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A studio to call my own

Having worked from my dining room table for the past few years, I am delighted to have found a temporary studio space in the artisan quarter of my town. A former run-down bargain store waiting to be...

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Roving reporter

Unbeknown to our artist collective, OWL Gallery was recently visited by a roving reporter from American on-line magazine Creative Fluff. Some days later and completely out of the blue, I received word...

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Craft Council review

A very positive review of the Black Sheep exhibition at the National Centre for Craft & Design in Sleaford (UK) by Katy Dunn for the Crafts Council’s magazine Crafts. The review also includes a...

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Young talent

Every year my local contemporary art centre Black Swan Arts organises a unique arts competition for creative kids of all ages. The winners of the Young Open Art Competition came to the Main Gallery at...

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Thirst for colour

A change is as a good as a holiday, they say. So with that in mind I have been taking a little bit of time out from my sculptural work to enjoy playing around with colour and 2-dimensional felt. A...

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A trip to Bilston

Last Saturday I drove up to Wolverhampton to teach an introductory workhop at Bilston Craft Gallery. The workshop coincided with the final week of Black Sheep – the darker side of felt, a touring...

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Of contraction and expansion

This months sees some changes afoot in our little artist collective OWL, with one member leaving and another one joining. We are sad to say goodbye to ceramicist extraordinaire Hans Borgonjon, who is...

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A new phase

At the end of this month I have to move out of my current town centre studio to make way for a pizza restaurant. Although I always knew that the space was available on a temporary basis only, I still...

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Of purity & printing

Subtle, beautifully complimentary, alive and never dull, nature’s colours continue to intrigue me and last week I set a bit of time aside to carry on learning about the process of plant dyeing. Over...

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A slow craft

Three years ago I ordered some madder (Rubia tinctorum) seeds from Wild Colours Natural Dyes and sowed them in my dye allotment. I have just harvested my first crop! The red colour of this plant is...

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Exhibition news

I am very excited to announce that I have been selected to show with Four Corners of Craft: an Etsy exhibition for London Design Festival! Etsy unites the best of UK craft with an exhibition in...

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Our Lady of Compassion (work in progress)

Based on the widely accepted notion among cat lovers (myself among them) that our cats provide us with comfort in challenging times, this almost 2 meter tall piece of work in progress incorporates hand...

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All that I am

This project is a container for my ongoing musings on and processing of the cyclical nature of life and death, decay and renewal, hope and suffering. I started making these little pod sculptures when...

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Tent London Focus on:

Tent London have released a short article about my work, in the run up to Etsy UK: Four Corners of Craft. You can find it here: http://www.tentlondon.co.uk/news/focus-gladys-paulus The post Tent London...

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Masks to be featured in National Geographics Channel documentary

From time to time I hire out my masks for photoshoots and music videos and the like, but this is the first time my masks will make an appearance on a (cable) television channel. The documentary on...

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Felt in the USA

It’s amazing, the places that a shared interest can lead you to: Aug 20th saw me flying out on my first ever, and much anticipated, visit to the States. An invitation, two years of planning, and many,...

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Etsy UK: Four Corners of Craft

Some of my masks went on show in London for the very first time, during Etsy UK: Four Corners of Craft. The exhibition took place from 24-27 September at the Truman Brewery, London. Fortyfive designer...

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New Year, new change

This year has truly been a remarkable, and at times difficult, time of upheaval and change, which has taken its toll on my energy and my work this year. In order to create some time to re-focus on my...

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Crafts Council Maker Directory

Pleased as punch with the Crafts Council’s decision to approve my application for membership of their maker directory As the national agency for contemporary craft, the Crafts Council champions high...

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A Darn Good Yarn

I’ll be exhibiting some of my work in the above titled textiles exhibition at Green Hill Arts, Dartmoor’s leading art gallery, starting April 23rd Sub-titled ‘a Celebration of Textiles’, the exhibition...

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