***Free entry. Generous in-store discounts on related art materials***

Lois Cordelia will demonstrate her intricate paper-cutting techniques using a Swann-Morton scalpel at Tindalls, Colchester, on Saturday 15th April 2017 with a life-affirming theme of Spring. Lois's paper-cut artwork balances freedom of movement and expression with the painstaking precision of a surgical blade. Drop by any time between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm to see her in action.

She welcomes a live audience while she works, so don't be shy - come along and watch work in progress unfolding before your eyes, ask questions, and be inspired to have a go yourself! (Lois will be teaching a paper-cutting workshop at the Colchester store on Saturday 29th April 2017. Please book early to avoid disappointment.)

Venue: Tindalls, 25 Trinity Street, COLCHESTER CO1 1JN.

Date: Saturday 15th April 2017. Times: 10.00 am - 4.00 pm.
Free entry. Generous in-store discounts on related art materials.

Love in a MistLove in a Mist (Nigella / Junger im Gruenen)
Scalpel paper-cut
July 2015
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This design is the inspiration for Marion Hartmann's German poem, "Blaue Blume" ("Blue Flower", August 2015, copyright Marion Hartmann; reproduced with kind permission from the author):

Blaue Blume

Blaue Blume des Vergessens,
weiter Himmel spiegelt sich,
endlos ferne Meeresflächen,
auch das Eis im Mondenlicht!

Blauer Engel, Deine Flügel,
sind aus Poesie gewoben,
Du umgarnst des Künstlers Hände,
zu Ehren Deines Schöpfers droben.

Nur er vermag Dich festzuhalten,
gebannter Augenblick der Zeit,
aus einem kurzen Stirb und Werde,
entsteht ein Bild der Ewigkeit.

Nur er vermag Dich zu erheben,
im Glanze seiner Seelenkraft,
mit der er aus profanem Leben,
ein wahrhaft Göttliches erschafft!

(Marion Hartmann/ künstlerisches Werk: Lois Cordelia)

Photo credit: Emily