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		<title>Art Nouveau Posters</title>
		<link>http://www.bexsimon.com/2012/03/23/art-nouveau-posters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BexSimon and Art Nouveau posters Where did my love for Art Nouveau posters begin? We popped in to see Lucy Quinnell at the Fire and Iron gallery the other day and ended up exchanging ghost stories and this got me thinking about the Art Nouveau posters I grew up with. Lucy recounted how a little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dragonflies and Butterflies in Art Nouveau</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dragonflies and Butterflies in Art Nouveau Unsurprisingly, dragonflies and butterflies have been used for inspiration by artists for 100’s of years and, as an artist myself, I just love them.  Here, I am going to have a look a little closer in to why these insects were so inspiring. There are many pieces of work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trade Shows &#8211; be different and stand out.</title>
		<link>http://www.bexsimon.com/2012/02/05/trade-shows-be-different-and-stand-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Spring Fair just about to kick off in approximately 3 hours time, we have a mixed feeling in the depths of our stomachs, churning up excitement and dread&#8230; &#8230;It looks great and so real! BUT what have we done?&#8230; will they get it?&#8230; will they see the wit?&#8230; will they understand the art?&#8230; will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Damascus Steel</title>
		<link>http://www.bexsimon.com/2012/01/21/damascus-steel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sheer Wonder of Damascus Steel Damascus Steel was a type of steel used in sword making from about 300BC to 1700AD.  Personally, I think its appearance is breath taking when you consider the process untaken to achieve this steel. In the early Iron age, armourers discovered that, by blending hard and soft metals together, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press Release &#8211; Interiors UK, NEC.</title>
		<link>http://www.bexsimon.com/2012/01/21/press-release-queen-of-metal-meets-queen-of-shops-at-interiors-uk-nec/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Queen of Metal meets Queen of Shops at Interiors UK, NEC. Leading female Artist/Blacksmith Bex Simon is to pitch her new range of designer cast iron kitchen accessories to the Mary Portas and House of Fraser team in front of a live audience at the Interiors UK trade show at the NEC. Following a national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plymouth Forge-In</title>
		<link>http://www.bexsimon.com/2011/10/24/plymouth-forge-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the invitation to the first ever forge-in at Plymouth College of Art.  I have been invited by the College as a Guest Judge and will be delivering a talk on my work.  If any one is interested, the forge-in event is open to the public and I would encourage you to come down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press Release &#8211; Art for Kitchens</title>
		<link>http://www.bexsimon.com/2011/10/19/press-release-art-for-kitchens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leading female artist/blacksmith Bex Simon is launching a range of contemporary cast iron
kitchen accessories in February 2012, at Birmingham’s Spring Fair. She wants to bring an
affordable new look to the kitchen, through designer functional art.]]></description>
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		<title>New BexSimon Collections Range</title>
		<link>http://www.bexsimon.com/2011/10/14/new-bexsimon-collections-range/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are the first new products in our cast iron kitchen accessories range &#8211; Art for Kitchens from BexSimon Collections. We are using traditional sand casting to create contemporary, Art Nouveau inspired, functional art. We would love to know what you think about the designs and price points? Pestle and Mortar £49.95 Mug Tree £44.95 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bex’s Top 5. Fire Pits &#8211; A winter delight.</title>
		<link>http://www.bexsimon.com/2011/09/16/bex%e2%80%99s-top-5-fire-pits-a-winter-delight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would be great for an autumnal evening? You can’t beat sitting out in the garden drinking wine and laughing with your family and friends, and now that summer has ended, the cooler evenings are forcing you inside! But not if you have a fabulous fire pit! Fire pits have slowly become the new must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Female Blacksmiths who inspired me</title>
		<link>http://www.bexsimon.com/2011/09/12/four-female-blacksmith-women-who-inspired-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Brim was the first female blacksmith I had ever heard about. I remember reading that she wore pearls while working and it became her signature.  This apparently was because her mother didn’t think blacksmithing was very lady like. My First female blacksmith Inspiration Elizabeth Brim started out in Ceramic’s, just like myself and then [...]]]></description>
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