Cabinet of Curiosities at Charleston House extended...

...until this Sunday 11th October. Here's a few sneaky peeks if you haven't/can't make it over to Charleston House.

Portuguese Ladies boxed up and ready to go

Here's Portuguese Lady One all boxed up and ready to go to Charleston House as part of my Cabinet of Curiosities.

Back due to popular demand - the Portuguese ladies

For my last Brighton solo show Small Wonders, I made some little wooden Portuguese ladies with owls in their hair (to make them wise of course). Here are some new ladies hanging out on my studio desk waiting for the varnish to dry...

These new ladies and their owls will be on show as part of my Small Wonders Cabinet of Curiosities, which travels to Charleston House from 24th September to 4th October at Charleston House.

Wearing owls in your hair makes you wise

For some of the pieces I made for Small Wonders, I couldn't resist making up some Woody truths.  I found these bizarrely shaped wooden pieces in the wood shop on North Road and decided I liked them.  I started drawing a woman with a bun hair style but suddenly there was an owl hiding in the hair.  And then other.  And so the first Small Wonders Myth was born:  in Portugal in 1900s women would wear owls in their hair to make them wise.

Small Wonders runs until 12th July at Boxbird Gallery, Brighton.