As I said the other day, Port Fairy has a vibrant artistic community. It runs the gamut from silk painting to canvas painting to photography to glass blowing to creature making. The photos I have here don’t even begin to cover a fraction of what I’ve mentioned.

We’re totally fascinated by glass blowing and as they’re only open on certain times of certain days we made the trip there on the hottest day when the road was melting and then melted in the heat inside. They did have both front and back doors open so you could stand in the right place and get some breeze but it was sort of warm everywhere else, I have no idea how hot it was just in front of the furnaces…

I don’t like taking photos of people so I didn’t do the regular and take photos of the making process but it’s a fabulous thing to watch. What you see in this photo are several furnaces, they used two of them which probably means they’re different temperatures but we didn’t think to ask about that.

If you look at the foreground in the photo you can see some shelves with various colours and pigments waiting for use. While she wasn’t busy, the lady answered our questions but some of the glass blowing needed four hands while they attached  things at the other end and then detached at the first end and stuff… It was fabulous!

I took this photo in Kathryn Weatherly‘s studio. It’s a whole house which could possibly be where she lives so some of the rooms are closed to visitors but there’s still enough to get a good idea of her incredible talents. I was ever so tempted to buy a silk scarf, it was the most gorgeous colour but I really don’t know what I’d do with a scarf as I tend not to wear beautiful things.

This last photo I took in the Whale Bone Gallery. It’s run by several local artists so you can view and buy a wide range of artwork including some of the glass from the glass blowing factory, photos, paintings, cards and so much more.

What I’m showing you in the photo is a collaborative painting, something they do every year. They put up a canvas with all the equipment on the chair and each person is meant to do something on it when they’re in. This one will finish on Australia Day whether it’s finished or not, they’ll then take a photo for display on their website and sell it. It’s a little confronting for those who don’t normally work in paint and one person often turns it upside down but they just go with the flow.