Handmade in Britain's book is launching next week on the 27th, so make sure to look out for it to see Lucinda and many other talented British artist's work.
To thank Paul West (my dad) for helping Lucinda create her new website she decided to make a single fragment of my face. She started making it last week and this week it is finally finished. Here it is:
Friends of mine and Lucinda's have said it looks like me and it really does. You'll now have to judge what I look like from Lucinda's work!
Lucinda has added a new artist to her gallery, Yannick Watanabe who has just completed her masters from Northampton University in Fine Art specializing in Stone Carving. We are very proud to be her first ever gallery and we are displaying her work in the Gallery garden where it fits perfectly with the scenery.
We also have some new pieces by Lesley Maddox, who like Lucinda moulds faces. She uses clay to create a hollow piece of a human head and neck. When the clay cooks in the kiln is has an earthy texture which gives her pieces an interesting and unique look.
Lucinda has taken more beautiful photos with her camera this week. So here are a few for your enjoyment!
And now for the joke:
Three men were standing in line to get into heaven. It had been a pretty busy day, though, so St Peter had to tell the first one: "Heaven's getting pretty close to full today, and I've been asked to admit only people who have had particularly horrible deaths. So what's your story?"
The first man replies: "Well, for a while I've suspected my wife has been cheating on me, so today I came home early to try to catch her red-handed. As I came into my 25th floor apartment, I could tell something was wrong, but all my searching around didn't reveal where this other guy could have been hiding. Finally, I went out to the balcony and, sure enough, there was this man hanging off the railing, 25 floors above ground! By now I was really mad, so I started punching and kicking him, but wouldn't you know it, he wouldn't fall off. So finally I went back into my apartment and got a hammer and starting hammering his fingers. Of course, he couldn't stand that for long, so he let go and fell - but even after 25 stories, he fell into the bushes, stunned but okay! I couldn't stand it anymore, so I ran into the kitchen, grabbed the fridge, and threw it over the edge where it landed on him, killing him instantly. But all the stress and anger got to me, and I had a heart attack and died there on the balcony."
"That sounds like a pretty bad day to me," said Peter, and let the man in.
The second man comes up and Peter explains to him about heaven being full, and again asks for his story.
"It's been a very strange day. You see, I live on the 26th floor of my apartment building, and every morning I do my exercises out on my balcony. Well, this morning I must have slipped or something, because I fell over the edge. But I got lucky and caught the railing of the balcony on the floor below me. I knew I couldn't hang on for very long, when suddenly this man burst out onto the balcony. I thought for sure I was saved, when he started punching and kicking me. I held on the best I could until he ran into the apartment and grabbed a hammer and started pounding on my hands. Finally I just let go, but again I got lucky and fell into the bushes below, stunned but all right. Just when I was thinking I was going to be okay, this refrigerator comes falling out of the sky and crushes me instantly, and now I'm here."
Once again, Peter had to concede that that sounded like a pretty horrible death.
The third man came to the front of the line, and again the whole process was repeated. Peter explained that heaven was full and asked for his story.
"Picture this," says the third man, "I'm hiding naked inside a refrigerator..."
Have a good week!
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