This is page
is set up by Bill Crumbleholme from Upwey, Weymouth, Dorset, England
Last revised: 4th November 2009.
Portrait of Bill, taken by
Robin Mills
and featured on cover of the Marshwood Vale Magazine May 2009 visit Robin's
website and the Marshwood
Vale Mag to read the accompanying article - which tells all you every wanted
to know about Bill (and a lot more!)
Bill is in business with his wife, Diane, follow this link to see what Artseeker Ltd is all about.
Find out about Nurdling here - including details about a nurdling tourney filmed by the BBC and our own on-line video production!
Visit webpages
about Beaker Folk - based on Bill's research into Bronze
Age artifacts and his experimental archaeology,
www.beakerfolk.co.uk
Bill has been working with the Ancient Wessex Network, creative people and organisations that work in the Heritage Industry.
www.ancientwessex.net
One of Bill's Raku fired globes, featuring a high copper glaze.
Tickets for this screening from Bill at this email
Visit the film's website at this link
Upwey
Potters
Bill is a founder member of The Upwey Potters
visit www.upweypotters.com
to see latest news and details of Workshops.
Find out about Bill's Pottery Evening Classes , Sunday Sessions and the Pottery Taster Workshops for Groups and Parties.
Bill is
involved with this Group. The group's website has been set up under its own
domain name at www.dorsetpotterygroup.co.uk
The next exhibition is at Bridport Art Centre in October 2010. See details of
activities, exhibitions and the Bridport Millennium Ammonite Project
Upwey Village Hall is Bill's second home! He is the current Chairman
of the Charitable Management Trust and also the Designated Premises Supervisor
under the Licensing Act - now the Hall is a 24 hour binge drinking venue
(or maybe not!)
Upwey is striding into the 21st Century with a new IT Strategy (compiled mainly by Bill), this includes a Yahoo! Group for Upwey Villagers (& supporters) - which is open to invited people, please use the box below to request a subscription. You will have to wait until someone from the Upwey group acknowledges your request before it will work.
Bill is the current Chairman of the South West Open Studios Community
Interest Company.
Visit the website
to see what excellent work is being done!
Bill is involved with
the Dorset Village
Halls Association
Join the Yahoo Group by following this link:-
This mosiac was made by Bill as a copy of one in the Dorset County Museum.
Bill took part in the 2007 Inside Out Festival, appearing at Hambledon Hill - see here for what was involved.
Bill, his family
and friends have appeared at English Heritage's Festivals of History
in 2005, 2006 and 2007 featuring a Bronze Age Encampment. Here is Bill
modelling both a beaker pot and what the well-dressed Bronze Age man
might have worn!
Read all about
these activities and see more images
Follow this link to a page listing outlets of Bill's pottery
"Could've Fooled Me" and "Could've Fooled Me Too" were exhibitions featuring contemporary art works, staged at the the Upwey Old School in early April 2007 and at the Monkton Gallery in early April 2006.
See some of Bill's and other artists catalogued work here. Including a multi-media investigation of communication breakdown entitled
ironically "Artspeak"
Bill was involved with
making a labyrinth at Monkton Wyld Court,
he made Bronze Age style pots to be incorporated into the labyrinth goals.
Follow this
link for the story
This is one of Bill's most famous pots! The local BBC TV filmed it being
made during the Dorset Art Weeks in 2004.
Upwey History Group http://www.upweyhistorygroup.freeserve.co.uk
Visit the website of the local history group. Currently somewhat fallow!
Albert The Tall's Wonderful World of Nurdling
This site is devoted to the joys of Nurdling.
A video about nurdling is now available on-line.
The site also proudly includes a copy of the Rules & Regulations of
Ye Ancient Tourney of Nurdle {Abridged Modern Version}
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Filters
These pages use a filter to simulate colourblindness
Copyright
All text and images on this site are copyrighted by Bill Crumbleholme,
unless otherwise stated. Extracts may only be used with permission. Links to
and from this site are welcome.
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