Each year, SAW (Somerset Art Works) dedicates just over two weeks to showcasing the fantastic art and artists that live and work in our brilliant county. This year, the ‘open studios’ saw artists opening up their work space to anyone who fancied a visit - to see how and where they create and to perhaps make purchase or two! Over 200 studios were open to the public, from 17th September to 2nd October, and there was one space in particular that really excited us. That space was

I knew I’d get on like a house on fire with artist Donna Vale the moment she opened the door to her studio space, ‘For Every Cloud’ in Langport, smiled at me and said, “ Come in! I’ve got something for you to make”.  YEAH!!! :) The 'something' was actually a Somerset Cool mug, because as well as the mountains of other cool stuff Donna does (more on that in a bit), she’s recently started printing on mugs. The day I went for a chat, she’d used disperse dye to print out our sign