wool catcher : dream catcher
Dream Catchers are used to encourage only good dreams for those that sleep under them. They’re usually placed over the place you would sleep, so that the morning light shines on the catcher when you wake.
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Powburn Show 2019 success
2019 success!
WELL DONE to everyone on the Powburn Show Comnmittee and to all the other people behind the scenes who have worked so hard over the past year to make create a Powburn Show 2019 success!
The weather was great, the people were fun, the food was delicious, the crafts were so skilful, the…well, the list goes on!
Powburn Show 2018 success
Success!
VERY WELL DONE once again to the Powburn Show Committee for organising and delivering an amazing Powburn Show 2018 success!!
There’s a gallery of images from the day on the official Powburn Show website. However, here are some more to bring back memories of what a great day it was (or, if you didn’t manage to get to the Show…what you missed):
Gallery of Wonder on Tour video
Science, art and wonder…
The Gallery of Wonder on Tour exhibition at the Powburn Show 2015 was a great success.
It surprised visitors who had expected a traditional country show with dog trials, wrestling and jam-making with a “showground curiosity” from the past… “a black tent full of video installations, and taxidermy and all manner of strange and engaging things!”
Wow! That’s the reaction we’re looking for!
Funded by Arts Council England, Berwick Visual Arts, Newcastle University’s Institute for Creative Arts Practice and Northumberland County Council, the Gallery of Wonder on Tour exhibition aimed to encourage questioning of relationships between art and science, gallery spaces and museums.
Powburn Show 2015 success
A big thank you!
WELL DONE all the members of the Powburn Show Committee and all the volunteers who, yet again, made the annual Powburn Show a great success!
Master craftsmen at Hedgeley
An account given by Robbie Hall in 1980
My grandfather, Robert Hall was born at Brandon White House in 1813. In 1825 he was apprenticed to James Stewart (for six years) who was a shoemaker in Powburn. His indenture, which we still have in the family, is interesting in that it lays down rules for both Master and Apprentice:
“The Master shall teach the Apprentice all he knows of the art and business of shoe-making, and also shall find and supply sufficient meat, drink, washing, lodging and all other necessities during his apprenticeship. The Apprentice shall undertake to faithfully serve, his secrets keep, do his lawful demands gladly, shall not waste or lend his Master’s goods to anyone, shall not buy or sell without his Master’s leave and shall not enter Taverns, Inns or Ale Houses, and shall not play Cards, Dice or any other unlawful game…”