by Toni Watts | Jun 17, 2017 | Blog
Last March I was honoured to take part in the Home of St Patrick Festival in Northern Ireland. Events were held in three cities – Armagh, Downpatrick and Newry. During my time there I did gilding demonstrations in four beautiful cathedrals and began work on an...
by Toni Watts | Jun 13, 2017 | Blog
20th May 2017 was the 800th anniversary of the second Battle of Lincoln. Said to be one of the most decisive battles in English history it secured the future of the Plantagenet dynasty. It has been celebrated in the city by a host of events, not least of which is a...
by Toni Watts | Aug 3, 2016 | Blog, Recent Work
I have wanted to paint this since I knew I was to be artist in residence at Lincoln Cathedral. It is, of course, the Christian nativity scene. The shapes of the three pieces were designed to echo the west front doors of the Cathedral and the illuminated borders were...
by Toni Watts | Apr 8, 2016 | Blog, Recent Work
It’s been a while since I posted new work here – not because there isn’t any new work but because there is so much work to be done that I haven’t got around to writing about it! I thought I would show you a couple of pieces which show the...
by Toni Watts | Nov 6, 2015 | Blog, Recent Work
Tapestries, new and old – a starting point. A tapestry hangs above the door of Lincoln Cathedral’s treasury. I must have passed it a hundred times and never noticed it until it was pointed out to me by Joan Smith, one of the Cathedral’s invaluable...
