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Natural world sculpture and art festival for Easter

A sculpture and art festival focusing on human creativity will take place over the Easter weekend. The annual Easter Sculpture and Arts Festival at the University of Bristol Botanic Garden, will take place from Good Friday to Easter Monday. It will feature work from more than 30 local artists working with materials such as stone, ceramic, wood, metal and wire. Nick Wray, Curator of the Botanic Garden, said: “The festival aims to showcase the harmony between art and nature with unique hand crafted sculptures, interactive workshops and family-friendly activities."

Stroud Play-Doh artist wanted to make art more accessible

Inspired by her friends pub quiz, Ms Macnair said it's then that she decided to start creating and posting her art to Tumblr, in a medium which is easy and accessible for everyone. Since then, Ms Macnair said she has honed her skills and mastered her craft while working on a desk in her bedroom. She said: "My working tools are an empty wine bottle, a craft knife and a chopping board. I mainly work at night-time when my young son is asleep, or in between doing my day job". The pieces are made firstly by rolling out the background colour, then making the figures, and by building up the layers by making the clothing and garments. She then takes a photograph of the artwork straight away as the dough starts to crack after 24 hours.