ' mainly use acrylics, but I'm also doing some work in oils at the moment," he says. "I use a lot of texture and like working with the surface of the painting, \


making marks and seeing what j I can do using an expressive


technique. Sometimes I use plaster on the surface and then ^ I might scratch it away and see ■ what happens. I don't start - with a set idea; I continue until I think it's right - things can go


onforyears." Will is taking part in the


trail for the second time, after moving to Silverdale in 2012. ,


"My wife's a photographer so we display our work in a studio and in our living room, he says. "Last year we had hundreds of people; I was amazed." •


® Silverdale and Arnside Art and Craft Trail is open from 5pm to 8pm on Friday, June 27,and from 10am to 5.30pm on the weekend of June 28 and 29. For further information see www. silverdalearttrail.co.uk


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At 22, Alex Peach is taking the first tentative step into the art world with his photographs. The retained fireman and lifeguard 1 showed promise with a camera from an early age, winning a


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local photography competition at 14, and now concentrates on ; landscape work.


m U m i l _ “ I used to go walking in the Peak District and was always taking pictures," he says. "My friends have encouraged me to exhibit some of my work and so I'll be putting up a display at my mum ... and dad's house."


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You can a so visit Ruth's studio at 49 Emesgate Lane, Silverdale


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Before her reincarnation as an artist, Ruth Livesey, 71, had a career in the NHS for 30 years.


But life changed when she decided to


go back into education. "At 6 0 1 was doing a foundation course


with 18 and 19-year-olds and it was great," she says. "It was full time, nine to five and totally absorbing." Ruth then moved on to to do a degree


after deciding that she didn't want a retirement filled with coffee mornings. "When I was doing the degree I thought about what I wanted to do next and decided to work in the community," says Ruth, who now specialises in sculpture and ceramics. "I'm keen to get people to have a hands-on experience," she says. As part of this year's event, Ruth has


placed 10 plates in beauty spots around Silverdale and visitors are encouraged to find them, sketch them, photograph them and send in their results.


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Will with the painting that inspired ' this year's art .trail poster


Rosy Glover is a specialist in art and health arid her past life as an arts officer in the West Midlands is a far cry from the one she leads in . Silverdale, where she was born. "I returned to Silverdale


three years ago and, over the past couple of years, I've been creating my own art father than working to a . brief," she says. "I worked for councils


before and what I did played an important role and made a big difference to communities, but it felt like the right time to move on -


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re-emerging from that ( period." She


doesn't confine ^ herself to a single medium, but her delicate art work


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natural world; a picture


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from a piece of seaweed or


postcards using her


, photographs of leaves.


I Rosy, 34; is exhibiting on the art trail for the


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Rosy will have a f ' variety of pieces bn display ® in her late


grandmother's garden in


■ $A-I' A Will's work can be seen at Wailings, Cove Road, Silverdale


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Ruth shows off her ceramics marking the trail's 10th anniversary


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