Avoid smelly & spattering surprises while strimming your grass.
This Doggy p. bag holder is becoming more and more popular. When Dot wants to go for her walk we trained her to ask for her own doggy bag! Next to your back door, you will never forget a bag. Or along the road for every visiting dog owner to use. The bags costs you only a quarter of a pence each!
The holder can be engraved with your dog’s name, house name, …….. and costs £ 44.-.
Our Slate & Nature Beauty Contest is over! The 2016 Beauty Queen arrives into this world and she is soooo cute. I watched her and her 5 Blue tit siblings arriving onto our river side terrace this weekend. The first new borns from this bird box, but from our other Blue tit box, we already had the 8th generation.
The man and his shed;… according to Wikipedia… The Shed appeals to the culture of “blokes” who do woodwork or metalwork DIY projects in their sheds…. At Slate & Nature we received a request to make something for Father’s Day related to a ‘just finished project; Daddy’s Den. As the nation is already ‘stuffed’ with ‘roped’ signs, Gerard needed to make his version on the matter; a multipurpose roofed slate sign (Engraved or Blank). For the customer it was engraved towards 6 different uses (from Closed, Working, Beer O’Clock, Guest Suite, Mummy’s…) but can be used for Timing; I am back at … 5…20 min, Activities; Rooms to… clean, tidy, hoover…. Endless possibilities. Enjoy your Father’s Day!
After the Ideal Home show in Glasgow, a few weeks to go till our next event;
The Scottish Game fair in Scone – Fr.Sat.&Su. 1-3 July Craftfair Stonor Park (nr. Henley-on-Thames) Fr. till Mo. 26-29 Aug. Malvern Autumn Show – 24-25 September.
Although there will be somebody at home most of the times, our studio will be closed because all our stock will be at the fairs! But you are very welcome in between the fairs to enjoy a coffee and/or a tea -break- at our Riverside terrace!
Dark Sky Designation! S&N is situated in a fortunate dark sky area. We love our diamond stars and like to ‘translate them into our live at earth’. Sometimes it can be cloudy and we still would like to enjoy a ‘sparkling’ sky line; hence I made a ‘universe’ lamp’, the Zodiac, showing the 12 constellations we can observe over the months of the year. 
The lamp is divided in three parts (a 360 degrees skyline) 
The elliptic table has the shape of Earth’s orbit travel (according to Keppler) around the sun (center = the pole of driftwood) during each calendar year. 
On the table edge each (your) month is engraved; starting at your month, edge, follow your line to the sun (the pole), through sky viewing or looking up (at bottom of the lamp) you will find your star sign (zodiac constellation) on the lamp. Also on the table the equinox & solstice and the sun/earth distance (aphelium & perihelium) is engraved as also the seasons are indicated to explain our relation to Nature & the Universe. When you are interested in stargazing, visiting the Kielder Observatory have a look at our special Zodiac Sculpture less than 10 miles at our riverside studio in West Woodburn, Northumberland.
The Ideal Home show in Glasgow next weekend, pffff we have never done such a large ‘production’. All hands on deck this week to get ready in time and knowing Gerard he has to make some really special things, like his new ‘Zodiac’ Dark Sky Outside Lamp. (when dark, a solar (LED) powered constellation, representing the twelve celestial astrology figures)! We are on Stand G820, please come and see us.
Our Fair season is starting again. The coming months we will be at:
Saturday 23rd April; Hexham Spring Fair
Saturday-Monday 30th April, 1st/2nd May; Penshurst Weald of Kent show
Thursday-Sunday 5th-8th May; Hatfield Craft show
Friday-Monday 27th/30th May; Ideal Home show Glasgow
Friday-Sunday 1st-3rd July; Scottish Game Fair Perth
Although there will be somebody at home most of the times, our studio will be closed because all our stock will be at the fairs!
Sunday the 6th of March 2016 we will be at the 21st Annual Potato Day and Green fair in Kelso. If you are looking for seed potatoes, there will be over 100 varieties available. There will also be a Green fair, with some lovely craft stalls. Gerard made specially for this event some Potato Plant tags. Please come and see us. We will be there from 11am till 3pm – at the Border Union Showground.
