Heather Ellis

Thank you @lisaberkshire_illustratedworld @amanda_ribbans @sam_brockway and @looptheloopdesigns for your beautiful cards.

Waternish Festive Shopping Weekend Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th Nov Open from 10-4 Join us along with a whole host of other small businesses on Waternish to kick of the festive season. There will be lots to see, do, buy, eat and drink as you work your way along the peninsula visiting Lynne’s Art Shed, @skiopottery , 🙌🙌 the @the1970_gallery (of course 😁), @waternishfarm , @stein_inn , @wineguyonskye , @skyeskynsltd and @donniestabletshed If last year is anything to go by you should be in for a treat with plenty of bakes and festive drinks available along the way. We’ve got some fabulous art work, contemporary craft, books, ceramics, jewellery, handmade lifestyle gifts and greetings cards to tempt you this weekend. And we will be serving lush cookies from our neighbour @melys_brae Looking forward to seeing you all over the weekend! @visitwaternishskye #visitwaternish #xmas2025 #visitskye #shoplocal #supportlocal #artandcrafts

We commissioned this hand-drawn map of Oakhill Ponds — from our friend, artist Heather Ellis @looptheloopdesigns , who spent time on the land, capturing its spirit, wildlife and quiet beauty. Illustrative rather than to scale, it tells the story of this place — its wildlife and its spaces that many of you have come to love. Now available framed — a keepsake or thoughtful gift for guests, swimmers, and friends of Oakhill Ponds. 💙 A3 £45 · A2 £55 Available to buy online or by messaging us directly. #OakhillPonds #SomersetArt #handdrawnmap #illustratedmap #NatureLovers #SwimClub #SlowLiving #ChristmasGifts

Visit us in June for our Open Studios 2026! Meet the artists. Here’s what happened last year - A successful Open Studios 2025 @digswellarts lots of interesting conversations and interest in the studios and printmaking studio. #digswellarts #printmaking #art #willowcharity #openstudio #artist #painting #printmaking #drawing #illustration #linoprint #etching #printmakingtechniques #printingdemo

🌿✨ Meet printmaker Heather Ellis at Forge Open Studios 2025! ✨🌿 Discover Heather’s stunning original prints—monoprints, collagraphs, drypoint etchings, relief prints and even innovative tetrapak pieces—each one inspired by the wild beauty of the UK’s landscapes and the tiniest details of the natural world. Currently, she’s exploring the intricate patterns of Trametes versicolor (that remarkable bracket fungus you often spot on woodland walks with your four-legged friend!). 🐾🍄 📅 When: 21–22 June 2025 📍 Where: The Forge, Hertford Road, Digswell 🎟️ Entry: Free! Pop in to chat with Heather about her process, pick up an original print for your home and immerse yourself in her nature-inspired world. Find out more: /forge-open-studios-2025/ #ForgeOpenStudios #DigswellArts #HeatherEllis #Printmaking #Monoprint #Collagraphy #Drypoint #ReliefPrint #TetrapakArt #NatureArt #BracketFungus #TrametesVersicolor #WoodlandWalks #OriginalArtForSale #ArtWeekend #UKArtScene #OpenStudios2025

✨️ Photos from the private view of "VISIONS" @foxyardstudio . A huge thank you to everyone who came tonight. It was lovely meeting you all ❤️ We've had such great feedbacks about the space, and the Interactive/Poetry Performances of Claudi and Jackie were so enriching and an absolute delight to be part of ⭐️ Our next private view will be on December 13th for our "SMALL WORKS" Art Exhibition, with a much awaited dance performance by Francesca Roe / @francescamaria_roe ✨️ We are also pleased to share with you that our Christmas Tree designed by Debs Wrekon may now be seen in the Old Fox Yard Courtyard 🦊🎄🌟 #groupshow #visions # pv #receptionnight #foxyardstudio #stowmarket

☆Featured artist☆ Heather Ellis / @looptheloopdesigns Works: 1. "Kilbrannon Sound 1" Drypoint with Monoprint on Somerset paper, 42x32cm, 2024. Description This drypoint with monoprint is of a view across the Kilbrannon Sound towards the Isle of Arran. The rhythmic patterns echo the movement of the waves or suggest seams or layers of geological stratum as they repeat across the foreground. 2. "Mull Tide 1" Drypoint with Monoprint on Somerset paper, 42x32cm, 2024. Description One in a series of work inspired by the Inner Hebrides this drypoint with monoprint is of a view across the Sound of Mull. The movement of the rippling marks in the foreground suggest contour lines or waves echoing across the Sound. Part of the Art Exhibition "ÉCHOS" at Fox Yard Studio. #foxyardstudio #echos #artexhibition #groupshow #art #artmagnitude

The group exhibition "ÉCHOS" continues @foxyardstudio . Open daily until 5pm this week. #artexhibition #contemporaryart #foxyardstudio #Stowmarket #suffolkgallery

✨️You are invited to the Private View of "ÉCHOS" @foxyardstudio : Friday 8 November 2024, 6pm to 8pm. ✭ With a Live Performance Art by Catrina McGregor at 7pm. ✭ Mandy Lane's fascinating sculptures will still be on display until the end of "ÉCHOS"! "ÉCHOS" is a group exhibition of paintings, photographs, sculptures and films uncovering the hidden symbolism behind resonance and repetition, while delving into their profound meaning. The exhibition will run until Tuesday the 19th of November, 2024. Location: 📍6 Old Fox Yard Stowmarket IP14 1AB #pv #artexhibition #openingnight #foxyardstudio #echo #stowmarket #contemporaryart

Some of the fantastic work created this weekend at my one-day linocut workshops. These are 2 layer reduction prints made with a range of inking techniques to create texture - you can see some of the base layers in these photos. Lots of fun. Fabulous to meet some local printmakers from @enfieldartscircle today too. #barnetguildofartists #enfieldart #barnetartists #linocut #justprintmaking #artclasses #londonart

Stunning Lino prints produced yesterday at our one day Linocut Jigsaw Print workshop with @escapade_prints #barnetguildofartists #printmaking #barnetlife #highbarnet #barnetartists

I am now 5 days into the #gratitude30 challenge, which I am using to help me reflect back on things which I am thankful for in 2022. DAY 5 – CREATIVITY (The ability to produce or use original and unusual ideas) For the past three years I have developed and overseen a project called @barnetlighthouses . Its aim is to shine some love, light and hope in the local area by facilitating a window trail during the last week of October. Participants prepare an eye-catching window display, which they light up each evening. I get very excited about going out to visit each of the homes that are taking part. So much creativity and talent goes into the displays, and that is what I am thankful for today. As the Creator of the world, God is the source of all creativity. The Bible explains that we are made in God’s image, so it should be no surprise that we also have the ability to show creativity in all sorts of different ways. [📷 One of the window displays from this year’s Barnet Lighthouses Window Trail - 29.10.22] “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1 verse 27 #creativity #madeintheimageofgod #streetsoflight #barnet