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The animals went in two by two
An exciting project is taking place the Winterbourne nursery! Sarah Moss, an artist who has had a long association with Winterbourne, is painting a frieze which will extend all the way around the beautiful room in which the Nettlefold children played over a hundred years ago. A draft section of the frieze by Sarah Moss…
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A woman of outstanding artistic abilities
To celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March, Curator Henrietta explores the life of a little-known Birmingham photographer. Many of the photographs in our archive have the name of the photographer stamped on them. In the Victorian and Edwardian period, most of these photographers were men. I was quite excited, therefore, when I noticed the…
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Winterbourne in black and white
We are thrilled to see our new Winterbourne souvenir range hit our shop shelves! Last summer, we agreed that it was time for a refresh and that the new design needed to be special and unique; we needed to move away from more mainstream stylised ranges and back to the Arts and Crafts spirit at…
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The artist behind the art
Milan Topalović is a Bournville-based artists and illustrator with a penchant for portraits. At Winterbourne, we’re lucky to not only have many of his wonderful prints and cards available in our gift shop, but to also offer portraiture workshops with the man himself! To get the full scoop on Milan’s artistic influences, love of teaching,…
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Snapshot: Maggie Bucknall
Maggie Bucknall was an Insurance Risk Manager for 25 years and later a Nutritional Therapist and Lecturer running an undergraduate Nutrition Degree. Now retired, Maggie is kept busy indulging her passion for nature, photography and heritage, and organising exciting shoots for her local photography group We All Shoot Photos (WASPs). “When I was a child…