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All About Annie Henry - Sculptor, Musician and creative clay workshop facilitator.I was born in Wales in 1956 where I grew up. I started playing guitar at school with other friends and we shared chords and songs, some of which are still in my repertoire today! In the late 70s I joined forces with Dave Mills, (singer/drummer/percussion) and formed the duo Special Offer playing wine bars, clubs and corporate functions. Over the years I have played a real cross section of music with various bands, including touring in Europe with Jamie Marshall Band in the late 80s, but have returned in the last few years to song writing and playing guitar. After discussions with Kif Wood, a guitar maker in Perranuthnoe, he created a 12 string mando-guitar for me which I have been playing at gigs and in the recording studio. I have always enjoyed making art – my grandfather used to sit for hours with me drawing. He had a darkroom where he developed his own photographs and I was fascinated by the mystery of it all. I started working with clay soon after my youngest son, Andrew, was born in 1991. I attended life-classes and developed my own figurative style expressing my emotions and working out the challenges of life through the clay. Setting up my studio in Cornwall in 2002 introduced me to many wonderful artists, and craftworkers, and I collaborated with Geraldine Jones, basket maker and willow-worker on developing my angels.
In recent years I have received commissions from churches and created a number of sculptures of Saints, but the angels keep appearing in the work! They seem to follow me around! It’s wonderful to be able to share my joy of working with clay and I run creative clay workshops, sometimes one to one, sometimes for groups, children and adults. You can find out more about my workshops here.
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