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Annette Marie Townsend

Natural History Artist | Designer | Maker

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** Christmas open studio event: Sunday 9th December, 5-7pm **

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Christmas Open Studio 5-7pm today! Details on my website (link in my bio) and my Facebook event page.. 🎄🎄🎄 . . #openstudio #cardiffartist #welshartist #cardiffevents #seeyousoon

Getting all Christmassy in the studio for my open event🎄Pop in and see me on Sunday 9th between 5-7pm for drinks and a mince pie! More details on my website and Facebook event page. . . #christmas #openstudio #cardiffartist #cardiffart #cardiffstudio

Frost on the car roof this morning . . #upnorth #yorktrip #jackfrost #patternsinnature

I’m in York for a couple of days so stopped off at the @pyramidgalleryyork to see their #winter exhibition with the Contemporary Glass Society. Lovely friendly gallery, beautiful exhibition, go and see it if you can! Here are a few pieces from the display.. @nancynibs @helenslaterglass @tonifairhead

Day 6 of @joannehawker’s #meetthemakerweek ‘Where can we buy?’ I sell my artwork directly to my customers from my Cardiff studio. If you’d like to see what pieces are available to purchase or enquire about a special commission, just send me a message via my website contact page. If you’re in the local area, you can also book an appointment for a private viewing. I sometimes have open studio events, my Christmas event is coming up on Sunday 9th December (more details on my website) - I’d love to see you there if you fancied popping in! My etched bumblebees and wax mushrooms are also on display and for sale at Phil Fanning’s stunning Paris House Restaurant @parishousechef

Day 5 of @joannehawker’s #meetthemakerweek ’What do you make?’ As well as working with etched metals, I also create botanical sculptures from beeswax, make replicas, models and dioramas from a wide range of mixed media and carry out natural history conservation work. I can quote for larger commissioned gallery pieces for museums and I accept custom orders for both my botanical model making and my etched copper work. If there’s something personal you’d like to have handmade for yourself, or as a special gift for a loved one, a favourite flower or fungi in a glass dome or a sea creature etched in copper, just ask – I love a challenge!

‘Making Process’ and ‘Detail’ for @joannehawker’s #meetthemakerweek I use a needle tool, wire wool and sandpaper to draw, scratch and sand all the tiny details by hand into the surface of the etched and oxidised copper bumblebees. . . #workinprogress #wip #meetthemaker #bumblebee #bombus #copperetching #scientificart #sciart #howitsmade #howitsdone #handmade

Day 2 of @joannehawker #meetthemaker is inspiration. Here are some images of the things that inspire my etched copper bumblebee drawings... natural history museums, insect collections, my garden and the gorgeous bumblebees that visit it!

I’m joining in the @joannehawker November #meetthemaker challenge. Day 1 is Products or Range. My etched copper bumblebees are probably my favourite and most popular range that I make. They’re float mounted in box frames so they can be wall hung in an interior space, but I’m currently exploring the possibility of displaying some of them in an outdoor exhibition too - watch this space! Each one is hand drawn and etched, completely unique and takes many hours to create. I always design pieces that I would love on display in my own home, so I think my bumblebees might appeal to people just like me. Those with a passion for nature and science, and a desire to collect and decorate their homes with beautiful and unusual things that make them feel more connected to the natural world. I’ll be telling you a little more about the inspiration behind the etched bumblebees and the techniques involved in making them each day this week. . . #bees #beesofinstagram #bumblebee #copper #etchedcopper #natureinspired #inspiredbynature #naturalhistory #sciart #scientificart #interiorart #heytheremaker

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