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MENDIP TIMES
Turnip open
EnTrIES for the Turnip Prize, Wedmore’s version of the Turner Prize, will open on Monday, november 1st, with the closing date Friday, november 19th. The winner of the work judged to have taken the least effort to create will be announced at the new Inn, Wedmore on Wednesday, December 1st.
View from the Tor
The 2020 winner
Details: Trevor Prideaux 01934 710004 or 0781 2848011
GLASTOnBury-based landscape photographer, Michelle Cowbourne, has been shortlisted for the royal Meteorological Society's Weather Photographer of the year 2021 award. The competition attracted 3,300 photographers from 114 countries. Michelle said it was a bitterly cold January morning when she went on her usual walk up Glastonbury Tor at sunrise and noticed that there was quite a bit of
mist forming below her. She said: “I stood waiting for sunrise and the sky was a lovely colour on the horizon. As the sun rose the mists started to flow across the landscape enveloping trees and buildings as it moved. It was like time went into slow motion.” A pool of experts have chosen their top three winners, but the competition is now open to a public vote at www.photocrowd.com/wpotyvote
Wild birds on the Levels – a study in stitch
TEXTILE artist Angela Knapp, based near Castle Cary, creates artwork by painting and drawing with fabric and thread. After finding Midsomer Quilting in Chilcompton and discovering the world of textile art, Angela was inspired to buy her first sewing machine in 2012 and started to teach herself how to stitch and create art in this format. Angela has always Working on an image of a bird of been fascinated by birds prey on which all her work is currently based. Increasingly she is drawn to create work that highlights the plight so many birds are now facing, birds that were once common when she was growing up in the 70s and are now on the British Trust for Ornithology red list. Angela currently has a solo exhibition at ACEarts in Somerton called Thriving and Declining on the Somerset Levels A study in Stitch. For details, visit: www.angelaknapp.co.uk
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