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This is our INFORMATION and LINKS page, introducing you to various artists & creatives, events, information & useful links. Scroll down or use the links below (or on the right).

Newport Makerspace • Creudy Casnewydd

• Newport Makerspace is a community workshop located on the first floor of the Wastesavers Reuse Centre in Maindee, Newport, South East Wales. This exciting new makerspace comprises three workshops - Metalwork, Woodwork and Craft & Technology. With an extensive range of equipment, these facilities enable members to work and learn together in designing, creating, repairing or upcycling.

There is a regular weekly Makers' Night as well as many other skills sharing events and workshops available throughout the year which will be open to non members. See the website or facebook page for booking details. (Please note that numbers will be limited and masks required)

• Newport Makerspace on Facebook • Newport Makerspace Contact Details

• Find out more about Newport Makerspace • Newport Makerspace Website

Black Mountain Fabric • in Abergavenny

Black Mountain Fabric is a treasure trove of materials and a great place to learn or improve your sewing and crafting skills. Keep an eye on the Black Mountain Fabric facebook page for newly arrived fabrics, special offers and bargains!

Check out the Black Mountain Fabric upcoming courses and one-off workshops in Abergavenny.

Later in 2022 Black Mountain Fabric and SAKURA will be collaborating again on Lino Fabric printing workshops so Watch this Space!

• Black Mountain Fabric Website • Black Mountain Fabric Facebook Page

FOR DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT:
Black Mountain Fabric • 29 Cross Street, Abergavenny, NP7 5EW (01873 858827) •

WELCOME to SakurayaDesign

A selection of Sakura A6 & A5 notebooks and long notepads, featuring designs by Allison Mackenzie, are available on sale:

SAKURA - SPECIAL OFFER NOTEBOOK BUNDLE

A6 & A5 - PLAIN PAPER NOTEBOOKS ● Original Art & Cover Designs © Allison Mackenzie

• Find our SakurayaDesign online shop on ETSY • SAKURA Etsy shop link (Limited availability only)

• For Bespoke Gift Orders • Please contact Allison Mackenzie directly

SakurayaDesign • Find our online shop on ETSY • SAKURA Etsy shop link

Limited selections of SAKURA Art, Notepads & Notebooks with designs by Allison Mackenzie also available from outlets below:

*Please check with the outlets directly re: Closures & remaining stock available

Black Mountain Fabric • 29 Cross Street, Abergavenny, NP7 5EW • Website •

Cardiff Korean & Japanese Food Shop • 116 Woodville Road, Cardiff  CF24 4EE •

Fizzyville • A unique boutique within Abergavenny Market Hall • •

KimonoKimono • Kimono & Accessories, Bristol • Website • email •

Sero Zero-Waste • At Tredegar House, Newport, NP10 8TW • Website •

Artist & Printmaker • Allison Mackenzie Profile & Works • Where to buy

Louise Collis • Landscape Artist

• Louise Collis is a Welsh landscape painter with a love of colour and painting outdoors 'en plein air'. When she isn't out and about with her easel, she is usually working at home or in her Abergavenny studio.

• Louise Collis on Facebook • Louise Collis - Original paintings, cards and prints on Etsy

• Find out more about Louise • Louise Collis Website • Louise Collis on Instagram

Jill Fanshawe Kato • Ceramics Inspired by Nature

• Jill Fanshawe Kato is a Japan-trained English potter Working from her studios in North London and Devon, she creates a magnificent array of functional and sculptural ceramics inspired by her lifelong love of nature. Jill regularly exhibits, lectures, demonstrates and teaches in the UK and all over the world.

• Jill Fanshawe Kato Website • Jill Fanshawe Kato on Instagram

• Enjoy a half hour insightful feature with Jill Fanshawe Kato following her exhibition "Changing Seasons" at The Scottish Gallery. • Link to the feature on YouTube

Twists on Shakespeare by Kev F Sutherland.

• Best known for his work on The Beano and Marvel comics and his highly motivating COMIC ART MASTERCLASSES, Kev F has gone one step further with his reimaginings of Shakespeare in the form of graphic novels. More recently he has been creating a range of Pop Star colouring books as well as blank comic books for budding comic strip artists.

• Kev F Sutherland Graphic Novels • On Amazon
• KevFComicArtist • Etsy • Instagram • •

More about Kev F Sutherland

• KevF Comic Artist • About Kev F
• Comic Art Masterclasses for school, college, art centre or Zoom screen near you • More details
• Comic Cuts - The Panel Show • Podcast with Kev F Sutherland & Featured Guests
• Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre • Website

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Black Mountain Fabric • Workshops and Drop in Sessions

Black Mountain Fabric Workshops and Drop in Sessions

New workshops in 2022:

• Paper Stencil Printing Workshop (with SAKURA) • Sunday 11th September 2022

Have a go at designing, cutting and printing a variety of items using a simple paper stencil technique.

• Lino Cutting & Printing onto Fabric Workshop (with SAKURA) • Sunday 18th September 2022

Design and learn to cut a lino block which you will use to print onto fabric and mount into a frame to take home.

• For further details and booking information:
Call Black Mountain Fabric on 01873 858827 or drop in to the store at 29 Cross Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire NP7 5EW.

• For online information: • Click here for the Black Mountain Fabric Website
(Please note places will be limited)

Take a look at some of the other popular Workshops and Drop in Sessions by Black Mountain Fabric
• Black Mountain Fabric Workshops • Black Mountain Fabric Facebook Page

Know your Machine Tuffet Workshop Table Runner Wall Hanging

Fantasy Christmas Stocking • See website

FOR DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT:
Black Mountain Fabric • 29 Cross Street, Abergavenny, NP7 5EW (01873 858827) •

Karen O'Shea Art • Upcoming Workshops

Thursday 15th September 2022 sees the launch of Art Textiles classes with Karen O'Shea

• Thursday mornings (Starting 15th September 2022) at the Rural Skills Centre, New Park Farm, Penylan Road, (nr Castleton), Cardiff CF3 2UR. Please contact Karen for enquiries and to secure your place. For booking info • Thursday 15 Sept 2022

Saturday 24th September 2022 - Half Day Art Textiles Workshop with Karen O'Shea

• Half-day Art Textiles Workshop at the Art Workshop , Rhiwbina, Cardiff. £50 (materials included) For more information and booking details please contact the Art Workshop

• For more information about Karen O'Shea Art • See Website •

I would like to give a BIG shout out to my brother Scott Ilgunas.

He "Braved the Shave" for MacMillan Cancer Support on 15 August 2020, in memory of our dad, Peter Ilgunas, who passed away 30 years ago.

All our family and friends are really proud of him. Well done Scott!

• Link to Brave the Shave for Macmillan Cancer Support (all donations gratefully accepted)

CCC • Center for Creative Communications, Shizuoka, Japan

Current and Upcoming Events and Exhibitions at the CCC Gallery

４−１６ Otemachi, Shizuoka, Aoi Ward, Shizuoka 420-0853, Japan

静岡市クリエーター支援センター 〒420-0853静岡県静岡市葵区追手町4-16

• The CCC Gallery website (ENGLISH) • (日本語)

Japan House - London

The Best of Japanese Art, Design, Gastronomy, Innovation and Technology • What's On

The Daiwa Foundation Japan House

Upcoming Events and Exhibitions • Details

Japan Foundation

Arts & Culture / Language / Japanese Studies / Library • What's On

Louise Collis Landscape Artist - Studio & Gallery (Abergavenny, Wales)

Studio & Gallery (Abergavenny, Wales) • Website •

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre

Tour Dates • Details

Japan - UK Events Calendar

Art & Design • DetailsAcademia & Science • Details Business • Details

Film • Details Theatre & Music • Details Sports • Details

and More…. • Details

The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts & Cultures

Upcoming Events and Exhibitions • Details

SAKURA is also on Facebook and Twitter

Visit our facebook page (Facebook Privacy Notice) or our Twitter feed (Twitter Privacy Notice) for a regular update of various events and points of interest

Let us know in plenty of time and (depending on relevance and suitability) we will try to give you a mention. with your information (including web address if you have the information online).

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EMAIL:

CONTACT:

Allison Mackenzie

POSTAL ADDRESS:

SAKURA, PO Box 823, Newport NP20 9HA

TELEPHONE:

MOB: 078 1010 7008

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A treasure trove of Kimono and Accessories in Bristol

Owned by Orientalist Phil Porter.

Contact: 07561 196743 • KimonoKimono Website • email •

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