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Contact - mary@creativethorp.com, or steve@creativethorp.com or phone 07949553029.

NEW JULY 2008 - Mary Thorp has just released a new range of her images particularly suitable for large prints and canvases - view them HERE! We’ve also just got back from delivering pictures to The Old Chapel Gallery in Pembridge where Mary is part of the Summer Exhibition from 2nd August! Click HERE for more details.

A lot has happened since our last post. We’ve been busy expanding and are now selling our art, cards and poetry in a number of new galleries. These include some of the most interesting and attractive outlets across the country. You can check these out by clicking on these links:

Iapetus in Malvern, The Old Chapel Gallery in Pembridge, Fisherton Mill in Salisbury, Walford Mill in Wimborne, Waterperry Gardens in Oxford, The Gallery at Bevere near Worcester, Melin Tregwynt in Pembrokeshire and the shop at Westonbirt Arboretum. And not to forget our established outlets in Pembrokeshire - you can find links to these galleries by clicking here - more to be posted soon!

Meanwhile Mary has a small exhibition in the cafe at Fisherton Mill, and will have work in two summer shows. The first is at Tracy Watkin’s wonderful Coterie Design Space in Haverfordwest. The Coterie summer show runs from the 1st July, click here for details. Mary will also be showing work as part of the mixed summer show at the Old Chapel Gallery in Pembridge (where, incidently, Steve’s favourite Black Fox cider is made by the Dunkertons Cider Company). Mary has also had work selected recently to appear in a large commercial project with a well known national brand! More news of this soon.

Steve’s new series of poetry pamphlets entitled editions has been very well-received. You can find full details of these beautiful new products in the poetry page of this blog. You can also download an editions 2008 flyer and order form. To subscribe to the editions series, simply print off the order form, fill it in and send to us with payment.

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Exciting times! Our image galleries are being updated, and our new ‘retailer catalogue’ will soon be available for download here and on the main creative thorp website. A new series of poetry pamphlets entitled editions is also being launched - and you can find full details of these beautiful new products in the poetry page of this blog. You can also download an editions 2008 flyer and order form. To subscribe to the editions series, simply print off the order form, fill it in and send to us with payment.

(click on the thumbnails to see the full cover images)

In the meantime here are two of Mary’s new images that are available now as either mounted prints or 150 x 150 cards. To order to go to the creative thorp website.

Blue wind 1

Blue wind 2

Contact - mary@creativethorp.com, or steve@creativethorp.com or phone 07949553029.

New ‘heartfelt wishes’ range from Mary Thorp

A new range of quirky images for cards and prints are available for purchase from creative thorp. They are suitable as cards or gifts for Valentines day, engagement, anniversary, weddings or just to say “I love you”! A new poetry box is also being published by creative thorp with the same theme in the near future. Click here to read two poems from the box.

At the moment the images are only available on this weblog, so if you’d like to order, then take down the image codes, and go to the creative thorp marketplace. You can find prices and download an order form.

In the meantime, we hope you enjoy the images below!

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To see more images in this series click on ‘read the rest of this entry’ below - and then scroll down!

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NEWS - creative thorp took part in the recent WonderCulture Winter marketplace at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff. Here’s what the Western Mail said about us on 15th December: “Prints and greetings cards by three designers - Mary, Steve, and Sarah Thorp - make up this beautiful collection, which includes art-card box sets and poetry boxes. The trio also accept special commissions and can create special pieces of writing or images to suit individual needs”. We couldn’t have put it better ourselves!

Meanwhile Mary has an exhibition of new photographic images in the Cafe Gallery from 22nd November until February 2008 at the Nant y Coy Arts Centre. See the new images below and in the print gallery (images 36-40). Click on the thumbnails below to see the larger images.

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cow parsley 4 & 5

creative thorp are going to be at WonderCulture Designers Market in Cardiff on 16th December. It promises to be one of the Christmas markets of the year, with original products and limited editions from “an inspired mix of designers”! See below for the market flyer and you can find more information on the nomad and nest website; or click to download the wonderculture christmas market flyer.

Meanwhile, Mary currently has an exhibition of new photographic images showing in the Cafe Gallery at Nant y Coy Arts in Pembrokeshire from 22nd November until 31st December. See their website at www.nantycoy.com.

The creative thorp Christmas catalogue of cards and gifts is now available. Click creative thorp christmas catalogue to download a pdf. copy now!

Coming up: Mary has an exhibition of new photographic images in the Cafe Gallery at Nant y Coy Arts in Pembrokeshire from 22nd November until 31st December. See their website at www.nantycoy.com

creative thorp will also be at the Wonder Culture Designer’s Market in Cardiff on 16th December. More information will be available soon - but you can go to www.wonderculture.co.uk to find out more about this exciting new design community.

Mary and Steve Thorp both have events at the Nant y Coy Arts Centre in Pembrokeshire towards the end of 2007. On November the 10th, Steve is leading an all day creative writing workshop entitled “a way of being free” - and Mary has an exhibition of new photographic images in the Cafe Gallery from 22nd November until 31st December.

Steve’s workshop will be a unique learning experience that will invite you to explore creative ways of exploring and expressing the idea of ‘freedom’ through poetry and prose. The workshop is part of Nant y Coy Art’s programme of events, exhibitions and activities. See their website at www.nantycoy.com for further details and to book a place on the day-long workshop for only £15. You can also download a publicity sheet for the event by clicking here: A way of being free!

Meanwhile Steve led a Sunday Conversation at Nant y Coy entitled “The Poet in the landscape”. You can see a new poem from the talk on the poetry page of this blog.

New gallery images from Mary are posted below and are available for purchase as limited edition prints (mounted or framed) on the creative thorp website soon, or contact mary@creativethorp.com

New grass 1

New grass 2

New grass 3

New grass 4

On September 23rd from 3 till 4 p.m., Steve Thorp will be leading a ‘Sunday conversation’ at the Nant y Coy arts venue in Pembrokeshire on the theme of ‘the poet in the landscape‘. Peppered with poems from his own boxed collections and work from other poets, the talk will invite reflection and conversation on what it is about landscape that inspires creativity - and particularly poetry. Building on insights drawn from his work as a therapist and counsellor - as well as his poetry - the hour long conversation will hopefully provide both a time for escape and contemplation and leave people looking at the world a little differently!

“One of the things that anyone – poet, artist, farmer, photographer, walker, tourist – loves about Pembrokeshire is the landscape. But it’s not just the landscape of hills and headlands that mean so much to us – there’s something about this place that speaks of belonging.

Yet this will be the same for other places too; so this conversation is about what it is about place, about landscape, that is so important to us and inspires our creativity - our art, photography and our poetry. And it will also be about what we bring of ourselves to the landscape that enables something of meaning and beauty to emerge. Maybe it’s when we MEET the landscape outside with the landscape inside that poetry (and art) emerges. For me, a good poem digs deep inside ourselves.”

Steve Thorp.

There’s something about creativity that has a habit of making work not seem like work. Like last week, when we were on holiday we did some sunbathing, surfing, walking and read Harry Potter - but we also found new outlets for creative thorp products, and attended the launch of the Contemporary - Traditional showcase exhibition that runs for the whole of August at the The Coterie Contemporary Design Space in Haverfordwest, and which features Mary’s photographic artwork.

Last Monday we visited Nant y Coy Arts, a wonderful place on the A40 at Wolfscastle . Set in woods and meadows the centre-piece of the place is a gallery in the fully restored Watermill. The place is worth a visit for a number of reasons, but its been set up to “encourage the experiencing of creativity through different mediums and different senses”. Creative thorp cards, prints and poetry boxes are being stocked in the gallery shop - and Steve is hoping to lead some workshops at Nant y Coy in the Autumn. Details will be posted here! In the meantime - click here to explore the Nant y Coy website.