THIS weekend artists throughout the Five Valleys are opening their studio doors to the public in the SIT Select Trail.

Meet the makers, explore their studios, discover and discuss techniques and methods on Saturday and Sunday, from 11am to 6pm.

“You will be impressed and entertained and, above all, bowled over by the quality and variety of work.” (Mary Greensted, Chair Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen).

Annie Hutchinson, whose work is pictured here, works from her garden studio in Horsley. In her work, she aims to capture an atmosphere of the nature all around her, of times past and an essence of tales told in childhood. Using vintage and recycled materials, Annie makes her characters with a blend of needle felting, and hand and sewing machine techniques.

Full details available from www.sitselect.org