Watchful gargoyles!

A FEW FACES

a new generation of Gargoyles are brewing in the hidden corners of Buxton.....

here are a selection of faces from our recent Grotesques and Gargoyles event a

with many thanks to our friends at The Pump Room for this day of delightful eyeballs and laughing faces!

Extra Gargoyle Events, Buxton

Extra Gargoyles!
Events on 1st November 

and 9th December 

It's always good to have an extra Gargoyle or two around the place!
As part of our ongoing Gargoyles and Grotesques project with Buxton Our Street,  we're putting on two additional events

Follow this link to find out about the other Gargoyle events this autumn and winter

GRINNING GARGOYLES

Date: Wednesday 1^st October

Venue: The Pump Room, The Crescent, Buxton, SK17 6BH

Times: 10.30 -15:00

 

Peering down from rooftops, hanging off the gutters, dribbling on passersby, playing with pigeons…there are Gargoyles on lots of the old buildings in Buxton

 

Artists from Creeping Toad and Stone and Water will be helping visitors make their own little gargoyles to take home. Our gargoyles might have wings, long tails, big claws, wobbly tongues. 

They might be friendly, or fierce. 

They might be beautiful or ugly. 

They might be dark or bright, glittery or fluffy. 

They might be all sorts of things, but they will definitely be wonderful!

 

This workshop is free and materials are provided

 

No booking needed, just drop by and join in: it probably takes about 30 – 45 minutes to make your gargoyle

 

Many thanks to our friends The Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust andThe Green Man Gallery for their support in this project

FESTIVE FACES

Saturday 9^th December

The Green Man Gallery, Hardwick Studios, Hardwick Square S, Buxton, SK17 6PY

Times: 11am - 3pm

A smiling face on the wall? A face in the window to spy passersby? Or maybe a mysterious face to watch your festive celebrations from the shadows under the Tree? A last-minute gift for a forgotten friend?

Drop in and join the Gargoyle artists to make faces inspired by the carvings on Buxton buildings. Card, foam, colour and glue will combine to give us beautiful (and maybe not-so-beautiful!) faces to decorate homes with

This is a free event, and materials are provided

No booking or tickets needed

Just drop by and join in!

Books, postcards and the Creativity Conference

Animals, stories, tree people and books

Autumn blows in with storm winds and rain - at least here in the hills of Britain’s peak District

A special welcome to the blog to participants at the Creativity Conference:

….we delve into the fundamental principles and methodologies behind creative thinking. Our approach empowers attendees to nurture and expand their creative endeavors, whatever they may be.

I am there among a treasure hoard of speakers. If you follow the link above, you can still register and join in on some of this year’s sessions - and you can access the library of this year’s discussions that you might have missed!

Baba Yaga (here by Bilibin)
flies in for a visit

I join the Conference as a storyteller talking about finding stories and relaxing into the inspiration the world around us offer…I’m also (hopefully) having fun talking about conversations with fairytale characters, stepping past the hype and the stereotypes and reaching for the story of the character themself

Out of those sessions, I hope people might be interested in my current publications

I have several books in print just now

Sacred Animals: reconnecting with the natural world

Gordon MacLellan

ISBN 978-1-915580-07-8

Green Magic Publishing, https://greenmagicpublishing.com/

For more details of Sacred Animals, visit this post

Old Stone and Ancient Bones: new poems from the hollow hills

Gordon MacLellan

ISBN 978-1-291-46593-8

I am also included in Homecoming 1: new animist writing published by Aurochs Underground Press (order from Aurochs)

And then there are our lovely Tree People postcards! see pics at end of post!



TO ORDER:
UK ORDERS BELOW
REST OF WORLD: try your local bookshops or an online bookseller (avoids the international postage!) but come back to me if there are problems!
creepingtoad@btinternet.com




Sacred Animals: 1 copy, £15:00 includes postage

Sacred Animals + 2 Creeping Toad postcards: £16:00, includes postage

Old Stones: £5.00 a copy(includes postage)

Postcards: £0.50 each when included with other orders or 8 postcards for £5.00 (includes postage)




PAYMENT

Email: creepingtoad@btinternet.com

FACEBOOK: Gordon MacLellan or Creeping Toad

DETAIL: your name, address, email and how many copies

PAYMENT:

PAYPAL: creepingtoad@btinternet.com

BACS: I can email details

CHEQUES: to Creeping Toad, 51-d West, Rd, Buxton, SK17 6HQ



BULK ORDERS through your own book distributors

INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: contact me directly or go a local bookseller

PUBLISHER: Green Magic Publishing website

Hawthorn Man (L) and Tall Tree (R)